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IEEE HONET paper accepted
Low-power Energy Management Module for Ambiently Powered Robotic Swarms. Mohmmadsadegh Mokhtari, Parham Haji Ali Mohamadi, Dragan Subotic, Ritesh Kumar Singh, Bram Vanderborght, Maarten Weyn, Jeroen Famaey, IEEE HONET 2024, 3-5 December 2024 Doha, Qatar.
Interview with José Quevedo
A new episod in the series of short interviews with the scientific lead of each consortium member. Find out more about who they are, what is their role in the project and what is their vision for the use of the technology developed in the OpenSwarm project.
Best Poster Awards at ANTS 2024
“A Comparative Study of Energy Replenishment Strategies for Robot Swarms”, poster presented by Genki Miyauchi, at the ANTS 2024 conference.
IEEE SmartIoT paper accepted
Channel-Dependent Forward Error Correction for IEEE 802.15.4 O-QPSK. Fabian Graf, Thomas Watteyne, Filip Maksimovic, Michael Villnow. IEEE International Conference on Smart Internet of Things (SmartIoT) 14-16, November 2024, Shenzhen, China.
TDMA DotBot demo
Enhancing DotBot Network Efficiency: Using TDMA to Increase Gateway Capacity
DAFUSAI paper accepted
Feature-level fusion in wireless acoustic sensor networks with graph attention networks for classification of domestic activities
Wei Wei, Matthias Hutsebaut-Buysse, Thomas Avé, Tom De Schepper, Kevin Mets. 2nd Workshop on Data Fusion for Artificial Intelligence (DAFUSAI)
October 19th, 2024 at ECAI, Santiago de Compostela.
IEEE Computer paper accepted
EDHOC is a New Security Handshake Standard: Overview of Security Analysis. Elsa Lopez Perez, Göran Selander, John Preuß Mattsson, Thomas Watteyne, Mališa Vučinić. IEEE Computer, to appear in 2024.
ICRA paper published
Standards-based Remote Attestation for Internet-of-Things Swarms. Yuxuan Song, Malisa Vucinic, Thomas Watteyne. Workshop on Breaking Swarm Stereotypes, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan, 17 May 2024.
DotBot paper published!
Demo: DotBot, a cm-Scale, Easy-to-Use Micro-Robot for Swarm Research. Said Alvarado-Marin, Alexandre Abadie, Filip Maksimovic, Martina Balbi, Trifun Savic, Thomas Watteyne. Workshop on Breaking Swarm Stereotypes, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan, 17 May 2024.
IOTSMS paper accepted
Pre-shared key authentication in Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman Over COSE. Elsa Lopez Perez, Thomas Watteyne, Mališa Vučinić. IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IOTSMS), Malmo, Sweden, 2-5 September 2024.
ICT Express Journal paper published
Monitoring Performance Metrics in Low-Power Wireless Systems. Fabian Graf, Thomas Watteyne, Michael Villnow. Elsevier ICT Express.
MDPI Sensors paper
Policy Compression for Intelligent Continuous Control on Low-Power Edge Devices. Avé T, De Schepper T, Mets K., Sensors. 2024; 24(15):4876.
Qrkey: Simply and Securely Controlling Swarm Robots
Deploying and interacting with a swarm of robots often requires a lot of infrastructure and access grants to users. In this demo, we are presenting QrKey […]
ESANN paper accepted
Online Adaptation of Compressed Models by Pre-Training and Task-Relevant Pruning. Thomas Avé, Matthias Hutsebaut-Buysse, Wei Wei, Kevin Mets, The 32th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning (ESANN), Bruges, Belgium, 9-11 October 2024
Demo presented at IETF 119: zero-touch secure enrollment of DotBots
Demo presented by Geovane Fedrecheski at IETF 119: zero-touch secure enrollment of DotBots
IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) paper accepted
The Embedded Orchestra. Romain Facq, Charles Thonier Trifun Savic, Bertrand Marcon, Thomas Watteyne. IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), Paris, 26-29 June 2024.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters paper accepted
Lighthouse Localization of Miniature Wireless Robots. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. Alvarado-Marin, S., Huidobro-Marin, C., Balbi, M., Savić, T., Watteyne, T., & Maksimovic, F. (2024).
