The book chapter title: On the Cooperation between Mobile Robots and Wireless Sensor Networks Authors: Chia-Yen Shih, Jesús Capitán, Pedro José Marrón, Antidio Viguria, Francisco Alarcón, Marc Schwarzbach, Maximilian Laiacker, Konstantin Kondak, José Ramiro Martínez-de Dios, Aníbal Ollero Abstract: Employing cooperative heterogeneous systems can enrich application scenarios and achieve […]
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Barcelona has received the iCapital award for introducing new technologies that help the city engage with its people and the people with the city. In this context BESOS was mentioned in the blog of Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission. Find more information about the blog here. Find more […]
The project is part of the EU FP7 program, whose main goal is the gradual reduction of the EU’s carbon footprint via development and application of new technologies, i.e. making the European economy more energy efficient and sustainable through use of advanced technology. In this context, the aim of BESOS […]
Cities and urban areas are an ideal platform for researchers and practitioners to test new technologies, concepts and applications. In Europe and the US, the population living in urban areas accounts for more than 75 percent. As a consequence, applications that are targeting urban areas can positively impact a significant […]
The Networked Embedded Systems Groups has moved. From Oct 9th, 2013 you can find us in Essen, Schützenbahn 70. Please check our Contact and Directions page for more information.
Who does not know: Everything is new, the building confusing and full of people – one is likely to get lost. Especially in airports, malls and fairs the orientation often is difficult. In this situation a localization app would be very useful, as they are already available outdoor. This is […]
We are very happy that Mr. José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, has chosen the NOBEL project as an example for a successful energy efficiency project for smart cities in his keynote address at the Covenant of Mayors Ceremony 2013. For the complete speech please visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Wxdts5OAk The NOBEL project with its demonstration and evaluation […]
This booklet highlights some of the many EU initiatives and co-funded research and innovation projects which address societal challenges through digital innovation, such as better healthcare, independent living for the elderly, delivering effective public services, energy saving, smart transport, secure internet, inclusion, preservation of cultural heritage. A showcase of policy […]
The GAMBAS consortium is pleased to announce that some impressions as well as the material of our workshop at IOT Week 2013 – Sensing the Great Wide Open: Adaptive Frameworks for Scalable Data Acquisition – is now available on the workshop page of the GAMBAS webpage. The workshop was well received […]
For the second time, researchers of the networked embedded systems group are participating in the yearly EvAAL (Evaluating AAL Systems through Competitive Benchmarking) competition in Madrid, Spain. For this, the members of the group have developed a significantly improved version of the LOCOSmotion system which introduces a significantly faster calibration […]