Open Call No.2

Open Call 2 announcement

RAWFIE Open Call for Proposals 2 

 

 

(New) Deadline extension for Feasibility Check: 26th February 2017 17.00 CET

 

Announcement of the 2nd RAWFIE Open Call for recipients of financial support

 

Project acronym: RAWFIE

Project grant agreement number: 645220

Project full name: Road-, Air-, Water-based Future Internet Experimentation

Deadline (for all four types of activities): 19 March 2017, at 17:00 CET (Brussels local time)

Feasibility check deadline (only for Experimentation activities RAWFIE-OC2-EXP-SCI, RAWFIE-OC2-EXP-SME): 19 February, at 17:00 CET (Brussels local time), 26 February 2017, at 17:00CET (Brussels time)

Expected duration of participation: 18 months for RAWFIE-OC2-EXT (starting from July, 2017 to December, 2018) and 12 months for RAWFIE-OC2-EXP (starting from October, 2017 to September, 2018)

Maximum amount of financial support for each proposal: € 150 000 for RAWFIE-OC2-EXT-UGV and RAWFIE-OC2-EXT-UAV, € 100 000 for RAWFIE-OC2-EXP-SCI, € 75 000 for RAWFIE-OC2-EXP-SME

Call identifier: RAWFIE-OC2 call

Language in which proposal should be submitted: English

Web link for further information (full call text/proposal guidelines/call results): http://www.rawfie.eu/content/open-call-no2
Email address for further information: [email protected]

[Please use the respective call identifier in the subject of your email (RAWFIE-OC2-EXT-UGV, RAWFIE-OC2-EXT-UAV, RAWFIE-OC2-EXP-SCI, RAWFIE-OC2-EXP-SME)]

Tel: (+30) 2107275148, (+30) 2107275127

 

Eligibility of proposers and evaluation conditions:

  • Proposals will only be accepted from a single party eligible for participation in the EC H2020-projects.
  • Evaluation and ranking will be carried out by an external jury of individual experts.
  • Multiple proposals may be submitted by the same party. In case that multiple proposals coming from the same party pass the funding limits, RAWFIE Consortium has the right to decide which one of them will be accepted for funding.
  • Successful applicants of the 1st RAWFIE Open Call are not eligible to participate.

Other conditions:

  • Proposals must follow the provided template (see Additional Documents).
  • Proposals must be submitted through the EasyChair system.
  • Once a proposal is positively evaluated for funding, the respective proposer will be contracted by the project coordinator (UoA) as Third Party.

 

Project RAWFIE (Road-, Air- and Water- based Future Internet Experimentation) (www.rawfie.eu), co-funded from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the grant agreement No 645220, foresees an eligible activity the provision of financial support to third parties, as a means to achieve its own objectives.

RAWFIE  is a project the FIRE initiative aiming to provide research and experimentation facilities through the growing domain of unmanned networked devices. RAWFIE considers three kinds of vehicles; Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs), Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The objective of the 2nd RAWFIE Open Call is twofold: first, to enhance certain parts and characteristics of the federated infrastructure in terms of UxV devices (RAWFIE-OC2-EXT-UGV, RAWFIE-OC2-EXT-UAV); second, to support cross-domain or domain-specific real-world applications and experiments (RAWFIE-OC2-EXP-SCI, RAWFIE-OC2-EXP-SME). The types of activities that qualify for receiving financial support are the following:

  • Extensions (hardware)   

          - UGVs Extension: Addition & customization of Unmanned Ground Vehicles (RAWFIE-OC2-EXT-UGV) – no feasibility check is needed

          - UAVs Extension: Addition & customization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (RAWFIE-OC2-EXT-UAV) – no feasibility check is needed

  • Experimentation (software)

          - Scientific Excellence (RAWFIE-OC2-EXP-SCI) – feasibility check is needed

          - Innovation by SMEs (RAWFIE-OC2-EXP-SME) – feasibility check is needed

The basic idea behind the RAWFIE effort is the automated, remote operation of a large number of robotic devices for the purpose of assessing the performance of different technologies in the networking, sensing and mobile/autonomic application domains. The project aims to feature a significant number of UxV nodes in order to establish an extended test infrastructure for RAWFIE related experimentation purposes. All these items will be managed by a central controlling entity which will be programmed per case and fully overview/drive the operation of the respective mechanisms (e.g., auto-pilots, remote controlled ground vehicles). Internet connectivity will be extended to the mobile units to enable remote programming (over-the-air), control and data collection.

