Objective SECURCRANE project is addressed to the toll lifting equipments of the ports for a great increaseof their performances, safety and operator comfort. Crane drivers & port managers are key actors deeply involved since the very beginning to set out the right terms for future implementation. The goal is to practically eliminate the gap between the theoretical and the real productivity (lifts per hour) of the crane. In this field, because of the highly detailed bids from the buyers and the severe price competition, manufacturers neglect the risks for research & innovation. The core problem of the crane productivity is related to the loss of efficiencyof the crane operator due to his very stress while working in the crane cabin. The stress comes from the cabin rough vibrations and from the frustrating continuous attention to the cargo sway during the load cycle. SECURCRANE project aims at realising the ambitious goal of a remote crane control giving the operator, by means of a very innovative approach and the most advanced knowledge in the field of artificial intelligence and artificial vision, the information "sensed" and seen by the operator in his position onboard. The functions of the remote control are completed by a further objective i.e. the container monitoring for integrity and safety. The project cares even the social aspects of the innovation, involving the crane drivers from the early beginning of activities. SECURCRANE Consortium, formed under port operators' solicitation,is formed by Research bodies and specialised Company for robotics coordinated by an Engineering company with keypersons having huge experience in the port technologies field. The Consortium is completed by a Port Authority for onboard tests and a SECURCRANE INTEREST OPERATORS CLUB (SIOC) of potential SECURCRANE users for results evaluation. Inside the consortium there is not a crane manufacturer so that the innovations will be exploitable both on new cranes and existing ones. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligenceengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensorssocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivityengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringrobotics Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SUSTDEV-2005-3.3.1.3.2 - Research domain 3.14 (only for rail transport) and research domain 3.16 Call for proposal FP6-2005-TRANSPORT-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator SCIROIDEA SPA EU contribution No data Address Via Gavotti 5/6 GENOVA Italy See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ECA France EU contribution No data Address Rue des Frères Lumière ZI Toulon Est TOULON See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ENEA - ENTE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E L'AMBIENTE Italy EU contribution No data Address Lungotevere Thaon di Revel, 76 ROME See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INTECSA-INARSA S.A. Spain EU contribution No data Address Santa Leonor 32 MADRID See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GRAND PORT MARITIME DU HAVRE France EU contribution No data Address Terre Plein de la Barre LE HAVRE CEDEX See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BERTOLOTTI S.P.A. IMPIANTI PER L'INDUSTRIA SIDERURGICA E MINERARIA Italy EU contribution No data Address Loc. S. Antonio SN INCISA VALDARNO (FIRENZE) See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TL & ASSOCIÉS France EU contribution No data Address 22, rue Pasteur LEVALLOIS PERRET See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data