Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
A Web-based Collaboration System for Mass Customization (E-CUSTOM)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: New production
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Greece,Italy,Spain,Germany,France,Germany,United Kingdom,Spain
Call:  (FP7-2010-NMP-ICT-FoF, 2010)
Start date: 2010-06-01
End date: 2013-05-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4464865.8
EU funding (EUR): 3054600.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

Mass production no longer seems suitable for today’s market and is being replaced by mass customization. The need for satisfying the individual customers’ requirements is now stronger than ever. Customers require that the product they buy fulfils their personal requirements in an individualised manner. New technologies can now make it possible to prepare unique designs of products, manufacture these products and communicate on a mass basis. The first objective of the proposed research is to engage customers in the design and development of personalised products from the initial product design up to the after market segment. A web-based system can now tailor information or products to the customer. Specifically, potential customers will be given the opportunity to modify a set of characteristics, including the choice of materials as well as the modification of the standard geometry and appearance specifications of parts belonging to a carefully chosen, personalisation-enabling, series of components of different models and variants. The second main objective is to reach an efficient level of decentralized manufacturing. The project aims to develop tools that will support the manufacturing and/or assembly of selected parts outside the central manufacturing site. Depending on the selected customization options certain manufacturing processes will be possible to be carried out by the material/parts suppliers or by the local distributors and/or service providers in a coordinated manner. Additionally, the project aims to measure the environmental footprint of the possible solutions in order to be considered when deciding on the most appropriate manufacturing solution (where, how, who and when). In order to facilitate this process, a multi-layer data exchange infrastructure will be built in order to ensure interoperability between all users.

Keywords: user-adaptive design system,decentralized manufacturing,environmental efficiency
Plug and Produce Components for Optimum Dynamic Performance Manufacturing Systems (DYNXPERTS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: New production
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Germany,France,Hungary,France,Italy,Spain
Call:  (FP7-2010-NMP-ICT-FoF, 2010)
Start date: 2010-07-01
End date: 2013-06-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5231444.0
EU funding (EUR): 3449195.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

Self-sufficient intelligent plug-and-produce components with advanced sensing and actuating functionalities, e.g. based on smart materials. Able to adapt their range of properties, depending on the changing process conditions. Use vibration for energy harvesting to drive the intelligent system. Smart materials: compensation of static and / or thermally induced dislocations, vibration damping and decoupling of oscillations. High accuracy in production systems under different conditions and to overcome the traditional limitation of dynamics versus precision. Active participation of industrial partners, including SMEs, covering demonstration activities including pilot implementations in industrial settings.

Keywords: plug-and-produce energy harvesting smart materials adaptronic magnetic actuator machine tool machine-tool
Cooperative Advanced Driver Assistance System for Green Cars (ECOGEM)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Contribution of the ICT Theme to Public-Private Partnerships for R&D in the European Economic Recovery Plan
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Spain,Spain,United Kingdom,Poland,Greece,Italy,Türkiye,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-2010-ICT-GC, 2010)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2013-02-28
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3157978.0
EU funding (EUR): 2043922.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

EcoGem claims that the success and user acceptability of Fully Electric Vehicles (FEVs) will predominantly depend on their electrical energy consumption rate and the corresponding degree of autonomy that they can offer. EcoGem aims at providing efficient ICT-based solutions to this great issue, by designing and developing a FEV-oriented highly-innovative Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS), equipped with suitable monitoring, learning, reasoning and management capabilities that will help increase the FEV’s autonomy and energy efficiency. EcoGem will base its approach on rendering the FEV: (i) capable of reaching the desired destinations through the most energy efficient routes possible; (ii) fully aware of surrounding recharging points/stations while on move. To achieve its goals, EcoGem will develop and employ novel techniques: (i) on-going learning-based traffic prediction; (ii) optimised route planning; (iii) interactive and inter-operative traffic, fleet and recharging management via V2V and V2I interfaces and communication. EcoGem’s key-objective is to infuse intelligence and learning functionalities to on-board systems, enabling autonomous as well as interactive learning through V2X interfacing. EcoGem vehicles will learn over time to predict (and thus avoid) congested routes, based on experience that they gather. This learning process will eventually render each EcoGem FEV capable of autonomously classifying routes according to their degree of congestion, enabling energy-driven route planning optimisation. The EcoGem ADAS will additionally cater for the complete planning of the vehicle’s recharging strategy. This optimisation process will typically include automated battery monitoring and various levels of pro-activeness, optimised scheduling according to several parameters (battery levels, energy consumption rate, desired destination, present location, daytime, traffic, user agenda, etc.), and real-time booking of recharging points.

