DTIF GUARD will enable 3 Irish SMEs to develop world-leading smart drone technology, in a market expected to grow to $45bn by 2025. The new capability will be demonstrated with the Irish Navy for drug interdiction. Technology is broadly applicable to many other applications. GUARD will advance drone capability, autonomous operation & communications far beyond the state-of-the-art.GUARD will enable the SMEs to significantly scale up their operations and aims to create 500 jobs in Ireland and make Ireland a leader in autonomous drones. Enabling the Irish Navy to efficiently survey large areas of the coastline.
- Enabling the Irish Navy to efficiently survey large areas of the coastline.
- Enabling A-techSYN a shift from calm weather flights with manual planning to fully autonomous operation is harsh sea conditions.
- Enabling VRAI to remove humans from exposure to risk using robotics and human-in-the loop high value decision making through telepresence & ML.
- Enabling WAZP to 3D print highly accurate RF structures combining different materials, broadly applicable to drone communications, 5G and 6G.
Creation of digital twin of coastline, synchronized in real-time based on drone sensors and other inputNovel human-machine interface for intuitive drone control and interaction with spatial/temporal data
