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Projects

Learn more about our current and completed research and development projects. Our interdisciplinary research teams include experts and industry veterans from the fields of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science and physics.

Projects

  • SOLiD

    The SOLiD project was set up to develop a sustainable and cost-efficient manufacturing process for safe, high-energy lithium-metal solid-state batteries.

    • Institute(s) Institute for Intelligent Industrial Systems
    • Research unit(s) I3S / Prozessoptimierung in der Fertigung
    • Head of project Michael Stalder

  • CircuBAT: Swiss circular economy model for automotive lithium batteries

    The research project CircuBAT aims to create a circular business model for the production, application and recycling of lithium-ion batteries used for mobility purposes.

    • Institute(s) Institute for Energy and Mobility Research IEM
      Institute for Intelligent Industrial Systems (I3S)
    • Research unit(s) IEM / Batteries and storage systems
    • Head of project Andrea Vezzini

  • Automated Battery Database

    Determining the ageing behaviour of secondary batteries is difficult and time-consuming. This makes it more difficult to use the batteries in second-life applications. The Innosuisse project ‘Automated...

    • Institute(s) Institute for Intelligent Industrial Systems (I3S)
    • Research unit(s) I3S / Prozessoptimierung in der Fertigung
    • Head of project Axel Fuerst

  • ACROBA

    Bern University of Applied Sciences is leading the EU Horizon 2020 research project ACROBA. This aims to develop and demonstrate a new modular concept for cognitive robot platforms which can be easily...

    • Institute(s) Institute for Intelligent Industrial Systems (I3S)
    • Head of project Norman Baier

  • ACIMO: Analyse acoustique intelligente de la machine

    A method for monitoring the condition of tools in the manufacturing process is being developed in the Innosuisse ACIMO project. This aims to reduce the process interruptions and overall costs per...

    • Institute(s) Institute for Intelligent Industrial Systems
    • Research unit(s) I3S / Prozessoptimierung in der Fertigung
    • Head of project Simon Walther

  • HIDDEN

    The EU Horizon project HIDDEN is developing processes to enable the self-healing of lithium-ion batteries. This could improve their lifespan and energy density by 50% compared to conventional lithium-ion...

    • Institute(s) Institute for Intelligent Industrial Systems
    • Head of project Michael Stalder

  • Onboard monitoring on tilting trains using simple sensors

    Safe rail operations involving high-speed cornering depend on an infrastructure in good and safe condition. In future, this will be permanently monitored in commercial operations with the new Onboard...

    • Institute(s) Institute for Intelligent Industrial Systems (I3S)
    • Research unit(s) I3S / Prozessoptimierung in der Fertigung
    • Head of project Simon Walther

  • LIBREC Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling

    This project aims to develop and optimise an existing recycling process for used lithium-ion batteries (LithoRec II) to achieve material recycling rates of over 90%.

    • Institute(s) Institute for Intelligent Industrial Systems (I3S)
    • Research unit(s) I3S / Prozessoptimierung in der Fertigung
    • Head of project Axel Fuerst
    • News

    Hybrid and conventional machine learning in comparison

    19.04.2022 Faced with a shortage of data, the convential machine learning approach reaches its limits. In such cases, a hybrid approach may yield better results, according to a new study by the Institute for...

  • Researching migration routes and activities of small birds

    BFH has developed geolocators for the Swiss Ornithological Institute in Sempach. These are being used in studies to record the migration routes and activities of different bird species. The researchers...

    • Institute(s) Institute for Intelligent Industrial Systems (I3S)
    • Research unit(s) I3S / Embedded Systems
    • Head of project Roger Weber

  • Pilot plant for the production of lithium-ion batteries

    The production of lithium-ion batteries must be made more sustainable. The construction and commissioning of a pilot plant for battery production offers research and industry an ideal platform for...

    • Institute(s) Institute for Intelligent Industrial Systems (I3S)
    • Research unit(s) I3S / Prozessoptimierung in der Fertigung
    • Head of project Adrian Glarner

  • Flexible assembly with robots

    If a robot is able to grip a wide variety of objects and use tools skilfully, it should be profitable to use such a robot to automate production processes even for smaller batch sizes. But how feasible is a...

    • Head of project Joel Costan

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