e-URready4OS: Expanded Underwater Robotics Ready for Oil Spill
Project reference: ECHO/SUB/2016/740129/PREP/21
Coordinators: Universidad Politècnica de Cartagena
Budget: 774.739 €
Duration: 01/01/17 – 31/12/18
UdG Project Coordinator: Dr. Marc Carreras
The challenge is to provide a larger number of trained teams as to be better prepared to deal with an emergency. Underwater robotics is widely used in the military and scientific domains, but not yet by Maritime Safety Agencies (MSAs). Our proposed strategy to accelerate the use of robotics against oil spills is twofold. On one hand, we have expanded the number of different countries trained teams with available vehicles from universities and research centres to increase the capabilities to handle an emergency elsewhere in European Seas. Secondly, we will transfer the know-how of these institutions to MSAs performing training exercises on board of their rescue vessels and giving courses to their technical personnel in charge of this technology in a near future.
PARTNERS
Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT)
Universidade do Porto (ЕСЕ) – DEEC
University of Zagreb
University of Cyprus
SASEMAR
Irish Coast Guard
The Scotish Association for Marine Science
Tallinn University of Technology
Universitat de Girona
Universitat de les Illes Balears
Norwegian University of Science and Technology