Keywords: fully electric vehicle,vehicle autonomy,energy efficiency,route planning,recharging points,recharging management,adas,infrastructure interfaces,cooperative system concepts
Self-learning modular manufacturing platform for flexible, patient-specific cell production (MANUCYTE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: New production
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Finland,Switzerland,Germany,Hungary,Germany,Germany,Finland,Germany
Call:  (FP7-2010-NMP-ICT-FoF, 2010)
Start date: 2010-05-01
End date: 2013-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4534238.6
EU funding (EUR): 3435700.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

Personalized medicine (e.g. regenerative, such as cell therapy or patient-specific tested and composed pharmaceuticals) has huge potential. But to exploit this potential, it is necessary to produce human cells patient-specific in industrial scale. Nowadays, personalized cell production is only executed by means of manual processing on laboratory scale. In Order to make patient-specific production of cells available for a wide range of applications, CytoFab focuses on the development of an intelligent, modular manufacturing platform for flexible, patient-specific cell production which will increase efficiency of personalised cell production in quality and throughput. This objective will be reached by combining several high-sophisticated technologies such as a modular and scalable plug-in concept for the setup of cell production platforms, the application of a cleanroom and sterilisation concept to keep cell cultures cross-contamination free, a micro-fluidic component for customized cell culture medium composition, inline monitoring methodologies to enable the evaluation of cell status within the production process, and a manufacturing execution system which includes a self-learning knowledge-based cell behaviour and advanced cell process control fuctionalities for self-optimization of cell production processes. The latter is needed due to the individual nature of cells which makes it impossible, to process each cell with the same parameters without considerable variations in quality. With this high grade innovations, CytoFab will set a new standard in automated manufacturing technologies for personalized medicine applications.

Keywords: patient-specific production of cells,modularity,cross-contamination free,intelligent mes
Toolkit for building low cost robot co-workers in assembly lines (LOCOBOT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: New production
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Austria,Germany,United Kingdom,Italy,Austria,Germany,Finland,Italy
Call:  (FP7-2010-NMP-ICT-FoF, 2010)
Start date: 2010-08-01
End date: 2013-07-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5323426.2
EU funding (EUR): 3740000.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The European automotive industry and their component manufacturers are facing the biggest shift in their history. The transition from combustion engines to electric drives (e-vehicle) requires pro-duction facilities that can initially deal with low and varying production volumes and can quickly be up-scaled to large numbers at need. LOCOBOT provides a solution to this problem by developing a flexible robotic assistant platform to support manual production processes and increase the produc-tivity and precision of such tasks. LOCOBOT does not only include the robot itself but also the en-gineering tools that are required for quickly building the robot, setting up its control structure and defining its tasks. Facing the demographic change, a further goal of LOCOBOT is the improvement of ergonomics in industrial production processes. A group of key players in the automotive industry, in automation components, advanced robots and engineering software will be supported by a group of excellent researchers to solve the technical and scientific challenges in LOCOBOT. The results will be demonstrated by setting up 3 typical and highly relevant use cases in a pilot production line of Audi AG. The automotive industry will benefit from LOCOBOT by having a robot assistant that can be quick-ly reconfigured in terms of its kinematic structure as well as its tasks. This allows them to make manual production processes much more efficient, to quickly up-scale a production process if re-quired and to improve working conditions by reducing the need to lift heavy objects (such as wheel hub drives for the e-vehicle). This will enable the industry to achieve a leading position in the the e-vehicle market and to keep up with the expected customer demand. The immediate impact (2-5 years) of LOCOBOT will be about 150 MEur in savings due to increased flexibility and efficiency, and will be 10 times as much in the following years depending on how the production numbers of the e-vehicle evolve.

