European Researchers’ Night 2021

  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 […]

Second placed at the SciRoc Challenge 2021

  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, […]

Portable Exergame Platform for Elderly (PEPE) was recently featured on RTP1 Portugal em Directo on World Alzheimer Day

  The Portable Exergame Platform for Elderly (PEPE) was recently featured on RTP1 Portugal em Directo on World Alzheimer Day. Joining research teams from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), IST, NOVA/FCT, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana (FMH) and the Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI), this augmented reality platform has been developed to answer various public concerning issues regarding […]