Research & Development

Real-time systems (RTOS)

Study of real-time systems to run control tasks with defined timing.

Current work: tests on a standard PC with a Linux kernel, used as a control platform emulating a dedicated real-time controller; testing of microcontrollers designed for high-reliability and safety-critical applications.

Areas of interest: space and defense, industrial control.

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FPGA systems

Parallel data processing with custom hardware architectures, reconfigurable after production.

Current work: work on an FPGA development board for signal processing and multichannel data acquisition.

Areas of interest: space and defense, agritech (sensor networks).

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Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning

From field data to analysis with Machine Learning models.

Current work: Machine Learning models in Python that learn from the plant’s historical data to detect anomalies and predict values, with indications for the operator. Under trial on our own test plants.

Areas of interest: space and defense (video analysis for camera-based target tracking, navigation), industrial automation, agritech.

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IoT: network of plants

The Internet of Things (IoT) connects sensors and plants spread across several sites, so that their data can be collected and analyzed together.

Test area: tests on collecting plant data in the cloud, centrally, for Machine Learning. At the moment the tests concern our own plants.

Areas of interest: networks of plants across several sites in Italy and abroad; data analysis with Machine Learning models.

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Research and development activities: products, requirements and certifications for each sector are defined together with the client.