OpenSwarm All-hands meeting in Leuven
Our second All-hands meeting took place in Leuven, Belgium, on 25-26 June 2024.
IEEE IECON paper accepted!
Running SmartMesh on the MAX32655 with MicroPython. Luiz Sampaio, Kate O’Riordan, Dara O’Sullivan, Brian Coffey, Lance Doherty, Thomas Watteyne. Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), Chicago, IL, USA, 3-6 November 2024.
OpenSwarm workshop on Crystal-Free radio
We are happy to announce that our workshop on Crystal-Free/-Less Radio and System-based Research for IoT, part CPS-IoT week took place on 13-16 May in Hong Kong.
Hackathon on Lightweight IoT Security
We are delighted to announce that Said Alvarado-Marin got the best demo award at the ICRA 2024 workshop on breaking swarm stereotypes in Yokohoma, Japan on 17 May 2024 for his demo about the DotBot..
DotBot best demo award at ICRA workshop!
We are delighted to announce that Said Alvarado-Marin got the best demo award at the ICRA 2024 workshop on breaking swarm stereotypes in Yokohoma, Japan on 17 May 2024 for his demo about the DotBot..
Breaking Swarm Stereotypes Poster at ICRA 2024
“Let’s Share Our Robots! Dynamically Controlling a Swarm of Robots Among Multiple Human Operators” , poster presented by Genki Miyauchi, at the Breaking Swarm Stereotypes workshop at ICRA 2024.
Late Breaking Results Poster at ICRA 2024
“Towards Decentralised Formation of Minimal-Length Networks Using Swarms of Robots”, poster presented by Genki Miyauchi, at the Late Breaking Results Poster Session at ICRA 2024.
Another IEEE ISCC paper accepted!
Bit- and Symbol-Error Patterns of the IEEE 802.15.4 TSCH Mode. Fabian Graf, Thomas Watteyne, Filip Maksimovic, Michael Villnow. IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), Paris, France, 26-29 June 2024.
IEEE ISCC paper accepted!
TMVS: Threshold-based Majority Voting Scheme for Robust SRAM PUFs. Sara Faour, Malisa Vucinic, Filip Maksimovic, David C. Burnett, Paul Muhlethaler, Thomas Watteyne, Kristofer Pister. IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), Paris, 26-29 June 2024.
Interview with Danny Hughes
A new episod in the series of short interviews with the scientific lead of each consortium member. Find out more about who they are, what is their role in the project and what is their vision for the use of the technology developed in the OpenSwarm project.
Interview with Roderich Gross
A new episod in the series of short interviews with the scientific lead of each consortium member. Find out more about who they are, what is their role in the project and what is their vision for the use of the technology developed in the OpenSwarm project.
Paper accepted in IEEE Access journal!
Secure Communication for the IoT: EDHOC and (Group) OSCORE Protocols. Rikard Hoglund, Marco Tiloca, Goran Selander, John Preuss Mattsson, Malisa Vucinic, Thomas Watteyne. IEEE Access, to appear in 2024.
Unboxing KU Leuven’s FreeBot!
Inria is welcoming the KU Leuven’s FreeBot!
Interview with Jeroen Famaey
A new episod in the series of short interviews with the scientific lead of each consortium member. Find out more about who they are, what is their role in the project and what is their vision for the use of the technology developed in the OpenSwarm project.
Another CrystalFreeIoT paper accepted!
ABL: Leveraging Millimeter Wave Pulses for Low Latency IoT Networking, Bingwu Fang, Jonathan Oostvogels, Xinlei Liu, Andrey Belogaev, Sam Michiels, Danny Hughes, Jeroen Famaey, Workshop on Crystal-Free/-Less Radio and System-based Research for IoT (CrystalFreeIoT), Hong Kong, 13-16 May 2024.
