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Sirris is helping a company to motorise the lenses of mini-cameras for remotely controlling images.

EcoNation started working with Ghent University engineers on the concept of enhancing the daylight coming in from outside, using it as interior lighting for buildings. It wasn't long before the high-tech LightCatcher dome, using an automated, rotating mirror system with sensors to efficiently bring daylight into buildings, saw the light of day. The company turned to Sirris to optimise the robustness and the autonomy of the smart dome's mechatronical system.