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No country in the world produces more strawberry tree fruit than Portugal, but harvesting it is a demanding task. An INESC TEC-developed solution now enables the fruit to be picked using suction technology.
12th June 2026
Rita Lopes, from INESC TEC's technology transfer office, participated in the Annual Conference of the Europe’s Knowledge Transfer Association, ASTP, on a panel dedicated to the challenges of software in technology transfer. One clear conclusion emerged from the discussion: software and artificial intelligence are becoming central to the way scientific impact is created, protected, managed and delivered.
12th June 2026
What if it were possible to communicate on a global scale with levels of security that are virtually impossible to compromise? The answer may lie in quantum communications. INESC TEC is studying, optimising, and validating solutions to ensure reliable, stable, and secure transmission at 1550 nanometres (nm) under real or near-real conditions.
12th June 2026
Alípio Jorge, researcher at INESC TEC, where he coordinates the Artificial Intelligence area, has joined the new rectoral team at the University of Porto, taking on the role of Vice-Rector.
12th June 2026
Joana Teixeira, a researcher at INESC TEC, received the Best Student Paper Award at the SPIE Photonics Europe conference for her research work, which paves the way for the development of real-time multipoint optical sensing solutions, that is, systems capable of monitoring multiple points simultaneously and in real time.
12th June 2026
Rui Oliveira, Director of INESC TEC, attended the second edition of the AI Compute Summit, held in May in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The event, organised by The Economist, brought together business leaders, researchers and policymakers to discuss the future of computing in the service of artificial intelligence (AI).
12th June 2026
INESC TEC was present at the Mostra Empresarial e Qualifica-te Braga 2026, held on 28 and 29 May at the Altice Forum Braga. Over the two days of the event, the institution showcased the work developed at its University of Minho hub, dedicated to computer science.
12th June 2026
Developed by LTPlabs, a technology company born from the INESC TEC innovation ecosystem, the AIR platform secured 3rd place in the “Impact Delivered” category of the EARTO Innovation Awards 2026 — the first technology from the Institute to reach the podium in this category and the fourth consecutive year of INESC TEC among the award winners.
11th June 2026
INESC TEC took part in ICRA (IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation), the world's largest robotics conference, which this year was held in Vienna, Austria, during the first week of June. The Institute brought two awards back to Porto.
09th June 2026
Forty-eight partners - ranging from European electricity grid operators to research institutes and industry players - have come together to develop sovereign European AI models aimed at improving the management and planning of electricity grids. This is AI.grids, a European initiative officially launched in the first week of June at an event organised by the European Commission, where several other initiatives were also signed, all related to the Tech Sovereignty Package put forward by Brussels.
08th June 2026
It is called VineShield-DT and uses technologies such as Digital Twins, artificial intelligence (AI), IoT (Internet of Things) sensors, and smart traps to predict pest spread in vineyards. The project is being developed by INESC TEC, as part of a consortium that also includes INIAV and CVRVV, and was recently presented at Portugal Smart Cities, one of the country's leading events dedicated to innovation and smart territories.
08th June 2026
What if hydrogen were the key to sustainable mobility? Through the INERH2 project, Portugal and Spain will establish a cross-border research network dedicated to the planning, management and operation of electric vehicle charging and hydrogen refuelling infrastructures.
03rd June 2026