Descripción del proyecto
Una nueva tecnología permite que los barcos «vean» en los océanos
El transporte marítimo sigue vertebrando el comercio mundial. A pesar de que ha sido así durante miles de años, el transporte se embarca en una nueva ruta sin tripulantes. Ahora que los fabricantes de automóviles compiten en la fabricación de coches autónomos, puede que los barcos comerciales controlados a distancia no sean una idea tan lejana. El proyecto MARINA, financiado con fondos europeos, dará los primeros pasos, abordando las necesidades del mercado para reforzar la seguridad de la industria del transporte marítimo mundial, disminuir su impacto ambiental debido a las colisiones y prepararse para el futuro de la navegación autónoma. En concreto, desarrolla una solución innovadora mediante un novedoso y exclusivo sistema LADAR. A fin de reducir el riesgo de colisiones con otros barcos, mamíferos o, incluso, madera a la deriva, el proyecto combinará un procesamiento pionero en tiempo real con una detección de objetos avanzada y un algoritmo de clasificación basado en técnicas de aprendizaje automático.
Objetivo
Shipping is a key driver of the EU economy, but dense traffic lanes, tighter schedules, high cost of trained staff and
increasingly difficult weather patterns have put serious pressures on sustainability and environmental safety of commercial
shipping. Contact and collision incidences are now the most frequent and overall the costliest type of accidents in the
maritime transport sector. Accidents force 1 out of 10 ships to an unplanned dry dock stay every year, costing on average
€400,000 per incident, and have detrimental impact on the environment due to the release of pollutants into the water. Semi
and fully submerged objects cause concern for shipping because they go undetected by state-of-the-art sensors, presenting
an acute need for improved observation capability of the ocean surface layer. Aware of this clear market need to increase
the global maritime transport industry’s safety, to decrease its environmental impact through collisions and to prepare for a
future of autonomous shipping, the present consortium has developed an innovative solution using a unique and novel
LADAR system. Our new sensor combines state-of-the-art real-time processing with an advanced object detection and
classification algorithm based on machine learning techniques, to detect and classify objects in the ocean surface layer in a
range of up to 2nm ahead of the ship. LADAR’s ability for obstacle detection will allow ship operators to operate their vessels
efficiently and safely, reducing the risk of collision with other ships, driftwood, mammals or submerged containers. MARINA
is a strong and complimentary consortium, where all partners have collaborated together extensively in preceding R&D&I
projects. The aim of the project is to advance the system to TRL8, then to qualify the product in real-life operations to reach
TRL9 and finally to support the commercial viability. Commercialization is expected to lead to an accumulated revenue of
€786m 5 years post-project.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- social sciencessocial geographytransport
- natural sciencesbiological scienceszoologymammalogy
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learning
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics
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IA - Innovation actionCoordinador
3071 Limassol
Chipre
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.