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Inference as a mobile service for AI-supported non-destructive testing with high performance computing

Project information:

Project information:

  • Project title: Inference as a mobile service for AI-supported non-destructive testing with high performance computing
  • Acronym: SONIC
  • Duration: 24 months (Start: 01.12.2025)
  • Funding: Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG
  • Program: Broadband Austria 2030: GigaApp

Goal:

SONIC revolutionizes non-destructive testing by combining 5G connectivity, cloud computing, and generative AI into a scalable digital inspection ecosystem.

The project enables real-time transmission of large sensor datasets from testing methods such as (Laser-) ultrasound and industrial X-ray to powerful cloud-based processing platforms. There, advanced AI algorithms reconstruct and analyze the data as high-resolution 3D models.

This approach makes inspection processes faster, more flexible, and more cost-efficient while reducing dependence on specialized local infrastructure. SONIC also enables new business models such as AI-driven inspection services and remote diagnostics, while supporting continuous quality assurance throughout the entire lifecycle of industrial components.

   

Project partners:

  • Fill Gesellschaft m.b.H.
  • Research Center for Non-Destructive Testing GmbH (RECENDT)
  • Technische Hochschule Deggendorf
  • Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
  • Liebherr-MCCtec GmbH
  • SAG New Technologies GmbH
  • Welser Profile Austria GmbH

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The Research Center for Non-Destructive Testing GmbH is member of the UAR Innovation Network and is supported by funding from the Province of Upper Austria and the European Union.