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February 17, 2026: As part of the EU Chips JU project LoLiPoP-IoT, representatives of Celestia TST visited the facilities of FERSA in Zaragoza, Spain, last week. FERSA, a specialist in high-precision bearings for the automotive, industrial, and renewable energy sectors, hosts Use Case 6 (UC6) of the LoLiPoP-IoT project. The purpose of the visit was to prepare the final validation phase of the use case. |  |
UC6 focuses on the development of an innovative device designed to monitor the condition of a bearing directly from a vehicle wheel. The system operates wirelessly and is powered through energy harvesting, using the wheel’s own movement as an energy source. This approach enables autonomous operation and significantly reduces the need for battery maintenance, contributing to more sustainable and efficient IoT solutions in industrial and automotive applications.
The on-site meeting provided an important opportunity to align on the final validation activities, review testing procedures at the host facilities, and further strengthen collaboration between the partners involved. Close cooperation between technology developers, research institutions, and the industrial host is a key success factor in bringing the use case to completion.
UC6 partners are Celestia TST (Use Case Owner), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Mid Sweden University (MIUN), CSEM, CNET, Miromico and FERSA (Use Case Host).
The consortium looks forward to the successful completion of the final validation phase and to demonstrating the potential of energy-autonomous IoT solutions for advanced industrial applications.
About LoLiPoP-IoT:
In LoLiPoP-IoT innovative Long Life Power Platforms are being developed to enable retrofitting of wireless sensor network (WSN) modules in IoT applications. It comprises energy harvesting (light, heat, vibrations, RF) and micro-power management platforms as well as application optimised WSN modules. The partners work on minimizing power consumption and maximising use of the ambient energies to assure long battery life of the WSN modules, in many cases full power autonomy. The APPLICATION (industry 4.0, smart mobility and energy efficient buildings) Use Cases drive the development of algorithms to perform FUNCTIONALITIES like asset tracking, condition monitoring (for predictive maintenance) and energy/comfort optimization in buildings.
LoLiPoP-IoT creates an ecosystem of 40 developers, integrators and users from 10 European countries to develop these platforms thinking about power/battery life, ease of installation and maintenance. The project is driven by 10 laboratory- and field-based use cases to initially demonstrate their technical viability and then potential impact.
