Edukad projektid

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Resilient Bio-inspired Modular Robotic Miners

acronym: ROBOMINERS
start: 2019-06-01
end: 2023-05-31
 
programme: H2020 - Horisont 2020
sub-programme: ENV - Kliimameetmed, keskkond, ressursitõhusus ja toorained
instrument: RIA
call identifier: H2020-SC5-2018-2
project number: 820971
duration in months: 48
partner count: 30
 
abstract: ROBOMINERS will develop a bio-inspired, modular and reconfigurable robot-miner for small and difficult to access deposits. The aim is to create a prototype robot that is capable of mining underground, underwater or above water, and can be delivered in modules to the deposit via a large diameter borehole. In the envisioned ROBOMINERS technology line, mining will take place underground, underwater in a flooded environment. A large diameter borehole is drilled from the surface to the mineral deposit. A modular mining machine is delivered in modules via the borehole. This will then self-assemble and begin its operation. Powered by a water hydraulic drivetrain and artificial muscles, the robot will have high power density and environmentally safe operation. Situational awareness and sensing is provided by novel body sensors, including artificial whiskers that will merge data in realtime with production sensors, optimising the rate of production and selection between different production methods. The produced high-grade mineral slurry is pumped to the surface, where it will be processed. The waste slurry could then be returned to the mine where it will backfill mined-out areas. ROBOMINERS will deliver proof of concept (TRL-4) of the feasibility of this technology line that can enable the EU have access to mineral raw materials from otherwise inaccessible or uneconomic domestic sources. This proof of concept will be delivered in the format of a new amphibious robot Miner Prototype that will be designed and constructed as a result of merging technologies from advanced robotics, mechatronics and mining engineering. Laboratory experiments will confirm the Miner’s key functions, such as modularity, configurability, selective mining ability and resilience under a range of operating scenarios. The Prototype Miner will then be used to study and advance future research challenges concerning scalability, swarming behaviour and operation in harsh environments.
partner no and role partner name country contact person web page
1 coordinator UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID ES Claudio ROSSI www.upm.es
2 partner TAMPEREEN KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR FI https://www.tuni.fi/en
3 partner MONTANUNIVERSITAET LEOBEN AT www.unileoben.ac.at
4 partner INSTITUT ROYAL DES SCIENCES NATURELLES DE BELGIQUE BE www.naturalsciences.be
5 partner ASSOCIACAO PORTUGUESA DOS INDUSTRIAIS DE MARMORES E RAMOS AFINS PT www.assimagra.pt
6 partner LA PALMA RESEARCH CENTRE FOR FUTURE STUDIES SL ES www.lapalmacentre.eu
7 partner MISKOLCI EGYETEM HU www.uni-miskolc.hu
8 partner FEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES GEOLOGUES BE https://eurogeologists.eu/
9 partner GEOLOSKI ZAVOD SLOVENIJE SI www.geo-zs.si
10 partner RESOURCES COMPUTING INTERNATIONAL LTD UK www.resourcescomputing.com
11 partner GEO-MONTAN GEOLOGUS, KORNYEZETVEDOMEGUJULO ENERGETIKAI TOLMACSFORDITOKFT HU www.geomontan.hu
12 partner Tallinna Tehnikaülikool EE http://www.ttu.ee
13 partner INSTYTUT GOSPODARKI SUROWCAMI MINERALNYMI I ENERGIA PAN PL www.min-pan.krakow.pl
14 partner K-UTEC AG SALT TECHNOLOGIES DE www.k-utec.de