Collective Cognitive Robots

Project description

Cognitive Systems and Robotics

The CoCoRo project aims at developing a swarm of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that are able to interact with each other and which can balance tasks such as ecological monitoring, searching, maintaining, exploring and harvesting resources in underwater habitats. The swarm will maintain swarm integrity under conditions of dynamically changing environments. This will be achieved by letting the AUVs interact with each other and exchange information, resulting in a cognitive system that is aware of its environment, of local individual goals and threats and of global swarm-level goals and threats. This can be exploited for improving the robustness, flexibility and efficiency of other technical applications in the field of ICT.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › robotics › cognitive robots
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › robotics › autonomous robots

Programme(s)

• FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies

Topic(s)

• ICT-2009.2.1 - Cognitive Systems and Robotics

Call for proposal

FP7-ICT-2009-6
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Funding Scheme

CP - Collaborative project (generic)

Coordinator

UNIVERSITAET GRAZ

Address

Universitatsplatz 3
8010 Graz
Austria

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Thomas Schmickl (Dr.)

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EU contribution

€ 810 420

Participants (4)

UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES

Belgium

EU contribution

€ 508 530

Address

Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50
1050 Bruxelles

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Christine Courillon (Prof.)

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UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART

Germany

EU contribution

€ 514 668

Address

Keplerstrasse 7
70174 Stuttgart

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Michael Matthiesen (Mr.)

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SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO S ANNA

Italy

EU contribution

€ 529 640

Address

Piazza Martiri Della Liberta 33
56127 Pisa

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Paolo DARIO (Prof.)

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UNIVERSITY OF YORK

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 506 740

Address

Heslington
YO10 5DD York North Yorkshire

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Chris Barber (Mr.)

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