VOJEXT SIGNS SUB-AGREEMENTS WITH WINNING COMPANIES
The 5 SMEs selected for funding in the 1st Open Call, held in the spring of 2021, will address 5 TECH CHALLENGES aimed at extending the capacity and technology outreach of VOJEXT demonstrators. They will be granted a total funding of € 230 000 for implementation of their projects.
The kick-off (welcome) meeting with the companies was held on 15 December 2021. They are joining the project to integrate their solutions to the VOJEXT platform to boost innovation in cognitive robotics. They will be on board for the next 6-12 months.
You can find the names of the companies, their short profile and the respective challenge they will address in the table below.
Challenge 1 Construction – Robotic Toolset |
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Development of a robotic solution designed for accomplishing plastering tasks with a robotic arm and 1 or more different end-effectors. Such solution should be able to work on top of an existing mobile wheeled robot part of the VOJEXT environment. |
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Winning SME – High Performance Creators, Bulgaria
The company’s mission is to transform advanced technologies and to contribute for a better life by offering innovative solutions in the sectors of clean and renewable energy, industrial and home automation, intelligent agriculture and life science. |
Challenge 2 – Navigation |
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Development of secure and autonomous robot navigation in highly dynamic environments. |
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Winning SME – ElifLab, Italy |
Challenge 3 – Visualization of point cloud in a VR headset |
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Scene and improve system’s usability, allowing user to navigate around the generate pointcloud using VR equipment. |
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Winning SME – Extend Robotics Limited, UK |
Challenge 4 – Integrate two leap motion devices to improve user’s hand mapping |
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Synchronize two leap motion devices to allow precise but cheap hand mapping. Integrate the output with the teleop pipeline. |
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Winning SME – Taktify, Netherlands
The company develops and supplies innovative and high-tech ICT solutions for healthcare ,Real estate and service management sectors. |
Challenge 5 – Investigate a new method of hand mapping and integrate it to the teleop pipeline |
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Reproduce a method concerning hand movements tracking. If applicable, the method will be integrated into the teleop pipeline. |
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Winning SME – Codewheel, Cyprus
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Important
The Second Open Call “Pilots” with a total budget of € 620 000 is expected to be launched in June 2022. It will fund SMEs and mid-caps to deploy VOJEXT technology through small-scale pilots across Europe and across sectors. Stay tuned for more information! More details to be announced at https://vojext.eu/open-calls/