Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 02/03/2026❓ How do you optimise your grocery shopping? 💡 Learn from Xian Li about time-varying optimisation problems in this week's post! www.real-lab.ch/how-to-decid... 010
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 26/02/2026🎻⚡How do you get away with mistakes as a musician, but also as a power grid operator? Sven Neubauer has the answer for you. www.real-lab.ch/getting-away... 010
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 12/02/2026🧘Are you feeling balanced? In this week's post, Jethusan Jeyaruban teaches you how to walk the electricity slackline. Find out more here: www.real-lab.ch/how-to-walk-... 011
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 30/01/2026🍺 It's Friday afternoon. How about a beer from the tap? 🍺 Samuel Renggli explains how the capacity of the electric power grid can be increased by reducing the foam in the pipes. Metaphorically speaking. Cheers! 🍻 www.real-lab.ch/power-on-tap 011
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 26/01/2026🚀 This week, we are flying to the moon. 🌕 With robots! 🤖 How cool is that? www.real-lab.ch/one-giant-le... 011
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 21/01/2026🌊 🌊 🌊 Are you drowning in a stormy river? Marcell Bartos knows which combination of control tools and strategies keep you afloat in unpredictable environments. www.real-lab.ch/staying-afloat 043
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 16/12/2025❓ What do the Gotthard tunnel on a holiday weekend and the electric power grid on a sunny day have in common? Fabian Böhm knows. Read and learn. 😉 www.real-lab.ch/no-need-to-w... 032
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Do you need high-quality traffic data but your only source of information is a distorted drone video? Learn more about how Robert Fonod solved this problem with Geo-trax, a toolbox that lets you extract the information you need! www.real-lab.ch/geo-trax 022
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 20/10/2025"Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." [Niels Bohr] Zheyu Wu knows what to do in times of uncertainty! Learn more: www.real-lab.ch/distribution... 022
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 14/10/2025How do you come up with the perfect (control) recipe? Learn more about what Salma Elfeki has been cooking up during her master's project! www.real-lab.ch/the-recipe-f... 022
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 03/10/2025❓ Did you know that you cannot just turn off run-of-river power plants when there is an overproduction of electric power? 🌊 Yannick Schüpbach explains what you can do instead. www.real-lab.ch/when-water-m... 022
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 29/09/2025❓ Why do you prefer one brand over another? 💡 Learn more about opinion dynamics from Michelle Egger's explainer! www.real-lab.ch/the-coke-vs-... 022
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 22/09/2025💡 How can you make sure the lights stay on and react early on to problems in your power grid? Ioannis Papadopoulos explains how in our latest REAL text: www.real-lab.ch/know-thy-vol... 022
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 17/09/2025🤔 Can your heat pump stabilise the electricity grid? Find out more from Boxuan Yao's text! www.real-lab.ch/flex-your-he... 021
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 10/09/2025🔭 Physical models explain the world in great detail but may be too complex to be useful. 💻 Data-driven models are simpler but do not consider the underlying physics. 🪢 Let's combine the best of both worlds! Muhammad Zakwan explains how. www.real-lab.ch/simba 011
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 28/08/2025"Imagine you are a student, and studying leads you closer to graduation in the long term, yet strips away some joys of life in the short term. How do you mediate today’s sacrifice with tomorrow’s reward?" Find out how Panagiotis Grontas approaches this question: www.real-lab.ch/splitting-fo... 011
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Can automatic control teach birds to fly? 🤔 Read Nicholas Behr's beautiful little fairy-tale: www.real-lab.ch/strategy-gui... 000
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Is stabilising the electricity grid just a game? Jonas Matt's research investigates what a fair rule-book could look like. www.real-lab.ch/a-game-plan-...real-lab.chA Game Plan for Electricity — Real LabOur world relies on electricity. And we rely on the power grid, to deliver this electricity to us. As the world moves toward cleaner electricity, the complexity of this network grows as the number of ... 032
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Would you like to win the Olympics? Learn how at www.real-lab.ch/optimal-curl...real-lab.chHow to win the Olypics — Real Lab 022
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Did you know that the Swiss railways are not 100% electrified yet? But they soon will be, also thanks to the help of Seraina Wurster's work: www.real-lab.ch/battery-elec... 022
Reposted by Research Explanation and Application LabNCCR Automation @nccr-automation.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Please share: We are offering travel grants to researchers in geographical regions that are under-represented in the control community to attend the Swiss CLOCK Summit. www.swissclocksummit.com/young-resear...swissclocksummit.comCLOCK 2025 - Young researchersWorkshop Multiple workshops will be offered on Tuesday morning, including a workshop specifically targeted to young researchers. More information to come soon. 043
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Do you tend to over-plan things and then have no time left to actually do them? We may be able to help you out! www.real-lab.ch/stop-overpla...real-lab.chStop overplanning — Real Lab 022
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 18/03/2025💁 Lots of data but no model? Call SoS - or Caroline Gärtner. She knows how to help. www.real-lab.ch/sos-for-opti...real-lab.chSoS for optimisation — Real Lab 022
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 26/02/2025🐰 Have you every tried to catch a bunny? Or anything else that moves unpredictably? Anastasios Vlachos can help you. Learn how! www.real-lab.ch/optimal-trac...real-lab.chPlaying tag with robots: Real-time tracking under real-life constraints — Real LabIf you want to track a moving object, you face two types of challenges: First, you do not know where it is going next, and second, it might not always be visible or more agile than you. The automation... 021
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 13/02/2025🔌The electric power grid is changing. But are we ready? 💡 Emma Laub from our fall 2024 cohort helps to prevent blackouts in the age of renewable energy sources. Learn more on the REAL website! www.real-lab.ch/power-grid-s...real-lab.chSimulating electric power grids — Real Lab 011
Research Explanation and Application Lab @real-lab.bsky.social · 17/12/2024The safest way to avoid airplane crashes is to never let them take off... But where's the fun in that? 👇 Here's a short article on how control theory helps to bring back the fun. www.real-lab.ch/safety-in-au...real-lab.chSafety concepts in automation - you cannot always be safe! — Real LabEvery human has a certain risk management, and – as engineers – we have to teach robots that interact with the environment this sense of risk, too. 011