Making the electricity grid smarter in real time, while keeping critical communications running during a blackout? Together with Future Network Services, TNO, TU Delft, and Nokia, we’re testing exactly that with the new 600 MHz antenna.
The Netherlands is taking a major step toward the next generation of mobile networks. The Future Network Services (FNS) program, led by TNO, is putting a 600 MHz test mast into operation on the TU Delft campus. The antenna is one of the first in Europe to use the latest technology (5G-Advanced Release 18), from which 6G will evolve.
The antenna is now live at TU Delft Campus and lays the groundwork for 6G. Using “5G-Advanced Release 18”, it provides highly reliable coverage over long distances and through obstacles. Covering several hundred square kilometres as part of the National 6G Testbed, it gives Do IoT Fieldlab and other partners (such as Integer Technologies, Comforest, AIMZ, and Cellnex Telecom) the opportunity to test tomorrow’s connectivity today.
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Recently, Do IoT Fieldlab installed a Beyond 5G network at SAM XL, making it one of the test facilities within the National 6G Testbed. Since then, new experiments have become possible. Experiments that simply weren’t possible before.
What if students could get the right guidance at exactly the right moment?
What if future energy professionals could experience the tasks they are learning before carrying them out in the real world?
Recently we were pleased to initiate the official kick-off of Project WoW, bringing together an ambitious consortium of partners including TU Delft, Do IoT Fieldlab, RoboHouse, TNO, SenseGlove, Mondai | House of AI, Highlight Delft, Perciv AI, Pythia Energy Intelligence, Comforest, EduvolutionX, BrainBite, and RadioSense.
Are you an SME looking to innovate in digitalisation, sustainability, climate, or robotics? Then funding through the Kansen voor West III programme is your opportunity!
Insects in your greenhouse that don’t help your plants grow, but actually cause damage. This well-known issue in the greenhouse horticulture sector, is what the company PATS wants to address. In 2024, PATS decided to monitor insects in a working greenhouse and to target them specifically (together with Do IoT Fieldlab, TNO, MCS, Tomatoworld, and RoboHouse). That was the initial goal of the project. Two years later, we look back at this practical experiment, as part of the “Do IoT in greenhouse horticulture project”. How did they proceed, and were the goals achieved?
In April, the National Bee Count took place in the Netherlands: a timely reminder of the increasing pressure on bee populations.
coverage at sea
How can you best map network coverage above the North Sea? That’s the key question driving the work of start-up Drocean. They are working on a coverage map using professional drones. Over the past few months, they have been able to validate and further refine their concept with support from Do IoT Fieldlab. The outcome? They are now ready to create the coverage map.
