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The Eurecat technology centre is taking part in the AutoDron project which has tested a new aerial transport system for materials and components using drones for the automotive industry with flights both indoors and outdoors. It lays the foundations for future last-mile logistics to replace road transport with a disruptive system powered by autonomous aerial vehicles. [...]
Researchers from seven European countries have today tested their drone inspection developments at the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) Sabadell Rambla facilities in the former FGC Sabadell Rambla train station as part of a week of tests organised by the Eurecat technology centre for the Aero-Train consortium. The event took place in [...]
As part of the HarvBot (HARVesting coBOT) project, the Eurecat technology centre has validated the use of collaborative robots and inexpensive cameras to automate strawberry harvesting and handling in a hydroponic crop by tapping computer vision technologies to detect the fruit. In the project, which has been a pilot test for Enkitek, “new 3D printed [...]
Barcelona has today hosted the closing event in the European Sharework project, coordinated by the Eurecat technology centre, which has rolled out a new smart system for safe and ergonomic collaboration between robots and workers in industrial manufacturing processes by tapping artificial intelligence and process data analysis. The project has developed flexible software made up [...]
The XPAtient Barcelona Congress has today showcased in Barcelona the breakthroughs in healthcare robotics and underlined the significant role it will play in the coming years in social and healthcare centres and home care alike with the backing of robotic platforms which will ease the transition from hospitals to homes. The seventh edition of this [...]
Research and innovation projects to unlock sustainability, digitalisation and automation in agriculture are helping enterprises in the industry to make more informed decisions and be more competitive. That’s the view of the Eurecat technology centre outlined today, 9 September, on World Agriculture Day. Nowadays “competitiveness involves applied knowledge and developing innovative solutions drawing on disruptive technologies,” [...]
Technological innovation is strategic in the development of new foods and ingredients in the food industry that contribute to the well-being of different population groups, where nutrition and health, robotics, digitalisation and sustainability will be the main pillars. These are solutions that open the doors to ‘an important hybridisation of digital and industrial technologies, [...]
Starting today, the Eurecat technology centre is taking part in the Food4Future World Summit in Bilbao, where it will preview innovative solutions regarding diet and health, biotechnology, sustainability, industrial and agricultural robotics and digital transformation linked to the agri-food sector, such as the DANTIAN project, which studies new bioactive ingredients and foods that promote mental well-being. [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is leading the Sharework robotics project, which has developed a new smart system for safe and ergonomic collaboration between robots and workers in industrial manufacturing processes, through artificial intelligence and analysing process data. The project has developed flexible software made up of 14 technological modules ‘to furnish robots with the intelligence required to [...]
At this year’s edition of the Advanced Factories fair, the Eurecat technology centre will be showing a solution developed with the company Jansa to automate the assembly process for metal parts in construction industry beams, which can be applied to collaborative robotics. The project makes it possible to plan the robot’s trajectory in real time using [...]
