Your Content Goes Here HERON Project comes to an end after two successful full-scale pilot demonstrations After 4 years of activities, HERON project is coming to an end in May 2025. The last six months of the project were a final critical phase of a real-world validation through two full-scale [...]
Your Content Goes Here Demonstration Pilot in Megara, Greece The second HERON pilot took place in April and May 2025, along a selected stretch of the Elefsina–Korinthos–Patra motorway, one of Greece’s busiest highway corridors. Operated by Olympia Odos, this section features high-traffic density, bridges, tunnels, and complex infrastructure, thus making [...]
Your Content Goes Here HERON at BEYOND 2025 EXPO During the recent BEYOND 2025 expo held from 4 to 6 April 2025 at the Metropolitan Exhibition Centre of Athens, Greece, HERON partner Satways Ltd. was pleased to feature, among others, the HERON project at its space. BEYOND is an international [...]
Your Content Goes Here Demonstration Pilot in Torija, Spain In March 2025, HERON launched its first major pilot on the A2 Motorway, one of Spain’s busiest transport arteries connecting Madrid and Barcelona and part of the TEN-T. Led by Acciona, the pilot focused on the section between Guadalajara and Soria, [...]
Your Content Goes Here HERON at the Joint Final Event of "SISTER PROJECTS" OMICRON & InfraROB HERON was part of the joint final event titled ‘Old Roads, New Technologies: Safe and Intelligent Road Asset Management’, which was held on 16 January 2025 in Madrid, Spain. It was co-organised by HERON’s [...]
Your Content Goes Here 'Old Roads, New Technologies: safe and intelligent road asset management' Roads are the lifeblood of the modern society and economy—for daily commuting, weekend getaways and the smooth transport of goods. But Europe's roads are old. To safeguard their future by monitoring and maintaining their condition in [...]
Your Content Goes Here HERON to participate in the Sustainable Places conference 2024 HERON is pleased to announce its participation in the Sustainable Places conference 2024 which will take place from 23 to 25 September 2024 in Luxembourg. HERON project coordinator Nikos Bakalos from the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS) of the [...]
Your Content Goes Here HERON at PETRA conference 2024 HERON participated in the 2024 edition of PETRA (PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments) conference. HERON partner ICCS presented a paper on UAV-based localization of Removable Urban Pavement elements through deep object detection methods. PETRA is a highly interdisciplinary conference that [...]
Your Content Goes Here HERON joins the Tech4EUConstruction Cluster HERON has recently joined forces with EU-funded projects working to enhance the digitalization and automation of the EU construction sector under the Tech4EUConstruction Cluster. The collaborative cluster aims at addressing key challenges in the EU construction sector by developing and implementing cutting-edge technologies, with the [...]
Your Content Goes Here HERON at TRA 2024 HERON participated in the 2024 edition of the Transport Research Arena (TRA) taking place in Dublin, Ireland from 15 to 18 April. TRA is the largest European research and technology conference on transport and mobility. The conference brings together researchers, policymakers and industry representatives to [...]
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 955356.
