Modular Platform for Research, Test and Validation of Technologies supporting a Sustainable Blue Economy

Tipo: Organizaciones públicas de investigación (OPI)

Acrónimo: Tec4Sea

Nombre del coordinador: Eduardo Silva

Nombre de la institución a la que pertenece: INESC TEC

Dirección: Campus da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto Rua Dr. Roberto Frias 4200-465 Porto Portugal

Teléfono: +351 222 094 000

E-mail: Enviar mail

Web: https://www.inesctec.pt/en#intro

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/inesc-tec/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/INESCTEC/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/INESCTEC

Descripción:
TEC4SEA is a unique and pioneer platform in Europe to support research, development, and test of marine robotics, telecommunications, and sensing technologies for monitoring and operating in the ocean environment.
Its characteristics, geographic location allowing fast access to deep sea, and support of multidisciplinary research, enable full validation and evaluation of technological solutions designed for the ocean environment, allowing researchers to evolve from simulation/lab experiment to field trial. The research infrastructure brings together a set of laboratories, testbeds, equipments, and support facilities for experiments in controlled and real environments, including: 1- Laboratories of (a) robotics with test tanks, (b) optical/radio communications with access to an anechoic camera, (c) acoustic submarine signal processing and instrumentation development for submarine exploration, and (d) optical and image sensors, with access to infrastructure for fabrication of fiber optic based devices, microfabrication (clean room), and optoelectronics instrumentation; 2- Maritime wireless networks testbed with fixed stations and sea nodes deployed in fishing ships; 3- Support facilities at Leixões sea port; 4- Robotic platforms capable of supporting different payloads, including buoys and aerial, surface, and underwater vehicles.

Áreas de especialización: Oceanografía física, Oceanografía química, Oceanografía geológica, Oceanografía biológica, Teledetección, Equipamientos y sensores, Costa, hidrografia y dinámica de los océanos, Ciclos biogeoquímicos, Recursos explotables, Tecnología aplicada a la gestión de los recursos, Alimentación y nutrición en acuicultura, Geología costera, Contaminación e impactos ambientales, Diagnóstico y respuesta de los ecosistemas costeros frente al cambio climático, Análisis y evaluación ambiental, Seguridad, riesgo y responsabilidad, Digitalización portuaria, Ciberseguridad, Sistemas de fondeo, Acuicultura offshore, Plataformas offshore, Machine learning/ Artificial Intelligence, Industria 4.0 aplicada al sector naval (shipbuilding 4.0), Robótica subacuática y sistemas autónomos, Petróleo y Gas Offshore, Energía Eólica Offshore, Energía de las mareas, Energía de las olas, Formación y educación marítima, Clusters, redes, plataformas colaborativas, Desarrollo de negocio, Transferencia de conocimiento y tecnología, Propiedad intelectual

Palabras clave: Engenharia, Robótica Marinha, Sistemas Autónomos, Economia Azul, Inteligência Artificial, Transferência Tecnologia

Número investigadores: 700

Número doctores: 350

Identificador Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/affil/profile.uri?afid=60020432&offset=1&sid=52b51cf7553…

Repositorio científico de acceso abierto: https://repositorio.inesctec.pt

Proyectos

First-line response to oil spills based on native microorganism cooperation

Acrónimo: Spilless

Programa de financiación: European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)

Entidad financiadora: European Union

Año de inicio: 2017

Año de finalización: 2019

Investigador principal: Ana Paula Mucha

URL del proyecto: https://spilless.ciimar.up.pt/

Development and validation of a program for the prototyping and exploitation of innovative ideas

Acrónimo: ProtoAtlantic

Programa de financiación: INTERREG Atlantic Area

Entidad financiadora: European Union

Año de inicio: 2017

Año de finalización: 2020

Investigador principal: Jorge Galvon

URL del proyecto: http://www.protoatlantic.eu/

A Prototype for Multitrophic Oceanic Monitoring

Acrónimo: MarinEye

Programa de financiación: Integrated Marine and Coastal Management (PT02)

