ADVISOR
About the *project.*
ADVISOR is an international R&D initiative, under ITEA Call 2023, that creates a comprehensive, open software platform for planning, simulating, integrating, testing, and operating cooperative swarms of diverse Autonomous Vehicles (AVs), including Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs), and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs).
By enabling smooth interoperability between air, surface, and underwater domains, ADVISOR unlocks a new level of maritime surveillance and inspection capabilities that surpass what any single-domain system can deliver.
The project runs from October 2024 to September 2027, with a total budget of €20.4 million and the participation of a consortium of 30 organizations across 7 countries: Austria, Denmark, Germany, South Korea, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Türkiye.
It is coordinated by DEMCON (Netherlands) and counts on the active involvement of major industrial end-users, including EnBW, Rostock Port, Haechun, Van Oord, Vattenfall, Vesco systems, Ørsted, and EDP Innovation.
Key *objectives.*
Unified Multi-Domain Mission Control
Plan, execute, and monitor survey missions involving Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Surface Vehicles (SVs), and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) simultaneously within a single software environment and compute platform, overcoming the current limitation of systems that support only one vehicle class at a time.
Cross-Environment Resilience
Deploy and validate the platform across all three vehicle classes under real-world maritime conditions (wind, currents, and waves), surpassing existing solutions that have only proven effective in at most two domains simultaneously.
High-Fidelity Simulation Models
Build calibrated simulation models reflecting the physical parameters of at least one vehicle per class (UAV, SV, AUV), including environmental factors such as currents and winds, with a particular focus on accurate battery capacity estimation at mission end.
Swarm Mission Coordination
Demonstrate the planning and coordination of joint missions involving swarms of more than three vehicles per class across all vehicle categories within the simulation environment, going beyond the current technological capabilities, which are limited to single-class swarms.
Coordinated Autonomous Response
Enable coordinated autonomous responses across at least two vehicle classes when faced with unexpected events like communication loss, obstacle detection, or route deviations, to minimize mission impact and maximize safety.
Beyond Vision's *role*.
Beyond Vision participates in the Portuguese consortium: BlueOcean Sustainable Solutions, INESC TEC, and Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP).
We offer expertise in UAV surveillance and offshore inspection, with a focus on airborne surveillance. We utilize our UAV systems and remote-control platform (beXStream) for heterogeneous cooperative perception applications.