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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
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
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
Leveraging robotic solutions, data collection and processing, Artificial Intelligence and communications to address scientific and technological challenges – and, through these tools, making society more resilient; this is how one can describe the European project Overwatch, with INESC TEC as a partner. Over three years, the project contributed to the development of solutions designed for deployment in disaster scenarios characterised by extreme environments, e.g., wildfires or floods.
29th May 2026
There is nothing like it in the world. The prototype is under development, with the first mission scheduled for May 2027 - where it will remain on the seabed for two weeks. But what exactly makes the new autonomous robot PETRA - Long-Range Deep-Sea Logistic AUV - developed by INESC TEC researchers so different?
27th May 2026
When time is short and decisions are critical, having an intelligent support system can make all the difference. And INESC TEC is building that future through the newly launched European project BATTLEVERSE.
21st May 2026
Did you know that INESC TEC is developing a solution to make automated fabric handling possible? The paper Clothing Simulation in MuJoCo with the Evaluation of the Sim-to-Real Gap using Robotic Manipulation, developed within the scope of the TEXP@CT project, addresses one of the main challenges of robotics applied to the textile industry and received the IEEE Women in Engineering (WiE) Best Paper Award at the international ICARSC 2026 conference.
07th May 2026
Complex, expensive and difficult to program: this is how many companies still perceive industrial robots. The MOBOT 2.0 project, bringing together INESC TEC and Europneumaq, aims to change this paradigm and will develop a new generation of intelligent mobile manipulator robots capable of addressing real industrial needs.
21st April 2026
INESC TEC attended the European Robotics Forum (ERF) 2026, Europe’s leading event dedicated to robotics. Held annually, the forum brings together researchers, companies and policymakers from across the continent to share ideas, technologies and opportunities for collaboration. This year’s edition took place in Stavanger, Norway, from 23 to 27 March.
30th March 2026
On 27 March, all roads led to Santarém, more specifically to CNEMA - the National Exhibition Centre for Agriculture - for the Fórum Nacional dos Clubes Ciência Viva na Escola. INESC TEC, as a partner of Ciência Viva, was present to mark the 30th anniversary of the country’s largest network for promoting scientific and technological culture.
30th March 2026
Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Energy Systems, and Systems Engineering and Management; there are new completed PhDs in these domains at INESC TEC. This achievement reinforces the institution’s relationship with academia and the commitment to scientific output, often developed within projects of strategic importance.
27th March 2026
The application of automatic image recognition techniques in garment production (particularly for defect detection) is not new, although it has faced a range of limitations.
27th March 2026