ISR | Lisboa's collaborative room, on floor 8 of the North Tower, was renewed and inaugurated on November 25. The space is designed to foster collaborative moments within the ISR-Lisboa community and it recently improved to be even more comfortable. The Colaboratorium is used for informal meetings, to grab a coffee, or even for [...]
From the end of the month of September to the middle of the month of October, our researchers have been very active in participating in outreach activities. These events represent a great opportunity to showcase our activities to different members of society and showcase some of the great things we are developing at ISR-Lisboa. European [...]
ISR-Lisboa was present at Técnico Taguspark campus Open day past November 6, to celebrate its 21st Anniversary. Joining public, professors, researchers, students and non-teaching staff, the event celebrated science performed by Técnico in multiple knowledge areas. The open day started at 10 a.m with several activities, with students groups exhibition stands and several open laboratories. [...]
The control interface for teleoperated robots developed by ISR-Lisboa researchers is currently being tested in an integrated Mars analog field mission in the Negev Desert, Israel – the AMADEE-20 Mars simulation. In colaboration with ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, ISR-Lisboa is responsible for the robotic experiment known as Merop (Remote operation of planetary ground robots using [...]
The Institute of Systems and Robotics (ISR-Lisboa) was present in another edition of the European Researchers Night. Promoting initiatives that protect the environment, this year's theme was “Science for climate”. Within the scope, our researchers shared the project “Firefront” with an enthusiastic audience, targeting adults and kids. This project partners six portuguese entities: Instituto de [...]
We competed in the second edition of the Smart City Robotics Challenge (SciRoc) last September and finished in second in the Coffee Shop episode. Congratulations SocRob@Home! For this specific research challenge, under this year's theme “Smart Inclusion”, each team robot was required to recognize and report the status of all tables inside the shop, to [...]
The 2021 LARSyS Annual Meeting was a success! This two-day reunion gathered researchers from ISR, IN+, ITI and MARETEC promoting interdisciplinary discussions about current and future challenges and opportunities. Organized in a hybrid format, this year's event marked the cautious return to in-person activities. The Associate Laboratory of Robotics and Engineering Systems (LARSyS) brings together [...]
On monday June 8th, at 5 PM, an ISR-Lisboa seminar occurred with several invited guests, on the topic of high-growth entrepreneurship fuelled by deep-tech, hosted together with Armilar Ventures. Armilar Venture Partners is Portugal’s leading venture capital funds manager and a deep-tech investor in ICT, HealthTech and CleanTech, with a focus on early-stage technology-based [...]
A historical event happened on May 30 2020, when the first private company successfully sent humans into orbit (Crew Dragon Demo-2). On the News features overviews by ISR-Lisboa researchers on historical events and news in which they have some expertise. Enjoy this informed comment by Professor Rodrigo Ventura, researcher on the intersection of robotics and [...]
When the new coronavirus pandemic arrived, no one was really prepared. At ISR-Lisboa, we started brainstorming solutions almost immediately after the virus reached Portugal and searching for ways to contribute. One of the first hypotheses was to produce equipment for health staff, who were lacking in such important protections as masks, gloves, and visors. By [...]
