Details
- AcronymSENTINEL
- Start01st January 2024
- Global Budget49.830,68 €
- StateCompleted
- Effective End31st March 2025
- End31st March 2025
- ResponsibleAna Cristina Pires
- Financing49.830,00 €

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

For the first time, INESC TEC is represented at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC), the most important global event in the Space sector. Researchers André Santos and João Coutinho travelled to Australia to present a prototype which, in just a few days, will head to Canada to be tested on a parabolic flight.
30th September 2025
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