Objective "A team of 3 SMEs, coordinated by a young woman entrepreneur, proposes a new concept for salvage operations of distressed ships at sea. The proposed concept, called CART (Cooperative Autonomous Robotic Towing system) is based on the development of robotised unmanned marine platforms able to (semi-)automatically execute the high risk operation of linking the emergency towing system of distressed ships to towing vessels. The CART device will be able to optimise the operations for safeguarding the environment, helping to prevent oil pollution at sea, and minimising the risk for human lives. The SME participants, thanks to their know-how in emergency towing devices and salvage operations, as well as in the implementation of automation plants, can formulate and validate new concepts of intervention and contribute to the development of critical sub-systems. Anyway, for bridging the gap between the formulation of an operational concept and its in-field validation with a prototype tool in a time compatible with time-to-market requirements, the SME participants need the transfer of know-how from experienced RTD performers operating in the area of robotics and unmanned marine vehicles, as well as the application of qualification procedures for new technologies. Thus, two European leading research and academic institutions in the field of marine robotics and one of the world's leading classification societies have been involved in the project as RTD developers. They will also perform extended training of SMEP personnel in order to provide them with the needed know-how to execute the follow-up activities of engineering and manufacturing of the CART system.Technologies based on robotised unmanned marine vehicles combined with the coming into force of international safety rules, that will make mandatory for the global fleet the use of emergency towing devices, can play a game-changing role in the field of salvage intervention at sea opening significant business opportunities." Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managemententrepreneurshipsocial sciencessociologyindustrial relationsautomationengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticsautonomous robotsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringnaval engineering Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2011-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2011 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator POSIDONIA SRL Address Via giovanni da verrazzano 12 16165 Genova Italy See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Serena Ardito (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all PKL AS Estonia EU contribution € 162 690,00 Address Lootsi 11 10151 Tallinn See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Deniss Lazarevs (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data SRS MECANO INSTALATIE SRL Romania EU contribution € 127 591,00 Address Str barbu delavrancea 10 011355 Bucuresti See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Nicolae Mihail Marinescu (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE Italy EU contribution € 3 394,00 Address Piazzale aldo moro 7 00185 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Massimo Caccia (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU FAKULTET ELEKTROTEHNIKE I RACUNARSTVA Croatia EU contribution € 2 424,00 Address Unska 3 10000 Zagreb See on map Region Hrvatska Grad Zagreb Grad Zagreb Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Olga županić (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data DNV AS Norway EU contribution € 1 142,00 Address Veritasveien 1 1363 Hovik See on map Region Norge Oslo og Viken Viken Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Giacomo Meazzi (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
