Schréder and EdgeMachines announce strategic partnership to provide real-time data for smart cities
Schréder and EdgeMachines announce a strategic partnership with the launch of Schréder SENSE ONE, a compact, multi-purpose sensor designed for smart cities. This new sensor seamlessly integrates with existing lighting infrastructure, effectively converting established lighting networks into resilient digital platforms. Schréder SENSE ONE delivers localised, real-time data, enabling municipal decision-makers and autonomous systems to improve operational efficiency throughout the smart city ecosystem.
Key highlights
- One sensor, multiple insights: traffic, parking, air quality, noise, crowd dynamics monitoring and more
- Service-first approach: accurate, real-time data to inform decision-making and autonomous systems
- Built on existing infrastructure: integrates with lighting networks and IoT systems for cost-efficient scalability
- Ubiquity: easy city digitalisation by leveraging the widespread presence of public lighting infrastructure, for smart city deployments
- Seamless integration: with its plug-and-play compatibility with most connected-ready luminaires using Zhaga standardised component interfaces, Schréder SENSE ONE is fully compatible with Schréder EXEDRA to connect to wider urban ecosystems
- Privacy by design: Schréder SENSE ONE uses edge AI to process data locally, ensuring the highest privacy standards while lowering cloud processing costs and reducing high-bandwidth connections
Schréder SENSE ONE addresses multiple urban challenges with a single service. From traffic management and parking guidance to air quality, crowd dynamics and noise, it captures the real-time data cities need. It provides reliable insights for people and autonomous processes, enabling cities to react instantly. By building on existing lighting infrastructure and IoT systems, Schréder and EdgeMachines offer a scalable, cost-effective path to more sustainable and liveable cities.
Schréder SENSE ONE is fully compatible with the Schréder EXEDRA IoT platform and integrates smoothly into wider urban ecosystems. Data is transformed into clear dashboards, automated workflows and API feeds that connect with third-party systems. Cities benefit from a flexible service that supports their priorities, from mobility management to climate adaptation, with fast, simple and non-intrusive deployment.
This partnership with EdgeMachines combines Schréder’s established infrastructure expertise with cutting-edge sensing technology. Together, we are providing a scalable platform that transforms existing lighting networks into critical infrastructure for urban data collection.
"Schréder SENSE ONE offers cities an efficient solution for activating multiple services with one device. By capturing real-time data on mobility, the environment and public spaces, and feeding it into Schréder EXEDRA, we enable our customers to optimise daily operations, automate responses and implement data-driven strategies for more sustainable urban environments," emphasises Philippe Felten.
By combining EdgeMachines’ expertise in AI-driven sensing with Schréder’s urban infrastructure, Schréder SENSE ONE provides cities with the validated, real-time intelligence they need to act instantly, through people, platforms or autonomous systems.
Schréder has a long history in urban infrastructure and remains focused on strategic smart city innovation. In partnership with EdgeMachines, we are committed to delivering scalable, service-oriented solutions that provide tangible, lasting value to city operations.
Schréder SENSE ONE will be globally launched at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona (4 - 6 November 2025). Visitors will see how one compact device enables a suite of real-time services, with live demonstrations of its capabilities, including traffic flow detection and environmental monitoring. Interactive showcases will demonstrate how the data supports both decision-making and autonomous systems.
Experts from Schréder and EdgeMachines will be available to discuss applications and integration paths for cities worldwide. Visit them on stand C35 in Hall 3.