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    The Industrial Robotics and Automation Laboratory: New Challenges for Manufacturing and Smart Production is focused on developing cognitive, sensitive, collaborative and safe robot-based automation solutions for manufacturing applications, which support digital transformation, smart sensing and man-machine interaction, and advanced control initiatives in industry.

    Created in 2010, the laboratory hosts 15 researchers, 9 on a permanent basis, from INESC TEC’s research centres, CRIIS and CESE.

    Location: FEUP Campus, Porto

    Research Area

    Research Areas

    • Cyber-Physical Systems (Advanced Sensing and Embedded Systems);
    • Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) (Vertical and Horizontal Integration);
    • Additive Manufacturing;
    • Artificial Vision (Perception and Monitoring);
    • Collaborative Robotics (Advanced Man-Machine Interfaces);
    • Automatic / Predictive Control.
    Centre and Stakeholders

    INESC TEC

    CESE
    CentreEnterprise Systems Engineering
    CRIIS
    CentreRobotics in Industry and Intelligent Systems

    Stakeholders

    FEUP
    UniversityFaculty of Engineering of the University of Porto
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    Projects

    STAMINA

    Sustainable and reliable robotics for part handling in manufacturing automation

    2013-2017

    CLARISSA

    The European Robotics Initiative for Strengthening the Competitiveness of SMEs in Manufacturing by integrating aspects of cognitive systems

    2014-2016

    Prototypes

    Prototypes developed at Laboratory of Industrial Robotics and Automation

    Igor

    Mobile manipulator designed for operating in logistics warehouses in the Automotive Industry - PSA Peugeot Citroen - STAMINA

    Carlos

    Mobile manipulators for riveting operations in the Naval Industry - ATEIN Naval, ASTILLEROS JOSE VALIÑA

    Collaborative robotic cells

    Collaborative robotic cells for welding operations in the Metal Industry (Norfer - COOPWELD and CLARISSA)

    Robotic cell

    Robotic cell for picking operations in the Footwear Industry (CEI).

    Programming industrial manipulators

    Programming industrial manipulators by demonstration for painting operations (FLUPOL - SIIARI).

    Contacts
    Luís Freitas Rocha

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    +351220413317

    luis.f.rocha@inesctec.pt

    Rafael Lírio Arrais

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    +351220413317

    rafael.l.arrais@inesctec.pt