AUTOASSESS is a project co-funded by the European Union that leverages AI and robotics to perform vessel inspection, removing human surveyors from dangerous and dirty confined areas.
The Kick-off meeting took place in Copenhagen (Denmark) on the 10th and 11th October 2023 at the premises of the project coordinator, DTU -Technical University of Denmark (Denmark), bringing together the partners of the AUTOASSESS consortium, comprised of:
- 5 leading technical institutions – DTU -Technical University of Denmark (Denmark), NTNU -Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway), Technical University of Munich (Germany), University of Twente (Netherlands), University of Zurich (Switzerland)
- 7 industrial partners and SMEs – ScoutDI (Norway), Cognite (Norway), FAYARD A/S (Denmark), GLC -Glafcos Marine Ltd. (Greece), F6S (Ireland), Flyability (Switzerland) and Sensima Inspection Sàrl (Switzerland)
- 1 classification society – DNV (Norway)
- 3 end-users representatives – Euronav (Belgium), Danaos Shipping Co. Ltd (Cyprus), Torvald Klaveness (Norway)
This was a key moment to look at the key objectives of AUTOASSESS and discuss the actions planned for the upcoming months of the project withing each of the 10 work packages (WP):
- WP1 Overall Project Coordination
- WP2 UAS Hardware Adaptation
- WP3 Resilient Onboard Localization, Spatial AI, and Control
- WP4 Resilient Inspection and Exploration Autonomy
- WP5 Machine Learning for Inspection
- WP6 Digital Twin (Offline Mapping)
- WP7 DSS & Offline Mission Planning
- WP8 Contact-based Thickness Inspection
- WP9 System Integration, Field Testing and Demonstration
- WP10 Innovation and Communication and Dissemination
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