Database providing access to the High Technology Network's industrial research offering: research competences, type of analyses and tests available at the Laboratories. Companies can consult the Catalogue to find Laboratories and researchers that match their needs.
Competence
Acquisition and pre-processing of signals for model identification
Biomarker identification to assess the effects of bioactive components in humans
Cognition and autonomy for robots in unstructured environments
Continuous-time and discrete-time mathematical modeling of systems and processes
Control algorithms and cognitive techniques
Control architectures for actuators
Data transmission systems, communications (bus, internet, wireless, etc.)
Designe of specific software application (acquisition, processing, control, supervision, ...)
Discrete events mathematical modeling of systems and processes
Effects of industrial processes on the nutritional qualities of foods
Evaluation of dietary habits of the population in order to identify risk behaviours and prevention strategies
Evaluation of the interactions between food matrix and bioactive components
Evaluation of the organoleptic characteristics of food bioactive components and related food
Evaluation of the physical, chemical, and microbial characteristics of products
Extraction of bioactive components from food waste (polyphenols, omega3 and omega6 fatty acids)
Finite element simulation (FEM)
Fleets of mobile robots - Planning and coordination
Formal languages for systems modeling (Unified Modeling Language-UML and SysML-System Modeling Language)
Functional compounds characterization from raw materials, ingredients, food and food industry left-overs
Grasping devices and robot manipulators
Hardware design
Human studies for the validation of nutritional/health claims (including analysis of biological samples and statistical analysis of the results)
Human-machine interfaces
Human-robot interactive collaboration in intrinsically safe work cells
Hydraulic actuators and motors
Identification of models and parameters estimation
Infinite-dimensional mathematical modeling of systems
Integration of vision systems for fixed and mobile robotics
Kinematic chains (belts, cams, reduction gears, crank thrusts, etc)
Market survey and consumer trends towards functional foods
Mathematical modelling for product/process optimization
Micro-actuators based on MEMS
Mobile Robots - localization and autonomous navigation
Mobile Robots - non-industrial applications
Modeling of the collision of bodies in mechanical systems
Non-parametric modeling (neural networks, etc.)
Optimization of raw material selection for food processing/products
Packaging, designing and testing: choice of the proper materials for the desired product
Packaging, designing and testing: shelf-life evaluation of food products and bioactive components
Piezoelectric actuators