Acronym ARTIFEX
Category
Aquaculture
Title Unmanned surface vessels interacting with underwater and airborne vessels for remote operations at fish farms Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Per Rundtop Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
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Institutions involved
NA - Argus Remote Systems AS (Norway) ,
NA - Lerow AS (Norway) ,
NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway) ,
SINTEF - SINTEF (Norway) ,
NA - WavEC Offshore Renewables (Norway) ,
Start year 2016 End year 2021 Funding (€) € 937,500 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/256241?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=240&ProgAkt.3=HAVBRUK2-Stort+program+for+havbruksforskning Summary The fledgling project ARTIFEX will develop technologies for remote operations of sea-based fish farms. A successful outcome of the project will represent a large potential for commercialization of game changing technologies for future operation of fish farms.
The main objective is to develop new robot technologies for daily and periodic inspection, maintenance and repair operations remotely controlled from a land-based control centre without onsite personnel. The project will utilize maritime state-of-the-art vehicles, and will through exploitation of possible vehicle interactions, provide a robust and flexible system. An Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) will be used as platform for carrying a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) for underwater operations, and a Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) for airborne inspection tasks. The USV will travel between different sites and a land base. The project results will serve as a basis for new and ground-breaking products and services that enable unmanned operation of farms using autonomous systems and without risk for personnel. One of the main goals is to allow for operations tougher weather conditions, thus facilitating the use of more remote and exposed sites and expand the weather window for operations.
Research will be carried out within 4 major areas:
- Vehicle Design and onboard equipment
- Autonomous systems and operator interaction
- Airborne RPAS-operations
- Underwater ROV-operations
The various subsystems will be integrated into a prototype for full scale testing and validation.
Keywords
Cage aquaculture;
Human health;
Engineering;
Fish;
Open sea aquaculture;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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