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INESC TEC's Modular-E robot received the 2024 Agriculture Innovation Award, worth €10K. This Timac Agro initiative, which included the newspaper Expresso and SIC Notícias as media partners, aimed to promote an innovation award in the sector. The competition welcomed any research project in the agriculture sector with real application or concrete cases identified and documented. The award ceremony took place in Lisbon, on November 26.
28th November 2024
The Institute demonstrated two use cases – within the scope of the Moma-flex project – that could be “significant advances in the automation of logistics processes”.
15th October 2024
The Semear Digital programme was established in Brazil but made its way to Portugal to support small and medium-sized farmers, equipping them with tools to improve profitability. INESC TEC, Embrapa, Associação Mobilizar com Valores (MCV) and Casa Escola Agrícola Campo Verde (CEACV) are the four institutions that participated in the seminar "Semear Digital no Contexto do Agro Luso-Brasileiro", which took place in September (Póvoa de Varzim).
04th October 2024
Maria Lopes, researcher at INESC TEC, won the competition that ended the Robotics Summer School organised by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), in Zurich. The ETH Robotics Summer School 2024 included - in addition to a series of sessions that aimed to teach participants fundamental concepts of robotics - a competition won by the team of the INESC TEC researcher.
15th July 2024
A low-cost technology that integrates image-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) to detect insects and identify potential threats to their existence. MOXOH was developed by INESC TEC and presented at a working meeting of InsectAI COST, an action promoted by the European COST programme that aims to accelerate the development of image-based and AI-assisted solutions to support the monitoring and preservation of insects.
12th July 2024
IiLab hosted a workshop on the latest developments within the scope of the PRR’s Produtech R3 Agenda. INESC TEC presented a system to manoeuvre robots remotely and accurately.
17th June 2024
In two months, four events and several quilometres travelled by INESC TEC researchers, with different robots developed by the institution. The goal? To show both industry and students the latest innovations in research carried out by INESC TEC in the field of robotics.
22nd April 2024
What if it were possible to access real-time data on the state of the looms and to monitor performance indicators, while optimising processes and perform predictive maintenance at weaving facilities? The AI4ENGINE project - featuring INESC TEC - combines Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twin technologies to bring a solution capable of contributing to a more sustainable and resilient production process.
09th January 2024
This initiative is called IFishCan, and it aims to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the agro-food sector in reducing waste during the food processing process, while optimising water and energy consumption. How? Using advanced digital technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT) or Artificial Intelligence (AI). The work developed within the scope of this project - bringing together INESC TEC, Foodintech, AI Talentum and AZTI (Technology Center for Marine and Food Innovation) - earned Foodintech the award for "Best Startup" at the eight edition of the Portugal Digital Awards.
20th December 2023
Until July 22, the Árvore – Cooperativa de Atividades Artísticas hosted Leonel Moura’s exhibition “O fim da Arte, tal como a conhecemos?”. The exhibition featured two robots, developed in partnership with INESC TEC, which create “unique paintings without direct human intervention”.
03rd August 2023
The main objective of the Vine & Wine Portugal Agenda, supported by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) is to promote energy transition and digital innovation, while generating added value through the Portuguese winemaking sector. The development or presentation of mature technologies will be a key-element of the project, enabling the promotion of a more sustainable and environmentally friendly production – aspects that are quite relevant to a sector that’s highly influenced by climate change.
15th May 2023
INESC TEC is part of the of the project Hi-rEV – Recovery of the Automotive Components Sector, funded within the scope of the PRR (Recovery and Resilience Plan) mobilising agendas for entrepreneurial innovation. PALBIT, S.A. is the leading entity of this initiative, which features over 20 partners to support the digitalisation of the automotive components industry, while contributing to the sector’s adaptation to the changes associated with the energy transition.
24th March 2023