iiLab TERESA

The iiLab provides a controlled near-industrial test environment with production simulators, collaborative manipulators, cargo transport robots, and IoT platforms. The iiLab is equipped with multiple robotics and automation equipment.

The iiLab aims at disseminating the state-of-the-art of advanced production technologies and supporting technology-based innovation. The iiLab is meant to have continuous R&D projects demonstrations and act as a showroom focused on portraying concepts and advanced technologies in the areas of robotics, automation, industrial cyber- physical systems, and industrial internet of things (IIoT). The technological demonstrators installed in the iiLab are transferred to different industrial sectors such as automotive, aeronautics, machinery, metal working, textile, footwear, and logistics.

With the iiLab, INESC TEC aims to disclose the state-of-the-art in advanced production technologies, vastly contributing to the industry's smart, sustainable, and technology-based growth.

The experiment serves as a working prototype for working environments where levels of automation are high, and the human factor is still of the upmost importance. Such working environments will allow for a safer and more ergonomic cooperation between humans and robotic agents while increasing job interest, overall satisfaction and professional development.