Centro de Investigação em Digitalização e Robótica Inteligente

On July 31, CeDRI welcomed a delegation from the University of La Laguna, as part of the STARS EU Alliance.

The visit strengthened collaboration between the institutions and provided an opportunity to showcase CeDRI’s laboratories and research activities.

The meeting highlighted CeDRI’s commitment to innovation, applied research, and international cooperation.

CeDRI-IPB is proud to announce that, according to the provisional results of the 2026 PhD Research Fellowship Competition, the applications of four CeDRI students have been successful.
Congratulations to Gabriel A. Leite, Maurício Morais, Júlio Costa and Gustavo Vieira.

On July 28, CeDRI had the pleasure of welcoming a group of around 35 children, aged 6 to 12, from the Pontes de Inclusão E9G Project (Fundação Casa de Trabalho), accompanied by their group leaders.
This playful, educational visit gave the children a close-up look at
some of CeDRI's research areas through hands-on, interactive
demonstrations, including drones and artificial intelligence, computer vision, 3D printing, industrial robotics, competition robots, and a robotic dog.
The initiative reinforces CeDRI's commitment to bringing science and technology closer to the community, especially to younger generations, through practical, engaging, and accessible experiences.

CeDRI is pleased to share that the project "A digitalização como ferramenta para melhorar a sustentabilidade do processo de recolha seletiva", developed by our researcher Adriano Silva, Thadeu Brito, and Profs. Ana I. Pereira and José Lima, has been featured by Ponto Verde Lab.

The project presents an intelligent waste collection monitoring system based on ultrasonic sensors, LoRaWAN communication, and optimization algorithms to support more efficient and sustainable collection operations. Developed in collaboration with Resíduos do Nordeste and supported by Sociedade Ponto Verde, the work demonstrates how digital technologies can contribute to improving waste management and advancing the circular economy.

Read the full article published by Ponto Verde Lab:
https://www.pontoverdelab.pt/um-novo-e-ultrassonico-olhar-para-otimizar-a-recolha-de-residuos/

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The paper "A Data Engineering Pipeline for Building a Renewable Energy Lakehouse from Heterogeneous Public APIs", authored by M.Sc. Leonardo Canuto Junior and CeDRI researchers Pedro Filipe Oliveira and Paulo Matos, was awarded the Best Conference Paper at the 11th International Conference on Big Data Analytics, Data Mining and Computational Intelligence (2026), held in Valencia, Spain.

The award recognizes work initiated within the Data Engineering course of the Master's in Computer Science program and acknowledges the paper's scientific quality and contribution to the field of data engineering.

For those who did not attend the ‘Talk For Us’ event, held on 22 July 2026, on the topic ‘Enabling Collaboration in Multi-Agent Systems for Cyber-Physical Applications’, presented by Luis Piardi, please click on the link below to view the full presentation.

https://educast.fccn.pt/vod/clips/14b03aoj67/streaming.html?locale=pt

💡 SMARTLIGHT: Halfway through the project — Live demonstrations and a spotlight on the demonstration site!

On 22 July 2026, another meeting of the SMARTLIGHT project consortium took place. The project is developing an innovative, smart and multifunctional street lighting solution, featuring integrated sensors, cutting-edge computing and artificial intelligence.

With 17 months of the project now complete and the project now halfway through its duration, this meeting was particularly special: for the first time, the partners — FISOLA, IPB/CeDRI, Drivetel and TURNPAGE — were able to watch live demonstrations of what has been developed so far, with a focus on:

🔌 PCBs — the printed circuit boards developed for the system

⚙️ Backend — the FIWARE architecture and the platform’s data processing

🖥️ Frontends — the platform’s management and monitoring interfaces

🔒 Cybersecurity — the security solutions implemented to protect the infrastructure and communications

📍 Demonstration site — the location where the project’s demonstration lighting column will be installed was presented

Seeing 17 months of work come to life in real-world demonstrations is always a memorable moment. SMARTLIGHT is halfway there — and the next steps look promising! 🚀

On 22 July 2026, as part of the “Talk For Us – Emerging Scientific Advances at CeDRI” series, we were honoured to host a lecture entitled “Enabling Collaboration in Multi-Agent Systems for Cyber-Physical Applications”, delivered by Luis Piardi.