The boom in artificial intelligence has been one of the keynotes at this year’s Mobile World Congress which “has been outstanding due to the high level of applicability of the solutions on display, featuring innovations that are extremely easy to understand and closely geared towards enhancing people’s lives,” commented Miquel Rey, Eurecat’s Corporate Director of Business Development today.
“We have had a Mobile World Congress heavily invested in artificial intelligence and everything which helps to expedite and make technology useful to ensure it is more accessible for people,” he added. In his view, this year’s event has delivered ‘‘an extremely well-designed exhibition venue, a well-represented start-up ecosystem in 4YFN and a new value proposition in the Talent Arena.”
Eurecat showcased “solutions bringing together technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, sensors and robotics to make people’s lives better, especially in health.”
“This year’s Mobile World Congress has triggered a lot of interest in AI and also in AI’s connection and interaction with the physical world, robots, sensors and other technologies,” pointed out Elías Gargallo, head of Digital Business Development at Eurecat, Furthermore, “the ‘small’ innovations with a big impact on businesses and society have been very much in demand among the people who have come along.”
The Mobile World Congress has also demonstrated the potential of Agentic Artificial Intelligence which is opening the door to applications built on autonomous agents with greater ability to make decisions based on past experience but also on analysis of the context, resulting in tools with greater autonomy. Cross-cutting artificial intelligence has additionally been on display at the Congress in applications where artificial intelligence is embedded with other technologies.
Social care robot and fall-avoidance device
Eurecat has exhibited at its booth the social care robot Jana which connects with people to enhance communication in clinical settings and has an “affordable and adaptable design intended for medical and care applications with an accessible and scalable approach in health,” said Magí Dalmau, head of the Cognitive Robotics Line in Eurecat’s Robotics and Automation Unit.
It has also presented Sit2Stand, a portable medical device for preventing falls in the elderly which has been developed in conjunction with the Sant Víctor nursing home which “hosted the development and algorithmic design to furnish a solution to this problem,” pointed out Xavi Catasús, head of Business Development for the Wellness Industries sector at the Eurecat technology centre.
In sports, Eurecat has unveiled a smart system for checking climbers’ safety developed in partnership with Catalan start-up Lizcore which specialises in climbing wall technology.
4YFN, the entrepreneurship and innovation event at the Mobile World Congress, is a meeting point for growing numbers of start-ups. Eurecat was there with its own spin-offs, such as Ephion Health and Dipneo, and companies, start-ups and scale-ups which showcased technologies the technology centre has helped to develop.
