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Funded R&D projects NeuroControls has taken part in.

Each entry names the programme, the consortium and what NeuroControls contributed. Links go to the public project record where one exists.

Feb 2026 – Jan 2029Running

DIGIBATT360Digital circular economy for batteries

An EU-compliant digital battery passport built on a decentralised data space, with AI state-of-health prognosis for reuse, repair, remanufacture and recycling. NeuroControls contributes cognitive sensing and returned-goods analysis, and develops the measurement system: an inline edge node that grades every weld of a battery module and writes the result into the module's passport.

Programme
GreenTech Innovationswettbewerb (BMFTR)
Consortium
VARTA Storage (coordinator), Fraunhofer IIS, Circulor, VRI GmbH Batterie-Technik, NeuroControls
May 2023 – Apr 2026Completed

e-LAS+Multimodal quality assurance for energy-storage production

A machine-learning based, multimodal inline inspection of laser weld seams in battery-cell production, workable even for small batch sizes, with predictive process adaptation and capture of operator experience. Results were demonstrated on a pilot plant.

Programme
BMWK, energy research
Consortium
Fraunhofer IDMT, NeuroControls, SSI Software Service, SITEC Industrietechnologie, VRI GmbH
Dec 2022 – Jun 2026Completed

EdgeAIEdge AI technologies for optimised performance embedded processing

A European project with 46 partners from 10 countries on AI at the edge. NeuroControls led the VCD4.3 demonstrator: an energy-autonomous sensor for freight wagons that grades wheel-flat and bearing faults on board, harvests its power from the vibration it monitors and reports through passive RFID.

Programme
KDT JU / Chips JU, Horizon Europe
Coordinator
SINTEF
Oct 2020 – Mar 2023Completed

iNGENIOUSNext-generation IoT solutions for the universal supply chain

A Horizon 2020 project on IoT for ports, transport and manufacturing logistics. NeuroControls contributed edge sensing to one of the project's use-case demonstrators.

Programme
Horizon 2020
Coordinator
Universitat Politècnica de València, 21 participants
May 2021 – Dec 2021Completed

e-WASVibro-acoustic quality assurance for resistance spot welding

A feasibility study led by NeuroControls on non-destructive quality monitoring of resistance spot welds on battery cells. We built a sensor integrated into the weld head and recorded the vibro-acoustic response at 64 kSPS. Damping of the signal after a successful weld was clearly measurable and scaled with weld current.

Programme
ZIM feasibility study (BMWi)
With
VRI GmbH Batterie-Technik (industry partner), LarsLabs, PORON welding equipment
From May 2021Completed

TeMeLuTele-medical lung monitor, INNO4COV-19

A vibro-acoustic lung monitor for remote diagnosis, developed by NeuroControls as a funded beneficiary of the INNO4COV-19 open call.

Programme
Horizon 2020, INNO4COV-19
2020Completed

Smart-RNAEOSC COVID-19 co-creation

Neuromorphic tracking of virus RNA mutations: sequence alignment combined with clustering and neural networks, plus protein and phenotype analysis. Delivered with Technopolis Group Belgium; the code is open.

Programme
European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)
Jul 2019 – Jun 2020Completed

MYW.AI 4 QMIoT4Industry cascade project

Infrared impulse thermography with neuromorphic pattern matching to find sub-surface defects in medical ultrasound probes, as a faster alternative to scanning acoustic microscopy.

Programme
IoT4Industry (EU)
Consortium
Pôle SCS (coordinator), NeuroControls
Industry work: Alongside funded research, NeuroControls has run feasibility studies and pilots for industry since 2017: acoustic anomaly detection, road and tyre condition, wagon condition monitoring and process sounds.

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