Interview with Quentin Bey
A new episod in the series of short interviews with the scientific lead of each consortium member. Find out more about who they are, what is their role in the project and what is their vision for the use of the technology developed in the OpenSwarm project.
AIOT Systems deployment
Deploying of an AIOT systems network at LaBoMaP for better understanding the impact of environmental conditions on the aging of wood.
Another CrystalFreeIoT paper accepted!
Single-Chip Motes and SRAM PUF: Feasibility Study. Sara Faour, Blaz Korecic, Malisa Vucinic, Fil Maksimovic, David Burnett, Paul Muhlethaler, Thomas Watteyne. Workshop on Crystal-Free/-Less Radio and System-based Research for IoT (CrystalFreeIoT), Hong Kong, 13-16 May 2024.
CrystalFreeIoT paper accepted!
RobOTAP: Over-the-Air Programming of Robotic Swarms. Alexandre Abadie, Said Alvarado-Marin, Filip Maksimovic, Malisa Vucinic, Thomas Watteyne. Workshop on Crystal-Free/-Less Radio and System-based Research for IoT (CrystalFreeIoT), Hong Kong, 13-16 May 2024.
The role of physics in distributed robotics
Roderich Gross, Senior Lecturer (Assoc. Prof.) of the University of Sheffield
Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, gave a talk at the 7th IEEE UK & Ireland RAS Conference (RAS 2024).
Interview with Brian Coffey
A new video in the series of short interviews with the scientific lead of each consortium member. Find out more about who they are, what is their role in the project and what is their vision for the use of the technology developed in the OpenSwarm project.
IEEE NetRobiCS paper accepted!
Qrkey: Simply and Securely Controlling Swarm Robots. Alexandre Abadie, Malisa Vucinic, Diego Badillo, Said Alvarado-Marin, Filip Maksimovic, Thomas Watteyne. IEEE International Workshop on Networked Robotics and Communication Systems (NetRobiCS), Vancouver, Canada, 20 May, 2024.
Exploring the Benefits of Sharing Energy within Robot Swarm Networks
Poster by Genki Miyauchi, Mohamed S. Talamali, Roderich Gross, presented at the 7th IEEE UK & Ireland RAS Conference (RAS 2024).
Ingeniarius
Ingeniarius, headquartered in Valongo, Portugal, is a pioneering small team with a significant impact in the realm of robotics and intelligent systems.
IEEE WCNC paper accepted!
Performance Comparison of EDHOC and DTLS 1.3 in Internet-of-Things Environments. Geovane Fedrecheski, Mališa Vučinić, Thomas Watteyne. IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 21-24 April 2024
IPSN’24 paper accepted!
“Twofer: Ambiguous Transmissions for Low-Latency Sensor Networks Facing Noise, Privacy and Loss” (J. Oostvogels, D. Hughes, S. Michiels)” was accepted at IPSN’24
Siemens Industrial Connectivity Lab
The technology company Siemens has opened a new test laboratory for industrial connectivity technologies at its Erlangen site.
Siemens Workshop
On 19 December 2023, OpenSwarm members of Siemens AG Germany have met for a hands-on workshop at the Siemens Campus in Erlangen.
Visit DistriNet
DistriNet is a team of over 90 researchers working on Distributed Systems, Security and Networking. We are part of the Computer Science department of KU Leuven, located in historic Leuven, Belgium.
Showing off the OpenSwarm project and the DotBot platform at SIDO & OpenSource Experience
Showing off the OpenSwarm project and the DotBot platform at the Inria booth at SIDO & OpenSource Experience on 6 & 7 December in Paris!
SenSys demo accepted!
FreeBot: a Battery-Free Swarm Robotics Platform. Mengyao Liu, Fan Yang, Sam Michiels, Said Alvarado-Marin, Thomas Watteyne. ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys), Istanbul, Turkey, November 13-15, 2023.
