In order to achieve the project’s goals, NEPHELE distributed up to €1,49M among SMEs/Mid-caps that were selected through 2 Open Calls.
1st Open Call: Extension of the Virtual Object Stack (VOStack) and development of Virtual Objects (VOs), composite Virtual Objects (cVOs) and Digital Twins (DTs) - targeting up to 8 SMEs/Mid-caps to develop Virtual Objects, composite Virtual Objects (including the Digital Twin concept), and generic IoT enablers in accordance with the provided software stack.
- Open Date
- 1 Nov 2023 (9:00 CET)
- Close Date
- 10 Jan 2024 (17:00 CET) CLOSED
- Type of actions funded
- Development of Virtual Objects, Composite Virtual Objects (including the Digital Twin concept), and generic IoT enablers.
- Average Value
- EUR 76k
- Eligible organisations
- Individual industrial entities, such as SMEs (including startups) and Midcaps.
- Average duration
- 6 months for the implementation
- Number of grants awarded
- 8
- Open Call Coordinator
- Diana Järve, FundingBox
- Anastasios Zafeiropoulos, National Technical University of Athens
- Symeon Papavassiliou, National Technical University of Athens
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- Description
- NEPHELE enables the efficient, reliable and secure end-to-end orchestration of hyper-distributed applications over programmable infrastructure that is spanning across the compute continuum, removing existing openness and interoperability barriers in the convergence of IoT technologies against cloud and edge computing orchestration platforms
- Main goal
- Design and build a virtual object software stack that will tackle IoT interoperability and convergence challenges in the compute continuum and develop synergetic orchestration mechanisms that can manage distributed applications in the continuum.
- Main outputs
- Virtual Object software stack for virtualization, openness and interoperability of IoT devices
- A synergetic meta-orchestration framework for managing the coordination between cloud and edge computing orchestration platforms
- Link to open call
- NEPHELE 1st open call
- Contact Helpdesk
- Contact helpdesk
- NEPHELE 1st Open Call - open source repository
- Repository
List of winners
MVO is a digital twin of the human hand. The project leverages Magos gloves, renowned for their advanced reliability in finger tracking and haptic feedback. They provide additional functions to the VO Stack that moderns training in critical industries such as surgical and cockpit pilot.
EVPS extended VOStack and added new VOs and CVOs required to manage vastly heterogeneous devices in the vertical Electric Vehicle Parking/Charging Businesses.
AGORA - developed by VAIMEE, a University of Bologna spin-off - is a Digital Twin to predict the water needs of crops, designed to optimize irrigation procedures. The project uses CRITERIA, an open-source, agro-hydrological model that simulates one-dimensional water flow in different weather and plant conditions. NEPHELE VOStack allowed to easily integrate the Cosmic Ray Neutron sensor and soil moisture sensors within AGORA.
WISE COOL, by harnessing the potential of virtual objects, uses artificial intelligence to automatically optimize heating and cooling based on users' needs. WISE COOL is a software/hardware solution capable of precisely controlling the internal conditions of each room optimizing energy consumption for cooling/heating and maximising indoor comfort for occupants. Tests have shown a significant improvement in user comfort and a reduction in energy consumption.
SIREN is a sophisticated security system targeted to big-box retailers, employing a network of fixed IoT sensors and an autonomous LiDAR-equipped wheeled robot to detect and relay information on potential anomalies. SIREN has been built on the NEPHELE Virtual Object Stack. In SIREN, virtual objects represent physical devices like cameras, door sensors, and autonomous robots, all connected through a central virtual object (CVO).
HELLE developed the (c)VOs of human beings exploiting data originated by wearable devices (e.g. smartwatches). The sensors in a wristwatch are able to track the position and detect the emotional state of an individual. This can be very useful in emergencies, in which the individual that could act as a first responder in danger is too stressed to assume a right and quick decission - like asking for help.
ASTERISK* developed semantic interoperability for VOStack for improved remote healthcare services. (Due to the heterogeneity of medical equipment, the EHRs are not semantically interoperable.)