Schréder acquires EdgeMachines to deliver smarter urban services and enhance city life
Schréder, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Australian-based EdgeMachines, a specialist in low-power urban sensing and edge AI. Following a successful year-long partnership deploying projects internationally, this acquisition is a natural evolution driven by a shared vision to help cities become more sustainable, more resilient and more comfortable by providing insights based on real-time data. Through a single, centralised dashboard, Schréder EXEDRA delivers the critical data cities need to understand urban patterns and guide their decisions.
This integrated approach has already been proven across global deployments, which successfully transformed existing lighting infrastructure into a smart data network. The Schréder SENSE ONE sensor, powered by EdgeMachines, processes data directly at the edge. This reduces reliance on high-bandwidth connectivity and enables privacy-by-design sensing by turning raw sensor inputs into actionable real-time insights before data leaves the device. By seamlessly integrating these data streams, Schréder EXEDRA now provides real-time insights on traffic flow, space occupancy, parking, and environmental conditions to more than 20 cities across Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
These deployments highlight the versatility of lighting infrastructure in meeting a wide range of urban needs. In Logan, Australia, for example, the city is now tracking vehicle speed and counting both pedestrians and vehicles, providing critical data to improve road safety. Oeiras City Council in Portugal is monitoring crowd management and air quality while providing citizens with real-time parking availability.
The success of this partnership relies on the fact that Schréder EXEDRA was built on open standards. Interoperability was a founding principle of the platform. EdgeMachines' real-time data processing and sensing technology integrated effortlessly from day one, delivering critical operational data to cities worldwide. By bringing this expertise in-house, we are transforming how cities can interact with their infrastructure and redefining what a smart lighting network can achieve.
Philippe Felten
CEO – Schréder
With this acquisition, Schréder EXEDRA delivers on its architecture as a foundation for urban sensing and insight, building on its smart lighting capabilities. Cities and infrastructure operators using Schréder EXEDRA can deploy a range of services via their existing lighting network, avoiding significant new investments.
Our collaboration with Schréder has always been built on a shared belief that cities should be able to unlock more value from the infrastructure they already have. By combining EdgeMachines’ low-power sensing and edge AI technology in SENSE ONE with Schréder EXEDRA, cities can access real operational insights without needing to build entirely new networks. Joining Schréder is the right next step to scale this technology globally and help more communities make safer, more sustainable and more informed decisions.
Alex McCarthy
Co-founder – EdgeMachines
Through the Schréder EXEDRA platform, cities can now unlock access to a broader set of urban services. The sensing capabilities developed through the partnership are compatible with standard Zhaga and other street lighting interfaces that are already present in deployed infrastructure. This enables mobility analytics, environmental monitoring, parking and public space data to be layered onto existing assets. There is no need for new poles to be planned, no additional networks to be funded and no lengthy deployment cycles to be managed. Cities and organisations can develop urban intelligence at a fraction of the cost and time of a greenfield approach.
Find out more about EdgeMachines: https://edgemachines.io/