Objective The disasters of ERIKA on December 1999 and PRESTIGE last November have put once more in evidence the importance of periodic ship inspection and credibility of such assessment. To date, maritime vessel inspection is based on:(a) close-up visual inspection and(b) steel plate thickness measurements. Prior to inspection a ship must be made fully available at the harbour area, all access spaces must be made safe (de-gassed etc) and prepared accordingly, often in dry dock, thus resulting in a considerable ship idle time and, consequently, a significant cost. In the case of big, double hull tankers it can easily amount to multiples of $100,000.The introduction of double hull vessels is widely seen as the response to the need of preventing maritime catastrophes such as the one of the PRESTIGE oil tanker. However, to be effective, it must be coupled with measures towards more efficient and cost effective inspection procedures. Adequate tools must be provided to the surveyors, ship owners, as well as to state and port authorities providing them with the capacity to perform, through diagnostic or tale-operated equipment, rapid but safe and reliable inspections. The object of the present proposal is the follow-up of the successful ROTIS project (completed in June2002). Based on the experience and the sound basis of the first prototype, it aims at the specification, design and implementation of a new ROTIS II prototype that will meet all the requirements of the endures as well as the particular safety and operational specifications. More in particular, ROTIS II project will cover a significant research effort to:*) Correct / meet certain technical issues identified on the first ROTIS prototype (in particular its size and shape).*) Significantly enhance all ROTIS functionalities implementing advanced control techniques to automate certain tasks, incorporating advanced supervisory techniques that will integrate all available sensor# Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensorsengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringnaval engineeringsea vesselsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesacousticsultrasound Keywords inspection maintenance teleoperations 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-2002-3.2.2.2.5 - Strategies and processes for clean maintenance, dismantling and recycling of vehicles and vessels Call for proposal FP6-2002-TRANSPORT-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator TECNOMARE SPA - SOCIETA PER LO SVILUPPO DELLE TECNOLOGIE MARINE EU contribution No data Address San Marco 3584 VENEZIA Italy See on map Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CYBERNETIX S.A. France EU contribution No data Address Technopole de Chateau-Gombert, Avenue Albert Einstein 306 MARSEILLE See on map Total cost No data COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - DIRECTORATE GENERAL JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE Belgium EU contribution No data Address Rue de la Loi 200 BRUXELLES See on map Total cost No data CS & ASSOCIATES LTD Greece EU contribution No data Address Fillelinon street 1-3 PIRAEUS See on map Total cost No data HELLENIC LLOYD'S SA Greece EU contribution No data Address Akti Miaoli Street 87 PIRAEUS See on map Total cost No data AVIN OIL TRADER MARITIME COMPANY Greece EU contribution No data Address Irodou Attikou 12A MAROUSSI See on map Total cost No data ALEXANDRA SHIPPING COMPANY Greece EU contribution No data Address IRODOU ATTIKOU 12A See on map Total cost No data