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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