Project

The NeurOSmart approach focuses on the direct integration of data processing intelligence into the sensor system. This reduces a significant portion of the computational load on the part of the HPC system in an environmentally and resource-friendly manner, so that the computational hardware in the sensor system can be adapted to its requirements directly during sensor development in the codesign.

As a pioneer of integration in a competitive sensor system, NeurOSmart uses an open scanning LiDAR system developed by Fraunhofer as a basis to provide direct access to the incoming data streams. In addition, a highly scalable, analog-neuromorph HPC chip is coupled with a sophisticated, AI-powered pre-processing pipeline to interpret the data directly at the sensor.

In total, NeurOSmart bundles the technical expertise of five Fraunhofer institutes, of which Fraunhofer ISIT is coordinating through Prof. Dr. Holger Kapels. For the participating Fraunhofer institutes, NeurOSmart opens up new, exciting opportunities to combine their respective technologies and thus to map the value chain of such a system from conceptual design to manufacturing and evaluation in an application-oriented environment.