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The Netherlands as a digital frontrunner in Europe. That is what TNO wants to contribute to. Because digital technology supports, and accelerates all major innovation challenges. In addition, digitisation has a far-reaching effect on society as a whole.
Our latest developments
TNO and TECNALIA collaborate on Digital Twins for Smart & Sustainable Cities
TNO and TECNALIA Research & Innovation from Spain have announced a new cooperation agreement to establish a strategic partnership in applied research for smart and sustainable cities, mobility and enabling technologies, in particular Local Digital Twins. Representatives of both organisations signed a Memorandum of Understanding to this effect in Bilbao on 11th January 2023.


Peter Werkhoven steps down as member of the Executive Board
Prof. Peter Werkhoven will step down as member of the Executive Board on 1 January 2023. He is making this move of his own volition and for personal reasons. Peter will stay on as Scientific Advisor to the Board for a few days per week. In addition, Peter has worked and will continue to work as a professor at Utrecht University one day a week.


TNO receives Research Grant from Meta for Social eXtended Reality (XR) study
TNO received a Research Grant from Meta for a study of the effects of using Social XR (eXtended Reality) in the workplace.


TNO and Torc Robotics collaborate to use real-world data for autonomous truck validation
TNO announced a strategic collaboration with Torc Robotics, an independent subsidiary of Daimler Trucks. They are working together to substantiate the safety of self-driving trucks using scenario-based safety validation. TNO’s StreetWise, a safety validation methodology based on a real-world scenario database, provides a large collection of “driving events.” The methodology is designed to test and validate autonomous driving systems’ performance according to the latest safety requirements.


LUMI-Q quantum computer will contribute to a pan-European network
A consortium by the name of LUMI-Q has been selected to host new European quantum computers. SURF and QuTech—a collaboration between the TU Delft and TNO—contribute to the project to build a hybrid high-performance computing and quantum computing (HPC+QC) platform.


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