Entidad financiadora: EEA Grants

Año de inicio: 2015

Año de finalización: 2017

Investigador principal: Catarina Magalhães

URL del proyecto: http://marineye.ciimar.up.pt/

Sustainable Ocean Exploitation: Tools and Sensors

Acrónimo: CORAL

Programa de financiación: NORTE 2020

Entidad financiadora: CCDR-N

Año de inicio: 2016

Año de finalización: 2018

Investigador principal: Luis Filipe Castro

URL del proyecto: http://coral.ciimar.up.pt/

Nettag: Tagging fishing gears and enhancing on board best-practices to promote waste free fisheries

Acrónimo: NetTag

Programa de financiación: EMFF/2017/1.2.1.12/S2 - MARINE LITTER

Entidad financiadora: EASME

Año de inicio: 2019

Año de finalización: 2020

Investigador principal: Cristina Almeida

URL del proyecto: http://www.net-tag.eu

Strengthening Maritime Technology Research Center

Acrónimo: STRONGMAR

Programa de financiación: Twinning

Entidad financiadora: European Comission

Año de inicio: 2016

Año de finalización: 2018

Investigador principal: Eduardo Silva

URL del proyecto: http://www.strongmar.eu/

The Atlantic Testing Platform for Maritime Robotics: New Frontiers for Inspection and Maintenance of Offshore Energy Infrastructures

Acrónimo: Atlantis

Programa de financiación: H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP

Entidad financiadora: Euroean Comission

Año de inicio: 2020

Año de finalización: 2022

Investigador principal: Andry Maykol Pinto

URL del proyecto: https://www.inesctec.pt/en/projects/atlantis#intro

Publicaciones

Fish farming autonomous calibration system

Autores: F. Lopes ; H. Silva ; J. M. Almeida ; C. Pinho ; E. Silva

Año de publicación: 2017

Journal: OCEANS 2017 - Aberdeen

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANSE.2017.8084565

Hyperspectral Imaging for Real-Time Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Maritime Target Detection

Autores: Sara Freitas, Hugo Silva, José Almeida & Eduardo Silva

Año de publicación: 2018

Journal: Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-017-0689-0

MarinEye — A tool for marine monitoring

Autores: Alfredo Martins André Dias Eduardo Silva Hugo Alexandre Ferreira Ireneu Dias José Miguel Almeida Luís Torgo Goncalves,M Maurício Oliveira Guedes Nuno Dias Pedro Jorge Mucha,AP Magalhaes,C Carvalho,MDF Ribeiro,H Almeida,CMR Azevedo,I Ramos,S Borges,T Leandro,SM Maranhao,P Mouga,T Gamboa,R Lemos,M dos Santos,A Silva,A Frazao e Teixeira,BFE Bartilotti,C Marques,R Cotrim,S

Año de publicación: 2016

Journal: OCEANS 2016 - Shanghai

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANSAP.2016.7485624

Assessment of design trade-offs for wireless power transfer on seawater

Autores: H. M. Santos ; M. R. Pereira ; L. M. Pessoa ; Cândido Duarte ; H. M. Salgado

Año de publicación: 2016

Journal: OCEANS 2016 MTS/IEEE Monterey

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2016.7761273

Positioning. Navigation and Awareness of the !VAMOS! Underwater Robotic Mining System

Autores: J. Almeida, A. Martins, C. Almeida, A. Dias, B. Matias, A. Ferreira, P. Jorge, R. Martins, M. Bleier, A. Nüchter, J. Pidgeon, S. Kapusniak, and E. Silva.

Año de publicación: 2018

Journal: 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2018.8593869

Development of an autonomous biosampler to capture in situ aquatic microbiomes

Autores: Ribeiro, H; Martins, A; Goncalves, M; Guedes, M; Tomasino, MP; Dias, N; Dias, A; Mucha, AP; Carvalho, MF; Almeida, CMR; Ramos, S; Almeida, JM; Silva, E; Magalhaes, C;

Año de publicación: 2019

Journal: PLoS ONE

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216882

Control-Law for Oil Spill Mitigation with an Autonomous Surface Vehicle

Autores: D. Pedrosa ; A. Dias ; A. Martins ; J. Almeida ; E. Silva

Año de publicación: 2018

Journal: 2018 OCEANS - MTS/IEEE Kobe Techno-Oceans (OTO)

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANSKOBE.2018.8559397

Coordination of Marine Robots Under Tracking Errors and Communication Constraints

