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PROVIDENT: Reliable Connected Industrial Vehicles

PROVIDENT: Reliable Connected Industrial Vehicles

Connected vehicles require safe and predictable communication, but existing approaches fall short. PROVIDENT delivers techniques, a commercialized toolchain and prototypes that ensure reliability, enabling safer operation and efficient automation.

Year:

2026

University:

Mälardalen University

Responsible Researcher:

- Saad Mubeen, PhD, Docent, Professor, Mälardalen University Sweden,- Zenepe Satka, PhD, Mälardalen University Sweden,- Mohammad Ashjaei, PhD, Docent, Mälardalen University Sweden,- John Lundbäck, CEO, Arcticus Systems Sweden,- Hans Lyngbäck, Senior Principal Expert, HIAB Sweden,- Björn Östby, R&D Manager, HIAB Sweden,- Najeem Lawal, PhD, HIAB Sweden,- Hampus Kärnebo, Senior Embedded Software Engineer, HIAB Sweden,- Mikael Sjödin, PhD, Professor, Mälardalen University Sweden,- Hossein Fotouhi, PhD, Docent, Mälardalen University Sweden,- Masoud Deneshtalab, PhD, Docent, Professor, Mälardalen University Sweden

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PROVIDENT meets an urgent industry need for predictable communication in connected industrial vehicles such as truck‑mounted cranes and automated construction machines. Today’s technologies and development techniques create bottlenecks that limit automation, remote operation, and safety. PROVIDENT delivers novel techniques, a commercialized toolchain, and industrially validated prototypes to ensure such communication. This enables safe teleoperation and coordination of these vehicles on industrial sites. As a result, downtime is reduced, safety is improved, and development cycles are shortened for industrial vehicle manufacturers and automation industries. We seek partners and stakeholders to scale adoption and accelerate industrial impact.