The Laboratory is dedicated to applied and basic research on topics related to the Internet of Things (IoT). It focuses on the research and design of "open" and "flexible" hardware and software solutions for the implementation of complex IoT systems, targeting different vertical application scenarios, from Smart Homes/Buildings, to Smart Factory, Smart City, and so on.

All of the elements of the IoT technology stack are focus of our research, including: sensors and actuators for remote monitoring and control, communication systems, edge computing algorithms, cloud platforms, system key parameter indicators (KPI) and advanced user interfaces.

The Laboratory is participated by two departments of Politecnico di Milano University, covering complementary competence areas:

• The Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering: market analyses, IoT technology scenarios and impact on business models
• The Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering: research, development and prototyping of IoT technologies and frameworks

The Laboratory aims at providing a testbed for the collection of information from the physical world and its transfer to a control center, as well as the skills necessary to develop control logic, processing and display of data. This testbed operates like an open "platform" for the development of different vertical applications that are also open to other research areas of the University.
To this end, the Laboratory is equipped with devices for the monitoring of energy consumption, sensors for the monitoring of environmental parameters (temperature, humidity and presence), multimedia sensors (smart camera, microphones) and the communication infrastructure necessary to deliver the acquired information to a remote control center.