CORDIS · 101189557 · HORIZON
TORNADO foundaTion mOdels for Robots that haNdle smAll, soft and Deformable Objects
Coordinator: IOTAM INTERNET OF THINGS APPLICATIONS AND MULTI LAYER DEVELOPMENT LTD (CY)
TORNADO will develop an innovative, multifunctional and adaptive cloud robotics platform, supporting advanced navigation of an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) within complex, time-varying, real-world, human-populated indoor environments. The TORNADO AMR will be able to manipulate small, soft or deformable objects (SSDs) to an unprecedented degree of success, as well as to naturally interact with humans via hand gestures or verbal conversation, by exploiting the zero-shot generalization abilities of deep neural Foundation Models (FMs) for robotics. The AMR's intelligence will rely on a pool of p…
About Horizon Europe (2021–2027)
Horizon Europe is the EU's current research and innovation programme, covering 2021 to 2027 with a budget of roughly €95.5 billion. Its three pillars are Excellent Science (frontier research and mobility), Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness (mission-driven collaborative projects in health, climate, digital, security and food) and Innovative Europe (the EIC and EIT). It also funds five EU Missions targeting cancer, climate adaptation, smart cities, oceans and soils.
EU contribution: €7.4M awarded to the consortium. The project runs over approximately 3.5 years from 2025-01-01 to 2028-06-30.
Full record on CORDIS — partners, deliverables, publications, news.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who funds this research project?
- This project is funded by the European Union through the Horizon Europe (2021–2027) programme, under the HORIZON-RIA funding scheme.
- What is the EU contribution?
- The European Commission contributes €7.4M toward a total project budget of €7.4M.
- Which EU programme funds it?
- The project is funded under Horizon Europe (2021–2027), call HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01.
- Who coordinates the project?
- The project is coordinated by IOTAM INTERNET OF THINGS APPLICATIONS AND MULTI LAYER DEVELOPMENT LTD (CY).
- What is the project timeline?
- The project runs from 2025-01-01 to 2028-06-30 — approximately 3.5 years.
- Where can I find the full project record?
- The complete record — partners, deliverables, publications and news — is published on CORDIS under project ID 101189557.