AMOS kick-off_Sture Holmstrøm

15 Pages·2013·1.75 MB·English

by  Sture Holmstrøm

SINTEF ICT and AMOS
Picture: Olav Rune Godø
(Havforskningsinstituttet)
Sture Holmstrøm ([email protected])
Research Director SINTEF ICT, Dep. Applied Cybernetics
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1. SINTEF ICT
2. SINTEF ICT Projects
• Autonomy
• Robotics and motion control
• Communication
• Sensors and data analysis
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SINTEF ICT in a nutshell
Key Figures
 Annual turnover : 45,0 M€

 Profit : 2,6 M€

 Number of employees : 300
 Scientists : 258
 Engineers : 22
 Staff : 20
Turnover by categorie
9 % 3 % 11 %
International NRC Strategic

EU 20 % 15 % NRC
Innovation
Public
38 %
Sector Industry
4 %
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SINTEF ICTs Research Areas
 Software Systems and Computational
Software
 Applied mathematics
 Networked Systems and Services
 Software Engineering, Safety and Security
 Cybernetics and Communication System
 Acoustics
 Communication Systems
 Applied Cybernetics
 Micro – and Sensor Systems
 Microsystems and Nanotechnology
 Instrumentation Systems
 Optical Measurement Systems and Data Analysis

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SINTEF ICT
AMOS Departments
Guidance, Navigation
Applied Cybernetics
and Control
Acoustics
Communication Systems
Optical Measurement
Systems
Hydrodynamics and
Applied Mathematics
Structural Mechanics
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SINTEF ICT Project examples
Autonomous systems
• Seatonomy
• Autonomous inspection and
maintenance
Communication
• Underwater communication
• Satellite communication
Sensors
• Microsensors
• 3 D vision and Image analysis

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Seatonomy – Autonomy for marine systems
Goal:
To develop and demonstrate methods and tools
for design, development and verification of
autonomous systems for marine applications
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Seatonomy - Pilots and demonstrators
AUV for surveillance of fish farms
Unmanned bulk carriers for
intercontinental transport
AUV for monitoring of pollution Autonomous robots for offshore
inspection and maintenance
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“I can't define a robot, but I
know one when I see one”
- Joseph Engelberger Learning robots Cooperating systems
Remote inspection and maintenance
Industrial robotics
2.2 Robotics at
20 2
40 1.8 Motion Control
60 11..46 SINTEF
80 1.2
100 1 and Robotics at
120 00..68
140 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 0.4 SINTEF ICT
Robot assistants
Biomimetic robots Autonomous vehicles
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Snake robots - storyline
Indoor lab prototypes Outdoor / underwater
Activity startup (2004)
(2005 - 2011) prototype (2013)
Idea -> Self-propelled fire hose
Aiko Mamba
Wheeko Kulko
Piko
Anna Konda
Motivation:
• Demonstrate unique tactile
body sensor system.
Motivation: • Demonstrate snake robot
• Research on control of snake locomotion in outdoor and
robots. underwater environments.
Innovation projects (2013 →)
Motivation:
• TRACT (EU project) – Robotic inspection of water pipes.
• Technology demonstrator
• INACHUS (EU project) – Snake robots for search and rescue.
• SERPEX (ESA study) – Snake robots for planetary exploration.
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