Acronym ROBOWASH
Category
Seafood Processing
Title Autonome robotiserte vaskeløsninger for fiskeri- og havbruksindustrien - Autonomous robotic cleaning solutions for the fisheries- and aquaculture industries 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)
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Funding source National Coordinator Jan Kåre Nymoen Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
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Institutions involved
NA - MOWI ASA (Norway) ,
Start year 2015 End year 2019 Funding (€) € 497,790 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/245465?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=120&Prosjektleder=Ivar%20R%C3%B8nnestad&source=FORISS&projectId=192533 Summary Focus on hygiene is essential in industrial food processing. Satisfactory cleaning of production facilities, machinery and equipment is a prerequisite for food safety. Today, most of the washing operations are performed using manual labor. The washing operations are both labor intensive and require a full stop in production for a certain time period each day. For manual washing, the amount of cleaning needed and the degree of cleanliness assessed visually by the cleaning personnel. Use of tap water, washing agents and disinfectants pose a significant environmental impact from industrial food processing. The ROBOWASH projects main objective is to develop autonomous robotic cleaning solutions for fisheries and aquaculture industry. The project will combine robotics with technology in machine vision and image interpretation. This will make the cleaning robot able to 1) Identify the object to be washed and wash it 2) Assess purity and based on the assessment, identify the need for washing agents and detergents. The technology being developed will be easily adaptable for different washing operations and should be developed with a need for minimal interaction with an operator. The aim is to wash safely and effectively, reducing operator dependence and reduce washing time while lowering environmental impacts. The project is collaboration between suppliers of cleaning solutions for the food industry, the equipment supplier industry which manufactures machinery and equipment for processing of foodstuffs, players in the food industry and research institutions.
Keywords
Engineering;
Process efficiency;
Food safety;
Seafood;
Marine Region
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