Keywords: robot co-worker robotic assistance pneumatic modules reconfiguration
High Performance Insulation based on Nanostructure encapsulation of air (HIPIN)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Italy,United Kingdom,France,Türkiye,Sweden,Italy
Call:  (FP7-2010-NMP-ENV-ENERGY-ICT-EeB, 2010)
Start date: 2011-11-01
End date: 2015-03-31
Duration (months): 41.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2865010.87
EU funding (EUR): 2100000.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The concept of High Performance Insulation Based on Nanostructured Encapsulation of Air (HIPIN), described in this proposal, is to develop a sustainable and affordable technology to produce a nanostructured thermal insulating coating to improve thermal efficiency in new and retrofitting buildings. The insulating material will have enhanced performance compared with the state of the art products and will contribute to the protection of the environment through the reduction of greenhouse gases generated in heating and cooling the building. The concept described in HIPIN develops technology which is affordable and easily applicable. Insulating properties will be achieved through a combination of a novel approach to fabrication of aerogels to address the current cost issue, combined with the addition of low emissivity, a critical feature in improving the performance of thin insulating layers. In addition to the insulating effect, other functionalities will be sought such as self-cleaning, sound insulation and fire retardant properties. The innovative multi-functional material will be suitable for application in a liquid form on exterior of buildings at a reducing cost and time required for installation. This will be achieved by the development of novel technology for handling fragile additives within liquid systems. The developed process will constitute a viable approach to produce a material which can be affordably manufactured on an industrial scale and significantly in advance of solutions currently available.

Keywords: insulation,low cost,nano- technology,aerogel,paint systems,coating systems,sustainability
Aerogel-Based Composite/Hybrid Nanomaterials for Cost-Effective Building Super-Insulation Systems (AEROCOINS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,France,Switzerland,Finland,Poland,Germany,France,France,Spain
Call:  (FP7-2010-NMP-ENV-ENERGY-ICT-EeB, 2010)
Start date: 2011-06-16
End date: 2015-06-15
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4304124.4
EU funding (EUR): 3000000.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

In the context of global climate control policies, improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings represents a great challenge, worldwide as well as at the European level. Reducing the energy consumption of buildings is nowadays preferably achieved by increasing the thermal resistance of the insulation layer in the building envelope. The AEROCOINs project will make a significant contribution to the future reduction of energy consumption by decreasing heating and cooling demands of existing-buildings. A clever combination of sol-gel science and nanotechnology can greatly advance design and development of novel superinsulating aerogels. The AEROCOINs project proposes to create a new class of mechanically strong superinsulating aerogel composite/hybrid materials by overcoming the two major obstacles which have endured for so long and have prevented a more wide-spread use of silica-based aerogel insulation components in the building industry: i) strengthening of silica aerogels by cross-linking with cellulosic polymers or the incorporation of cellulose-based nanofibres and ii) lowering the production cost of monolithic plates or boards of composite/hybrid aerogel materials via ambient drying and continuous production technology. Acting on these two incentives, new superinsulating aerogel-based monolithic materials with improved thermo-mechanical properties will be synthesized at the laboratory scale, developed further to the pilot scale under the shape of superinsulating panels, integrated in well-suited envelope components which will then be used for energy and ageing evaluation purposes via the integration of the aerogel-based components in a demonstration wall. In addition, a complete LCA study of the component will be realized and a fabrication concept for cost effective mass production (based on a continuous elaboration process) will be laid out for further pre-industrial development

