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ENhanced DURability materials for Advanced stacks of New solid oxide fuel CElls (Endurance)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

"The project aims at developing reliable predictive models to estimate long-term (i.e. > 20 kh) performance and probability of failure of SOFC stacks based on existing materials and design produced by the industrial partners. This will allow the realization of stacks with extended service intervals and reduced maintenance cost with respect to the present stack technology. The extension of service ...
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Geared Turbofan Test Rig (GTFTR)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

The GTF (Geared TurboFan) engine represents one of the most promising architectural innovations in the aeronautical market, meeting requirements of constant improvement in engine performance in terms of fuel consumption, noise and gas emission.The concept which this engine architecture is based on involves the mechanical uncoupling of the turbine shaft from the fan section, by means of introductio ...
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Safe and Autonomous Physical Human-Aware Robot Interaction (SAPHARI)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

Description Recent progress in physical Human-Robot Interaction showed that active and safe workspace sharing becomes possible in principle. SAPHARI will perform a fundamental paradigm shift in robot development in the sense that the human will be the centre of the entire design. The project will enable robots to track, understand and predic ...
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Development of sustainable protein-based paper and paperboard coating systems to increase the recyclability of food and beverage packaging materials (BIO-BOARD)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

Worldwide about 7 million tonnes of coated paper, paperboard and cardboard (cartons) are currently manufactured annually mainly for food and beverage packaging. The standard coating material currently used is petrochemical-based polyethylene (PE). Typical laminate packaging contains about 20% of this material. Increased political, legislative and consumer pressure to reduce the dependency on fossi ...
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Development of Personalised Food using Rapid Manufacturing for the Nutrition of elderly Consumers (PERFORMANCE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

The main idea of the PERFORMANCE project is to develop and validate a holistic, personalized food supply chain for frail elderly in nursing homes, ambient assisted living facilities or at home (served by nursing services). The supply “chain” in this case will resemble a loop with the elderly consumers forming the initial link (personal preference and needs) and final link (consumption). As a resul ...
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Wings of the future (FUTUREWINGS)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: Jul 31, 2015,

The project moves starting from a very simple concept: let us think of an airplane as a great body with its end structures that could have the possibility to change their shape as they had internal nerve endings and muscles.The aerodynamic shape of aircraft lifting surfaces must change during the flight, owing to the aerodynamic requirements of the different maneuvers (ascent and descent operation ...
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Bottom-up reconstitution of a biomimetic bioartificial liver (RE-LIVER)

Start date: Jul 1, 2012, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

The liver, by way of its central role in both endogenous and exogenous metabolism, is one of the most well-studied organs in the human body.Hepatic tissue and its derivatives have a wide range of in-vivo and in-vitro applications from whole organ or partial lobe transplant, bioartificial ex-vivo devices, treatment of metabolic disorders to toxicology, drug metabolism and tissue regeneration. On th ...
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Cognitive Robot for Automation of Logistic Processes (RobLog)

Start date: Feb 1, 2011, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

Description robotic system suited for any unloading task of containers Globalization causes an increasing transport of goods which are shipped in containers and are transferred onto trucks for further transport. The containers are unloaded manually since they are nearly always packed chaotically, ...
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PLAtform for the deployment and operation of heterogeneous NETworked cooperating objects (PLANET)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

Efficient deployment and management has been identified as one of the main problems for the acceptance of new technologies based on Cooperating Objects (COs). The goal of PLANET is to provide an integrated planning and maintenance platform that enables the deployment, operation and maintenance of heterogeneous networked COs in an efficient way. The main objective of the project particularly emphas ...
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European Clearing House for Open Robotics Development (ECHORD)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

Description Strengthening the knowledge transfer between scientific research and industry in robotics and stimulating their cooperation In Europe the robotics industry is strong, but still fragmented and dispersed. The objective of ECHORD is to provide new opportunities for coordinated and target- ...
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Interreality in the management and treatment of stress-related disorders (INTERSTRESS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

INTERSTRESS aims to design, develop and test an advanced ICT based solution for the assessment and treatment of psychological stress. The system will aim at (1) objective and quantitative assessment of symptoms using biosensors and behavioral analysis; (2) decision support for treatment planning through data fusion and detection algorithms; and (3) provision of warnings and motivating feedback to ...
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Novel approaches for the development of customized skin treatments and services (Test case: Dead Sea Minerals and Conventional drugs) (Skin Treat)

Start date: Sep 1, 2008, End date: Aug 31, 2012,

Economical and health interests of skin problems are fast growing issues in Europe, following the remarkable extension in life expectancy in western countries, together with the increased awareness of UV radiation risks. Personalized health care approach has been discussed over the past few years and had been accompanied by developing innovative technologies capable of identifying specific biomark ...
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Cooperative Cognitive Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (Co3 AUVs)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Jan 31, 2012,

Description Development of an advanced multi-robot system for underwater environments Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) represent one of the most challenging frontiers for robotics research. AUVs work in an unstructured environment and face unique perception, decision, control and communicatio ...
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Variable Impedance Actuation Systems Embodying Advanced\nInteraction Behaviours (VIACTORS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2009, End date: Jan 31, 2012,

Most of today's robots have rigid structures and actuators which require complex software control algorithms and sophisticated sensor systems in order to behave adaptable, compliant, and safe in contact with unknown environments or with humans. Moreover, in terms of energy efficiency, peak force and speed, these robots are still considerably weaker than their biological archetypes. An alternative ...
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Open Architecture for Accessible Services Integration and Standardisation (OASIS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

OASIS introduces an innovative, Ontology-driven, Open Reference Architecture and Platform, which will enable and facilitate interoperability, seamless connectivity and sharing of content between different services and ontologies in all application domains relevant to applications for the elderly and beyond. The OASIS platform is open, modular, holistic, easy to use and standards abiding. It includ ...
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Synthetic Pathways to bio-inspired information processing (BION)

Start date: Apr 15, 2008, End date: Oct 14, 2011,

We shall use data from neuroanatomy and neurophysiology as a guide for the fabrication of deterministic and complex self-assembled networks of polymeric non linear elements with adaptive properties. The main objective is the realization of a new technology for the production of functional molecular assemblies, which can perform advanced tasks involving learning and decision making, and which can b ...
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Underwater Acoustic Network (UAN)

Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2011,

The UAN project aims at conceiving, developing and testing at sea an innovative and operational concept for integrating in a unique system submerged, surface and aerial sensors with the objective of protecting critical infrastructures, such as off-shore platforms and energy plants. The security of such economically vital infrastructures requires an integrated approach involving underwater and land ...
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Coordination action for enhancing the breakthrough of intelligent textile systems (e-textiles and wearable Microsystems) (SYSTEX)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2011,

Wearable electronics embedded in or transformed into textile systems are a new generation of products that contribute to economy as well as to society. SYSTEX wants to bring partners involved in European projects in this area together in order to group the results of numerous efforts that are currently going on. It wants to expand the platform to national level and to merge textiles and organic e ...
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Unobtrusive Authentication Using Activity Related and Soft Biometrics (ACTIBIO)

Start date: Mar 1, 2008, End date: Mar 31, 2011,

ACTIBIO will research and develop a completely new concept in biometric authentication: the extraction of multimodal biometric signatures based on the response of the user to specific stimuli, while performing specific but natural work-related activities. The novelty of the approach lies in the fact that the biometric measurements will correspond to the response of the person to specific events be ...
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