Fábio Azevedo was the winner of the Portuguese Robotics Society Award for the Best National Master Thesis in Robotics completed in 2018, under the theme "Real-Time LiDAR-based Power Lines Detection for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles" within the work developed at INESC TEC's Centre for Robotics and Autonomous Systems (CRAS) and the School of Engineering of Porto (ISEP).
11th June 2019
The European project UNEXMIN, which was codeveloped by INESC TEC's Centre for Robotics and Autonomous Systems (CRAS), won an honourable mention in the awards of the Portuguese magazine Exame Informática in the “Innovation” category. The award ceremony took place on 9 May.
09th May 2019
It was at the beginning of April that the robot, developed under the European project UNEXMIN, was successfully tested in the former Urgeiriça uranium mine (Nelas, Viseu).
02nd May 2019
Underwater mining is already possible. It proved to be both economically profitable and favourable for the environment.
28th December 2018
In October, Ana Pires became the first Portuguese woman to obtain the scientist-astronaut diploma in the PoSSUM Scientist Astronaut Qualification Program, which was supported by NASA and taught at the Embry-riddle Aeronautical University (Florida, USA), one of the most prestigious universities in the United States for already having trained several astronauts.
26th December 2018
Ana Cristina Pires participated in the conference entitled “The Near Surface Geoscience Conference & Exhibition 2018”.
13th December 2018
Alfredo Martins, Aníbal Matos, Eduardo Silva and Nuno Cruz, collaborators of INESC TEC’s Centre for Robotics and Autonomous Systems (CRAS) were part of the International Committee of the organisation of the AUV - Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Symposium, an event dedicated to technology and its corresponding applications in autonomous maritime vehicles.
26th November 2018
Alfredo Martins and José Almeida, researchers of INESC TEC’s Centre for Robotics and Autonomous Systems (CRAS), participated in IROS 2018, which took place between 1 and 5 October in Madrid, Spain.
19th November 2018
The researchers André Dias and Guilherme Amaral of INESC TEC’s Centre for Robotics and Autonomous Systems (CRAS) were present at BioMarine 2018, an annual event that aims at promoting business opportunities and at developing investments in the blue biotechnology area and the new marine resources.
17th November 2018
Two projects developed by INESC TEC teams were presented in the European Researchers' Night, a initiative of the European Commission that takes place simultaneously in more than 30 countries and 300 cities throughout Europe.
16th November 2018
INESC TEC participates in the iVAMOS! Project, which has a budget of EUR 12.6 million, and aims to mining flooded landmines. This project started in February of 2015.
14th November 2018
A team of INESC TEC’s CRAS was at the mercury mine in Idrija, Slovenia, between 11 and 21 September in order to carry out the second field trials of the UNEXMIN robot.
14th November 2018
The access to the final selection minute is only available to applicants.
Please check the confirmation e-mail of your application to obtain the access code.