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
Acoustic methods for solid food texture evaluation (cheese, watermelon, pasta, etc.)
Analysis of contaminants and allergens in raw materials and finished products, flavour analysis, analysis of simple and complex carbohydrates
Analytical methods for detection of allergens of vegetal origin and hidden allergens in food products
Analytical methods for detection of microbial contamination in food (bacteria, viruses, moulds, yeasts)
Analytical methods for the detection of nanoparticles (metal nanoparticles, nanofibres and nanocapsules) in raw materials and finished products
Analytical methods for the evaluation of the effects of industrial processing on nutritional value of foods
Biosensors (enzymes, cells, antibodies,analyte and ions)
Characterization of soluble fibre in functional food
Chemical, gas, indoor air quality sensors, Lab-on-Chip
Cognition and autonomy for robots in unstructured environments
Colour analysis with destroing and non-destroying techniques
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, ...)
Detectors of ionizing radiation (X-rays, gamma, radon)
Electrical, power and magnetic sensors
Energy harvesting
Extraction and analytical methods for nutrients and functional elements
Fast and non-destructive spectroscopic methods and chemometrics for food quality evaluation
Fleets of mobile robots - Planning and coordination
Food decontamination and enzyme deactivation: high pressure homogenization, gas-plasma, pulsed electric fields
Food safety: analytical methods to evaluate the occurrence of toxic natural substances, process and environmental contaminanst
Grasping devices and robot manipulators
Hardware design
High resolution and solid phase nuclear magnetic resonance to assess food composition
Human-machine interfaces
Human-robot interactive collaboration in intrinsically safe work cells
Hydraulic actuators and motors
Integrated electronics of control and front-end, with analysis of the accuracy of the acquisition chain
Integration of vision systems for fixed and mobile robotics
Kinematic chains (belts, cams, reduction gears, crank thrusts, etc)
Mechanical sensors (accelerometers, gyroscopes, strain gauges, microphones); Tactile , force, torque sensors. Doppler laser sensors
Micro-actuators based on MEMS
Mobile Robots - localization and autonomous navigation
Mobile Robots - non-industrial applications
OGM detection in food
Optical sensors, waveguides and photonic structures, optics fibers
Packaging integration
Phase and state transition analysis in fresh, packaged or processed food