📋 Tender Overview
Accessing Hard-To-Reach Areas With Advanced And Breakthrough Innovation For Reliable In-Situ Characterization Of A Facility
The Xs-Ability Project Aims To Develop Advanced Robotic Solutions By Embedding Various Types Of Sensors To Address Remaining Challenges In D&D As Remote And Mobile Investigation Of Hard-To-Access Areas And Difficult-To-Measure Radionuclides Characterization, In Innovative, Safe And Cost-Effective Ways. The Project Innovations Are Related To Nuclear Instrumentation (Accurate And Compact Sensors), Their Integration Onto Robotic Platforms As Well As Data-Driven (Through Ia Algorithms) Robot Fleet Management By Considering Accuracy, Compactness, Automation, And Cost-Efficient Aspects.
To Achieve This Goal, The Consortium Will Develop All The Necessary Subcomponents. The Demonstration Will Be Achieved By Integrating All The Xs-Ability Developments And Testing (Mainly In Indoor Environment) Throughout Use Cases Scenarios On Real D&D Facilities To Assess In-Situ Performances And To Acquire Data In Real Experimental Conditions.
The Consortium Behind Xs-Ability Is A Unique Combination Of Cross-Functional Experts From Nuclear Instrumentation, Robotic And Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Fields. It Consists Of 8 Partners From 7 Eu Countries, Including 4 Rto (Cea, Ife, Vtt, Sck), 2 Sme (Caen, Fly), 1 Industrial Company (Sigm) And 1 Association (Dev) Representative Of The Whole Value Chain. Workshops With Stakeholders Will Be Organized In Order To Guide The Xs-Ability Consortium During The Project’S Main Steps.
The Innovative Solutions Provided By The Project Will Be Exploited In Dismantling & Decommissioning, Nuclear Power Plant Monitoring & Maintenance Market, Sensor And Cbrn-E Defense Markets. The Enhanced Knowledge Generated Will Be Disseminated To All These Stakeholders According To The D&E&C Measures Defined. Furthermore, On The Basis Of The Project Demonstrations, Guidelines Covering Multi-Robot Systems Behaviour In Indoor Environment, Data Collection Protocols As Well As Best Practice Harmonization Will Be Developed Showing How To Effectively Deploy In Real D&D Scenarios.
Funded Under
Euratom Research And Training Programme (Euratom)
Total Cost
€ 2 124 845,35
Eu Contribution
€ 1 962 507,85
Coordinated By
Commissariat A L Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
France
Start Date
1 October 2024
End Date
30 September 2027
Objective
The XS-ABILITY project aims to develop advanced robotic solutions by embedding various types of sensors to address remaining challenges in D&D as remote and mobile investigation of hard-to-access areas and difficult-to-measure radionuclides characterization, in innovative, safe and cost-effective ways. The project innovations are related to nuclear instrumentation (accurate and compact sensors), their integration onto robotic platforms as well as Data-driven (through IA algorithms) robot fleet management by considering accuracy, compactness, automation, and cost-efficient aspects.
