To tackle the different challenges of the I&M sector, and increase the added value of using robots, it is key to increase their autonomy level<\/strong>. A high degree of autonomy is especially required when a direct link with an operator cannot be guaranteed, or when it is required to perform inspection tasks in a repetitive way. Autonomous decisions can also increase the robot mission performance and guarantee robot survival in hostile or cluttered environments, where it is difficult to teleoperate robots safely.<\/p>\n

It has been identified that the most promising applications in the I&M sector require the use of aerial and underwater robots due to the risks and costs associated with work at height or underwater inspection performed by human operators. Therefore, the RAMI competition will focus on these two types of robots, to push the state of the art in terms of autonomy navigation and performance.<\/p>\n

The evaluation process of RAMI competitions will mainly involve tasks related to autonomous navigation and data acquisition for I&M purposes. Since aerial and underwater domains are very different, both domains will be evaluated separately in two different tracks.<\/p>\n

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• Aerial domain<\/strong> tasks will be organised by CATEC, the Advanced Center for Aerospace Technologies<\/li>\n
• Underwater domain<\/strong> tasks will be monitored by CMRE, the Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Both will conduct the competition evaluations in realistic environments of interest for I&M end-users.<\/p>\n

  RAMI CAMPAIGNS<\/h2>\n

  2023 RAMI Aerial Campaigns<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

  The second edition of RAMI evaluation campaigns for aerial robots, to be held in conjunction with the International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS) 2023<\/a>. In this edition, the competition is taking place in two subsequent stages. First, the cascade evaluation campaign will run from January to April 2023<\/strong>, where teams will develop and test their algorithms on datasets provided by CATEC. Then, the teams with the best performances will be allowed to participate in the field evaluation campaign, which will take place at the ICUAS conference venue in\u00a0June 2023 in Warsaw, Poland<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

  2nd<\/strong>\u00a0RAMI Field Campaign for Marine Robots<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

  The 2nd\u00a0RAMI Marine Robots\u00a0competition that will be held at the\u00a0NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE)\u00a0in La Spezia, Italy,\u00a016 \u2012 21 July 2023. The competition will challenge the\u00a0Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)\u00a0of participant teams to accomplish Inspection & Maintenance tasks set in the\u00a0CMRE protected seawater basin. AUVs will require perception, manipulation, adaptive mission planning and autonomous navigation skills to be successful.<\/p>\n

  Second edition of RAMI evaluation campaigns for aerial robots 2023<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

  The second edition of RAMI evaluation campaigns for aerial robots, to be held in conjunction with the International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS) 2023<\/strong><\/a>. In this edition, the competition will take place in two subsequent stages. First, the cascade evaluation campaign will run from\u00a0January to April 2023<\/strong>, where teams will develop and test their algorithms on datasets provided by CATEC. Then, the teams with the best performances will be allowed to participate in the field evaluation campaign, which will take place at the ICUAS conference venue in\u00a0June 2023 in Warsaw, Poland<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

  1st Aerial Field Campaign<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

  The first Field Campaign for Aerial Robots of the RAMI Competition will be held at the Advanced Center for Aerospace Technologies (CATEC) in Seville, Spain, in October 17-21, 2022. <\/strong>This competition aims to test the skills of the proposed aerial robotic solutions in tasks such as precise autonomous navigation, and automatic defect detection with advanced AI algorithms, while operating in a GNSS-denied environment.<\/p>\n

  1st Marine Cascade Campaign<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

  The first edition of METRICS RAMI Cascade Evaluation Campaign for Marine Robots. This competition will take place fully virtually using data generated during previous RAMI campaigns<\/a>. The competition is open to everyone all around the world and is led by\u00a0NATO STO CMRE<\/a> (Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation, La Spezia, Italy), one of the reference research centres in Europe devoted to marine robotics technologies. Teams could register for participation by October 10, 2022<\/strong> and submit their Docker images by October 30, 2022.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

  1st Marine Physical Campaign<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

  The first\u00a0RAMI Marine Robots\u00a0competition was held at the\u00a0NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE)\u00a0in La Spezia, Italy,\u00a010 \u2012 15 July 2022. The competition did challenge the\u00a0Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)\u00a0of participant teams to accomplish Inspection & Maintenance tasks set in the\u00a0CMRE protected seawater basin. AUVs required perception, manipulation, adaptive mission planning and autonomous navigation skills to be successful. Results are available at the campaign webpage.<\/a><\/p>\n

  1st Aerial Cascade Campaign<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

  The first edition of METRICS RAMI competition for aerial robots, was held in conjunction with IROS 2021 (September 27th \u2013 October 1st). This competition will take place fully virtually using data generated during previous RAMI campaigns<\/a>. The competition is open to everyone all around the world and is led by CATEC (Advanced Center for Aerospace Technologies, Seville, Spain), one of the reference research centres in Europe devoted to aerial robotic technologies. Result are available at the campaign's webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

  Dry-run Campaign<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

  During the month of March 2021, the RAMI dry-run campaign has been carried out. The dry-run campaign has allowed the validation of the evaluation procedure defined in the\u00a0RAMI Evaluation Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

  The dry-run execution involved most of the aspects of the RAMI Competition, both for underwater and aerial robots, allowing to:<\/p>\n

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  • Validate the design of the TBMs and the FBMs in a real setting.<\/li>\n
  • Test the scoring and metrics system proposed for the Field and Cascade Campaigns.<\/li>\n
  • Assess the feasibility of performing the proposed Tasks and Functionalities by the future competing teams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    The RAMI evaluation plan available below describes the competition and its evaluation and will be continuously updated. Additional information will be posted here as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

    \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\tEVALUATION PLAN\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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    RAMI24 will not be held.<\/p>\n

    We will be back in 2025<\/strong> with a new competition. Prepare your robots and stay tuned.<\/p>\n

    Please contact Gabriele Ferri (gabriele.ferri@cmre.nato.int<\/a>) for further information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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    Coordination team:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Francisco Javier P\u00e9rez Grau<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Gabriele Ferri<\/strong><\/p>\n

    CONTACT:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    im(a)metricsproject.eu<\/a><\/p>\n

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