Forschungsbericht 2025

Autonome Cyber-Physische Systeme E-24

Leitung: Renner, Bernd-Christian
Gründungsdatum: 1.4.2022

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The Institute for Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems (ACPS) is part of the School of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Mathematics at the Hamburg University of Technology.

The institute was founded in 2022 and is headed by Professor Dr.-Ing. Bernd-Christian Renner. Our research embraces two core fields: Firstly, we investigate novel methods and protocols for low- and zero-power wireless communication and energy management for regeneratively powered devices in the domain of cyber-physical systems (CPSs) with a special focus on smart infrastructure. Secondly, we carry out research in underwater communication, localization and navigation for swarms of micro autonomous underwater vehicles (uAUVs) for monitoring and inspection of underwater habitats and infrastructure (such as ports, off-shore wind parks, etc.). Our research has been primarly funded by DFG, BMBF, BMWK, and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.

The institute is also involved in teaching at both undergraduate and graduate level. Our teaching ranges from fundamental courses on programming to special focus courses on cyber-physical systems, networked embedded systems, and deeply embedded programming.

Publikationen

• Online Passive Localization for Underwater Swarm Vehicles Using a Low-Cost Acoustic Modem - Conference Paper
  Jiang, Yuehan; Renner, Bernd-Christian
  IEEE International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems, MRS 2025
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• ASV-aided AUV navigation: A field study on nonlinear estimation for localization of low-cost, scalable systems - Conference Paper
  Turrisi, Raymond; Dücker, Daniel-André; Morrison, John; Steinmetz, Fabian; Benjamin, Michael
  IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2025
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• CATO: Wake-Up reCeiver-bAsed communicaTiOn for Batteryless Devices - Journal Article
  Mosavat, Sayedsepehr; Göpfert, Johannes; Renner, Bernd-Christian; Marrón, Pedro José; Zella, Matteo
  Sensors 25 (22): 6813 (2025)
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• RTK-over-LoRaWAN: high-precision positioning service for low-power IoT devices - Journal Article
  Busse, Christian; Renner, Bernd-Christian
  IEEE internet of things journal 13 (1): 709-727 (2025)
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• Hyperparameter optimization for PSO-based energy-aware path planning for AUV swarms - Conference Paper
  Frenkel, Wiebke; Renner, Bernd-Christian
  38th International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems, ARCS 2025
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• Solar-based timekeeping for batteryless devices - Conference Paper
  Gosch, Konstantin; Göpfert, Johannes; Renner, Bernd-Christian
  22. GI/ITG KuVS Fachgespräch Sensornetze, FGSN 2025
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• Harnessing stubborn AUVs for decentralized decision strategies in communication-limited environments - Conference Paper
  Frenkel, Wiebke; Renner, Bernd-Christian
  22nd European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems, EUMAS 2025
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• WiP paper: scattering algorithm for continuous sensing in battery-free networks - Conference Paper
  Göpfert, Johannes; Zella, Matteo; Mosavat, Sayedsepehr; Renner, Bernd-Christian
  22nd International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks, (EWSN 2025)
  
  
• Energy-aligned wake-up scattering for batteryless devices - Conference Paper
  Göpfert, Johannes; Mosavat, Sayedsepehr; Zella, Matteo
  13th International Conference on Networked Systems, NetSys 2025
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• Wideband communication with batteryless sensors embedded in metal structures - Journal Article
  Oppermann, Peter; Renner, Bernd-Christian
  ACM Transactions on Internet of Things, Volume 6, Issue 3, Article No.: 20, Pages 1 - 27 (2025)
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• Error correction code for FSCM-based acoustic underwater communication - Conference Paper
  Wüpperling, Julia; Steinmetz, Fabian; Renner, Bernd-Christian
  8th Underwater Acoustics Conference and Exhibition, UACE 2025
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Projekte

• RaSAM - Radio Tracer Signal Analysis Module
  Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau; Laufzeit 2026-2026
  Projektleitung: Renner, Bernd-Christian
  
  
• ScalABal - Skalierbare Akustische Backscatter Kommunikationssysteme in metallenen Strukturen
  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); Laufzeit 2026-2029
  Projektleitung: Renner, Bernd-Christian
  
  
• HOLISTIC UAM - HOListische Studie zur IT-Sicherheit von UAM-Fahrzeugen
  Behörde für Wissenschaft, Forschung, Gleichstellung und Bezirke (BWFGB); Laufzeit 2025-2027
  Projektleitung: Renner, Bernd-Christian
  Externe beteiligte Einrichtungen: Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg
  
  
• SMT - I³-Junior-Project – Internet of Sustainable Marine Things
  Technische Universität Hamburg; Laufzeit 2024-2025
  Projektleitung: Busse, Christian
  Co-Projektleitung: Klar, Finn Jannek
  
  
• ASL - Acoustic Swarm Localization
  Technische Universität Hamburg; Laufzeit 2022-2026
  Projektleitung: Renner, Bernd-Christian
  Mitarbeitende: Jiang, Yuehan
  
  
• EARS - Energy-Aware Robot Swarms
  Technische Universität Hamburg; Laufzeit 2022-2026
  Projektleitung: Renner, Bernd-Christian
  Mitarbeitende: Frenkel, Wiebke
  
  
• DI2T - Zuverlässige, intermittierende vernetze Dinge
  Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); Laufzeit 2022-2026
  Projektleitung: Renner, Bernd-Christian
  Mitarbeitende: Göpfert, Johannes
  Externe beteiligte Einrichtungen: Hochschule Niederrhein
  
  
• ABC - Acoustic Backscatter
  Technische Universität Hamburg; Laufzeit 2020-2028
  Projektleitung: Renner, Bernd-Christian
  Mitarbeitende: Oppermann, Peter
  
  

Kooperationspartner

• Sea&Sun Technology GmbH, Trappenkamp
• Fraunhofer CML
• Universität Padua, Italien
• Universität zu Lübeck, Institut für Technische Informatik
• GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel
• SubCtech GmbH, Kiel
• University of York
• Université de Rennes
• sonoware GmbH
• Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau (BAW)