Solicitation 2024 1.0

Context

HADR missions may require robots to navigate and avoid collision, and/or do mapping in GNSS-denied, space constraint environment.

What We are Looking For

• Solutions capable of performing autonomous indoor navigation or mapping (and desirably exploration):
• on small unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), with autonomy payload less than 300g (less than 150g desirable)
• on small drones, with width less than 80cm (less than 30cm desirable)
• Cost-effective solutions with small size, weight and power

Key Metrics

• Mapping quality and navigation performance against ground truth
  
• Localization accuracy, navigation speed and accuracy
  
• Size, weight, power and cost efficiency
  

Your Technology Solution Should Demonstrate

• Sustained operations under GNSS-denied environments
• An ability to avoid obstacles in tight spaces
  
• An ability to integrate with small UGVs or drones easily
  

What We are Not Looking for

• LiDAR-based solutions
• High power and compute solutions (e.g. workstation class compute requirements)
• Payloads weighing >500g

Context

Small platforms such as commercial drones are commonly integrated with sensors such as electro-optics cameras, or communication payloads to provide sensing capabilities for operators.

What We are Looking For

• Novel payloads that could be integrated onto small platforms like commercial drones to perform support operations and improve work efficiencies (e.g. enhancing operator safety).
  

• Resolution, sensitivity and accuracy of measurements
  
• Fidelity to collect and analyse data
  
• Size, weight, power consumption and cost efficiency
  

Your Technology Solution Should Demonstrate

• Its novel capabilities under relevant field test scenarios
• Minimal or no impact to the platform’s own performance

What We are Not Looking for

• Literature reviews or academic studies
• Low technology readiness level solutions without prototypes

Context

Regular maintenance is required to identify issues early and prevent disruptions from damaged power cables and gas pipelines.

What We are Looking For

• Passive, low power consumption solutions that can provide pervasive and continuous monitoring of power cables and gas pipes
• Solutions that require low cost and manual efforts to implement, operate and maintain

Key Metrics

• Solution’s operating range and coverage
• Bandwidth of solution’s sensors
• Solution’s accuracy, including false alarm rates
  
• Solution’s reliability
  

Your Technology Solution Should Demonstrate

• The solution’s performance and readiness for deployment in busy tropic waters in the presence of commercial vessels (which you may also demonstrate using your own calibrated sound sources)

What We are Not Looking for

• Solutions requiring significant manual efforts to maintain
• Costly and labour-intensive solutions such as monitoring sonars
• Sensors with poor ability to differentiate noise from actual signals

Context

Ship hulls under warm tropical waters are subject to fouling and corrosion, which can compromise the ship’s structural integrity and pose safety risks.

Current methods of managing ship hull deterioration of ship hulls are labour intensive, time-consuming, and pose safety risks to personnel. Additionally, a manual approach may not provide a complete picture of the ship hull condition.

We are Looking For Solutions that

• Reduce manual efforts for ship hull maintenance
• Support predictive maintenance and condition-based maintenance
• Do not adversely affect the ship’s structural integrity and paint surfaces
• Provide sound assessment and downtime for hull repair works
• May generate hull thickness map to assess the ship’s lifespan
  

You may note that we will provide relevant vessel(s) for up to two weeks for the evaluation trial.

Key Metrics

• Surface area and depth of hull covered by solution
• Accuracy in identifying defects on ship hull
• Manual time and effort required to operate solution

Your Technology Solution Should Demonstrate

• Robustness, scalability and adaptability for use on various types of ships and hull materials
• A reduction in maintenance time and efforts, including humans working at height
• A contribution to increasing in the ship hull’s lifespan and readiness for maritime operations

What We are Not Looking for

• Literature reviews or studies without prototypes
  
• Solutions that require significant manual operator effort
  
• Solutions that do not operate reliably in tropical waters
  

Context

The number of AI-powered tools capable of manipulating or generating fake videos has increased exponentially over the last few years. We need to be able to reliably detect and debunk fake videos.

What We are Looking For

• Tools to detect fake videos accurately and quickly
  

You should explain how your solution works and data it was trained on. Where applicable, please submit a demonstration video of your solution.

Key Metrics

• True positive rate
  
• False positive rate
  
• Time taken to process the fake videos
  

Your Technology Solution Should Demonstrate

• Robustness to detect fake videos under various conditions, such as noisy video frames
• An ability to explain technically why the video were detected to be fake
• An ability to adapt and detect other deep fake media such as voice clips, if possible.

What We are Not Looking for

• Literature reviews or paper studies
  
• Solutions that only work on limited media (e.g. passport photos)