Identification & Background 

Project name: VALLPASS: Active and Intelligent Surveillance with Lora support for PASSadeiras.

Project code: NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-113439

Main objective: Strengthening research, technological development and innovation

Region of intervention: North

Beneficiary entity(s):
VALLED, Lda (project leader)
IPB – Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
MORE – Laboratório Colaborativo Montanhas de Investigação – Associação

Date of approval: 29-07-2021
Start date: 01-07-2021
Completion date: 30-06-2023

Total eligible investment: 471.834,28€
Eligible investment MORE CoLAB:
118 551,9€
Financial support from the European Union: ERDF – €345,802.50

Develop a treadmill that will ensure the safe crossing of pedestrians, being equipped with a set of functionalities and technological innovations. The system will have a set of innovative functionalities, namely:

  • Energetically autonomous and completely disconnected from the electricity supply network;
  • Fase de comissionamento será realizada de forma transparente, seguindo uma filosofia de plug-and-play;
  • Creation of a set of innovative functionalities, namely: a) creation of a luminous tunnel for the safe passage of pedestrians (created through the installation of two poles in positions contrary to the direction of passage); b) creation of an alert system, when people are crossing, for drivers, allowing an increase in their perception;
  • Maintenance and resilience of the system will be innovative to the point of development and use of self-maintenance techniques;
  • Remote management system.
  • Self-maintenance models.
  • Self-organizing algorithm for self-commissioning.
  • Efficient energy management in non-ideal climatic environments.
  • Final management solution supporting the passage.
  • Improvement of crossing conditions and visibility of walkways.
  • Increased visibility for drivers.
  • Remote maintenance and self-maintenance.
  • A1 – Requirements, case study definition and evaluation metrics
  • A2 – Remote management of the VallPass ecosystem
  • A3 – Development of VallPass
  • A4 – Integration, testing and validation
  • A5 – Dissemination, communication and exploitation of results
  • A6 – Project Management
  • System of safe passage for pedestrians, solution that can be fitted in smart-cities, energetically autonomous solution.