Auxiliary climbing robot for underwear ship hull cleaning of the sea adherence and surveying (AURORA)

Project Information

AURORA

Grant agreement ID: G3RD-CT-2000-00246

Project closed

Start date 1 July 2000

End date 31 January 2004

Funded under

• Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Total cost € 2 813 878,00

EU contribution € 1 624 470,00

Coordinated by

CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
Spain

Objective

The proposal is responding to the major society concern of environmental impact of nowadays operations for dry dock ship hull cleaning of sea adherence, which are very contaminant. EU shipyards present and important activity dealing with repairing/maintenance, and cleaning of sea adherence is mandatory before other activities can proceed. Environmental regulations are causing repairing activity to migrate to third countries with less strict regulations, decreasing EU yards activity and seriously compromising employment. Only innovative EU approaches can provide an eco-efficient solution to this problem. Cleaning tasks will be done underwater without the need of taking the ship to the dry dock by means of a low cost auxiliary climbing robot for underwater ship hull cleaning of sea adherence. Surveying of ship hull steel will be done also underwater using specialised sensors. A pre-industrial system will be realised and evaluated in shipyards.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › sensors
• social sciences › economics and business › business and management › employment

Programme(s)

• FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.3.-3. - Key Action Land Transport and Marine Technologies

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: KM 22,8,Carretera de Campo Real KM 0,200 ; 28500 ARGANDA DEL REY ; Spain
• Total cost: No data

Participants (5)

ALGOSYSTEMS SA

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 9,Sygrou Avenue 206 ; 17672 ATHENS
• Total cost: No data

RIGA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

Latvia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Kalku str. 1 ; 1050 RIGA
• Total cost: No data

SUMINISTROS Y APLICACIONES INDUSTRIALES S.A.

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Autovia Sevilla Utrera Km. 8,300 ; 41089 SEVILLA
• Total cost: No data

T. KALOGERIDIS & CO. INC.

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Kalokerinou 94 ; 18546 KERATSINI / PIREAS
• Total cost: No data

UNION NAVAL DE BARCELONA S.A.

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Muelle de Catalunya S/N ; 08039 BARCELONA
• Total cost: No data