Radical Product Innovation for Disruptive Radar Technology, Experimental development and prototype validation

The RCN BIA project "Radical Product Innovation for Disruptive Radar Technology, Experimental Development and Prototype Validation (RADIN-EXP)" combines development of advanced technology with new methods for innovative product development and evaluation of product ideas. The project is based on R&D results from the completed BIA-project RADIN which resulted in self-contained radar sensor modules for easy customer adaption and product integration. In this follow-up project, the focus has been to develop experimental setups in different use-case scenarios to validate the R&D results from the first project phase. The project was carried out by the Norwegian radar sensor provider Novelda AS in collaboration with NTNU and pilot customers. In addition to the specific use-case setups, an artistic demo installation has been realized. The project has resulted in specific pilot products currently moving into ordinary volume production.

The main objective of the (extended) project is to finalize two specific products for pilot production based on results from the ongoing R&D project RADIN. The products are a) High-quality remote respiration sensor and b) True presence occupancy sensor, both as fully self-contained sensor modules. The actual plan is to validate the module hardware and related signal processing algorithms to ensure that the required robustness and quality level is established before releasing pilot products to the market. This also includes revising and optimizing physical hardware and application level algorithms based on feedback from real-scenario testing and validation. This is particularly important since high reliability and sensitivity are among the main differentiators for the products. The actual validation is planned at different locations and gated according to results obtained in the different phases of the planned project. Dedicated hardware, infrastructure and platform/host/server software need to be developed to facilitate the required validation activities. A demo installation for educational and popular scientific purposes will also be developed. The required commercial and market related activities will be executed in parallel to support the product launch and go-to-market plans already established.