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 [...]
The Eurecat Reus technology centre is a pioneer in research into the benefits of ingredients, foods and dietary habits for people’s health through the nutritional intervention and precision nutrition studies it conducts with volunteers. These projects contribute to research while also allowing the volunteers to gain skills for managing their diet and healthy habits. [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is developing new organic, flexible and semi-transparent photovoltaic modules using printed electronics with materials specifically selected to ensure complementary light absorption for plant growth. This paves the way for a revolution in agrivoltaics by unlocking synergies between agricultural and energy production. Rolled out as part of the European SYNATRA project, [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is taking part in the 3rd Barcelona New Economy Week (BNEW) from 3-6 October, an event hosted by the Zona Franca Consortium which brings together experts in technological and economic transformation to explore cutting-edge topics in progress towards Economy 4.0. Eurecat experts are to share [...]
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,” [...]
The MED4Youth European project, led by the Eurecat technology centre, has picked up second prize at the 15th NAOS Strategy Awards in the category of Healthy Eating in the family and community setting awarded by the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs. The NAOS Strategy Awards recognise [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is conducting a study 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. Allergic rhinitis is a health problem characterised by inflammation [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has developed a new platform to obtain and validate ingredients and nutraceuticals that makes it possible to identify and determine their potential biological activities, using sustainable and scalable methodologies in industrial processes and new screening models, which it presented at the Nutraceuticals Europe – Summit & Expo in Barcelona. The [...]
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. [...]
