Simplifying Aerial Intelligence

Project Information

DroneGrid

Grant agreement ID: 829384

DOI 10.3030/829384

Project closed

EC signature date 22 October 2018

Start date 1 September 2018

End date 31 January 2021

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Total cost € 2 595 063,75

EU contribution € 1 816 544,63

Coordinated by

SITEMARK
Belgium

Objective

The drone industry faces several key challenges that prevent fast adoption of drone technology by mainstream enterprises. Amongst the main challenges are: complex drone regulations, high upfront cost and inadequate drone experience. In general, there is a real need for an end-to-end solution that would enable transforming data collected by drones into actionable aerial intelligence data.
DroneGrid is an enterprise platform that enables 2D and 3D aerial inspections of assets using drones, including automated analysis of actionable data. Without needing their own drone fleet, our customers can easily access commercial drone technologies through DroneGrid to gather aerial intelligence and to easily integrate them into their existing processes. We take care of subcontracting the best drone operators for our clients. This enables enterprises to take better decisions, improve staff safety, increase asset efficiency and digitise their field information.
DroneGrid consists of an industrial customer app/web platform, backend AI engine and an API layer that integrates with commercial drone software, various third-party services such as weather, regulatory, operational services and enterprise ERPs. On the other side, the platform can be used by certified and pre-approved drone pilots to perform missions on ordered customer operations.
DroneGrid is already available in a functional commercial version in several markets: renewable energy (solar inspections), construction and mining. In order to enter additional industries, we need to improve 3D capabilities (vertical) as well as enhance its intelligence abilities.
DroneGrid was established in August 2016 and is a pioneer developer of a smart cloud-based drone solution. DroneGrid has achieved significant growth and now has an international customer base and operations in 22 countries. In 2018, DroneGrid has already secured a €1 million cash investment from Chroma Impact investment fund.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › renewable energy
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › mining and mineral processing
• social sciences › sociology › industrial relations › automation
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › robotics › autonomous robots › drones
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › artificial intelligence › machine learning

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs Main Programme
• H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges
• H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies

Topic(s)

• EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 - SME instrument

Call for proposal

H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020

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Sub call

H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2

Funding Scheme

SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2

Coordinator

SITEMARK

• Net EU contribution: € 1 816 544,63
• Address: GASTON GEENSLAAN 9 BUS B2 4R VERDIEP ; 3001 Leuven ; Belgium
• SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes:
  Region
  Vlaams Gewest › Prov. Vlaams-Brabant › Arr. Leuven
• Region: Vlaams Gewest › Prov. Vlaams-Brabant › Arr. Leuven
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: € 2 595 063,75