HUVI.GUARDIAN: The first off-grid, edge-AI wildfire detection with network-independent communications
Beschreibung
Wildfires have become a rapidly escalating global threat, with major economic, ecological, and social consequences. Single events can cause multi-billion losses, and climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of fire outbreaks through higher temperatures, prolonged dry periods, and shifting vegetation patterns.
Because containment effectiveness drops sharply as time passes, fast and reliable early detection of smoke and ignition sources is critical to prevent small fires from escalating into large-scale disasters.
HUVI.GUARDIAN is an energy-autonomous early-warning tower for remote forests, using vision and edge AI to detect smoke locally and transmit event-driven alerts via LPWAN and satellite.
Eckdaten
Projektleitung
Projektteam
Benjamin Maij, Stefan Kunz, Simon Stuck, Dr. Eduardo Vicente Valdés Cambero, Alejandro Horvat
Projektpartner
huvi.swiss KlG; Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne AG; Gebäudeversicherung Kanton Zürich
Projektstatus
laufend, gestartet 07/2026
Institut/Zentrum
Institute of Embedded Systems (InES)
Drittmittelgeber
Innosuisse Innovationsprojekt