For SIListra Systems, research is essential and an integral part of its technology-driven business activities. The focus is on the further development of “coded processing” and “diversified encoded” methods, which implement error diagnosis and handling directly in the software source code of a safety function, thus offering an alternative to conventional hardware safety mechanisms. Our goals are to increase user-friendliness and enable more and more developers to use a software-based, flexible, portable, and more efficient functional security solution.
- CoPoRust (2025-11 to 2027-12) - Development of Rust support for coded processing
- KoSiNuS part 1 (2025-04 to 2025-12) - Development of central components and safety architectures for use in autonomous mobile machines and systems
- SafeFloat (2023-01 to 2025-06) - Development of floating point support for coded processing in complex safety algorithms
- Research allowance (Forschungszulage) (2020-01 to 2023-12) – Safety concept for development tool for coded processing
CoPoRust (2025-11 to 2027-12)
Rust, a modern language with C/C++-like syntax, is becoming increasingly important because it efficiently reports systematic software errors in the development process. This eliminates the need for additional tools and processes that are necessary with C/C++. In combination with code processing, this could prevent both random and systematic errors. The SIListra Safety Transformer does not yet support Rust, which is why the CoPoRust R&D project aims to investigate Rust support. The goal is for the SIListra Safety Transformer to become a tool for detecting random and systematic errors.
Example of a function in Rust.
SIListra Systems collaborates again with Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units (ISW) at the University of Stuttgart for this R&D project.
Funding is provided as part of the Central Innovation Programme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (“Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand (ZIM)”).
Further information:
- Project page at ISW (in German)
- News about CoPoRust
KoSiNuS (2025-04 to 2025-12)
Reliable perception is crucial for highly automated or autonomous systems such as agricultural robots.
Together, Hydrive Engineering GmbH, SIListra Systems, Grünspecht Vision Labs GmbH, FusionSystems GmbH, and Fraunhofer IVI will develop key components for perception systems in autonomous machines such as agricultural robots, but also for other applications in industrial automation.
Further information:
- Project homepage at Fraunhofer IVI (in German only)
SafeFloat (2023-01 to 2025-06)
The fields of robotics and sensor evaluation in the area of object recognition require increasingly complex safety systems. In order to master this complexity, the developers of such complex systems want to rely on floating point arithmetic. However, floating-point arithmetic for coded processing has so far only been applicable via “workarounds” such as fixed-point arithmetic or software emulation. In the “SafeFloat” research project, coded processing was extended to support floating point numbers. The R&D project has been carried out in cooperation between SIListra Systems and the Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units (ISW) at the University of Stuttgart.
Further information:
Funding was provided as part of the Central Innovation Programme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (“Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand (ZIM)”).
Research allowance (from 2020-01 to 2023-12)
The research allowance is also a strategic innovation tool for our company. Our work within the framework of the research allowance has enabled the development of a user-friendly safety concept, on which the SIListra Safety Transformer is still based today. This safety concept is the basis for both the certification of the SIListra Safety Transformer and our broad market entry.