 

  • Activity / Direction of enhancement 1: Addition & customization of Unmanned Ground Vehicles.

In the context of the 2n RAWFIE Open Call, the project invites manufacturers and providers of Unmanned Ground Vehicles to participate and expand the existing RAWFIE equipment. The project expects proposals that will provide and customize a considerable number of devices (>10) that belong to the UGV type of robotic devices. The exact number of devices considered by each proposal should comply with the requested funding and will be part of the evaluation process. Proposals considering higher number of devices will be considered favorably.

The proposers should present clearly within the proposal a number of features and characteristics of the unmanned vehicles that will be considered as future additions to the project. These features include, but are not limited to, the following aspects of the vehicles:

-   Processing capabilities (type of processors, number of cores, speed);

-       Size and dimensions;

-       Weight;

-       Payload;

-       Battery;

-       Number and type or sensors;

-       Number and type of integrated network components and supported communication interfaces;

-       Minimum and maximum autonomy of the device;

-       Auto-return capability (return to the base station automatically);

-       Ability of the vehicle to operate as an access point;

-       (Remote) Control interface;

-       Over-the-air programming capabilities;

-       Provision of collision avoidance mechanism;

-       Compatibility with Apache Kafka architecture;

-       Data storage of the vehicle;

-       Support of “safe mode” operation;

-       Localization capabilities (e.g., GNSS);

-       Ability to operate in indoor/outdoor/mixed environments;

-       Compliance with standards;

-       Operational conditions (e.g., day/night) and temperature limitations.

All the devices will be modified accordingly in terms of software to fit with the RAWFIE ecosystem (e.g., compliance with the Kafka message bus). Upon the completion of the project, the designed UGV equipment will become property of the RAWFIE Consortium.

 

  • Activity / Direction of enhancement 2: Addition & customization of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.

In the context of the 2n RAWFIE Open Call, the project invites manufacturers and providers of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to participate and expand the existing RAWFIE equipment. The project expects proposals that will provide and customize a considerable number of devices (>10) that belong to the UAV type of robotic devices. The exact number of devices considered by each proposal should comply with the requested funding and will be part of the evaluation process. Proposals considering higher number of devices will be considered favorably.

The proposers should present clearly within the proposal text a number of features and characteristics of the unmanned vehicles that will be possibly considered as future additions to the project. These features include, but are not limited to, the following aspects of the vehicles:

-   Processing capabilities (type of processors, number of cores, speed);

-       Size and dimensions;

-       Weight;

-       Payload;

-       Battery;

-       Number and type or sensors;

-       Number and type of integrated network components and supported communication interfaces;

-       Minimum and maximum autonomy of the device;

-       Auto-return capability (return to the base station automatically);

-       Ability of the vehicle to operate as an access point;

-       (Remote) Control interface;

-       Over-the-air programming capabilities;

-       Provision of collision avoidance mechanism;

-       Compatibility with Apache Kafka architecture;

-       Data storage of the vehicle;

-       Support of “safe mode” operation;

-       Localization capabilities (e.g., GNSS);

-       Ability to operate in indoor/outdoor/mixed environments;

-       Compliance with standards;

-       Operational conditions (e.g., day/night) and temperature limitations.

All the devices will be modified accordingly in terms of software to fit with the RAWFIE ecosystem (e.g., compliance with Kafka message bus, read-only storage partition for remote shut-off of the devices, notifications to owners for OTA re-programming, etc.). Upon the completion of the project, the designed UAV equipment will become property of the RAWFIE Consortium.

