FORTIS OC#1: Boosting Development of the FORTIS Solution

“FORTIS OC#1: Boosting Development of the FORTIS Solution” aims at attracting and engaging systems actors and innovators – universities/researchers, mid-caps, SMEs and start-ups – that are developing services that can benefit and speed up the uptake of technology. The outcome of this open call will contribute to develop, integrate and validate solutions in FORTIS project.

The FORTIS project is an EU-funded initiative that addresses the development of a solution to help and support the human at work and provide additional ability to the whole workforce.Through this Open Call, they seek to:

• Accelerate the adoption of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) innovations that can improve automation and human-robot synergy.
• Enable real-world validation of promising technologies in operational environments.
• Expand the ecosystem of robotics research and industrial applications by engaging new partners beyond the FORTIS consortium.
• Selected projects will receive direct funding and structured guidance to refine their solutions and facilitate market adoption.

Topics

• Activity Recognition
  • Human Activity Recognition Using Non-wearable
  • Human Activity Recognition Using Wearable Sensors
• Long-term memory
  • Memory Consolidation and Forgetting Mechanism
  • Lifelong and Continual Learning for Personalized Adaptation
• Enhancing Robotic Intelligibility Through Directional Audio and Visual Effects
  • Spatialized and Adaptive Audio for Robot Communication
  • Visual Cues for Enhanced Intelligibility
• Multimodality semantic segmentation/perception

Benefits

• Access to technical mentorship, regulatory compliance guidance, and deployment support.
• Opportunity to test and refine solutions in collaboration with the FORTIS partners.
• Interaction with key industry players and exposure within the FORTIS innovation network.
• Assistance in creating a roadmap for scalability and market adoption beyond the project.

Funding Information

• Up to €250000 per project (and a maximum of €200000 per partner). The FSTP will follow the same funding rate as the beneficiaries, as stated in 13-General Annexes of the HE Work Program 2023-2025, covering up to 100% of the total costs for non-profit organisations and 70% for SMEs and profit organisations.
• Technical support and access to a network of industry leaders.
• A 10 month support program for project implementation and validation.

Eligible Activities

• Computational and artificial intelligence
• Autonomous robots
• Intelligent robots
• Robot learning
• Robot programming
• Robotics and automation
• Robot sensing systems Human-robot interaction
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Systems, human and cybernetics
• Activity recognition
• Human factors
• Behavioural systems
• Biosignal processing

Eligibility Criteria

• Research and technology organizations (RTOs) and universities working on advancing the state-of-the-art technologies to assist in the understanding, coordination and adaptation of robots, and understanding and developing human behaviour analysis techniques.
• Mid-caps, small and medium companies (SMEs) and startups developing solutions for human and robot interaction.
• Applicants must be based in EU Member States, H2020-associated countries, and Overseas Countries and Territories linked to Member States.
• Additional eligibility requirements:
  • SMEs, universities, and research institutions are eligible.
  • Non-industry partners cannot exceed 30% of the total project budget.
  • Conflict of interest rules apply.

For more information, visit FORTIS.