Obiettivo The increasing scarcity for raw materials, growingly strict regulations (European Waste Directive & Landfill tax escalation) and social pressure have turned waste into a resource, making recycling highly attractive. This has created a major market opportunity for new technologies that achieve high purity of sorted materials at a low cost.ZenRobotics Oy has developed a robotic waste sorting system ZenRobotics Recycler (ZRR) that has the potential to revolutionise waste sorting, replacing low-performing hazardous manual jobs with highly efficient and fast autonomous robotic pickers. The key innovation of ZRR is a unique machine-learning based system, which gathers gigabytes of data of its environment, makes smart decisions and moves a robot arm in an unpredictable environment. Given the novelty of the technology, a paradigm shift is necessary in waste management for wide uptake of ZRR.The Robolution project develops the prototype ZRR into a reliable and commercially attractive system for sorting Commercial and Industrial waste that forms more that 25% of total waste stream. The project focuses on:• Robot motion control to be able sort faster smaller objects and pick larger and heavier objects.• Recognition to detect new fractions (plastics, ferrous/non-ferrous metals) with 95% purity and recovery.• Development of the reporting tool enabling optimization within a waste sorting plant.• Optimization of the ZRR commissioning and service to shorten time-to-market time.• Testing and demonstration of the new functionality in real life conditions.ZenRobotics targets the global waste sorting equipment market currently worth about €1.5-3 billion annually, but thanks to technological advances, the market is likely to explode. The expected annual turnover of the Commercial and Industrial waste ZRR reaches €150 million by 2021. Campo scientifico engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecyclingsocial sciencessociologyindustrial relationsautomationengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringroboticsautonomous robotsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorssocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy Programma(i) H2020-EU.3.5. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials Main Programme H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument Argomento(i) SC5-20-2014 - Boosting the potential of small businesses for eco-innovation and a sustainable supply of raw materials Invito a presentare proposte H2020-SMEInst-2014-2015 Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Bando secondario H2020-SMEINST-2-2014 Meccanismo di finanziamento SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2 Coordinatore ZenRobotics Ltd. Contribution nette de l'UE € 1 416 625,00 Indirizzo VILHONKATU 5 A 00100 HELSINKI Finlandia Mostra sulla mappa PMI L’organizzazione si è definita una PMI (piccola e media impresa) al momento della firma dell’accordo di sovvenzione. Sì Regione Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Partecipazione a programmi di R&I dell'UE Opens in new window Rete di collaborazione HORIZON Opens in new window Costo totale € 2 023 750,00
