AIFORS - ERA Chair in Artificial Intelligence for Robotics
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The six-year AIFORS project will create an ERA Chair in Artificial Intelligence for Robotics at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (UNIZG-FER). This ERA Chair will be an outstanding researcher who will establish and lead a Research Group for Artificial Intelligence for Robotics (AIFORS Research Group) and contribute to implementation of organizational changes at UNIZG-FER. The AIFORS Research Group will be assigned to LAMOR and the ERA Chair holder will report to the Head of the Laboratory. This will open UNIZG-FER to a new research direction with a high potential for research outputs and technology innovation. The project will also allow UNIZG-FER to drive structural changes to increase their capacities for research funding, to encourage researchers’ mobility, to align the human resources and research management policies to the European Research Area principles, and to better disseminate and exploit research results. It is expected that the AIFORS project will significantly step up UNIZG-FER’s research and innovation excellence and build capacities to sustain it beyond the project and across research groups. |
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Funding | H2020 - H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-2020 ERA Chairs (Total budget:
2.5 million EUR, UNIZG-FER: 2.5 million EUR) |
Duration | 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2026 |
Website | https://aifors.fer.hr |
A-UNIT - Research and development of an advanced unit for autonomous control of mobile vehicles in logistics
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The proposed project effectively addresses the central problem that exists in the market today - the inability to adequately meet the needs for business automation within the logistics and distribution processes. By implementing the project, the company plans to develop an advanced unit for autonomous control of mobile work vehicles (forklifts, towing vehicles, sweepers) that are now man-operated, based on 3D perception technology and artificial intelligence. The project will result in an increase in sales, export revenues, and the creation of 36 new jobs, which will enable the growth of the company's competitiveness in the global market. The target groups of the project are the company itself, the project partners, and their employees. |
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Funding | ESI ERDF - European Regional Development Fund (Total budget: 40.482.556,95 HRK, UNIZG-FER budget: 5.851.334,30 HRK) |
Duration | 17.08.2020 - 16.08.2023 |
Project Team |
Ivan Petrović, Marija Seder, Ivan Marković, Marta Čolaković-Bencerić, Jelena Gregorić, Karlo Koledić |
Partners | Gideon Brothers d.o.o., Mobilisis d.o.o. |
EKO-KOMVOZ - Development of environmentally friendly vehicle for cleaning public surfaces with autonomous control system based on artificial intelligence
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The purpose of the project is to develop an environmentally friendly vehicle for cleaning public surfaces with assistance systems to the vehicle operator and systems of autonomous control of vehicle operation elements based on artificial intelligence, as well as a system for remote monitoring of vehicles and air quality in urban areas that will use three different propulsion systems, including electric propulsion and hydrogen propulsion cells. By developing and marketing a new product in three versions on the global market, the project will contribute to the achievement of the general goal - Contribution to the growth of innovation competitiveness of the Republic of Croatia in Project activities begin in the phase of industrial research of three key components of an environmentally friendly vehicle for cleaning public surfaces with autonomous control systems based on artificial intelligence:
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Funding | ESI ERDF - European Regional Development Fund (Total budget: 37.310.517,81 HRK, UNIZG-FER budget: 5.392.275,65 HRK) |
Duration | 17.02.2020 - 16.08.2023 |
Project Team |
Ivan Petrović, Ivan Marković, Igor Cvišić Ivan Bilić |
Partners | RASCO d.o.o. |
Visual Localization of Sports Cars
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The purpose of this project is to develop a visual localization algorithm for sports cars that can accurately and reliably localize high-speed cars in challenging feature-poor environments. |
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Funding | Rimac Automobili d.o.o. |
Duration | 05.2020 - 05.2023. |
Project Team |
Ivan Petrović, Ivan Marković, Igor Cvišić, Antea Hadviger |
ezDD - Deep Driving
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The purpose of this project is to provide a survey of the state-of-the-art of autonomous driving research and devise a concept of the system for multi-sensor environment data collection in Croatia that is aligned with ETRI needs, including an initial example of a dataset recorded in Zagreb. |
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Funding | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Republic of Korea |
Duration | 2020. |
Project Team |
Ivan Petrović, Ivan Marković, Igor Cvišić |
SafeLog - Safe human-robot interaction in logistic applications for highly flexible warehouses
