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Autonomous smart grabbing device for Space and harsh environment
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Market Maturity: Market Ready
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Market Creation Potential
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Go to Market needs
Needs that, if addressed, can increase the chances this innovation gets to (or closer to) the market incude:
  • Secure capital
  • Scale-up market opportunities
Location of Key Innovators developing this innovation
Key Innovators
CENTRE TECHNOLOGIQUE NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE COMPOSITES & MATERIAUX AVANCES
Pessac, FR
Higher Education Institute / Research Centre
3 innovations
ELICA SPA
Fabriano, IT
Large Enterprise
2 innovations
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TOR VERGATA
Roma, IT
Higher Education Institute / Research Centre
19 innovations
UN Sustainable Development Goals(SDG)
This innovation contributes to the following SDG(s)
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 9
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

The UN explains: "Investments in infrastructure – transport, irrigation, energy and information and communication technology – are crucial to achieving sustainable development and empowering communities in many countries. It has long been recognized that growth in productivity and incomes, and improvements in health and education outcomes require investment in infrastructure."

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The EU-funded Research Project
This innovation was developed under the Horizon 2020 project SMARTFAN with an end date of 31/12/2021
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Description of Project SMARTFAN
Smartfan aims at the micro and Nano components, which will be used due to their special physico-chemical properties, in order to develop smart (bulk) materials for final application on intelligent structures. CFs for reinforcement and conductivity variance, CNTs and CNFs for sensing, Micro-containers for self-healing, Electro-Magnetic nanoparticles for fields detection and shielding, colouring agents for marking cracks and defects, piezoelectric materials can be the base for manufacturing new smart materials. In order to develop lightweight composite materials and transfer the properties of smart components into bulk materials polymer based matrices, such as Epoxy, PEEK, PVDF etc., will be used because of their compatibility with the above mentioned components, their low cost and their recyclability/reusability. During synthesis of composite bulk materials several processes should take place in order to preserve the special physico-chemical properties of composites and to achieve the best dispersion in the bulk.

Innnovation Radar's analysis of this innovation is based on data collected on 04/01/2022.
The unique id of this innovation in the European Commission's IT systems is: 18077