Autores: Bruno M. Ferreira, Aníbal C. Matos, Nuno A. Cruz and A. Paulo Moreira

Año de publicación: 2016

Journal: IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1109/joe.2015.2412992

Strengthening Marine and Maritime Research and Technology

Autores: Eduardo Silva, Alfredo Martins, André Dias, Aníbal Matos, Augustin Olivier, Carlos Pinho, Filipe Sá, Hugo Ferreira, Hugo Silva, José Alves, José Almeida, Luís Pessoa, Manuel Ricardo, Nuno Cruz, Nuno Dias, Paulo Mónica, Pedro Jorge and Rui Campos

Año de publicación: 2016

Journal: OCEANS'16 MTS/IEEE

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2016.7761294

Patentes

MARESye - Hybrid Imaging System for 3D Underwater Environments

Inventores:

Referencia: EP18169993.5

Año de presentación: 2018

Instituciones titulares: CIIMAR, INESC TEC

AI-LIBS – A method and apparatus for characterization of constituents in a physical sample from electromagnetic spectral information

Inventores:

Referencia: EP18187384.5

Año de presentación: 2018

Instituciones titulares: INESC TEC, CIIMAR

Infraestructura

TEC4SEA is a unique and pioneer platform in Europe to support research, development, and test of marine robotics, telecommunications, and sensing technologies for monitoring and operating in the ocean environment.
Its characteristics, geographic location allowing fast access to deep sea, and support of multidisciplinary research, enable full validation and evaluation of technological solutions designed for the ocean environment, allowing researchers to evolve from simulation/lab experiment to field trial. The research infrastructure brings together a set of laboratories, testbeds, equipments, and support facilities for experiments in controlled and real environments, including: 1- Laboratories of (a) robotics with test tanks, (b) optical/radio communications with access to an anechoic camera, (c) acoustic submarine signal processing and instrumentation development for submarine exploration, and (d) optical and image sensors, with access to infrastructure for fabrication of fiber optic based devices, microfabrication (clean room), and optoelectronics instrumentation; 2- Maritime wireless networks testbed with fixed stations and sea nodes deployed in fishing ships; 3- Support facilities at Leixões sea port; 4- Robotic platforms capable of supporting different payloads, including buoys and aerial, surface, and underwater vehicles.

Servicios

Access to the Optical and Electronic Technologies laboratory

Descripción del servicio:
Supervised access to equipment that enables

Tipo de servicio: Instalaciones/Equipamientos

URL servicio:

Access to the Optoelectronics laboratory for Sensing Technologies

Descripción del servicio:
Supervised access to equipment that enables fabrication, test and characterization of optical fibre sensors for detecting physical, chemical and biological parameters

Tipo de servicio: Instalaciones/Equipamientos

URL servicio:

Access to the Optoelectronics laboratory for imaging technologies

Descripción del servicio:
Supervised access to equipment for advanced imaging systems for structural and spectral analysis (functional and analytical characterization)

Tipo de servicio: Instalaciones/Equipamientos

URL servicio:

Access to the robotics laboratories for scientific and technological testing, acquisition of data sets, experimental runs and evaluation

Descripción del servicio:
Supervised access to a test tank (Length, Width, Depth in metres: tank 1, 10L x 6W x 5.2D; tank 2, 4L x 4W x 2D) with vision ground truth equipment

Tipo de servicio: Instalaciones/Equipamientos

URL servicio:

Access to the field robotics mobile laboratory in open sea for scientific and technological testing, acquisition of data sets, experimental runs and evaluation

Descripción del servicio:
Supervised access to sea area, equipped with acoustic ground truth system for non GPS positioning, underwater communication system, surface Wi-Fi infrastructure, physical and chemical sensors for probe calibration and support vessels

Tipo de servicio: Instalaciones/Equipamientos

URL servicio:

Mission support services

Descripción del servicio:

Tipo de servicio: Tecnologías/Plataformas Tecnológicas

URL servicio:

Sub-contracted services

Descripción del servicio:
Possibility to request R&D contracts in the areas covered by the research infrastructure to achieve specific results or to perform certain tasks. This might include the support and experimental testing

Tipo de servicio: Tecnologías/Plataformas Tecnológicas

URL servicio: