Objective The objective of ATHENA is to develop a remotely operated semi-autonomous vehicle for use in an unstructured environment. The work will focus on an earthworking vehicle for sanitary landfill, which poses the additional problem that the environment is reshaped by the action of the vehicle.The approach will be to build a remote guidance system into an existing vehicle to include: - a hierarchical control architecture incorporating both behavioural and functional concepts - minimal sensor enhancement - data fusion from multiple sensors to obtain robust scene understanding - model-based navigation supported by sensor input, selected from odometers, gyroscopes, global positioning devices, beacons and vision systems - a person/machine interface. Each component of the guidance system will be integrated into the demonstration vehicle and tested at a landfill site provided by an industrial partner. This process will culminate in a demonstration of the full system. The results will be applicable to, for example, mining, tunnelling and road construction, as well as landfill, and will be incorporated in products marketed by industrial members of the consortium. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processes Programme(s) FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator Tecnopolis Csata Address Strada prov casamassima km3 70010 Valenzano Italy See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ARNEX NAVIGATION SYSTEMS Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address Stora badhusgatan, 16 41121 Goteborg See on map Assolari Nuove Tecnologie Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via marconi 90 24068 Seriate bergamo See on map Calabrese Engineering Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via g. murari 96 km 104 70023 Modugno bari See on map Fiat Hitachi Excavators Divisione Benati Macchine Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Strada statale 610 selice 43/a 40026 Imola bologna See on map ISRA Systemtechnik GmbH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Mornewegstraße 45a 64293 Darmstadt See on map Robosoft SA France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 15-17 rue de verdun 92600 Asnieres See on map Technische Hochschule Darmstadt Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Landgraf-georg-straße 4 64283 Darmstadt See on map Università degli Studi di Genova Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via all'opera pia 11a 16145 Genova See on map WTCM INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rue des drapiers, 21 1050 Bruxelles See on map ZENON Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Egiallas, 48 15125 Athenes See on map
