Artificial intelligence to reuse wastewater and nutrients in the agricultural sector. The iRAIN project investigates an innovative advanced water resource management system to optimize water resources applied in precision agriculture. iRAIN's system combines new treatments for water regeneration and nutrient recovery from urban wastewater with hybrid technologies based on monitoring, artificial intelligence and spectroscopy by fusing data from satellites, drones , agricultural robots, sensor networks and smart multispectral cameras. The initiative's work plan is divided into four activities: research into water regeneration techniques and nutrient recovery for agricultural use; research into advanced techniques for monitoring water [...]
ARQA
EurecatIG2024-07-26T13:47:17+02:00Innovative collaborative initiative among three leading Spanish technological centres in the field of quantum computing. The ARQA project advances research and development of quantum applications for the business sector, thereby tackling challenges that traditional computing cannot currently resolve. The Cervera ARQA Network, formed by the Technological Center for Information and Communication Foundation (CTIC), Eurecat, and ITG, constitutes a joint effort to boost the transfer of quantum technologies to businesses, fostering a national level collaboration that facilitates the integration of these advanced technologies into the business fabric, and thereby, into society. This project not only seeks to [...]
Smart Droplets
EurecatIG2024-03-14T11:10:22+01:00Enablement of technologies that reduce pesticide and fertilizer use for a better environment. The Smart Droplets project advances in a holistic system capable of translating large amounts of data into meaningful information and impactful spraying commands on the field. Smart Droplets implements autonomous retrofit tractors with Direct Injection System (DIS) for intelligent spraying - avoiding exposure of farmers to hazardous chemicals, demonstrating a substantial impact on the Green Deal. Through the combination of high-level technologies, Smart Droplets adopts a hybrid approach for spraying operations, combining data/AI/digital farm twin technologies designed to translate data into actionable information, [...]
RoboQuimIA
EurecatIG2024-01-30T11:48:24+01:00Cognitive robotics and artificial intelligence for the safe handling of hazardous industrial waste drums. The RoboQuimIA project investigates robotics and artificial intelligence technologies applied to the handling of dangerous substances and waste in mobile containers, managed by the companies of the Tradebe Group, during the logistics of receiving and accepting waste stored in drums. These operations, involving meticulous and complex handling and currently carried out manually by workers, are the previous step in the management of waste, with a view to its subsequent transfer, treatment and recovery. Likewise, the operations allow determining the acceptance or not [...]
HarvBot
EurecatIG2024-01-30T11:27:20+01:00Collaborative robots and cameras for fruit harvesting and handling. The HarvBot project improves strawberry harvesting and handling through the integration of collaborative robots and cost-effective cameras in hydroponic crop environments. The key innovation lies in harnessing computer vision technologies to enable the automated detection and harvesting of strawberries. In collaboration with Enkitek, the project has successfully conducted a pilot test, introducing novel 3D printed components designed specifically for the robot. These components play a crucial role in tailoring the robot's capabilities to identify and harvest strawberries with precision. Furthermore, advanced algorithms for detection and handling tasks [...]
ADAPTA
EurecatIG2024-06-12T10:54:33+02:00Artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies for factories with high capacity for adaptation and resilience. The ADAPTA project develops a set of technologies and strategies that respond to the handling, intra-logistics and definition of production processes needs of manufacturing companies. This general objective is based on flexible robotic solutions that incorporate the advances of artificial intelligence and the use of digital infrastructures and is materialized in five partial objectives: Improve the perception capabilities of robotic systems, both through images and by monitoring contact in handling processes. Develop handling systems that allow adaptation to unknown or changing [...]
ROCOLA
EurecatIG2024-05-28T12:54:09+02:00Collaborative robotics in agri-food companies. The ROCOLA project manages to improve the competitiveness of agri-food companies by incorporating collaborative robotics in their processes. ROCOLA collects existing experiences in collaborative robotics and seeks solutions to specific challenges of the participating companies, designing preliminary configurations and executing pilot tests that demonstrate the feasibility of adopting these technologies by the sector. Eurecat participates in the ROCOLA project through its Robotics and Automation Unit. The project, coordinated by the INNOVI cluster, is participated in by the companies Raventós Codorniu, Baucells Avilés (Balsa) and Laboratorios Lamons, which have the advice of [...]
FASHIONAUT
EurecatIG2023-06-08T16:35:46+02:00Study of advanced robotics solutions for the textile sector. The FASHIONAUT project aims to digitise and robotise potential manufacturing processes in the textile industry, opening the door to new automation solutions using the latest market innovations. The main innovations contributed by the project consist of the detection of materials through artificial vision with hyperspectral cameras, the development of an algorithm for the manipulation of flexible materials and the use of artificial vision for the measurement and classification of textile fabrics. The robotisation and automation of production processes in the textile industry, especially in SMEs, is the [...]
