Research and development of integrated systems for autonomous surveillance and security using unmanned aerial vehicles
Project description
Project Name: Research and Development of Integrated Systems for Autonomous Surveillance and Security Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Acronym: VANGUARD
Project code: PK.1.1.12.0012
Type of action: IRI S3 – Povećanje razvoja novih proizvoda i usluga koji proizlaze iz aktivnosti istraživanja i razvoja
Posredničko tijelo razine 1 (PT1): Ministry of Economy
Posredničko tijelo razine 2 (PT2): Croatian Agency for Small Business, Innovations and Investments
Implementation period: January 1, 2026 – January 1, 2029
Total project amount: 2.023.732,47 EUR
EU co-financing of the project: 1.571.841,38
Project coordinator: SKYLINK limited liability company for personal and property protection services
Head of the Research Team at CRTA: Assoc. Ph.D. Bojan Šekoranja
The project aims to develop an integrated technological platform for autonomous surveillance, civil security and crisis management. The platform combines a fleet of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles, a mobile command center and an advanced software infrastructure based on artificial intelligence, edge computing, swarm coordination and interoperable communication via the TAK protocol. The system enables rapid deployment in the field, autonomous analysis of data from RGB, thermal and LiDAR sensors and efficient coordination of different operational participants.
The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture of the University of Zagreb participates in the project as a research and knowledge dissemination organization, with an emphasis on the development of advanced robotic, navigation, sensor and software solutions. The project contributes to the development of dual-purpose security and digital technologies and has potential applications in large-area surveillance, critical infrastructure protection, early fire detection, natural disaster management and environmental protection.
Team members
doc. dr. sc. Bojan Šekoranja
Assistant professor
Assoc. prof. Marko Švaco
Associate Professor, Head of CRTA
Assistant Professor, PhD Filip Šuligoj
Assistant professor
Branimir Ćaran
Teaching assistant and PhD student
Luka Šiktar
Young researcher
Zvonimir Koprivnjak
Young researcher
dr. sc. Vladimir Milić
Associate Professor
Antonija Lelas
Administrativno-financijski voditelj projekta
The project was co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund
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