The summary focuses on WP1-WP4:
WP1 "Requirements and System Architecture": Successfully completed with three main goals achieved in reporting period 1 (RP1): formalizing comprehensive requirements, proposing the initial project architecture, and establishing ethical and safety guidelines. Led by INRIA, the collaboration of partners (ADI, IMEC, ING, SIA, UOS, and WE) refined requirements, designed collaborative AI system architecture, managed proof-of-concept activities, and provided valuable feedback. The successful conclusion establishes a foundation for subsequent project phases, including a comprehensive architecture document, clear technical requirements, and a robust ethical framework.
WP2 "Orchestration of Collaborative Smart Nodes": 25% complete, running until M22, dedicated to developing core technologies for collaborative smart nodes. Contributions from INRIA, ADI, IMEC, ING, KUL, and SIG advance security, firmware management, communication schedules, and innovative approaches to RF technologies and privacy preservation. Progress lays a crucial foundation for OpenSwarm's collaborative smart nodes.
WP3 "Collaborative Energy-Aware AI": 25% complete, running until M22, aims to enable collaborative AI training, inference, and decision-making on low-power swarm devices. INRIA contributes to T3.1 on over-the-air updating, ADI leads T3.1 achieving significant memory reduction, and IMEC leads tasks on online learning, collaborative AI task distribution using Graph Neural Networks (T3.3) and energy-aware collaborative task scheduling (T3.4). Progress aligns with OpenSwarm Project goals for collaborative and energy-efficient AI execution on low-power swarm devices.
WP4 "Energy-Aware Swarm Programming": 25% complete, scheduled until M22, focuses on designing tools for intuitive programming of energy-aware swarm behaviors. ADI, IMEC, KUL, SIG, UOS, and WE contribute to advancing tool design for energy-aware swarm behaviors, energy management, user interfaces, swarm compilers, and virtual machines. Innovations align with project objectives, including hardware, software, and real-world applications.
