Objective
Wheels make it considerably easier to move and handle furniture and other heavy objects. wheel.me Autonomous will put the world on hidden and motorized wheels. In essence, what is being attempted by Google and others with respect to self-driving cars outdoors, wheel.me will perform indoors through small and cost effective embedded robots (“smart wheels”). The solution can be used to move virtually anything in any direction; sofas, beds, chairs, refrigerators – and even walls. The innovation will significantly strengthen wheel.me’s commercial potential by enabling a unique Internet of Things (IoT) offering for Smart Home applications and facility management services for businesses. Our strategy is aimed at making wheel.me’s solutions a preferred international industry standard and reference by 2021.
Autonomous’ novelty stems primarily from addressing:
* Motorizing the wheel to enable self-driving / autonomous motion
* Indoor navigation: Communication, control and positioning between objects fitted with smart wheels and their (indoor) environment
Compared to AGVs, representing the commercial state-of-the-art, Autonomous come at a very low cost and bring value from simplifying everyday life and providing almost endless options for how the smart wheels can move and arrange objects. Autonomous will contribute to reduced wear, improved health, hygiene, indoor air quality and overall wellbeing. A facility management offering towards professional users provides for improved asset control and HSE benefits, efficiencies and savings related to operations and maintenance by leveraging the value of usage and positioning data, sent and received from the cloud.
The principal objective of the project is to compile sufficient outputs to generate an extensive Strategic Business Plan, ensure that we have the basis in place to support an ambitious development and demonstration project, assess risks and mitigation and anchor the go-to-market strategy with business partners.
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- engineering and technology mechanical engineering vehicle engineering automotive engineering autonomous vehicles
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- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering sensors optical sensors
- engineering and technology environmental engineering air pollution engineering
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering control systems home automation
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H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
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H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument
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Topic(s)
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Funding Scheme
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Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017
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Net EU financial contribution. The sum of money that the participant receives, deducted by the EU contribution to its linked third party. It considers the distribution of the EU financial contribution between direct beneficiaries of the project and other types of participants, like third-party participants.
1367 SNAROYA
Norway
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.