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2012
August 2012
A new robot developed by IDMind has been integrated in a interactive project of YDreams for the Brazil's Banco Bradesco. This robot, nicknamed Link 237, greets and provides assistance to visitors in a new branch of this Bank called Bradesco Next, located in São Paulo's high-end JK Iguatemi Mall.
Links about the project:
Link237 (Image: Egberto Nogueira)
2011
October de 2011
IDMind starts its activity in project FROG (Fun Robotic Outdoor Guide). FROG is a European Collaborative project funded through the Seventh Framework Program, with the following participants: IDMind (Portugal, SME), YDreams (Portugal, SME), Universiteit van Amsterdam (Netherlands), Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Spain) and Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (United Kingdom)
2010
February 2010
The new set of robots developed by IdMind were integrated in a joint interactive project with the YDreams company, for the Visitor´s Center of the “Ciudad Grupo Santander”, near Madrid, Spain. As a result of a consolidated know-how in mobile robotics, IdMind developed an innovative and worldwide unique solution.
Links about the project:
2009
November 2009
IdMind joins the Instituto Superior Técnico community of SPIN-OFFs. An initiative that aims to promote a more active relationship between companies whose origins are linked to IST, and a closer connection of these companies to IST.
January 2009
Inauguration of an innovative project created and developed entirely by IdMind for the “Centro Ciência Viva do Algarve”, called the “Jardim da Cigarra” (Garden of Cicada). An outdoor area, where interactive technological elements are mixed with native vegetation. Worth to notice is that all the energy power used comes from renewable sources: the sun, wind, and the visitors themselves.
2008
February 2008
IdMind's 3DSunTracker® won one of the five "Highly Commended" nominations of Premier Farnell's 2007 Live EDGE Electronic Design for the Global Environment challenge. About 3500 designs from 102 countries applied to this challenge and the panel of judges has distinguished the 3DSunTracker® for its effectiveness on solar energy production, easy installation and configuration.
The 3DSunTracker® system guarantees the perfect tracking of the sun by a solar panel system, with a maximum error of +/-1 degree. This tracker has been applied to an installation with concentration reflectors which has been producing up to 60% more power and 117% more energy than traditional fixed point panel system in the same conditions.
Meanwhile IdMind has celebrated a partnership with WS-Energia Lda which will integrate the 3DSunTracker® controller into their new DoubleSun® PV solar concentrators.
2007
August 2007
IdMind participated in C-ELROB 2007, an european competition of Search & Rescue robots in Switzerland, with the Raposa robot, in a joint team with Institute for Systems and Robotics (Instituto Superior Técnico), having achieved the 6th place (in 12) in the Urban trial.
June 2007
The Robotarium X, the first Robotarium in the world, will open in June 11th, in the Jardim Central, in Alverca (Portugal). The IdMind built all robots that "inhabit" this art and science installation, including all electronics and programming.
2006
May 2006
The Portuguese team IdMind - ISR/IST has participated at the ELROB 2006
- 1st European Land-Robot Trial 2006 in Hammelburg - Germany with the
Raposa robot. It was the only Iberian team to participate, and the innovative
docking mechanism plus the friendly user interface made quite an impression to all the participants, namely the German Military.
The Elrob organization has kindly made available some photos.
April 2006
Raposa was present at the
Hannover Messe 2006 in the
ICEP exhibition, as a representative
of the main innovative products developed in Portugal.
March 2006
IdMind builds a painting robot for the New York' American Museum of Natural History.
The construction of this robot follows an invitation made by the American Museum of Natural History
to the Portuguese artist Leonel Moura for the construction of a painter robot
that will live on the brand new "Humanity Room" of this museum, to be opened until the end of the year.
February 2006.
The Raposa project was selected as a finalist of the
Euron Tech Trasnfer Award.
The consortium project Raposa, developed by IdMind in close
collaboration with Instituto Superior Técnico,
was selected as a finalist for the annual Euron prize for projects involving technology transfers from the scientific/academic environment
to the industry - "Euron Tech Transfer Award".
2005
December 2005
RAPOSA was selected to enter ELROB 2006. - 1st European Land-Robot Trial 2006.
November 24-28, 2005
Leonel Moura with IdMind presents the Robot iSculpture in Lisbon Art - Modern Art Fair.
November 7, 2005
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October 13-16, 2005
Raposa explores a pipeline system of a simulated colapsed building in Eurosot international exercise.
October 4-5, 2005
Raposa robot demonstration at the tunnel security seminar, at Madeira island, integrated on the UpTun european program.
July 14, 2005
Public presentation at IST of the RAPOSA project, with significant media impact.
April 30, 2005
Closing of the RAPOSA consortium project.
March 2005
RAPOSA in tests at the Lisbon Fire Brigade,
in Chelas. The robot was able to climb stairs of standard inclination,
as planned, as well as to operate in zero ilumination conditions.
March 16-29, 2005
IdMind participated with the RAPOSA robot at SEGUREX’ 05
taking place at FIL, the only event in Portugal exclusively devoted to security, accident prevention and combat, search and rescue.
February 16-28, 2005
IdMind present at the EURON (European Robotics Research Network)
annual meeting, that took place at the Technical University of Warsaw, Poland.
2004
December, 2004
Launch of the Robotarium X project,
with the goal of building a space where different species of robots will "live".
May 2004
First
exhibition of Simbiotic Art, at the Antonio Prates gallery, Lisbon.
February 25-29, 2004
After an invitation by IBPC (Osaka Investment Promotion Center),
visit to several companies of Osaka, Japan,
that develop their activity in the mobile robotics field.
June 27 - July 5, 2004
IdMind collaborated with the organization of the scientific event
RoboCup 2004,
in particular in the construction of the several playfields where the games took place.
June 27 - July 5, 2004
About eight teams of the Junior robotic soccer league,
and one team of robotic dance were equipped with the IdMind Robotic Kits,
in their participation in the scientific event
RoboCup 2004.
2003
May 8-11, 2003
Robots on the spotlights at
Robotica2003
while winning the EPS and FRJ2x2 classes.
April 7-12, 2003
IdMind was present at the Hannover Messe
, considered the greatest worldwide fair of industrial innovation.
IdMind was selected by the ADI (Innovation Agency, Agência de Inovacao)
to represent Research and Development performed in Portugal.
The capabilities of Educational Robots were demonstrated, as well as its visual programming software.
November 20, 2002
IdMind signs the contract for the project RAPOSA.
This project goal is the development of a search and rescue robot.
It is funded by the POSI program and managed by ADI (The Innovation Agency).
We will be working in a partnership with IST/ISR, Lisbon, with the Lisbon Fire Brigade
and the University of South Florida - Perceptual Robotics Laboratory (USF - PRL).
April, 2002
Support and presence at "Robotica 2002
- second national festival of robotics", Aveiro.
2001
December, 2001
Changing to the new offices at the Incubation and Development Center (CID) at the Technologic Pole of Lisbon.
August, 2001
Launch of the collaboration with the Institute for Systems and Robotics
(ISR, Lisbon Pole) at the RESCUE project.
April, 2001
The INETE (Institute for Technical Education, Instituto de Educacao Tecnica) team,
using hardware from IdMind, won the ESP class at
Robotica 2001
- first national festival of robotics,
that took place in Guimaraes, from 25 to 28 of April of 2001.