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PROJECT SHOWCASES

Reducing the risk of bird strikes using satellite images and Ascend’s Normalised Difference Water index software (NDWI)

British start-up Rezatec has developed a landscape monitoring service based on Earth Observation data

A new forestry monitoring service, which is currently being used by three regional forestry departments in Poland, combines space and terrestrial data with a web-based interface.

With the support of ESA, Belgian SME Ovinto has developed a service that offers satellite-based monitoring of rail cars and intermodal tank containers.

A new satellite-enabled information management system for commercial fishermen, developed the support of ESA, is currently being used by some seventy Irish fishing vessels.

Managing seasonal navigational hazards, such as winter ice, on Romania's section of the Danube river is the goal of an ongoing ARTES IAP Demonstration Project.

With the support of ESA's ARTES Applications programme, 21Net has built a system that seemlessly integrates satcoms to improve the user experience of WiFi on high-speed trains.

The GeoSHM structural health monitoring system, developed with the support of ESA, is now being further deployed in Scotland and China.

The Basilicata Region in southern Italy has announced the allocation of a nearly one million euros to support an ongoing ARTES Applications project, ONE Class! Open network for Education.

An integrated rescue management tool being developed with the support of ESA is improving the speed and accuracy of search and rescue missions in the mountains of the Czech Republic.

With the support of ESA, HydroLogic (NL) is developing an application called the HydroNET Flood and Rain Report generator to map rainfall and flooding quickly and easily. It has been successfully deployed in flood-prone Australia, and other countries are taking interest in the system.

An enterprising Dutch startup is developing a viable business using Sentinel-1 SAR imagery to monitor oil and gas pipelines from space.

Thanks to a new portal video encoder device developed with the support of ESA, high definition video can now be cost-effectively streamed from mobile satellite terminals. This breakthrough facilitates the transmission of broadcast-quality video content from regions with limited terrestrial infrastructure.  

 

With the support of ESA through the ARTES IAP programme, Vista GmbH has developed a successful business supplying precision agriculture services to farmers. At this year's Agritechnica trade fair in Hannover, the Munich-based company was awarded a gold medal for innovation in recognition of its achievements.

A recent ARTES IAP demonstration project shows how satellites give the deployment of RPAS a huge boost. The project leader, an enterprising British SME, is capitalising on this experience to develop a viable business in remote surveying services.

Long-term monitoring using historical Earth Observation data and short-term GNSS positioning is a potent combination for studying the health and well-being of complex structures such as bridges.

Demonstration and pilot implementation of a satellite-based operations control system for managing teams in alpine rescue missions.

How satellite services give landowners an easier and cheaper way of calculating the potential economic value of conserving or restoring environmentally important peatlands.

In an activity supported by ESA, a software package called VECMAP was developed that uses Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation data to populate an online database, allowing researchers to map high-risk areas. 

With the support of ESA, Irish company Treemetrics has developed an innovative system that uses space and ground assets to map forests and monitor tree-harvesting machinery.

Thanks to European telecoms satellites, affordable broadband Internet access via satellite is becoming reality. 

Two recent ARTES-funded feasibility studies looked into ways of understanding and mitigating the risks associated with unstable terrain.

The incorporation of satellite communication services in railway signalling systems is now one step closer.

A robust portable device for monitoring vital signs and providing communications for medics developed with the support of ESA offers a lifeline even in the remotest areas on Earth via satcoms.

ASSIST allows project managers to analyse the positive and negative impacts of their Telemedicine services way before they go live.

European Defence Agency (EDA) and European Space Agency (ESA), have agreed to pursue their cooperation in the domain of Remotely Piloted Aircrafts.

The Dutch company Robin Radar has recently taken the FlySafe technology down a new and unexpected path.

BROWSE PROJECTS

Based on user needs and industry skills, the evolution of customized solutions and the establishment of innovative services is accomplished through project activities. Focusing on various thematic areas, relevant information on the project activities is provided below.

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SatADAPT

Status date: 09 February 2021

The SatADAPT solution consists of wireless vibration sensors which transmit vibration data from the equipment being monitored to a Gateway that runs a local Artificial Intelligence engine (edge AI). The Edge AI is in turn synchronized with a centralized AI engine which is part of a cloud based Central Management System or CMS. The edge AI engine analyses the data looking for anomalies in the frequency spectrum and warns of potential failures, along with a classification of the expected defects and estimated time left to occurrence.  

SatNav E@syCare

Status date: 14 February 2022

SatNav E@syCare is an advanced service, with mobile Apps and a cloud-based application, for the remote monitoring of vital parameters and well-being information of chronic patients and people at risk by general practitioners, specialist doctors and nursing operators on the field. The service is operated according to personalized healthcare plan. SatNav E@syCare exploits GNSS technology to provide enhanced functionalities and location-based data analysis results.

