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Development of Soft, Efficient, Powerful, and Rapid Artificial Muscles for the Design of a Soft Wearable Haptic Exoskeleton (M-SCPA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Reintegration panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-05-01
End date: 2023-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 191149.44
EU funding (EUR): 191149.44
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Soft robotics is a growing research field promising to apply automation to new areas of our societies such as medicine, agriculture and exploration. However, since soft robotics is a relatively recent research field, many fundamental components of soft robots still demonstrate disappointing capabilities. Indeed, actuation is one of the most vital requirement of robots but it is yet to be solved adequately. This proposal describes the development and characterization of a new soft actuator. We call these innovative soft actuator “M-SCPAs”, as they are inspired by recent advances in Magnetoactive polymeric fiber (MAEs) and Supercoiled Polymer Actuators (SCPAs). M-SCPAs will be manufacThis proposal aims at creating a new type of soft actuator. Soft actuators are a key component of the soft robotics research field, with applications in medical, agricultural or wearable technologies. We propose to use “M-SCPAs”, named after the 2 key distinct concepts used in their design. -The first key concept is the use of a magnetoactive (M-) polymeric fiber. Inspired by recent advances in magnetoactive materials, we propose to embed strongly magnetized ferromagnetic particles within an extruded polymer fiber. When exposed to a magnetic field, the particles will internally pivot, and the fiber contract. -The second key concept is the use of an helical structure similar to the one used by “Supercoiled Polymer Actuators” (SCPAs). The twisting of a polymeric fiber creates a three-dimensional structure akin to a typical steel spring. From this structure is derived inherent softness, convenient form factor, as well as increased contractile capabilities. The proposal details the combination of these two ideas to create a new type of actuator overcoming each of the respective original actuators limitations. The proposal also proposes the demonstration of these actuators through the manufacture of a soft wearable haptic device powered and its subsequent use in an haptic feedback study.

Keywords: soft actuators,haptics,exoskeleton,magnetoactive polymers,supercoiled polymer actuator
Reintegration Governance (Reintegrate)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Institutions, Governance and Legal Systems
Panel description: Political science, international relations, law
Countries involved: Netherlands,Netherlands
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2020-STG, 2020)
Start date: 2021-07-01
End date: 2026-06-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1492177.0
EU funding (EUR): 1487586.59
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

The Reintegrate project will combine the fields of reintegration and migration governance to establish a new sub-field of reintegration governance (RG). This project will develop a conceptual understanding of what is reintegration governance, its implementation and effectiveness and a new theoretical framework of how different forms of reintegration governance shape returnees reintegration outcomes across an in-depth comparative analysis of four different states: Ethiopia, Morocco, Nepal, and Serbia. The project is rooted in the nexus between policies and migrants agency by using a trajectories approach and active navigators to illustrate the role that returnees play in their own reintegration outcomes. The project makes several original contributions. First, this will be the first study that examines how reintegration is governed and will take a global approach to compare different regimes of RG. Second, the project uses an original analytical and empirical approach to compare RG across four case study countries that are each selected to represent a different form of RG. Ethiopia represents origin country led RG wherein the state has a national reintegration proclamation. Morocco represents supranational led RG characterized be an EU Readmission Agreement, IOM Assisted Voluntary Return Programmes (AVR), and a GIZ Migration Advisory Centre. Serbia represents high RG including both supranational and origin country led RG. Nepal represents low RG wherein only an IOM AVR programme is operational. Third, the reintegrate project addresses a gap in migration governance by bringing in the trajectories and navigation of returnees as a critical dimension in the analysis. The reintegrate project will have an impact on migration studies, human geography and political science through the establishment of the new sub-field of reintegration governance.

