Call: Support of Projects that Develop Virtual Realities - Expiry:31/05/2024

THE NOTICE: in support of projects that develop virtual realities

 ESTIMATED BUDGET: €2,400,000

 THE CALL: will remain open until May 31, 2024

SOURCE: FUNDING & TENDERS PORTAL

Until May 31, 2024, it is possible to submit your applications to the MASTER cascade call that finances projects that develop XR-based teaching material and that want to bring their technology closer to the market.

 THE CALL WILL FINANCE PROJECT PROPOSALS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

1. SAFETY AND ERGONOMY IN WORKPLACE: The overall approach to achieving this is to leverage the latest advances in XR technologies to enable the creation of safe workplaces and help apprentices learn how manufacturing operations should be performed in safe way:

• Integrating machine learning methods to XR tools towards accurate layout planning and validation,

• XR-based environment for ergonomics training methods to evaluate and best practices suggestion,

• Real-time visualization of safety-related information in XR environment to increase operators' safety awareness,

• Open challenge related to improved working conditions in the workplace;

2. INTUITIVE ROBOT PROGRAMMING: This domain aims to leverage the capabilities that XR technologies offer to teach robots new skills, with automatically generated program code in the background:

• XR-based system to program on demand tasks to stationary robots;

• XR-based programming of mobile robots for intralogistics operations;

• Intuitive XR-based robot programming for assembly and packaging tasks;

• Any challenge related to Intuitive robot programming of manufacturing operations;

3. USER-FRIENDLY HRI METHODS: XR technology can help augment scenes with otherwise invisible information, but it also presents its challenges. This theme aims to address the challenges in creating interfaces with high usability and good user experience:

• Interaction systems in multi-player virtual environments;

• Advanced multi-modal (ie voice, gesture, gaze) interaction system;

• Interactive system to unlock accessibility capabilities in the XR environment;

• Open challenge related to user-friendly HRI methods in the workplace.

CAN PARTICIPATE: XR Technologies Developers - Research Institutes in the field of

THE NOTICE WITH A TOTAL BUDGET OF €2,400,000 > OFFERS:

• Financial Support up to €150,000,

• Technical Mentoring for each Project,

• Development of the innovative activity together with other members.

EXPIRY: 05/31/2024

BENEFICIARIES:

Other Subjects

Training institutions

Research Institutions

TYPE OF FINANCING: Contribution

APPROPRIATION: €2,400,000

AREA: European Union

LINK: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/competitive-calls-cs/5521?status=31094502&programmePeriod=2021%20-%202027&frameworkProgramme=43108390&order=DESC&pageNumber=1&pageSize =50&sortBy=startDate

LINK: https://www.master-xr.eu/open-calls/

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