AERIAL-CORE

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Dates

December 2019 - November 2024

Project website

https://aerial-core.eu/

Role of CIRCE

Partner

Grant agreement number

872734

Funded by

Description and objectives

The main objective of AERIAL-CORE is the development of basic technology modules and an integrated aerial cognitive robotics system that will have unprecedented capabilities in the operational and safety field in interaction with people, or Aerial Co-Workers (ACW), for applications such as inspection and maintenance of large infrastructures.

The project will integrate aerial robots with different characteristics to meet the requirements of:

Long range (several kilometers) and very precise local (sub-centers) inspection of infrastructure capacity;
Aerial manipulation based maintenance activities involving force interactions;
Safe and efficient aerial collaboration assisting human workers in inspection and maintenance.nimiento

Value proposition

Main goal: The AERIAL-CORE technology modules will be based on Cognitive Mechatronics and apply cognitive capabilities to aerial transformation to combine long-term endurance and buoyancy for local observations, manipulation involving force interactions and working together with humans. The project will develop:

Cognitive functionalities for aerial robots, including novel sensor-based perception such as event cameras and data fusion techniques, learning, reactivity, fast online planning and teamwork;
Aerial platforms with transformational capabilities, to save energy for long-range flights and perform highly accurate inspection;
Cognitive aerial manipulation capabilities, including manipulation while flying, while holding with a limb, and while hovering or perching to improve precision and develop higher forces;
Cognitive safe aerial robotics collaborators capable of physically interacting with people;
Integrated aerial robotics system for inspection and maintenance of large infrastructure.

The system will be demonstrated in the inspection and maintenance of electrical power systems, which is an application with a huge economic impact that also has implications for worker safety and wildlife conservation.

CIRCE participates in the development of a wireless inductive charging platform for the drone.
The drone charger consists of a flexible, plug & play battery charger targeted at drone power line inspection applications.
The overall objective is to place multiple devices across a power line to increase the effective range of the drone. The charger will be connected to the power grid through a magnetic coupling system, avoiding any modification to the power line installation.

Project partners

UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE, EPFL, CREATE, FADA-CATEC, UNIVERSITY OF ZÜRICH, CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE, UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB, UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI, TERABEE, FUVEX, DONECLE, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK, E-DISTRIBUCIÓN, VERTICAL ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

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