GREEN-LOG
EurecatIG2023-11-29T13:05:50+01:00Acceleration of systemic changes to create last-mile delivery ecosystems that are economically, ecologically and socially sustainable. The GREEN-LOG project offers Logistics-as-a-Service platforms for interconnected city logistics, automated delivery concepts using autonomous vehicles and delivery droids, cargo-bike-based innovations for sustainable micro-consolidation, and multimodal parcel deliveries integrating public transport network. The GREEN-LOG approach boosts a cutting-edge simulation environment for scenario building combining different solutions to enable the integration of last-mile delivery interventions with the highest possible impact on environmental sustainability and traffic reduction, also considering their financial viability. The solutions are supported by networked city logistics dataspaces that [...]
PEER
EurecatIG2024-04-04T11:04:19+02:00Enablement of a two-way communication flow with enhanced feedback loops between users and AI, leading to improved human-AI collaboration, mutual learning and reasoning, and thus increased user trust and acceptance. The PEER project focuses on how how to systematically put the user at the centre of the entire AI design, development, deployment, and evaluation pipeline, allowing for truly mixed human-AI initiatives on complex sequential decision-making problems As an interdisciplinary project between social sciences and artificial intelligence, PEER facilitates novel ways of engagement by end-users with AI in the design phase. PEER creates novel AI planning methods [...]
BatteReverse
EurecatIG2023-11-29T12:24:15+01:00Next generation of battery reverse logistics. The BatteReverse project develops a more efficient and universal method for battery discharge and first diagnosis. BatteReverse improves the safety of Li-ion batteries transportation by developing safety packaging with a monitoring system that can reduce thermal runaway risk. The project also boosts more advanced and precise methods for automated dismantling and sorting of battery components based on a safe and more efficient human-robot collaboration. In addition, BatteReverse develops a more precise and faster Remaining Useful Life assessment of battery modules for second-life applications based on acoustic testing and machine learning [...]
DIH4CAT
EurecatIG2023-04-19T08:15:00+02:00Non-profit regional innovation ecosystem formed by the main agents supporting digitisation in Catalonia. The Digital Innovation Hub of Catalonia (DIH4CAT) connects the main technology infrastructure of the region to accelerate technology transformation towards a more green and digital industry. DIH4CAT is mainly aimed at Catalan technology start-ups, public administrations and SMEs, with a special focus on manufacturing companies and technology providers. Catalonia has a strong industrial base with 35.339 companies (99% SMEs), which represent 18.1% of Spanish industrial enterprises. In 2019, data shows that only 16% of those companies had adopted advanced digital technologies. Besides, Catalonia [...]
Plooto
EurecatIG2023-04-13T15:24:16+02:00Development of digital tools to increase circularity in secondary raw materials. The Plooto project offers a circular and resilient information system (CRIS) to help manufacturers in their ecological, digital and circular transition. The system developed by Plooto enables waste reduction and end-to-end traceability of secondary raw materials through interconnected digital services for real-time decision-making, material and product tracking and certification. This solution is demonstrated in three pilot projects for the recycling of organic waste, composites and permanent magnets from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). WEEE recycling is crucial due to the rise of the electric [...]
EDGELESS
EurecatIG2023-11-29T12:07:00+01:00Serverless efficient computing in extremely diverse computing environments, from edge devices with limited resources to highly virtualised cloud platforms. EDGELESS makes use of the "serverless" concept in all layers of the edge-cloud continuum to fully benefit from the diverse and decentralised computational resources available on-demand close to where data is produced or consumed. In particular, the project achieves a efficient and transparent horizontal pooling of resources in edge nodes with constrained capabilities or specialised hardware, smoothly integrated with cloud resources. This represents a giant leap forward compared to to state-of-the-art vertical offloading solutions where the edge [...]
SOMAGRO
EurecatIG2024-02-06T13:27:06+01:00Development of an innovative platform for planning and optimised allocation of autonomous robotic vehicles for the agricultural sector. The SOMAGRO project contributes to the automation and electrification of agricultural machinery by boosting a platform based on artificial intelligence and robotics. This platform represents a paradigm shift in the sector, since it makes it possible to reduce the size and weight of current machinery, as well as promote electrification in this sector, reducing soil compaction and CO2 emissions. SOMAGRO provides new levels of information so that farmers have greater control over the tasks carried out on crops, optimising the [...]