Meet our partners: Interview with Top Data Science
Thank you for joining us today! Please could you give us a short introduction to Top Data Science in your own words? Top Data Science is an AI-oriented company, with a lot of knowledge and know-how on different topics of AI. We want to help our customers to improve on their products, production or anything […]
Meet our partners: Interview with AIMEN Technology Centre
Thank you for joining us today! Please could you give us a short introduction to Aimen, and explain your activities related to improving the competitiveness and technology know‐how of the manufacturing Industry? We are a Spanish Innovation and Technology Centre highly specialized in materials and in advanced manufacturing technologies, in particular joining technologies and laser […]
Better Factory at ERF2023, in Odense, Denmark
Better Factory, a project that aims to improve manufacturing processes through the use of robotics, participated in the 2023 European Robotics Forum (ERF2023) held in Odense, Denmark from March 14 to 16. The event was an opportunity for participants to explore first-hand how public, industrial, commercial, and scientific organizations are collaborating around robotics. Better Factory […]
Planet-friendly straws, eco wine production, smart envelopes, knitted shoes – Meet our 2nd round of KTE teams!
Meet the 9 new teams selected for Better Factory, an EU-funded project, disrupting factory innovation! ● Better Factory aims to help manufacturing SMEs to become more competitive globally, by using art and technology expertise to create new and personalised products● The 16-month programme boost each team (consisting of a manufacturing SME, an artist and a […]
Better Factory consortium meets in Portugal to discuss project progress!
Porto, Portugal – The Better Factory consortium recently held a meeting at INESC TEC to discuss the progress of the project, which is aimed at growing manufacturing businesses. The consortium consists of 14 organizations, including ED, HLX, Gestalt Rob, TLX, INOVA, SUPSI, GLUON, BIC, ICT Cluster, VTT, INESC TEC, UO, FPQC, CCIPB, TDS, AIMEN, HBD, […]
Better Factory at MWC2023, in Barcelona
From high-end smartphones, to futuristic robotics, this year’s Mobile World Congress event did not disappoint. Mobile World Congress (MWC) is one of the largest technology events of the year, with thousands of people arriving in Barcelona, Spain, for this tech event, 27 February – 2 March, 2023. Ever year, tens of thousands of senior executives […]
Better Factory’s 2nd Open Call: 63% submissions increase and Poland top applicant country
The Better Factory project is pleased to announce that it is currently closing the official selection process to choose the 9 teams that will participate in the second round of the project, over the next 16 months. Before we announce the winning teams, though, we wanted to present some data about the Second Open Call […]
Meet Better Factory at the European Robotics Forum, 14-16 March
The European Robotics Forum is being held this year from 14-16 March in Odense, Denmark. Odense is the third largest city in Denmark and the largest city on the island of Funen. The European Robotics Forum is 3-day event, and one of the most influential points in the calendar for the robotics and AI community in […]
Meet our partners: Interview with INESC TEC
Welcome to our interview series with the partners running Better Factory. Today we are lucky to be joined by one of our all-star team, César Toscano, to learn more about INESC TEC (Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science), and their role in the project! Thank you for joining us today! Please could […]
New Better Factory scientific paper: Autonomous Task Planning for Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems
The paper Autonomous Task Planning for Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems presents two case studies: a simple one to showcase the concepts of the proposed methodology, and a more elaborate one to demonstrate the effectiveness and validity of the methodology. A long version of paper has been submitted to the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and […]