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It is called ecoBOTs.PT – Robotics for Intelligent Precision Forestry and Viticulture, and it received the largest funding allocation of the 11 mini-agendas approved for INESC TEC under STEP, totalling €2 million. The goal? To develop a new generation of robotic solutions for forestry and viticulture.
11th October 2026
Luís Freitas Rocha, João Pedro Souza, Maria Silva Lopes and Artur José Cordeiro are the INESC TEC researchers who secured second place in the BIP Acceleration programme - the University of Porto’s initiative that helps research teams turn projects into businesses. The CARGO team presented an autonomous mobile manipulator for intralogistics and container unloading in warehouses, earning them €3K in funding and access to the School of Startups Foundations programme (offered by UPTEC) so that they can now explore the commercial potential of this INESC TEC container unloading prototype.
24th September 2026
In the land of fishermen, he who has a net is king. But those who have lost one can now retrieve it, thanks to the work carried out under the NETTAG+ initiative. Following the completion of the project and several demonstrations involving the IRIS autonomous vehicle, the initiative has just won the Atlantic-WestMED Project Award 2026.
22nd September 2026
The first Monsaraz Mars Analog Mission, held in 2025, featured INESC TEC as the scientific leader. Following the success of that inaugural edition, Monsaraz and the Observatório Lago-Alqueva have been selected as the venue and host for AMADEE-27, an analog Mars mission organised by the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF), with the support of INESC TEC and NUCLIO. Applications are now open until 6 September for researchers in fields including robotics, astrobiology and geosciences, life sciences, and human factors.
05th August 2026
At the latest edition of the OCEANS conference, held in China, INESC TEC had the opportunity to highlight the scope and diversity of the Institute’s work in developing robotic solutions for ocean environments. The agenda also included a keynote lecture at a university and participation in an autonomous underwater vehicle competition.
05th August 2026