AIOT Academy at ESIROI
“Wireless art & magic”
30 October-2 November 2023.
Building a robot-to-cloud system in a week!
Interview with Franz Zeilinger
In the coming months, we’ll be featuring a series of short interviews with the scientific lead of each consortium member in order to introduce them to you.
Find out more about who they are, what is their role in the project and what is their vision for the use of the technology developed in the OpenSwarm project.
Imec’s IDLab
Today, let’s visit imec’s IDLab, located in The Beacon innovation hub, an inspiring place and community for digital innovators in Antwerp, Belgium.
Interview with Michael Villnow
In the coming months, we’ll be featuring a series of short interviews with the scientific lead of each consortium member in order to introduce them to you.
Find out more about who they are, what is their role in the project and what is their vision for the use of the technology developed in the OpenSwarm project.
WF-IoT 2023 paper accepted!
WELOC: Localizing Equipment in Marinas using Ultrasound. Trifun Savic, Keoma Brun-Laguna, Thomas Watteyne. IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT), 12–27 October 2023, Aveiro, Portugal.
IROS 2023 paper accepted!
Sharing the Control of Robot Swarms among Multiple Human Operators: A User Study. Genki Miyauchi, Yuri Kaszubowski Lopes, Roderich Gross. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Detroit, USA, 1-5 October 2023.
Discover the ADI Catalyst collaboration hub
ADI Catalyst is an R&D environment with a focus on forming stronger collaborative partnerships, exchanging ideas, creating living labs, and developing breaktrough solutions.
The Natural Robotics Lab of the University of Sheffield
Today we are taking you to the Natural Robotics Lab (NRL) of the University of Sheffield.
Today, come and visit the Inria AIO team!
Today we are taking you to the labo of Inria AIO team. Let’s get a glimpse into the team’s life.
Series of Interview
In the coming months, we’ll be featuring a series of short interviews with the scientific lead of each consortium member in order to introduce them to you.
All-hands meeting in Antwerp
The first all-hands meeting of the Openswarm project took place from July 4 to 5 at Imec in Antwerp.
Unleashing the Power of Embedded Systems and Mobile Robotics: Pioneering Swarm Robotics and Energy-Awareness
In the ever-evolving landscape of robotics, the convergence of embedded systems and mobile robotics has sparked a transformative paradigm, revolutionizing automation as we know it.
Application Performance Monitoring in Wireless Sensor Networks
Wireless Sensor Systems (WSNs) are widely deployed in industrial environments to ensure the flawless operation of all entities in a factory. It is therefore crucial…
DCOSS-IoT 2023 paper accepted!
Blip: Identifying Boats in a Smart Marina Environment. Trifun Savic, Keoma Brun-Laguna, Thomas Watteyne. IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS-IoT), Workshop on Intelligent Systems for the Internet of Things (ISIoT), Pafos, Cyprus, 19-21 June 2023.
Series of Interview
In the coming months, we’ll be featuring a series of short interviews with the scientific lead of each consortium member in order to introduce them to you.
Concertation on computing continuum
The event, organised by EUCloudEdgeIoT was held in Bruxelles on 10-11 May.
IPSN 2023 poster accepted!
Poster Abstract: Hands-on Evaluation of Kinéis Satellite IoT Technology. Raúl de la Fuente, Thomas Watteyne. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN), San Antonio, TX, USA, 9-12 May 2023.
EuCloudEdgeIoT membership
EuCloudEdgeIoT membership SHARE We are happy to announce that OpenSwarm has joined EUCloudEdgeIoT, a community of 30+ European collaborative research projects. EUCloudEdgeIoT coordinates a portfolio
Kick-off Meeting!
Project Kick-off meeting SHARE 26-27 January – Inria Paris The project’s kick-off meeting took place in Paris on 26-27 January. The event was hosted by