 

  • Activity / Direction of enhancement 3: Scientific Excellence.

RAWFIE comprises software architectures and developments for remote experimentation management, data collection and post-analysis. In this 2nd Open Call, the project solicits for proposals that design and deploy extensive horizontal or domain-specific experimentation (experiment design & implementation, supportive software, data analysis, data visualization, etc.) that will leverage data and resources from RAWFIE testbeds and devices in the context of the mobile IoT paradigm. The experiments should come with a concrete plan on their scientific added value and the novelties that the experiment will bring in the scientific and research community (i.e., the new technologies and methodologies validated through the experiment, the new datasets it creates, etc.). 

All types of experimental applications should be based on RAWFIE tools and should come with additional features (e.g., post analysis of data, visualization tools) or software needed for further data processing. Horizontal experiments may refer to cross-domain applications and software (e.g., experimentation over a novel network protocol, information dissemination schemes, distributed architectures, data analysis methodologies, trust and reputation algorithms, security features, etc.). Supportive software should be connected with RAWFIE architecture to become available, if needed, for other types of applications and experiments. In all categories, the adoption of open technologies, specifications and standards (including open source software and Semantic Web technologies) that will enable the openness of the RAWFIE platform towards possible future expansion is strongly recommended.

Proposals should describe experiments and applications that validate novel technologies connected with the mobile IoT concept and its integration with Cloud and Robotics paradigms that clearly advance the current state‐of‐the‐art and create an added value at technology and research level. Based on the RAWFIE experiment creation tool, experimenter will design, implement and validate a number of proof-of-concept scenarios that could potentially be applied across several or specific application domains.

This software and the experiments should be of a short duration (a maximum of 12 months) starting from October 2017. Per proposal a budget can be requested for up to a maximum of €100K. The applicant should be academia, industry (not SME) or a public body.

 

  • Activity / Direction of enhancement 4: Innovation by SMEs.

RAWFIE comprises software architectures and developments for remote experimentation management, data collection and post-analysis. In this 2nd Open Call, the project solicits for proposals that design and deploy extensive horizontal or domain-specific experimentation (experiment design & implementation, supportive software, data analysis, data visualization, etc.) that will leverage data and resources from RAWFIE testbeds and devices in the context of the mobile IoT paradigm. The experiments should come with a concrete business model (i.e., how the results of the experiment may be transformed into profits for the company) and what kind of new markets the experiment may open. 

All types of experimental applications should be based on RAWFIE tools and should come with additional features (e.g., post analysis of data, visualization tools) or software needed for further data processing. Horizontal experiments may refer to cross-domain applications and software (e.g., experimentation over a novel network protocol, information dissemination schemes, distributed architectures, data analysis methodologies, trust and reputation algorithms, security features, etc.). Supportive software should be connected with RAWFIE architecture to become available, if needed, for other types of applications and experiments. In all categories, the adoption of open technologies, specifications and standards (including open source software and Semantic Web technologies) that will enable the openness of the RAWFIE platform towards possible future expansion is strongly recommended.

Proposals should describe experiments and applications that validate novel technologies connected with the mobile IoT concept and its integration with Cloud and Robotics paradigms that clearly advance the current state‐of‐the‐art and create added value at technology and research level. Based on the RAWFIE application creation tools, the experiments will design, implement and validate a number of proof-of-concept scenarios that could potentially be applied across several or specific application domains.

This software and the experiments should be of a short duration (a maximum of 12 months) starting from October 2017. Per proposal a budget can be requested for up to a maximum of €75K. The applicant should be an SME.

 *Experiments are required to be civilian-use only.  Military applications are strictly forbidden.

 

Date: 
December, 19th, 2016
Notification for successful proposals: 
June 2017 (expected)
Additional Documents: 
PDF icon rawfie_oc2_guidelines_dec2016.pdf
PDF icon rawfie_oc2_annex_dec2016.pdf
File rawfie_oc2_proposaltemplate_dec2016.docx