

EU Project BugWright2 (Horizon 2020)
Autonomous Robotic Inspection and Maintenance on Ship Hulls and Storage Tanks
Interdisciplinary EU research project for the development of an autonomous robotic system for the inspection and maintenance of ship hulls and storage tanks using Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR).
Our specific contributions to BugWright2 include:
- Conducting work analyses of the current maintenance and inspection processes
- Ensuring a participatory and employee-oriented design process
- Evaluating human-robot interfaces (VR/AR)
- Developing customized measures for technology introduction (change process) as well as personnel selection and development
Project Team University of Trier
Business Psychology and Human-Computer Interaction
Jun.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Weyers
Project Funding by European Union’s Horizon 2020
Horizon 2020 Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Robotics in Application Areas (ICT-09-2019-2020)
Project Coordination
Prof. Dr. Cédric Pradalier
National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS, France)
Georgia Institute of Technology Lorraine
Further international and interdisciplinary Project Partners
CNRS, France: | Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique |
CETIM, France: | Technical Centre for the Mechanical Industry |
UPORTO, Portugal: | Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto |
UIB, Spain: | Universitat de les Illes Balears |
INSA, France: | National Institute of Applied Science |
RWTH, Germany: | RWTH Aachen University |
UNI-KLU, Austria: | Universitaet Klagenfurt |
NTNU, Norway: | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
WMU, Sweden: | World Maritime University |
LSL, Austria: | Lakeside Labs |
RBP, France: | Roboplanet |
BEYE, Norway: | Blueye Robotics AS |
RINA, Italy: | Registro Italiano Navale |
GLM, Greece: | Glafcos Marine Ltd. |
APDL, Protugal: | Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo |
AASA, Portugal: | Arsenal do Alfeite |
IEIC, France: | In Extenso Innovation Croissance |
DANAOS, Cyprus: | Danaos Shipping Co. Ltd. |
SBK, Cyprus: | Starbulk Shipmanagement Co. Ltd. |