SAES is part of the consortium developing the ePark+ Project, selected for funding in the 2022 Science and Innovation Missions Call by CDTI, and supported by the Ministry of Science and Innovation. In addition to SAES, the consortium is composed of the following entities:
- Navantia (Coordinator)
- ABANCE
- ARISNOVA
- EOLOS
- PERSEO TECH
Participating as subcontracted entities: Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT), AICIA (University of Seville), and FIDESOL.
This is a collaborative project that will contribute to the technological development of offshore wind energy, started in December 2022 and will continue until January 2025.
The ePark+ project is focused on the research and development of various digital technologies for the Support of Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of offshore wind farms. The project aims to obtain a technological demonstrator of an Intelligent System for this function using unmanned vehicles, as well as the development of a prototype to demonstrate its operation in a relevant and controlled environment.
The system will consist of an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV), which will act as a mothership from which Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) will operate, as well as a remote control centre where all the information from the sensors of the unmanned vehicles will be centralised.
SAES’s contribution to the ePark+ programme focuses on underwater acoustic propagation and the monitoring of underwater infrastructures using sensors installed on the vehicles.
SAES’s participation in this project demonstrates the applicability of technologies originating from the defence sector to the civil sector, expanding the diversification of applications for these dual-use technologies. In the field of unmanned vehicle technology, SAES is an expert in their sensorisation for adaptation to various uses through the employment of artificial intelligence techniques.
