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It’s already possible to see humans and robots collaborating with each other in an effective way in the coating of complex and large-scale products in Portugal. Painting robots already existed, but one of their main limitations was related to their inability to paint large-scale products or those that had a complex geometry. The collaborative robotic cell developed in the European project FLEXCoating managed to overcome this limitation, promoting the cooperation between humans and robots through 3D sensors for workspace monitoring, object recognition and location, trajectory programming by demonstration, among other technologies.

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The European project DIVA, coordinated in Portugal by INESC TEC and INOVISA, will launch the second edition of a support programme for Portuguese, Spanish, French, Greek, Italian and Irish companies that submit technology-based and innovative projects with application in the agrofood, environment and forestry sectors. There is EUR 1.38 million available.

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The “World Congress on Formal Methods” is an event that gathers the worldwide computer experts and takes place every 10 years. Portugal was the country chosen to receive the third edition of this congress. Porto is the city that will host, for five days, over 500 experts from 40 different nationalities.

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A digital platform for multiple transport payments called Pick is available. This system, created by the Portuguese startup Ubirider, and available on the Apple Store and Google Play, allows users to plan trips, to pay for the tickets and to travel anywhere, using the best combination of means of transport. From 27 September, it will be possible to buy tickets through the app for the new Scotturb's express buses that make daily connections between Cascais, Sintra and Porto.

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A group of researchers from Porto developed a laser technology based on artificial intelligence that allows to identify and quantify minerals in real time. The developed system is capable of self-learning, that is, the technology will progressively learn the new behaviour to be acquired by means of new data.