Tag: innovation action

A digital ‘plug and produce’ online equipment platform for manufacturing

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Specific Challenge: One of Europe’s strengths in manufacturing is its abundance of SME equipment manufacturers with the capability to offer world-class products of highest quality and precision. A further strength is the large number of actors having off-the-shelf prototypes ready for experimentation and for market uptake. To increase their visibility towards global users of equipment Read more about A digital ‘plug and produce’ online equipment platform for manufacturing[…]

Digital technologies for improved performance in cognitive production plants

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Specific Challenge: Shortage in raw materials, increased energy prices and environmental constraints require the European process industry to improve its performance and flexibility and there are unexploited opportunities for digitising a large range of enterprises of very different size in the process industry. Digitisation endows the production system with capabilities for analysis. This should enable Read more about Digital technologies for improved performance in cognitive production plants[…]

Human centred design for the new driver role in highly automated vehicles

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Specific Challenge: Significant research efforts are addressing driver performance and behaviour in automated driving conditions still requiring the driver to be prepared to assume control (SAE automation level 3 and lower). In highly automated driving conditions (SAE automation level 4) the role of the driver will change dramatically since driver intervention is not required during Read more about Human centred design for the new driver role in highly automated vehicles[…]

Quantum Key Distribution testbed

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Specific Challenge: Europe’s economic activities and Europe’s single market is dependent on well-functioning underlying digital infrastructures, services and data integrity, not the least for critical infrastructures like energy, transport, health, finance, etc. Current security of the digital infrastructures and services will soon be under threat of no longer providing long-term security. Confidentiality of data and Read more about Quantum Key Distribution testbed[…]

Research on advanced tools and technological development

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Specific Challenge: A number of tools and future technologies need to be developed, matured and tested to cover gaps and/or to prepare the energy system of 2030 and beyond. Scope: Proposals must address partially or entirely only one of the 3 following sub-topics: Advanced modelling tools for: the modelling of the future electricity market to Read more about Research on advanced tools and technological development[…]

Virtual product development and production of all types of electrified vehicles and components

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Specific Challenge: Significant advances in digitization offer new opportunities for the automotive industry in terms of virtual product development and production, reducing the time-to-market of all types of electrified vehicles at lower costs. The increasing hybridisation and electrifications (i.e. multi-energy powertrains including for instance, BEVs, PHEVs and FCEVs on the same platform) leads to significant Read more about Virtual product development and production of all types of electrified vehicles and components[…]

Future Hyper-connected Sociality

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Specific Challenge: Future social networks, media and platforms will become the way our societies operate for communication, exchange, business, creation, learning and knowledge acquisition. The challenge is to mobilise a positive vision as to the role that Social Media will increasingly play in all these areas, and to overcome today’s critical issues about trust and Read more about Future Hyper-connected Sociality[…]

The Autonomous Ship

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Specific Challenge: Digitisation and autonomy will bring disruptive changes to waterborne transport, providing competitive advantages to European business, better integrating logistics, changing business models, improving safety, facilitating maintenance, allowing telemetry and shore-based support as well as modifying the role of crew thus raising societal issues that need to be addressed. Whilst the first autonomous prototypes Read more about The Autonomous Ship[…]

Unmanned and autonomous survey activities at sea

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Specific Challenge: Surveying the sea floor remains an expensive activity, typically requiring manned research vessels towing specialised sonar devices with the remote oceans. Consequently the sea bed remains largely unknown. Recent developments in autonomous technology enables the potential possibility of an underwater vehicle which can operate with a high level of independence and survey large Read more about Unmanned and autonomous survey activities at sea[…]

Interoperable and smart homes and grids

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Specific Challenge: When energy production is becoming decentralised and ICT is increasingly present in homes, the integration of renewable energy sources (RES) and promotion of energy efficiency should benefit from smarter homes, buildings and appliances, as well as (the batteries in) electric vehicles. Smart homes and buildings are one crucial element because system integration and Read more about Interoperable and smart homes and grids[…]

Building a water-smart economy and society

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Specific Challenge: There is a growing demand for water from various economic activities and increasing stress on natural water sources. To secure water for our society, there is therefore a need to make available alternative water resources of various qualities and which are appropriate for different functions and multiple users, and to better exploit water Read more about Building a water-smart economy and society[…]

Real-time nano-characterisation technologies

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Specific Challenge: Enterprises using and producing nanomaterials face a constant increase of requirements in regard to fast process and product quality control, regulatory compliance and quicker market introduction of high quality products. This calls for real-time measurements, necessitating process-adapted nanoscale metrology for the manufacturing industry. Tools and devices for materials characterisation need increased speed and Read more about Real-time nano-characterisation technologies[…]