Innovation Garage Gothenburg

AR/VR Visualization

Johan Sandberg​, Petter Lindgren​, Daner Faraj​

This project focuses on developing a real-time monitoring application for microwave links using the Ericsson Transport Automation Controller (ETAC) within an AR/VR environment.​ The application is designed as a tool for service technicians, allowing them to perform health checks on microwave links, view their locations through a visual representation, and access detailed information by selecting individual links. Different colors are used to indicate the status of each link, and Visual Positioning Service (VPS) provides precise location tracking to clearly identify potential line-of-sight blockages between links. The project is divided into two main parts: developing the AR/VR application and setting up the data flow from ETAC.

Remotely Driven 5G Car with L4S Integration

Agata Evner​, Hanna Nicander​, Anja Tomovic, Jacob Engström

This project focuses on connecting an RC car to a 5G network using the Low Latency Low Loss Scalable throughput (L4S) feature. The car is powered by a NVIDIA Jetson module and equipped with an Arducam, with connectivity provided through a modem mounted directly on the car. The current setup enables real-time remote control, and a key development goal is to expand the camera system from one to four cameras, adding two side views and one rear view to improve the overall range of vision. This project demonstrates how L4S can support applications that require stable low-latency communication for precise control and responsiveness.

Mini Smart City

Cajsa Tellström​, Rawa Bradosti​, Amanch Ali​, Casper Ranström, Simon Coxner, Mia Heljeberg

This project highlights Ericsson technology and its integration into a smart city environment. A physical 1×2 meter smart city model has been built, featuring roads, automated public transport trams, and 3D-printed buildings and figures. The model is connected to a Raspberry Pi with a touchscreen interface, allowing users to interact with the city and explore different ongoing development projects. The Raspberry Pi communicates with an Arduino Mega, which controls LEDs and servo motors distributed throughout the model. This setup enables lighting effects and physical movement within the miniature city, creating a dynamic and engaging demonstration of smart city concepts.

Experistream

Albin Boklund​, Vincent Stocks

Experistream is a demo to showcase one of 5G's most exciting features - network slicing. Network slicing in 5G is a technique that allows multiple virtual networks to be created on a shared physical infrastructure, each tailored for specific applications or services. This enables optimized performance, security, and resource allocation for use cases like IoT, autonomous vehicles, mobile broadband and Mission Critical applications.

The demo consists of a mobile app that streams the phone's camera feed, and a dashboard that displays multiple of these camera feeds as well as their latency and bitrate. When the network slicing features are activated, viewers will be able to see the changes to the individual devices in real time. This allows us to showcase the power of  network slicing in an intuitive and interactive way.

Pepper

Erik Schahine, Axel Zetterblom, Atosa Daneshvar-Minabi

Pepper is a humanoid robot that has previously been used to provide visitors with information about the garage projects through its display. The purpose of this project is to enhance Pepper with modern AI capabilities, enabling it to hold free-flowing conversations with visitors and answer questions about the ongoing projects in the garage.

Drones – Wireless Charging

Daner Faraj, Amanch Ali

This project focuses on developing a drone landing pad capable of wireless charging for drones and other devices equipped with receiver coils. Unlike traditional multi-coil systems, this design uses a single movable transmitter coil positioned beneath a thin charging surface. The coil moves along two axes to align with the receiver. The charging surface is fully scalable, its size is limited only by the range of the underlying axes. To optimize charging efficiency, the system analyzes electromagnetic noise to dynamically locate the ideal charging position.

Sorting Robot with L4S Integration

Agata Evner, Hanna Nicander, Anja Tomovic, Jacob Engström

The sorting robot project is designed as a proof of concept to showcase the effectiveness of L4S in 5G networks. The robot sorts colored balls in real time while operating on a congested network. Under normal conditions without L4S, congestion prevents the robot from sorting the balls in time. With L4S enabled, the robot can consistently complete the task, demonstrating how ultra-low latency and prioritized throughput enable time-critical applications to function reliably even under heavy network load.

SPECTRE

Emilia Nicander​, Gustav Sandell​, Jacob Engström

The SPECTRE project aims to further elaborate on an Ericsson patent and Master thesis, implementing "Smart Inverters", which can adjust its power factor to cancel out the unwanted reactive power, which occurs when the current and voltage sine waves are out of phase. This will eliminate the need to transfer reactive power in our transmission lines, hence increasing its capacity to transport only the power that is of use to us, the active power.

Emission Certificate Validation Assistant

Axel Zetterblom​, Johan Sandberg

Using AI/ML techniques to assist in the process of validating emission certificates. ​

Innovation Garage Website

Lilly-Ann Stenberg, Atosa Daneshvar-Minabi, Hanna Nicander, Agata Evner, Anja Tomovic

This project aims to broadcast previous and ongoing projects that students have taken on in the Innovation Garage at Lindholmen.

Selection of previous engagements - work in progress to upload project descriptions

• BeeWinged - Connected Beehives
• Connected Greenouse - Urban Farming
• Drone Mission Control - Managing Drone Missions BVLOS over 5G
• Autunomous Shuttle Bus over 5G
• ELWIN - Autonomous Bike Ferry over 5G
• Connected Bouys - Monitoring of Seamarks
• Comparison of Simplified LCA Models
• Visualization of Microwave Links
• Sustainability Dashboard
• Holographic Communication
• Mapping Ericsson Facilities Environmental Impact
• Drone Tools for Farming
• MicroWeather - Ericsson Weather Data
• Object Tracking and VR Yoga
• FED - Fossil Free Energy District
• ElectriCity - Vulnerable Road User Protection
• ElectriCity - Environmental Monitoring