At CRAS, our mission is to develop innovative robotic solutions for complex environments and multiple operations, including data gathering, inspection, mapping, surveillance, and intervention.
We work in four main areas of research: autonomous navigation; long-term deployments; sensing, mapping, and intervention; multiple platform operations.
The Centre of Excellence led by INESC TEC – INESCTEC.OCEAN -, the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI) and MARBLE (Centre of Excellence in Marine Robotics and Maritime Technologies) have formalised an agreement for multilateral collaboration in ocean-related innovation. In the Cypriot city of Limassol, the INESC TEC research team also took part in the Breaking the Surface workshop, securing the second place in an underwater acoustic detection challenge.
09th December 2025
One of the world’s largest and most prestigious robotics conferences, IROS (International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems), took place this year, in China (late October). INESC TEC was represented by four researchers who presented five papers at this event, which gathered more than 8,000 participants from across the globe.
14th November 2025
What is the importance of monitoring seabed exploration for the sustainability of the oceans? How is the sustainability of human activities on Earth closely associated with the global transfer of knowledge and technology? These and many other questions were at the centre of a high-level event promoted by the Portuguese Government and co-organised by INESC TEC and the University of Évora, held at the headquarters of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Kingston, Jamaica.
06th November 2025
In the heart of the Atlantic, INESC TEC co-organised another WAVES workshop, dedicated to advanced research vehicles. In the “Windy City,” the Institute’s researchers also had the opportunity to showcase INESC TEC’s expertise in marine robotics.
03rd November 2025
INESC TEC led the first analog space mission carried out within a habitat in Portugal. The Monsaraz Mars Analog Mission took place between 13 and 25 October in the outdoor area of the Observatório Astronómico do Lago-Alqueva (OLA), in Monsaraz; Ana Pires and Diogo Paupério represented INESC TEC in this endeavour.
30th October 2025
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