Projects

Projects

 

SpaceR pursues project activities in the domains of

1. Aerial robotics
2. Planetary robotics
3. Orbital robotics

Aerial robotics

Ongoing projects

Title: SAFEMUV: Safe Airframe Inspection using Multiple UAVs
Funding Source: Assuring Autonomy International Programme (AAIP)
Coordinator: The University of York, UK
Principal Investigator: Prof. Miguel Olivares-Mendez
Partners: The University of York, UK; Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University, Germany; 
Researchers: Prof. Miguel Olivares-Mendez, Dr. Carol Martinez-Luna, Dr. Pedro Sanchez-Cuevas
Duration: from July 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021. 18 months

Title: SESAME: Secure and Safe Multi-Robot Systems
Funding Source: EU-H2020
Coordinator: The Open Group, UK
Principal Investigator: Prof. Miguel Olivares-Mendez
Co-Principal investigator: Prof. Holger Voos
Partners: The Open Group, UK; Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University, Germany; The University of York, UK; Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece; Fraunhofer-Institut für Experimentelles Software Engineering IESE, Germany; University of Hull, UK; Institut f¨ur angewandte Systemtechnik Bremen, Germany; Technology Transfer System, Italy; Anstalt fur Verbrennungskraftmaschinen List, Austria; Locomotec, Germany; Cypriot Civil Defence, Cyprus; KIOS, Cyprus, Aero41, Switzerland; Domaine Kox, Luxembourg; LuxSense, Luxembourg; KUKA, Germany.
Team: Prof. Miguel Olivares-Mendez, Prof. Holger Voos, Dr. Carol Martinez-Luna, Dr. Jose Luis Sanchez-Lopez, Dr. Pedro Sanchez-Cuevas, Dr. Abhishek Bera
Duration: from January 1, 2021 to December 31 2023. 3 years

Title: MICRO-5G: Mobile Edge Computing for 5G Drone Systems
Funding Source: Ministry of Economy, Luxembourg
Coordinator: SnT
Principal investigator: Prof. Symeon Chatzinotas
Co-Principal Investigator: Prof. Miguel Olivares-Mendez
Partners: SES, POST 
Team: Prof. Symeon Chatzinotas, Prof. Miguel Olivares-Mendez, Prof. Holger Voos, Dr. Carol Martinez-Luna, Dr. Nicola Maturo, Dr. Abhishek Bera, Dr. Pedro Sanchez-Cuevas
Duration: from January 15, 2021 to January 14, 2023. 2 years.

Title: IRANATA: Interference and Radiation in Network Planning of 5G Active Antenna Systems
Funding Source: Ministry of Economy, Luxembourg
Coordinator: SnT
Principal investigator: Prof. Symeon Chatzinotas
Co-Principal Investigator: Prof. Holger Voos
Partners: SES, POST 
Team: Prof. Symeon Chatzinotas, Prof. Holger Voos, Prof. Miguel Olivares-Mendez, Dr. Jose Luis Sanchez-Lopez, Dr. Nicola Maturo
Duration: from January 15, 2021 to January 14, 2023. 2 years.

Title: 5G-Sky: Interconnecting the Sky in 5G and Beyond – A Joint Communication and Control Approach
Funding Source: FNR-CORE
Principal investigator: Prof. Björn Ottersten
Co-principal investigator: Prof. Holger Voos
Researchers: Prof. Symeon Chatzinotas, Prof. Miguel Olivares Mendez, Dr. Lin Xiang, Dr. Jorge Querol Borras, Dr. Dario Cazzato, Dr. Jose Luis Sanchez Lopez, Dr. Pedro Sanchez-Cuevas, Dr. Abhishek Bera
Duration: from May 1, 2020 to April 31, 2023, 3 years

 

Planetary robotics

Ongoing projects

Title: 5G-SpaceLab: 5G Space Communications Lab
Founding Source: SnT-internal
Principal investigator: Prof Symeon Chatzinotas
Co-principal investigators: Prof. Miguel Olivares-Mendez, Prof. Tonie Van Dam
Researchers: Prof Symeon Chatzinotas, Prof Tonie Van Dam, Prof Miguel Olivares-Mendez, Dr Jorge Querol, Dr Juan Carlos Merlano Duncan, Dr Nicola Maturo, Dr Sumit Kumar, Oltjon Kodheli, Jevgenij Krivochiza, Mohammad Gholamian, Dr Jan Thoemel, Dr Loveneesh Rana, Dr Carol Martinez Luna, Zhanna Bokal
Duration: from Sep 1, 2020 to August 31 2022. 2 years

Title: FiReSpARX: FinTech/RegTech in Space for Trustful Autonomous Robotic Interaction
Founding Source: FNR-CORE
Principal investigator: Prof Gilbert Fridgen
Co-principal investigator: Prof. Miguel Olivares-Mendez
Duration: From July 1, 2021 to May 31, 2024

 

Orbital robotics

Ongoing projects

Title: Zero-G Lab: Multi-purpose Zero-Gravity Lab project
Founding Source: SnT
Principal investigator: Prof. Miguel Olivares-Mendez
Vice Principal investigators: Prof. Holger Voos, Prof. Tonie Van Dam, Prof. Djamila Aouada
Researchers: Prof. Miguel Olivares-Mendez, Prof. Holger Voos, Prof. Tonie Van Dam, Prof. Djamila Aouada, Dr. Carol Martinez-Luna, Dr. Baris Yalcin, Zhanna Bokal
Duration: from Sep 1, 2020 to August 31 2022. 2 years

Title: Vision-Based Navigation system (VBN) for autonomous satellite navigation in space
Founding Source: EUROSTARS-FNR
Industrial partner: Blackswan
Principal investigator: Prof. Miguel Olivares-Mendez
Vice Principal investigators: Dr. Carol Martinez-Luna
Duration: from June 1, 2021 to May 31 2023. 2 years