Short description | The European market for e-commerce is growing rapidly, with more than 16% just in the year 2014. With the internationalization of distribution chains, the key for success lies within efficient logistics. In such facilities, goods for the end-user or products in the B2B sector are stored, commissioned and shipped. To manage the supply chains, many new warehouses have been erected and more will follow. With the growing markets, the need for larger warehouses and their automation increases. To advance the position of the European trade sector, technical restrictions on the size of warehouses should be avoided and new automation paradigm should be implemented to ensure their efficient operation. Therefore the European robotic and automation companies should be able to provide appropriate solutions, making scalable systems and scalable software mandatory. Current automation solutions based on strict separation of humans and robots cannot provide such efficient operation of large warehouses. SafeLog aims to overcome this issue by enabling much more efficient warehouse concepts joining human and robot workforce. Given that, the overall objective of SafeLog is the conception and implementation of a large-scale flexible warehouse system which enables safe and efficient collaboration of humans and robots in the same area and at the same time. On the way to reach this objective SafeLog will develop, integrate and test: (1) a holistic and certifiable safety concept based on the safety vest, which allows the collaboration of robots and humans in a flexible warehouse system, (2) planning and scheduling algorithms for a heterogeneous fleet manager, which allow the adhoc reactive planning and scheduling for human and robot workforce in a flexible warehouse system, and (3) augmented reality based interaction strategies to support workers in a robotized warehouse system with information about their current task and environment. |
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Funding | EU H2020-ICT-2015 (Total budget: €4.618.462, UNIZG-FER: €698.405) |
Principal investigator | Ivan Petrović, Ivan Marković |
Researchers | Marija Seder, Igor Cvišić, Goran Popović, Tomislav Petković |
Partners | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (coordinator Björn Hein), Swisslog, Czech Technical University in Prague, Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics, Končar Electrical Engineering Institute |
Website | safelog-project.eu |
L4MS - Logistics for Manufacturing SMEs
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The project will establish a Pan-European ecosystem of Competence Centres (CCs) supported by Logistics for Manufacturing SMEs (L4MS) marketplace. The objective is to facilitate the take up of logistics automation by manufacturing SMEs across Europe by acting as a broker between SMEs who seek solutions and financing and the CCs and their ecosystem who are interested to provide consulting, solutions, best practices and areas for demonstration and experimentation. Central to the ecosystem is a marketplace which provides access to support services with tools and online helpdesk thus providing a single point of access to the SMEs. Six strategically located CCs and several regional associations, Digital Innovation Hubs and consulting agencies will establish the ecosystem. An Open Platform for Innovations in Logistics (OPIL) will be developed to provide latest navigation, localization, mapping and traffic management services and IOT infrastructure for logistics automation. Cross border Application Experiments (AE) will be used to deploy OPIL for small and flexible logistics solutions requiring no infrastructure change, no production downtime and no in-house expertise, making investment in logistics automation attractive for manufacturing SMEs. AEs will be developed with the infrastructure of already participating and new CCs. Results from AEs will be used to advance the OPIL and enrich L4MS marketplace with business success stories. The business sustainability of the L4MS marketplace as a potential start-up and its ecosystem comprising of CCs, regional DIHs, industry associations and technology suppliers will be the focus of the work, adopting the already developed best practice in I4MS phase 2. |
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Funding | H2020-FOF-2017, (Total budget: €8,709,130, ICENT: €276,625) |
Principal Investigator | Ivan Petrović |
Researchers | Marija Seder, Ivan Marković, Davorka Moslavac Forjan |
Partners |
Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy (coordinator), Asociatia Producatorilor De Mobila Din Romania, Automatismos Y Sistemas De Transporte Interno, S.A.U., Chemi-Pharm AS, Technologiko Panepistimio Kyprou, European Dynamics Advanced Systems of Telecommunications Informatics and |
Website | http://www.l4ms.eu/ |
DIH2- A Network of Robotics DIHs for Agile Production
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DIH² is a network of 26 DIHs, with a target to reach over 170 DIHs. The sole aim of the network is to spark incremental (cut 50% cost of advance robotics solutions, double the growth of robotics market) and disruptive (maximum productivity & optimum agility) innovations in over 300,000 Manufacturing SMEs and Mid-Caps. It will support SMEs in their Agile Production challenge (50% increase in productivity) and unleash their digitalization potential by enabling robot solutions that are more cost effective at lower lot sizes. |
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Funding | H2020-DT-2018-1, (Total budget: €16,834,085, ICENT: €152,820) |
Principal Investigator | Ivan Petrović |
Researchers | Marija Seder, Ivan Marković, Davorka Moslavac Forjan |
Partners |
Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy (coordinator), Aries Transilvania, BrainsBusiness, Information Technologies Institute, CyRIC, European Dynamics, Digital.Hub Logistics, EProsima, FundingBox, International Data Spaces Association, Fraunhofer IML, Irish Manufacturing Research, ISDI, iTechnic GmbH, Linz Center of Mechatronics, Blumorpho, Intemac, Lithuanian Robotics Association, Loupe 16, NCR, sirris, VATP, Pannon Businees Network, Produtech, Proxinnov, Pomurski tehnološki park |
Website | http://dih-squared.eu/ |
