Robots navigating through construction sides see even transparent glass barriers. That’s one of many visions of an interdisciplinary research group of the University of Luxembourg that invented a special optical material based on liquid crystals to give physical objects unique, unclonable, and for the human eye invisible fiducial markers called iMarker. Their novel solution tackles use cases from robot navigation to object authentication.

Imagining the many ways that intelligent systems might reshape the organisation and rhythms of urban life in the future is what motivates Professor Raphaël Frank in his research.

At SnT, researchers are exploring the endless possibilities of enabling radar and wireless communications simultaneously. One of the goals is to use radar to improve the health and safety of people at home, at work, and everywhere in between via communications that enable connectivity.