The European Sharework project led by the Eurecat technology centre has tested a new smart system for safe and ergonomic collaboration between robots and workers in industry with a view to enhancing the working conditions of operators. The project has developed flexible software made up of 14 technological modules “to furnish robots with the intelligence [...]
The Eurecat Reus technology centre is to kick off a study next January to assess the effects of probiotic supplementation on the symptoms of persistent allergic rhinitis and the quality of life of people affected who account for 21.5 percent of the population, with the greatest impact on young children and young people. To be eligible for [...]
The Eurecat technology centre, Tarragona Provincial Council and its Tourist Board today unveiled the Tourism Data System 2+ family tourism indicators platform developed as part of the TDS2+ operation in the PECT TurisTIC in Family Project. It furnishes tourist destinations on the Costa Daurada and in Terres de l’Ebre and their stakeholders with an integrated and [...]
Battech, the leading battery R&D centre in southern Europe, has examined the reliability and useful life of the lithium-ion batteries which building firm the RUBI GROUP has chosen to fit in a new line of work tools to check they can safely operate as standalone devices. This comes in response to market trends which are [...]
Xavier López, Eurecat’s Chief Operating and Corporate Officer, recently spoke at Futuribles, the technological innovation project hosted by Prensa Ibérica and El Periódico de Catalunya and held in Barcelona to unpack the state of technological innovation. It also featured the ministers of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez, and Education and Vocational Training, María [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has won the Iberquimia Award in the Innovation category for its work in R&D applied to industry at a ceremony held at the Barcelona edition of the congress. Ricard Garcia Valls, director of Eurecat’s Chemical Technology unit, picked up the award. He said that this acknowledgement “draws attention to Eurecat’s efforts to help [...]
The RIS3CAT Media Community, coordinated by the Eurecat technology centre, has held its second general meeting to share progress in the projects they are undertaking to drive and bring about change in the cultural and creative industries and also position Catalonia as an international showpiece. The RIS3CAT Media Community brings together 34 companies and R&D players and [...]
This Wednesday, the Centre of Excellence in Tourism Innovation (CoE in Tourism Innovation) held the inaugural meeting of its Academic Council made up of key university institutions in Catalonia specialising in tourism training and research across a range of fields. At the meeting, the Academic Council was briefed on the projects currently being run by the [...]
The Metalworking Employers’ Association (UPM) and Eurecat are all set to work together to make the organisation’s member companies more competitive through R&D, specialised technology training and technology services. This partnership will give UPM affiliates access to Eurecat’s technologies, tools, dedicated training and technology support services to address the industry’s new challenges such as digitalisation, [...]
Researchers at the Eurecat technology centre, the Computer Vision Centre (CVC) and the University of Barcelona (UB) have developed an automated system that taps into deep learning technology to detect lesions caused by Covid-19 by reading computed tomography (CT) chest images. The study, conducted by researchers Giuseppe Pezzano, Vicent Ribas, Petia Radeva and Oliver Díaz, [...]