DATACROSS - The Centre of Research Excellence for Data Science and Advanced Cooperative Systems
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The Centre of Research Excellence for Data Science and Advanced Cooperative Systems is the first centre of excellence in the field of technical sciences in Croatia. The Centre brings together researches from thirteen renowned organizations, including eleven higher education institutions from Zagreb, Split, Rijeka, Osijek and Dubrovnik, as well as the Ruđer Bošković Institute and the company Ericsson Nikola Tesla. The Centre comprises two research units: the Research Unit for Data Science (DATASCIENCE) and the Research Unit for Cooperative Systems (ACROSS). Find out more about the participating organizations here. The vision of the centre is to establish itself as the leader in research and development of new methods and advanced engineering approaches related to data science and cooperative systems. The mission of the centre is to advance Croatian science and strengthen its inclusion in the European Research Area, in particular by promoting the participation in EU and other international research programmes. The centre fosters cooperation between the academic community and the public sector in the specific research areas that are in the focus of the Centre. |
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Principal Investigator | Ivan Petrović (coordinator of the Research Unit for Cooperative Systems) |
Researchers | Marija Seder, Ivan Marković |
Partners | University of Zagreb Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Rijeka Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Osijek Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Dubrovnik, Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Catholic University of Croatia, Center for Advanced Computing and Modelling |
Website | across-datascience.zci.hr |
DATACROSS - Advanced methods and technologies in Data Science and Cooperative Systems
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DATACROSS is a project of the Centre of Research Excellence for Data Science and Advanced Cooperative Systems dealing with research problems of developing advanced methods and technologies for heterogeneous data analysis and complex cooperative system shaping. |
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Funding | European Regional Development Fund (Total budget: €5.060.000, UNIZG-FER: €5.060.000) |
Principal Investigator | Ivan Petrović (coordinator) |
Researchers | Marija Seder, Ivan Marković |
Website | across-datascience.zci.hr/en/datacross |
SafeTRAM - System for Increased driving safety in public urban rail traffic
The goal of the SafeTRAM project is to develop an innovative system which would increase traffic safety by implementing safety functions for urban rail traffic, thus lowering the number of accidents causing great material damage and human casualties. Electric trams use up to five times less energy than an automobile, do not pollute the environment and have a number of ecological advantages with respect to road traffic, which is responsible for 95% of traffic gas emissions. In the near future, systems like SafeTRAM will be a key element of autonomous vehicles which is one of the final goals of the modern society. |
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Funding | European Regional Development Fund (Total budget: €2.460.000, UNIZG-FER: €751.500) |
Principal Investigators | Ivan Petrović, Marija Seder, Ivan Marković, |
Researchers | Igor Cvišić, Juraj Peršić, Josip Ćesić, Kruno Lenac |
Partners | Končar Electrical Engineering Institute (coordinator) |
MAS - Development of a multi-functional anti-terrorism system
The analysis of states in counterterrorism and anti-terrorism forces (military units conducted by counterterrorism and anti-terrorist police forces) undoubtedly points to the very serious lack of adequate remotely-controlled vehicles and systems that can respond to the challenges of contemporary terrorism. The same situation exists in the market of remotely-controlled systems for other purposes in the security and defence sector (military, police and civil). This project develops a multi-functional anti-terrorism system (MAS), consisting of a remotely-controlled anti-terrorism attack vehicle and a transport-logistic and commanding operating module on an on-road vehicle (commuter vehicle) that will find its applications in these market sectors. |
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Funding | European Regional Development Fund (Total budget: €3.670.000, UNIZG-FER: €380.000) |
Principal Investigator | Ivan Petrović |
Researchers | Marija Seder, Ivan Marković, Filip Marić, Ana Šelek, Demijan Jurić, Anđela Čirjak |
Partners | DOK-ING (coordinator) |
DUV-NRKBE - Development of a remotely controlled vehicle for operation in extreme CBRNe conditions
The goal of the DUV-NRKBE project is to develop a remotely controlled vehicle for acting in extreme Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNe) conditions. It will be a unique system on continuous tracks which will give the end user a capability to work in extreme heat zones - in conditions where a human could not survive, along with an array of tools and sensors with which it will perform various missions and drastically shorten the time and intensity of accidents. Furthermore, besides remote control one of the goals of the project is to enhance the vehicle with autonomous capabilities such as autonomous patrolling, laser cartography etc. |
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Funding | European Regional Development Fund (Total budget: €2.440.000, UNIZG-FER: €260.190) |
Principal Investigator | Ivan Petrović |
Researchers |
Marija Seder, Ivan Marković, Filip Marić, Ana Šelek, Demijan Jurić, Anđela Čirjak, Marta Čolaković-Bencerić, Juraj Peršić, Tomislav Petković |
Partners | DOK-ING (coordinator) |