Projects (by start date)
2024
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EdgeAI-Trust EU Project
1) Develop a trustworthy domain-independent AI architecture: The architecture will support the development of collaborative AI-based systems with orchestration, upgradeability, manageability, reliability, real time, safety, security, and energy efficiency. The architecture will support a continuum of heterogeneous ...
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Zero-Config Event Monitoring System (ZEMS)
ZEMS provides radio connectivity for fire penetration seals located in harsh environments. Combining the proposed zero-configuration mesh protocol with proven LoRa communication enables a radically new approach to managing such seals through cloud-based sensors, unlocking completely new markets. ...
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NAFTAQ: Novel AFM Techniques for Autonomous Quality Control in Industrial Manufacturing
This project aims to fill technological gaps and develop key innovations critical to quality control with atomic force microscopy in high-throughput processes. It allows Nanosurf to offer new quality control solutions for industrial manufacturing, today's fastest-growing market segment.
2023
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Control platform for gallium nitride-based power converter
Feasibility assessment of a FPGA based control architecture suitable for GaN based power converters.
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IOTA: Internet of Things # Amfora. A Swiss Digital Solution for Global Foodservice
IOTA is a revolution in hospitality procurement of liquid ingredients, like olive oil. IoT, sensors and AI predict when a customer needs delivery. This boosts volume, cuts cost, enhances sustainability, and lowers business risks of project partner Amfora. It also creates spinoff opportunities. ...
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High Speed Networking Switch for Surgical Research
For their novel surgical research and teaching centre OR-X, the university hospital of Balgrist is looking for a Data Hub solution, allowing to synchronise signals of TOF cameras, optical tracking systems and robots in a simulated operating room and exchange them with a central DGX server. ZHAW is developing a ...
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Development and construction of a sensor carrier for the drone-based measurement of methane and CO2 concentrations in near-ground air layers
The Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam is researching the exchange processes between the ground and the atmosphere. To this end, the climate-relevant gases methane and CO2 are to be measured in air layers near the ground in order to make climate models more accurate. This is being done with an unmanned aerial vehicle. ...
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Reconfigurable Heterogeneous Highly Parallel Processing Platform for safe and secure AI (REBECCA)
REBECCA, a heavily SME-driven project, will democratize the development of novel edge AI systems. Towards this aim, REBECCA will develop a purely European complete Hardware(HW) and Software(SW) stack around a RISC-V CPU, which will provide significantly higher levels of a) performance (e.g., inferences per second), ...
2022
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SUM - Low Power Monitoring
Technologies for monitoring the conditions of a product, for indoor localisation and for level of use will be developed. The key elements are energy autonomy, localisation, miniaturisation, sensing.
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TSN-based distributed precision measurement system
A new architecture allows flexible deployment of distributed sensor systems for magnetic field measurements in, e.g., marine, or geological applications. Sensor nodes are directly networked using TSN (time-sensitive networking) technology.
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DISTRAL: Industrial Process Monitoring for Injection Molding with Distributed Transfer Learning
We develop a distributed machine learning system to sort out defect plastic parts during production. Main challenge is the transferability of learnt process know-how from case to case; the solution builds on domain adaptation, continual data-centric deep learning and federated edge computing. ...
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CI/CD for PROFINET Conformance Test
The development and implementation of a comprehensive automated verification and validation CI/CD cloud framework for industrial communication protocol certification testing in-house. Resulting in reduced development cost and accelerating time to market for industrial field devices. Demonstrated with Profinet and ...
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SAVEDGE: Scalable AV Platform for Edge AI Computing
A battery-powered audio-visual sensor platform for edge AI computing with highly scalable processing and ultra low power consumption is being developed. It enables high-performance AI applications at the edge while providing very long battery lifetimes.
2021
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Low Power Actuator
Technologies for a low power actuator are specified, researched, developed and tested. The results are the basis for a new generation of low power access control devices.
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High Operational Reliability for Unmanned Systems
HORUS (High Operational Reliability for Unmanned Systems) is a proof of concept that makes flying drones with 2 autopilots possible. The goal of the project is to transform this proof of concept into a minimum viable product: reducing footprint, improving features and going through an intensive flight ...