Keywords: silica aerogel,crosslinking,nanodispersion,ambient-drying,component,building integration,energy efficiency
Quality Control of Aluminium Laser-welded Assemblies (QCOALA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Contribution of the ICT Theme to Public-Private Partnerships for R&D in the European Economic Recovery Plan
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Germany,Germany,Switzerland,Germany,United Kingdom,France,Germany,Bulgaria
Call:  (FP7-2010-NMP-ICT-FoF, 2010)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2014-07-31
Duration (months): 47.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3931577.0
EU funding (EUR): 2627239.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The QCOALA project will develop a new dual-wavelength laser processing system for welding thin-gauge aluminium and copper, 0.1mm to 1.0mm in thickness, with integrated process monitoring and in-line non-destructive inspection, and establish its capability to provide a reliable, high-speed, low-cost and high-quality joining solution for electric car battery and thin-film photovoltaic (PV) cell interconnections. Through fully integrated process ICT and Statistical Process Control (SPC), the new system will facilitate in-line quality control, as well as a higher level of automation in manufacturing, and thereby achieve higher yield and throughput, for both these high-in-demand applications. This project will help the Beneficiaries, with expertise in the constituent components of the new system, to increase their annual turnover between 15 and 25%, their productivity between 50 and 100% and their yield between 2 and 10%. The new laser processing system will be based on a pulsed platform for PV interconnections, capable of laser pulses in the range of µs to ms and pulse energies of up to (tens of) Joules, and capable of generating both the near-IR and green wavelength through a dual-wavelength beam scanner. Real-time temporal pulse control will be developed to allow closed-loop control of the monitored process. A dual , pulsed green and continuous wave (cw) IR platform will be used for welding battery interconnections. In this case, the combined green and IR beams will be delivered through the same dual wavelength welding head. The fully-integrated system will produce 100% inspection rate, with a ‘fingerprint’ of each laser weld captured in ‘real-time’, and allow in-line process control when welding car battery and thin-film PV cell interconnections QCOALA is focused on energy-efficient, environmental-friendly and agile manufacturing, through the feed-back of in-line-monitoring and inspection information into the production line, allowing process control and continuous quality improvement and waste reduction. Whereas the concept of the project is aimed at smarter and more energy-efficient manufacturing, the applications that are addressed in the project fall are categorised in the ‘green’ alternative energy market.

Keywords: electric car battery,thin-film pv,aluminium and copper laser welding,qa monitoring and inspection
Smart robotics for high added value footwear industry (ROBOFOOT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Contribution of the ICT Theme to Public-Private Partnerships for R&D in the European Economic Recovery Plan
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Spain,Italy,Spain,Germany
Call:  (FP7-2010-NMP-ICT-FoF, 2010)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2013-02-28
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3685073.0
EU funding (EUR): 2559540.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

Footwear production is still mainly handcrafted. Currently, opposite to other manufacturing sectors like automotive, food or metal processing, robots are still out of Footwear industry: only technical shoe producers have introduced robots to assist in the injection moulding process but there are not other relevant applications in use. The introduction of robotics will contribute to overcome the complexity in the automation of the processes of this industry that accounts for some of the shortest production runs to be found. The main difficulties to achieve this goal are: •The high number of products variants. •Complex manufacturing process. •Complex assembly process. •Extensive labour demand on some processes. To achieve this objective, a consortium composed by 4 Industrial companies, 4 Research centres and 2 Shoe manufacturers will research and develop: •New manipulation strategies and devices for non-rigid parts that allowed grasping, handling and packaging of shoes without damaging them. •Sensor based robot programming and controlling tools that will exploit the information coming from CAD systems and all sensors available, in particular visual sensors as the base for visual servoing, making possible easy to program and flexible robotic applications. •Re-design of some shoe production processes to allow robot assisted manufacturing and assembly, in particular selective heating, visual inspection and packaging. The consortium has identified a set of six operations in the shoe manufacturing process as the more suitable for short-medium term robotics introduction. They will be packed into three prototypes that will be scheduled through the 30 months duration of the project in such a way that, from early phases, the Footwear Industry may get aware of the potential applications and benefits of robotics in their sector. This research activity is carried out in the framework of the ''Factories of the Future'' call promoted by the ''Cognitive Systems and Robotics'' ICT Challenge.

Keywords: robot,footwear,manipulation,control,programing