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VR-Enhanced Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) Lab

Focus: sensing-communication integration, V2X, U2X, autonomous driving, UAV clustering.

The VR-Enhanced Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) Lab focuses on the convergence of sensing, wireless communications, and immersive virtual reality (VR) technologies. By integrating advanced technologies such as integrated sensing systems, autonomous driving, UAV swarms, and VR-based simulation and visualisation, the lab aims to improve the efficiency, intelligence, and reliability of data acquisition, transmission, and analysis.

The lab actively explores innovative applications of ISAC technologies across a wide range of Internet of Things (IoT) scenarios, including Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communications, UAV-to-Everything (U2X) communications, digital twins, and smart city development. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, the lab provides students and researchers with advanced experimental facilities, immersive VR platforms, comprehensive datasets, and high-performance computing resources to support cutting-edge research, teaching, and innovation.

AI-Enabled RF Sensing Laboratory

Focus: AI-enabled RF sensing, wireless sensing, human activity recognition, signal processing, machine learning, intelligent perception.

Our laboratory is dedicated to AI?enabled RF sensing as its core mission, striving to leverage deep learning and reinforcement learning to solve the challenges of RF signal perception and interpretation in complex environments. We extract environmental states, object attributes, and motion information from RF signals, and employ machine learning to model and predict wireless channels. On this basis, we combine reinforcement learning with intelligent algorithms to realize multiple functionalities of RF links, such as smart positioning and tracking, integrated communication and sensing, and energy harvesting. The laboratory is also equipped with testing and validation capabilities for both flexible and rigid hybrid components, as well as multiple high?performance workstations that support the full?chain research from algorithm development to real?time inference.

RF Design and Testing Lab (Joint Lab with School of CHIPS)

Focus: RF circuit design, microwave engineering, antenna design, wireless hardware testing, signal measurement, chip and communication system validation.

Smart Manufacturing and Autonomous Systems Lab

Focus: Industrial IoT, autonomous decision-making, digital twins, predictive maintenance, adaptive control, robotic processes.

The Smart Manufacturing and Autonomous Systems Lab integrates advanced Industrial IoT with intelligent automation and multi-agent coordination to power next-generation industrial systems. It serves as a collaborative hub for cutting-edge research, prototyping, and innovation at the convergence of AI, industrial IoT, and autonomous decision-making. Leveraging IoT sensors, real-time data acquisition, and connected cyber-physical systems, the lab develops digital twins, predictive maintenance, adaptive control, and autonomous agents for fault detection, resource optimization, and robotic processes like laser welding. This enables resilient, self-optimizing factories that boost efficiency, quality, and scalability in Industry 4.0.

Smart Healthcare Workspace

Focus: IoT healthcare, health monitoring, sensors, wireless communication, data analytics, and early disease detection.

The Smart Healthcare Workspace integrates Internet of Things (IoT), wearable sensing, wireless communications, artificial intelligence (AI), and data analytics to advance next-generation healthcare technologies. The workspace provides an interdisciplinary platform where students and researchers can develop intelligent healthcare solutions through the integration of sensors, embedded systems, PCB-based hardware, and real-time communication technologies.

Research activities focus on health monitoring, remote patient care, intelligent medical devices, digital health, and AI-assisted healthcare applications. By combining real-time data acquisition with advanced analytics, the workspace supports early health risk detection, personalised healthcare services, and evidence-based decision-making. Equipped with modern experimental facilities and collaborative resources, the workspace encourages innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration in smart healthcare research and development.

Smart Home Simulation Area

Focus: smart home, energy saving, health management, safety, elder care, AI + IoT applications.

The Smart Home Simulation Area provides an interactive platform for research, teaching, and innovation in smart home technologies. By integrating Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), embedded systems, wireless communications, and intelligent control technologies, the workspace enables students and researchers to design, develop, and evaluate next-generation smart living solutions.

Research activities focus on smart energy management, home automation, intelligent security, health monitoring, and smart elderly care. Through the integration of connected sensors, intelligent devices, and real-time data analytics, the workspace explores practical solutions that improve energy efficiency, safety, comfort, and quality of life. Equipped with realistic smart home environments and advanced experimental facilities, the workspace supports interdisciplinary collaboration and hands-on learning in intelligent living technologies.

Cloud Enabled IoT Wireless Communications Lab

Focus: wireless connectivity, IoT communication, cloud computing, data transmission, and network testing.

The Cloud Enabled IoT Wireless Communications Lab can carry the research on IoT and wireless communication technology, combined with cloud computing capabilities, to provide wireless connectivity, data transmission and processing services for IoT devices. Equipped with the latest tools and equipment, such as the EXM Wireless Test Set, TRXl transceiver hardware, Cisco 4331 Integrated Services Router, and Cisco Catalyst 9000 switch, this laboratory provides a robust wireless networking platform for students and researchers to delve into the world of wireless communication protocols and technologies. As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to revolutionize various industries, this laboratory serves as a vital resource for understanding and developing IoT communication protocols and its applications. It is not only a space for academia but also a dynamic hub for fostering innovation and collaboration in the realm of IoT technology.

Networking Lab

Focus: IoT networks, switches, routers, Linux systems, network operations, and network practical exercises.

The Networking Lab is a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to delivering exceptional educational experiences in the Internet of Things (IoT) networks. Equipped with professional switches and routers (ar1220c Huawei Routers) with Linux systems, our lab is adept at facilitating a diverse range of network-related instructional and practical exercises. The lab enhances the educational journey by enabling dynamic, interactive learning: students can build their own IoT network and manage it as a network operator. Thus, students can delve into the diverse IoT scenario using various network equipment, which can be directly aligned with industry demands.