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DRIVOLUTION is one of the Mobilising Agendas under Portugal’s Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) and includes the participation of INESC TEC. The goal of this Agenda, which brings together 38 partners and involves an investment of over €50M, is to create a Factory of the Future model capable of addressing the challenges of the automotive sector. As a result of INESC TEC’s involvement, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle designed to carry out logistics operations in industrial warehouses has already been developed.
18th December 2025
Following earlier tests in Italy, INESC TEC researchers have returned to the Mediterranean Sea for a new round of demonstrations under the NETTAG+ project, this time off the coast of the island of Vis, in Croatia. Supported by the autonomous vehicle IRIS, the goal was to test the tools developed to locate lost fishing nets on the seabed.
18th December 2025
In October, INESC TEC researchers contributed to a new data collection and mapping campaign of the Madeira–Tore geological complex. With the support of the autonomous vehicle EVA, it was possible to collect data and images of the seabed at depths of up to 1,100 metres.
18th 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
The Unidade Local de Saúde (ULS) de Santo António brought together professionals from various fields to discuss emerging challenges in operating rooms.
30th October 2025
We all know that microplastics have an impact on organisms and marine ecosystems; however, there is still scientific work to be done in assessing their real impact, and for that, we need tools that allow the collection and assessment of new environmental data, towards advancing scientific knowledge about how microplastics affect plankton and ecosystems.
29th October 2025
There’s a new project dedicated to advance the Atlantic Blue Economy. INESC TEC is one of the partners in UPWELLING, designed to create an innovation network that offers training and experimentation opportunities while strengthening the connection between companies and innovation centres.
22nd October 2025
Throughout September, researchers from INESC TEC were in Troia and Sesimbra to take part in another edition of REPMUS, the world’s largest demonstration exercise with robotics and unmanned maritime vehicles.
21st October 2025
INESC TEC has developed a free-flying robot, i.e., a compact and fully autonomous aerial robotic sphere, which “flew” to Canada to be tested in microgravity flights. Two INESC TEC researchers, André Santos and João Coutinho, successfully completed the parabolic flights.
16th October 2025