MERMAID-AI: the teleassistance platform for first aid at sea. A Spoke 2 project at the RAISE Village

On october 31, on the RAISE Village stage, Federico Descalzo, Chief Commercial Officer of Netalia, presented the talk “MERMAID-AI: The Teleassistance Platform for First Aid at Sea”, showcasing the Mermaid-AI platform developed within Spoke 2.

The Mermaid-AI project aims to develop and bring to market a sea-based healthcare assistance platform capable of offering advanced capabilities compared to current solutions. Mermaid-AI represents both an innovative technological solution and a new process standard, enabling more effective and efficient remote medical assistance to enhance onboard safety and service quality.

The platform utilizes e-triage and self-care systems powered by artificial intelligence algorithms, onboard biometric sensors, and innovative delivery modes, such as augmented reality headsets. Solutions developed by Mermaid-AI reduce the need to activate external rescue services or return to port, promoting safe self-care whenever possible. Additionally, it enables specialized satellite teleconsultation through affiliated healthcare facilities.

Developing Mermaid-AI requires cross-disciplinary expertise in healthcare, maritime, and digital fields: from cloud infrastructure management and connectivity to generative artificial intelligence applications, particularly LLM and RAG. Special attention is given to personal data protection.

All project partners, with Netalia as the lead, bring highly synergistic specialized expertise. Mermaid-AI is made possible through collaboration among Innonation, Netalia, Posdata, Porto Antico di Genova, and Teseo.

Mermaid-AI was selected under the call for Industrial Research and Experimental Development projects in the fields of artificial intelligence and robotics, promoted by IIT within the RAISE project.

“For us, projects like RAISE represent a fundamental opportunity because they allow us to bring together organizations with complementary skills around a project with market ambitions, aiming to develop a product that can be launched commercially. This type of initiative provides not only financial support but also an ecosystem that facilitates the verification of the project’s effectiveness, accelerating timelines and reducing costs,” commented Federico Descalzo at the end of the conference.