Home Sweet HomeLab
Imagine a house that’s not just walls and a roof, but has a bit of brains too. HomeLab offers a hyper-realistic, homely setting to conduct experiments – just as if you were really at someone's place (be it then a house with 300+ built-in sensors!).
What happens when you make your house a little smarter?
Think of a fridge that warns you when you’re running low on milk or a doorbell that tells you who’s at the door before you’ve even gotten up. HomeLab is like a training ground for your home; the more you experiment, the smarter it gets.
© UGent, foto Nic Vermeulen
© UGent, foto Nic Vermeulen
© UGent, foto Nic Vermeulen
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Take a Virtual Tour!
Curious to explore this house of the future for yourself? Click on the door illustration below to step into our 3D virtual tour of the facility. Step into a place where technology and daily life blend seamlessly.
Experiments with social robots
The HomeLab infrastructure was used to study whether social robots have a role to play outside the hospital walls. One of those projects is ROBO-CURE, investigating how social robots can help children with diabetes better cope with their disease; by teaching them how much insulin they should use, for instance.