Research Explanation and Application Lab

Do you need high-quality traffic data but your only source of information is a distorted drone video?
Learn more about how Robert Fonod solved this problem with Geo-trax, a toolbox that lets you extract the information you need! www.real-lab.ch/geo-trax

"Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." [Niels Bohr]
Zheyu Wu knows what to do in times of uncertainty! Learn more: www.real-lab.ch/distribution...

How do you come up with the perfect (control) recipe? Learn more about what Salma Elfeki has been cooking up during her master's project! www.real-lab.ch/the-recipe-f...

❓ Did you know that you cannot just turn off run-of-river power plants when there is an overproduction of electric power?

🌊 Yannick Schüpbach explains what you can do instead. www.real-lab.ch/when-water-m...

❓ Why do you prefer one brand over another? 💡 Learn more about opinion dynamics from Michelle Egger's explainer!
www.real-lab.ch/the-coke-vs-...

💡 How can you make sure the lights stay on and react early on to problems in your power grid?
Ioannis Papadopoulos explains how in our latest REAL text: www.real-lab.ch/know-thy-vol...

🤔 Can your heat pump stabilise the electricity grid?

Find out more from Boxuan Yao's text! www.real-lab.ch/flex-your-he...

🔭 Physical models explain the world in great detail but may be too complex to be useful.

💻 Data-driven models are simpler but do not consider the underlying physics.

🪢 Let's combine the best of both worlds! Muhammad Zakwan explains how.

www.real-lab.ch/simba

"Imagine you are a student, and studying leads you closer to graduation in the long term, yet strips away some joys of life in the short term. How do you mediate today’s sacrifice with tomorrow’s reward?" Find out how Panagiotis Grontas approaches this question: www.real-lab.ch/splitting-fo...

Can automatic control teach birds to fly? 🤔 Read Nicholas Behr's beautiful little fairy-tale: www.real-lab.ch/strategy-gui...

A Game Plan for Electricity — Real Lab Our world relies on electricity. And we rely on the power grid, to deliver this electricity to us. As the world moves toward cleaner electricity, the complexity of this network grows as the number of ...

Is stabilising the electricity grid just a game? Jonas Matt's research investigates what a fair rule-book could look like. www.real-lab.ch/a-game-plan-...

How to win the Olypics — Real Lab

Would you like to win the Olympics? Learn how at www.real-lab.ch/optimal-curl...

Did you know that the Swiss railways are not 100% electrified yet? But they soon will be, also thanks to the help of Seraina Wurster's work: www.real-lab.ch/battery-elec...

CLOCK 2025 - Young researchers Workshop Multiple workshops will be offered on Tuesday morning, including a workshop specifically targeted to young researchers. More information to come soon.

Please share: We are offering travel grants to researchers in geographical regions that are under-represented in the control community to attend the Swiss CLOCK Summit.

www.swissclocksummit.com/young-resear...

Stop overplanning — Real Lab

Do you tend to over-plan things and then have no time left to actually do them? We may be able to help you out!

www.real-lab.ch/stop-overpla...

SoS for optimisation — Real Lab

💁 Lots of data but no model? Call SoS - or Caroline Gärtner. She knows how to help. www.real-lab.ch/sos-for-opti...

Playing tag with robots: Real-time tracking under real-life constraints — Real Lab If you want to track a moving object, you face two types of challenges: First, you do not know where it is going next, and second, it might not always be visible or more agile than you. The automation...

🐰 Have you every tried to catch a bunny? Or anything else that moves unpredictably?
Anastasios Vlachos can help you. Learn how! www.real-lab.ch/optimal-trac...

Simulating electric power grids — Real Lab

🔌The electric power grid is changing. But are we ready?
💡 Emma Laub from our fall 2024 cohort helps to prevent blackouts in the age of renewable energy sources. Learn more on the REAL website! www.real-lab.ch/power-grid-s...

Safety concepts in automation - you cannot always be safe! — Real Lab Every human has a certain risk management, and – as engineers – we have to teach robots that interact with the environment this sense of risk, too.

The safest way to avoid airplane crashes is to never let them take off... But where's the fun in that?
👇 Here's a short article on how control theory helps to bring back the fun. www.real-lab.ch/safety-in-au...