Highlights
A spotligh of recent news and events
2025 Get Together Seminars
Research tends to bloom when there are opportunities to Get Together and exchange ideas. That’s why the Get Together Seminar Series by ISR-Lisboa ensures an opportunity to gather every month, not only within our community, but also with other LARSyS researchers, Técnico units and services, or industry partners.
ISR-Lisboa helps relaunch small boats in the Atlantic Ocean
An important step was taken in the continuation of the American educational project “Educational Passages”, which involved a collaboration between Instituto Superior Técnico the, Institute for Systems and Robotics in Lisbon and the Escola Azul programme, implemented by DGPM – Directorate General for Maritime Policy, with additional support from the company Transinsular. The project aims to launch small, unmanned boats equipped with GPS into the ocean, like 21st-century “messages in a bottle,” allowing their paths to be followed as they cross the sea.
Visit from greek Deputy Minister for Development
On February 17th at ISR-Lisboa, we welcomed Zoe Rapti, Greece’s Deputy Minister for Development, alongside Portugal’s Secretary of State in Science, Ana Paiva.
National Science & Technology Week
ISR-Lisboa researchers visited schools in the Lisbon area to talk to students for the “Engenharia e Ciência vão à Escola” Técnico initiative. Six researchers interacted with six classes of different ages, with themes ranging from AI, robotics, innovation and space technology.
euROBIN Robotic Coopetition @HUMANOIDS 24
At ISR-Lisboa, we are partners of the euROBIN project, which is organizing the 1st euROBIN week and Robotic Coopetition, in partnership with the prestigious HUMANOIDS 2024 event, to be held from November 22-28, 2024, in Nancy, France. This landmark event will showcase Europe’s cutting-edge advancements in robotics and AI.
ISR Retreat “Seaside Synergies”
On the weekend of October 26-27, we had the very first ISR Retreat, which took place at Inatel da Foz do Arelho.
The retreat had a very packed and fun program, with a lot of activities, team-building tasks, and several surprises. The theme “Seaside Synergies” was the central point of the weekend, which aimed to create connections. The photo album shows a lot of what took place, but here’s how it all went, according to the group of PhD students who were part of the organizing committee.