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Novel high-speed, low latency distributed data link for precision measurement systems in demanding environments
SPECS Zurich GmbH provides measurement systems for scanning probe microscopy and quantum transport applications. During this project, a new plug&play-capable high- speed serial interface with ultra low latency and optical transmission shall be developed, such that it can be used in demanding environments such as ...
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Pilot study machine learning for injection molding processes
Researchers from the CAI and InES conduct a technical deep dive together to explore the possibilities of capturing process knowledge on injection molding in deep neural networks and transfer the results to novel usage scenarios.The groups of Prof. Stadelmann (Computer Vision, Perception & Cognition, ZHAW CAI) and ...
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User Assistance Systems for Smart Commercial Buildings
ZHELIO: A User Assistance System (workbench platform) for building operators combining automation, information technology, IoT sensors, optimisation and digital modelling of assets. The envisioned system empowers users to use, interact and optimise living buildings and promote digital transformation ...
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Demonstrator für IEEE802.3 / APL - Ph2
Implement a demo application to show that frame preemption according to IEEE 802.1Qbu and IEEE802.3br for 10BASE-T1L Single-Pair Ethernet Links. Purpose of the demonstration application is to support standardization efforts to amend the standard IEEE 802.3 to allow frame preemption for 10BASE-T1L links. ...
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High performance security in embedded networked components with hard real time deadlines
The rolling stock industry is mission critical and places hard real time deadlines on its operations. Network security in train control products, and across a product range, is an utmost concern which we meet by developing both an innovative methodology and IP components to meet these challenges. ...
2020
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Precise Time Synchronization for Industrial Time-sensitive Networks (TSN)
Time synchronization is one of the main pillars for the next generation of Ethernet-based Industrial communication systems. Control loops, synchronized sampling and scheduled communication required time synchronization with at least 1 microsecond accuracy. For TSN networks, IEEE Std. 802.1AS-2020 is defined for ...
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Demonstrator für IEEE802.3 / APL
The final objective (this offer is for a first phase) is to build a demonstrator to show the feasibility of implementing frame preemption (IEEE802.3 clause 99 and IEEE802.1Qbr) on 10BASE-T1L links, if possible in a multi-vendor setup.
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Lithotripsy with Artificial Intelligence
About 2-3% of the worldwide population develop kidney stones. The stone can be treated with extra corporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). For the treatment the stone has to be positioned in the focus of the shock wave source. Patient positioning is critical, because misalignment will lead to ineffective treatment ...
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Low-power Sensor
Development of a low-power sensor that can be used to trigger or stop other applications that require more energy.
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Low-cost device for efficient cook stoves monitoring
Development of an energy autonomous low-cost monitoring device to monitor cookstove usage and report the information using LPWAN systems
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Remote, Hands On Computer Networks Lab
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High speed communication link for atomic force microscope instrumentation
SPECS Zurich is a supplier of Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) Controller Systems. A new high-speed communication architecture will be designed and a proof of concept will be built. The new link will be able to transmit up to 16 Gbps with extremely low jitter and high synchronicity between different devices. ...
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Smart Water Pipes
Self-powered sensors enable smart management of water distribution systems. Underground sensors on water pipes collect energy from their environment and wirelessly transmit data to the surface. The insights created through distributed measurements facilitate unique data-driven services and value. ...
2019
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AFM with PORT: Atomic force microscope with photothermal off-resonance tapping
The project brings essential innovations which empower Nanosurf to strengthen its market position and open up new customer segments: Fast photothermal off-resonance tapping in combination with data-driven control, dual actuation and advanced data-handling with machine learning support.
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Energy autarkic monitoring system for industrial Pumps
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Energy Autarkic Revolution Counter (EARC)
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FWA: Visual Food Waste Analysis for Sustainable Kitchens
A novel approach for a fully automated food waste management solution for commercial kitchens is investigated. Food waste is automatically detected using a new camera device, preprocessed in real-time and classified using machine learning algorithms.
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Hard and firmware development of a fail-safe system for drones
Hard and firmware development of a fail-safe system for drones.
