House Printing. Additive manufacturing technology for disaster areas.

Project Information

HOP

Grant agreement ID: 827349

DOI

10.3030/827349

Project closed

EC signature date 3 August 2018

Start date 1 August 2018

End date 31 December 2018

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Total cost

€ 71 429,00

EU contribution

€ 50 000,00

Coordinated by

HURITRABE SL
Spain

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - HOP (House Printing. Additive manufacturing technology for disaster areas.)

Reporting period: 2018-08-01 to 2018-12-31

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

The number of people around the world displaced from their homes by armed conflicts or weather disasters has increased in recent years. For this, HURITRABE- "HOP" - HOUSE PRINTING, has developed a construction system based on additive printing to improve the situation of the refugees. Refugee camps are temporary solutions to war or weather disasters. With our project it is proposed to substantially change the living conditions of the people in the camps. We will be able to build a house for a family of six people in just three days, thanks to the fact that a team of robots will work at the same time and in a coordinated way, like a swarm of bees.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

In this period of time, we have advanced from prototype TRL 4 to TRL 6, we have contacted and we have reached commercial agreements, financial agreements and recruitment of suppliers to activate the necessary development plan for our project. All the weaknesses, strengths and opportunities of "HOP" have also been studied.Technical viability assessment:
We optimized HOP to TRL6. We worked together with technology validators and robotics experts in order to clarify the requirements from technical and usability standpoints. We designed a product allowing an easy market uptake by VAR companies. Also, we developed our first printing material who was design for our system.
Commercial viability assessment:
We update the business plan based on: user’s segmentation, pricing strategy and market trends. We studied the market to weigh up the benefits and cons of each of the routes to follow (patent, utility model or trade secret). On this basis, we had elaborated the best IP protection strategy to maximise its commercial exploitation.
Financial viability assessment:
We work with experts to account and assign the required resources for scaling up HOP till TRL9 by 2021. A financial analysis of the proyect and it's scalability led us know to update and build an economic forecast for the first 5 years of commercialisation.

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

The undertaken analysis indicates that the project has a very interesting business potential in a growing market; will result in promising revenue growth; it will be technically feasible; and the company is prepared to carry out it.

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