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sAfe Urban aiR mObility for euRopeAn citizens.

PROJECTS
Funding
European
European Union
Duration
-
Status
Ongoing
Geo-spatial type
Urban
Total project cost
€5 678 513
EU Contribution
€5 678 513
Project Acronym
AURORA
STRIA Roadmaps
Smart mobility and services (SMO)
Transport mode
Airborne icon
Transport policies
Environmental/Emissions aspects,
Safety/Security,
Deployment planning/Financing/Market roll-out
Transport sectors
Passenger transport,
Freight transport

Overview

Call for proposal
H2020-MG-2020-SingleStage-INEA
Link to CORDIS
Objectives

AURORA is a cross-disciplinary project aiming at linking aeronautical, smart mobility, intelligent systems, urban planning, and citizen engagement with industry, authorities and citizens perspectives to foster the adoption of urban air mobility.

AURORA primarily focuses on emergency-related applications, such as medical emergency services and/or critical mobility infrastructure-related services, where urban air mobility can extend and complement current mobility systems. We believe that applications, where urban air mobility brings added value on top of the existing solutions, have a clear value proposition for the end-user and represent a fruitful path for early urban air mobility services acceptance. However, to get there technological, regulatory, economic, environmental and social challenges still need to be addressed and related gaps bridged. 

Methodology

AURORA focuses on bridging these gaps and facilitating the integration of urban air mobility in a safe, secure, quiet and green manner.

In more depth, AURORA research and innovation activities aim at implementing the enablers of intelligent urban air mobility for a multitude of safety-critical applications in the urban environment. One of the key enablers of the urban air mobility is an intelligent and autonomous self-piloted or UAV capable of autonomous trajectory generation while detecting and avoiding obstacles (both aerial and ground objects) in normal and abnormal conditions.

AURORA will focus on the development of intelligent and fail-safe guidance-navigation-control features of unmanned aerial systems and augmented manned platforms operating in urban environments. This includes, among others, an autonomous and continuous selection of emergency landing sites and automated landing in case of fatal malfunctioning of the unmanned aerial vehicle itself. The use-cases include decision-making support to emergency services and insertion and extraction of life support items or victims/first responders at the location of the incident.

Funding

Parent Programmes
Institution Type
Public institution
Institution Name
European Commission
Type of funding
Public (EU)
Specific funding programme
H2020-EU.3.4. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport
Other Programme
MG-3-6-2020 Towards sustainable urban air mobility

Partners

Lead Organisation
Organisation
Seal Aeronautica Sl
Address
CARRE CAMELIES 9 PLANTA 2 PUERTA 2, 08700 IGUALADA, Spain
EU Contribution
€1 110 391
Partner Organisations
Organisation
Robodrone Industries Sro
Address
U VODARNY 3032/2A, 616 00 BRNO, Czechia
EU Contribution
€451 250
Organisation
Universiteit Gent
Address
Sint Pietersnieuwstraat 25, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€1 342 084
Organisation
Thales Six Gts France Sas
Address
AVENUE DES LOUVRESSES 4, 92230 GENNEVILLIERS, France
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€809 290
Organisation
Universita Degli Studi Di Firenze
Address
Piazza San Marco 4, 50121 Florence, Italy
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€257 603
Organisation
Siemens Industry Software Sas
Address
150 AVENUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE IMMEUBLE LE DIAGONAL, 92320 CHATILLON, France
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€982 100
Organisation
Universita Di Pisa
Address
Lungarno Pacinotti 43/44, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€486 045
Organisation
European Passengers' Federation Ivzw
Address
KORTRIJKSESTEENWEG 304, 9000 GENT, Belgium
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€239 750

Technologies

Technology Theme
Aircraft operations and safety
Technology
Drone traffic management system
Development phase
Research/Invention

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