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AI-driven multisensor fusion-based border control for seamless and lawful traveller crossings

Objective

EU border authorities are central in EU’s external borders control, playing a critical role in preventing the illegal entry of persons and illicit goods, while ensuring the seamless flow of legitimate travellers and goods. Balancing these responsibilities is particularly challenging with limited human resources and the increasing traffic across borders, including a growing volume of people trying to enter illegally either hidden in vehicles (such as containers, trucks, vans, cars) or by presenting fraud documents. To address these challenges, BorderAI consortium proposes to develop an AI-driven multisensor fusion toolkit (called AI-toolkit) that will reduce the number of false negatives (cases where the problematic vehicles are undetected) and of false positives (cases where unproblematic vehicles are selected for inspection). Relying on this AI-toolkit, the BorderAI will implement multimodal solutions adaptable to varying threat landscapes and operational conditions at EU external borders, directly supporting the Schengen Area's vision of swift, secure, and simplified legal border crossings while effectively detecting unauthorized movements of persons or goods. To face the increasing border traffic and resource constraints, BorderAI will have a two-stage AI-assisted risk assessment process. The first filter provides rapid, real-time screening of vehicles at border crossings using passive sensors and AI-based multimodal data fusion to detect anomalies indicative of unauthorized crossings. Flagged vehicles undergo a more accurate, resource-intensive second-filter assessment using confirmatory sensors such as heartbeat detectors and chemical analyzers to minimize false positives while ensuring no suspicious vehicles evade detection. This two-tier approach enables automated, efficient passage for low-risk vehicles while focusing manual inspections on high-risk cases, in full alignment with the EBCG Capability Roadmap's goals for swift, simple & secure border crossings.

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Funding Scheme

HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

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Call for proposal

(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL3-2025-01

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Coordinator

LEGIND TECHNOLOGIES AS
Net EU contribution
€ 459 940,99
Address
GILDRINGEPARKEN 25
4690 Haslev
Denmark
SME
Yes
Region
Danmark Sjælland Vest- og Sydsjælland
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Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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