Keywords: return,reintegration,governance,migration
Monitor Clinical Research Tools – a novel ICT solution for remote monitoring of source medical data in clinical trials (MCRTOOLS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Poland
Call: Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2016-07-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of the project is to commercialize Monitor Clinical Research Tools (MCR TOOLS), the first IT system enabling fully remote monitoring of clinical trials. Today, monitoring of medical records is one of the most cost-intensive elements of clinical trials, mostly because it has to be performed manually. With its new system, Monitor CR is about to change the status quo in this field. The key functionalities of MCR TOOLS have already been coded and verified through tests in a lab environment. What remains to be developed is the data integration functionality that will plug in MCR TOOLS into the established hospital information systems (HIS). Monitor CR has already initiated cooperation with the leading providers of HIS in Poland, as well as acquired investors and first early adopters - The University Clinical Centre in Gdansk and University Hospital in Cracow, setting the stage for the dynamic product launch. The targeted users are CROs, Sponsors and healthcare providers. Their common need is to limit clinical trials’ costs, so that medical products could be launched quicker and within tighter budgets. Introduction of MCR TOOLS will transform the costly and time-consuming monitoring of medical records into streamlined, effective and less error susceptible process. Therefore, MCR TOOLS is a potential disruptor for the traditional monitoring of clinical trials. The key features of the product are: - Remote access to chosen clinical site’s source medical data for Sponsors/CROs according to user status, - Highest data security standards, - 40% reduction of clinical trial monitoring costs for Sponsors/CROs, - Reduction of delays and errors in clinical trials monitoring and accounting procedures. By combining technological excellence with strong market focus, MCR TOOLS will redefine standards in monitoring of clinical trials to the benefit of all key stakeholders involved in this process, including patients.

Keywords: clinical trials,remote monitoring,medical records,cost efficiency,time savings
Cost effective FCL using advanced superconducting tapes for future HVDC grids (FASTGRID)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology
Theme: Advanced materials
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Israel,Spain,Italy,Germany,Spain,Switzerland,Slovakia,France,France,France,Canada
Call: Advanced materials enabling the integration of storage technologies in the electricity grid (H2020-NMBP-2016-two-stage, 2016)
Start date: 2017-01-01
End date: 2020-11-30
Duration (months): 47.0
Total project cost (EUR): 8602250.54
EU funding (EUR): 7248235.42
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

Sustainability of energy systems goes through high penetration of renewable energy with huge volumes of electricity to transmit over long distances. The most advanced solution is the HVDC Supergrid. But fault currents remain an issue even if DC circuit breakers have emerged. These are not satisfying, whereas Superconducting Fault Current Limiters (SCFCLs) using REBCO tapes bring an attractive solution. SCFCLs have already proved their outstanding performances in MVAC systems, with a few commercial devices in service. However, present REBCO conductors cannot be readily used at very high voltages: the electrical field under current limitation is too low and leads to too long tapes and high cost. FASTGRID aims to improve and modify the REBCO conductor, in particular its shunt, in order to significantly enhance (2 to 3 times) the electric field and so the economical SCFCL attractiveness. A commercial tape will be upgraded to reach a higher critical current and enhanced homogeneity as compared to today’s standards. For safer and better operation, the tape’s normal zone propagation velocity will be increased by at least a factor of 10 using the patented current flow diverter concept. The shunt surface will also be functionalized to boost the thermal exchanges with coolant. This advanced conductor will be used in a smart DC SCFCL module (1 kA – 50 kV). This one will include new functionalities and will be designed as sub-element of a real HVDC device. In parallel to this main line of work, developments will be carried out on a promising breakthrough path: ultra high electric field tapes based on sapphire substrates. FASTGRID will bring this to the next levels of technology readiness. In conclusion, FASTGRID project aims at improving significantly existing REBCO conductor architecture to make SCFCLs economically attractive for HVDC Supergrids. However, availability of such an advanced conductor will have an impact on virtually all other applications of HTS tapes.

Keywords: high temperature superconductors,rebco tapes,dc grid,super grid,fault current limiter,fault current interruption,physical vapour deposition,chemical solution deposition,inkjet printing
Managed Aquifer Recharge Solutions Training Network (MARSoluT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Innovative Training Networks (ITN)-European Training Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Spain,Spain,Italy,Israel,Italy,Germany,Germany,Germany,Malta,Greece,Portugal,Portugal
Call: Innovative Training Networks (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-03-01
End date: 2023-02-28
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2992494.24
EU funding (EUR): 2992494.2399999998
Participants: 19
Project status: SIGNED

Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) – storing water in aquifers during times of excess – is a key strategy to enrich groundwater resources in water scarce regions by providing intermediate storage, addressing the typical mismatch between water demand and availability. It can help to mitigate the effects of climate change, and to support water-related environmental services. MAR is, however, characterized by complex interaction of physical, biological and hydrochemical processes influencing water quality and the sustainability of infiltration rates. Individual processes are in principal known, but there is a significant knowledge gap on how they are linked and affect each other. An in-depth understanding of their interplay can lead to MAR systems tailored for best performance in terms of water storage, water polishing goals, infiltration rates, economic viability, and adaptation to climatic change. MARSoluT addresses this knowledge gap by a collaborative effort in a multi-disciplinary team. Activities are organized around the existing field sites of previous EU FP7 project MARSOL that are already highly characterised and instrumented to allow further in-depth studies and experimental approaches. This will lead to new insights into the complex and coupled processes at MAR sites and will help to optimize MAR design and operation, and thereby minimizing risk of MAR failure. Excellence in research and technological innovation are ensured by involving partners from renown research organizations as well as SMEs and industry partners with a strong background in the water sector. MARSoluT ESRs will get hands-on experience at various MAR sites while tackling specific MAR-related research topics in an interdisciplinary team. MARSoluT ESRs will become experts on the tailored planning of MAR systems making them attractive for employers from research, industry, and regulatory agencies which are eager to implement MAR into sound and safe Integrated Water Resources Management concepts.

Keywords: water scarcity,drought,climate change,mediterranean,aquifer,recharge,soil aquifer treatment
Market maturation of innovative Flexible modules for temporary sealing of construction Buildings (FlexBuild)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Climate action, environment,  resource efficiency and raw materials
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: Boosting the potential of small businesses in the areas of climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2016-11-01
End date: 2017-04-30
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Danish SME Altiflex aims to revolutionize the way buildings are sealed during construction by presenting a completely new system with several advantages when compared to the solutions based on wood frames and plastic. Given the drawbacks of existing solutions, Altiflex has developed a unique, yet simple modular concept that seals buildings under construction in an effective way. These modules are flexible and adjustable in size, and can be connected together in countless ways. Moreover, Altiflex modular system has an outstanding durability (high impact-resistant) and long life span (15 years), which enables its re-use in construction projects, and initial calculations have shown that its use can save up to 60% on energy costs during the cold winter months (when compared with plastic seals). Therefore, the use of Altiflex solution improves sustainability of construction processes by reducing both CO2 emission and waste disposal from construction sites. Building upon the experience with a preliminary version of the modular solution and patent-protected know-how (developed in-house at the SME), the current innovation project aims to bring Altiflex technology from prototype level to industrial and commercial readiness – by overcoming technical and market-related barriers – in order to effectively tackle a huge business opportunity. We aim to be a first mover and become established in the increasingly important market of sustainable construction – in the EU alone, the whole construction sector turnover amounts to more than € 1600 billion. Overall, this opens not only an important economic opportunity for Altiflex – expecting over €17 million revenues, 3-years post-project – but will ultimately lead to a sustainability and lower environmental footprint of construction processes, as well as important cost savings for the end-users.

Keywords: sealing facades,construction buildings,sustainability,energy savings,insulation,flexible modules
Helicopter Innovative Rotating Instrumentation System (HIRIS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky 2
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: CS2 (Art-187)
Countries involved: Germany,France
Call: Rotor’s Flight Test Instrumentation on demonstrator Fast Rotorcraft Project (H2020-CS2-CFP06-2017-01, 2017)
Start date: 2018-03-01
End date: 2021-05-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2709575.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

HIRIS objective is to provide an efficient TRL 6 Flight Test Instrumentation equipment for the Main Rotor (MR), the Lateral Rotor and the Drive Shafts (DS) systems fully adapted to specific configuration and needs of the Fast Rotorcraft demonstrator. The innovation comes from an hybrid solution of proven and tested technologies, in use for legacy solutions in order to ensure energy transmission on rotating parts. 3 different devices will be developed for the Main Rotor, the Lateral Rotor and the Drive shaft systems of the Fast Rotorcraft. For the developments, it is decisive to implement disruptive solutions for contactless and wireless instrumentation of rotary parts that will drastically improve reliability, availability and flexibility regarding legacy solutions. For an helicopter manufacturer, this may become a significant competitive advantage as rotors are the most critical parts of the aircraft. It will however, imply many modifications in the usual way to conceive solutions hence forcing to imagine an “unusual” instrumentation system. The HIRIS (Helicopter Innovative Rotating Instrumentation System) proposal offers answers to such challenge.

