5th Generation

Dr Anestis Dalgkitsis from IQU presented 5G-ERA in the Smart City Expo 2023, which took place from the 7th to the 9th of November 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. This immersive participation involved networking with industry experts, attending insightful sessions, and exploring innovative solutions showcased during the event. Since its inception in 2011, the Smart City Expo World Congress, held annually in Barcelona, stands as the largest and most impactful event dedicated to cities and urban innovation worldwide. Each year, leaders from cutting-edge companies, governments, and organizations convene to propel cities toward a more promising future. The overarching objective is to globalize urban innovation efforts and enable cities to confront the pressing challenges of today's world. The mission is to expedite the establishment of a more luminous urban paradigm, fostering environmentally friendly, efficient, and flourishing cities that inclusively benefit all.

The 5G-ERA workshop on the 26th of October in Athens was a big success. You can watch the highlights and the full videos from the presentations and demonstration on our YouTube channel for a taste of the cutting-edge demonstrations and insightful discussions that unfolded during this remarkable event.

Mr Adrián Lendínez (University of Bedfordshire, UK) and Dr. Lanfranco Zanzi (NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH, Germany) represented 5G-ERA at the 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2023) that was held between October 1 – 5, 2023 at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan, USA. During the conference, the paper titled “Enhancing 5G-enabled Robots Autonomy by Radio-Aware Semantic Maps” was presented. IROS is a large and impactful forum for the international robotics research community to explore the frontier of science and technology in intelligent robots and smart machines, emphasizing future directions and the latest approaches, designs, and outcomes. The theme of IROS 2023 was “The Next Generation of Robotics,” so the conference aimed to particularly highlight the contributions of younger researchers and to help accelerate the future contributions of all those just entering the field.

Between the 6th and 9th of June 2023, members of the consortium represented 5G-ERA at the EuCNC & 6G Summit 2023 in Gothenburg, Sweeden. The project was present with an Exhibition & Demonstration booth where visitors had the opportunity to learn about the ground-breaking results of 5G-ERA project.

On the 12th and 13th of September, the 5G-ERA consortium held its plenary meeting at the Faculty of Information Technology of Brno University of Technology in Brno, Czech Republic. The meeting was hosted by BringAuto, BUT & COG and the consortium had the opportunity to discuss the project’s progress and achieved results so far, as well as the next actions. Also, the partners had the opportunity to watch a live demonstration of the use case on 5G enhanced semi-autonomous transport by BUT and BringAuto as well as a tour in BUT & BringAuto offices.

Partners from Robotnik Automation, OTE Group of Companies, and WINGS ICT Solutions represented 5G-ERA at the 62nd FITCE International Congress that was held in Athens between September 28th and 29th, 2023. The conference title was “Services and Infrastructures Towards a Smart Society” and it was hosted by the Federation of Telecommunications Engineers of the European Union (FITCE) at OTE Academy in Athens, Greece. Partners presented the ground-breaking results of the 5G-ERA project and demonstrated the robot capabilities.