Challenge

The goal of the Trinity LOMSAS project was to showcase the feasibility of using a single human wearable for both RTLS appications (requiring significant infrastructure) but also for interactions with robots for e.g. collision warning or zone-based machinery control without requiring large infrastructure costs (e.g. by directly interacting between the UWB wearable and a UWB tag on the machine).

Impact

The leap of knowledge resulted in several new innovations: a novel method to improve the accuracy of track&trace using UWB, the introduction of adaptive neighbour discovery update rates to use the wearable with tags of different speeds (e.g. persons & forklift trucks), synchronisation improvements for better incident analysis & energy consumption improvements. These features are crucial for the development of post-LOMSAS solutions.
COVID-19 allowed the project to partly refocus on SafeDistance solutions and to use these as a stepping stone towards our future safety offering, allowing easier market entrance and improved customer insights.