SIM

Status date: 17 December 2021

The objective of SIM is to use satellite imagery in order to provide an innovation to infrastructure monitoring of railways, electricity and pipelines. The product provides a solution which empowers the operators to save operational expenses by observing dangers from vegetation, height changes and third-party interactions along the network.

EO4Belmap

Status date: 14 March 2022

Enhancing Belmap, GIMs’ geo digital twin of the built-up environment, through Artificial Intelligence techniques applied on earth observation data. Resulting in four new Belmap data modules: Greenfields, Building Age, Roofs and Gardens.

VARESAS

Status date: 13 May 2020

VARESAS is a remote support and situational awareness solution that uses newest innovative technologies such as Augmented or Virtual Reality and the direct integration of Earth Observation data.

SAT-DEFO

Status date: 29 June 2022

SAT-DEFO application delivers information about mining-induced ground deformations to customers: citizens of the areas which are exposed to such changes, local authorities from mining regions as well as law offices. The service is based on satellite imagery from Sentinel-1 mission to generate subsidence maps and then deliver the information in form of a reports or alerts to the customers.

EnviNavigator

Status date: 31 March 2020

EnviNavigator is a customer-tailored EO-based analysis services supported by mobile applications targeted for forestry and insurance businesses. The services offer easy access to most up-to-date forest data by utilizing EO-based change detection with machine learning methods for assessment of storm damages, climate-change-driven risks and predicting carbon balance development.

EuroSim CBRN

Status date: 14 December 2021

The EuroSIM CBRN Project aims to develop the UrbanAware Incident Modelling Platform to provide lifesaving CBRNe/HazMat situational awareness and decision support.

iVOICE - WOMBATT

Status date: 03 January 2022

IVOICE is a ground breaking technology that can change the way dangerous levels of fatigue are prevented in the mining industry. iVOICE is a non-invasive method to help operators prevent accidents in safety-critical working environments. iVOICE is a key part of fatigue management systems being applied within the mining industry by Wombatt Fatigue Management.

Track & Trust KS

Status date: 20 December 2019

Datarella’s Track & Trust product seeks to boost transparency between stakeholders and offer immutable trusted tracking for stakeholders in humanitarian supply chains. Track & Trust architecture leverages advanced blockchain technology and satellite connected IoT devices to guarantee that goods are continually accounted for even in the most exigent and adversarial conditions.

 

CARES

Status date: 14 December 2021

CARES is a telemedicine service developed in response to the Covid-19 crisis, which aims to monitor health conditions of quarantined population on a wide area, including remote locations, through worldwide satellite connection. The service provides information about the health of patients through the collection of measurements, their transmission via different communication methods, and their distribution to the medical authorities. The primary objective of the service is to protect doctors from the risk of contagion and limit risks for patients by avoiding their exposure to the hospital environment.

mylo

Status date: 29 November 2021

mylo is end-to-end project management software for the construction industry.  It connects every human resource (regardless of role) via a centralised system of work that focuses on the harvesting and measurement of granular project data.  The data informs big-picture decision making to reduce risk and consequent cost. 

SSD

Status date: 13 October 2021

In this project, a data privacy-compliant social distancing tool for monitoring compliance with social distancing regulations was developed. In times of COVID-19, it is important to track and monitor the number of people being present in a specific area. The tool can also document the captured visitor numbers in a web-based backend and can trigger warnings so that organizations can prove compliance to regulations.

Robotiphy Severus

Status date: 14 December 2021

Program virtual robots in-browser in realistic immersive environments with space asset integration.

UrbanAI for Green Buildings

Status date: 14 December 2021

UrbanAI for green buildings is a data fusion tool to model close to real time green buildings or city states in terms of environment, emissions, energy consumption, traffic, all in one place. UrbanAI can be tailored to any area of interest on the Earth. Software goes beyond data fusion and has embedded analytics functionalities such as time series & reporting possibilities, environmental/energy impact calculator.

CO.DE-19

Status date: 31 October 2021

CO.DE-19 is a system for contactless delivery services based on an autonomous driving drone which allows the pick-up, transport and delivery of small packages with zero emission impact on the environment and without any human involvement needed.

CO.DE-19 is able to move indoor and outdoor in full autonomy, to recognize and avoid obstacles thanks to satellite navigation, cameras and up-to-date sensors.

TELEMACHUS

Status date: 27 September 2021

Telemachus is an integrated hardware/software medical system for the remote treatment and monitoring of users’ health conditions and positioning, thanks to a smart bracelet and a web platform leveraging on AI. Devised as a telemedicine tool answering the need to contain the spread of COVID-19 virus, Telemachus digitalise the interaction between Patients, Doctors and Health Authorities, and allows the monitoring of the health conditions of healthcare workers within hospitals.