Keywords: flight test,instrumentation,permit to fly,fast rotorcraft,digital acquisition unit,next generation civil tiltrotor,ultra wide band,rotor,wifi,drive shaft systems,do160,ieee158
Mitochondrial Cannabinoid Receptors in the Brain (MiCaBra)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Neuroscience and Disorders of the Nervous System
Panel description: Nervous system development, homeostasis and ageing, nervous system function and dysfunction, systems neuroscience and modelling, biological basis of cognitive processes and of behaviour, neurological and mental disorders
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2017-ADG, 2017)
Start date: 2018-11-01
End date: 2024-10-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Brain activity critically depends on the high energetic support provided by mitochondria, the cell organelles transforming energy sources into molecularly usable ATP. The pathological effects of chronic mitochondrial dysfunctions in the brain are under scrutiny, but the impact of physiological modulation of mitochondrial activity on ongoing brain functions is almost unknown. Cannabinoid type-1 receptors (CB1) are amongst the G Protein-Coupled receptors (GPCR) expressed at highest levels in the brain, and they are key regulators of behaviour. We recently showed that CB1 receptors are present at brain mitochondrial membranes (mtCB1), where they regulate bioenergetic processes, thereby mediating amnesic effects of cannabinoids. Thus, the physiological roles of the brain endocannabinoid system formed by CB1 receptors and endogenous ligands, and the pharmacological effects of cannabinoid drugs (e.g. the psychotropic compound of the plant cannabis sativa, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol) partially rely on the regulation of brain mitochondrial activity. Using a bottom-up approach at micro-, meso- and macro-scale levels, MiCaBra will reveal cell biological features, signalling properties and behavioural impact of mtCB1 receptors in the brain. First, we will address the cell biology of mtCB1 receptors, determining the structural and molecular requirements for their mitochondrial trafficking. To define how this GPCR modulate mitochondrial activity and what are the functional consequences of these effects, we will study downstream intra-mitochondrial signalling of mtCB1 receptors and the eventual impact on cellular processes controlled by the organelle. Finally, we will tackle the role of mtCB1 receptors in the (endo)cannabinoid control of brain circuits and behaviour. Thus, MiCaBra has the ambitious aim to understand the impact of regulation of bioenergetic processes on ongoing brain functions, thereby determining a novel framework in the study of behavioural pathophysiology.

Keywords: cannabinoid receptors,mitochondria,brain bioenergetics,conditional mutagenesis,behaviour,imaging,proteomics,cell biology,biochemistry,electrophysiology
nexT gEneRation sMart INterconnectEd ioT (TERMINET)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Spain,Spain,Italy,Spain,Italy,Cyprus,Greece,Sweden,Greece,Switzerland,Belgium,Greece,France,France,Luxembourg,United Kingdom
Call: Next Generation Internet of Things (H2020-ICT-2020-1, 2020)
Start date: 2020-11-01
End date: 2024-01-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7998285.0
EU funding (EUR): 7998285.0
Participants: 27
Project status: SIGNED

The vision of TERMINET is to provide a novel next generation reference architecture based on cutting-edge technologies such as SDN, multiple-access edge computing, and virtualisation for next generation IoT, while introducing new, intelligent IoT devices for low-latency, market-oriented use cases. TERMINET’s primary intention is to bring (more efficient and accurate) decisions to the point of interest to better serve the final user targeting at applying distributed AI at the edge by using accelerated hardware and sophisticated software to support local AI model training using federated learning. Our solution aspires to reduce the complexity of the connecting vast number of heterogeneous devices through a flexible SDN-enabled middleware layer. It also aims to design, develop, and integrate novel, intelligent IoT devices such as smart glasses, haptic devices, energy harvesting modules, smart animal monitoring collars, AR/VR environments, and autonomous drones, to support new market-oriented use cases. Great expectation of the proposal is to foster AR/VR contextual computing by demonstrating applicable results in realistic use cases by using cutting-edge IoT-enabled AR/VR applications. By designing and implementing an IoT-driven decentralised and distributed blockchain framework within manufacturing, TERMINET aims to support maintenance and supply chain optimisation. Our solution intends to apply a vertical security by design methodology by meeting the privacy-preserving and trust requirements of the NG-IoT architecture. To foster standardisation activities for the IoT ecosystem, TERMINET will provide novel disruptive business models. For the evaluation of its wide applicability, TERMINET will validate and demonstrate six proof-of-concept, realistic use cases in compelling IoT domains such as the energy, smart buildings, smart farming, healthcare, and manufacturing.