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Data Driven Medical muscle Training
Muscle loss is a concomitant of various diseases (cachexia) and the usual aging process (sarcopenia). Limiting this reduction and, ideally, even reversing it makes medical and economic sense. In medicine, the metabolic function (in addition to the pure movement) of the muscles is increasingly understood and ...
2018
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AMANDA – AutonoMous self powered miniAturized iNtelligent sensor for environmental sensing anD asset tracking in smArt IoT environments
The AMANDA project aims to stretch the limits of Electronic Smart Systems’ (ESS) autonomy (in terms of energy, decision making & maintenance-free lifetime extension) and miniaturization (by applying high aspect ratio design architecture). Its ultimate goal is to develop and validate a cost-attractive next ...
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TSN Platform
Time synchronization according to IEEE 802.1AS is integrated in a TSN-capable switching platform.
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Improved LPWAN
This project will investigate and test methods aimed at improving the performance of current popular LPWAN IoT systems. The improvements target several areas such as determinism, latency and energy. They enable new applications that are currently not possible.
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Harvesting energy from cyclist heat to power a wireless embedded system on a bike
Harvesting energy from cyclist heat to power a wireless embedded system on a bike
2017
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EH demonstrator for Matrix Industries
A TEG is used upon a finger touch to convert thermal flux into electrical energy and power a wireless BLE sensor
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Collision prevention for laser cutting machine
A new system for preventing collisions of the cutting head in laser cutting machines with protruding sheet metal parts is being researched. Such parts are detected in real time by image processing in a multi-processor System-on-Chip (MPSoC) to prevent a crash.
2016
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Identity Management for Heterogenous Wireless Networks
The project enables a secure authentication of resource-constrained wireless nodes in an IP-based mesh network for building automation. This authentication is an imperative requirement to connect wireless field devices directly to IT networks. An intelligent dual-mode software stack on the wireless node allows a ...
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LoRaMesh: Synchronous network to monitor processes
Synchronous LoRa mesh network to monitor processes in underground infrastructure. A novel LPWAN concept based on the LoRa technology that enhances transmission reliability, efficiency, and flexibility in range-critical situations through meshed multi-hop routing and ensures a precise time-synchronization. ...
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New high-performance platform for digital dynamic signal processing
The Institute of Embedded Systems and Zurich Instruments are jointly designing a new high-performance platform for digital dynamic signal processing, on which all new ZI products from 2017 onwards will be based. It will replace the previous six-year-old platform. The highly integrated 16-nm semiconductor technology ...
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High-availability scalable operational communication system
Operational communication systems for command and control centers of transport companies or emergency organizations have to cope with complex connection situations that span networks of different technologies (telephony, trunked radio, mobile radio). The requirements in terms of functionality, performance ...
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Wireless network for the monitoring of vineyards and orchards
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StereO2 – Low-power optical oxygen sensor
Development of the next-generation optical sensor for the measurement of the oxygen gas concentration with very low power consumption. The measuring principle is based on the quenching of the luminescence by oxygen molecules.
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Car sharing system
New techniques will be investigated and developed for car rental/sharing systems. These techniques will give more comfort, convenience and security to the different users while enabling car rental/sharing firms to better control the leasing and tracking of their vehicles.
2015
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Audio Processing in OpenCL
Studer's professional audio mixing consoles are well accepted but require expensive components. A new innovation of using the open computing language (OpenCL) for digital audio processing on graphic processors (GPUs) and on FPGAs allow to reuse the existing software investment of Studer's high-end products also for ...
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Battery-less energy source for standard Wireless Embedded Systems
We will investigate and develop technologies to allow the use of the Dynapic Piezo as sole energy source for Wireless Systems based on standard protocols. Features such as very low-power encryption, multi-key and display will be supported. Results will take the form of appropriate concepts, models, circuits, ...
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On-Site Configurable Safe and Redundant Technology for Distributed Nodes in Rail Applications
Modern rolling-stock requires a mixture of standard-technology as well as safe and dependable distributed nodes. The latter are expensive due to high validation and certification costs. To reduce costs and increase application flexibility whilst reducing probabilities of failure and enhancing safety, a HW-SW suite ...
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Floating Cooking Sensor
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Smart Radiator