Objective „Worker severely injured on the job by a moving machine!“- Industrial enterprises worldwide need to avoid such a headline.Safety at work is a hot topic in industrial companies today. The International Section of the ISSA (InternationalSocial Security Association) on Prevention in the Mining Society formulates the Vision Zero for 2020. A hugeamount of money is invested in prevention, more than 900M€ per year only in Germany. Especially accidents withmobile machinery are crucial with around 12.000 accidents caused by collisions between construction machine andpedestrians resulting in an economical loss of 1 billion euro per year only in Germany.The vision of industrial companies is to deploy autonomous moving machines (AMM) across different applicationscenarios. As the area of machine operation can typically not be separated from walking workers, a basic requirement isthat AMMs must detect these persons reliably in the critical danger zone and must be able to react autonomously inorder to avoid fatal collisions. Safety-directed pedestrian recognition is still today’s blocking point for outdoor operations, asconventional sensors like laser, cameras, radar or ultrasonic fail due to the harsh operational conditions and highlydynamic changing working environment.Comnovo is proposing combined active and passive Ultra-Wideband sensors for safety-directed, bi-channel human being detection.The main objective of phase I of the SAFETY4WORKERS project is to explore the technical feasibility and commercial potential by combining D2SENSE with UWB radar sensors for human being detection to reach a PL. Furthermore, the business plan will be further developed based on the two divers use cases “Charging Cars in Coke Plants” and “Autonomous Mining Systems”, which will be elaborated with support of European partners committed to this project. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringautomotive engineeringautonomous vehiclesengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensorsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologyradarnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics Programme(s) H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Main Programme H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument Topic(s) ICT-37-2014-1 - Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme (implemented through the SME instrument) Call for proposal H2020-SMEInst-2014-2015 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SMEINST-1-2014 Funding Scheme SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1 Coordinator COMNOVO GMBH Net EU contribution € 50 000,00 Address Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Strasse 13 44227 Dortmund Germany See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Arnsberg Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 71 429,00