An EU-funded project to enhance Europe's resilience on Critical Raw Materials supply through AI-driven robotics

Joined January 2025
We talked a fair bit about robotic performance in dismantling ops, but not enough about the exceptional humans working behind the scenes. Pedro Afonso Dias and Artur Cordeiro, great performance๐Ÿ˜ Thank you @INESCTEC for your hospitality and hosting the consortium in Porto!
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A wonderful collaboration with @Aerosub_Project and @AID4SME! Here's to more such meaningful engagements...
๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜ ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‹๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’” ๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘จ๐‘ฐ, ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’•๐’‚ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘น๐’๐’ƒ๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚๐’…๐’—๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’”๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’Š๐’“๐’„๐’–๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’š? ๐ŸŽฅ Watch our sister projects @iBot4CRMs & @AID4SME response๐Ÿ‘‡ #offshorewind #HorizonEU #AI #Data #Robotics
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Automated dismantling of Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) to recover #neodymium magnets are not just about taking off and putting on a few screws with #robots. This video from @INESCTEC, as narrated by Pedro Afonso Dias, will show the complexity. Watch: youtu.be/p8ilH-kdgWs?si=P6-Lโ€ฆ #Robotics
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Watch video: iBot4CRMs consortium visited INESC TEC Industry & Innovation Lab (iiLab) last week in Porto. Here's a glimpse into the robotic operations in material dismantling, sorting and recovery processes in #iBot4CRMs. Watch out for a longer video soon. We will drop it here!
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.@INESCTEC basically uses the iilab to test concepts and advanced technologies in the areas of #robotics, #automation, industrial cyber-physical systems (Internet of things) in the form of a showroom.
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iBot4CRMs retweeted
#ADRF26 wasnโ€™t only about showcasing technology. It was also a great opportunity to connect with sister #Horizon_EU projects @iBot4CRMs and @AID4SME @Adra_eu_ #AI #Data #Robotics
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Our GA is underway in Porto hosted by @INESCTEC. We're doing things differently this time by: โžก๏ธstepping back from current activities & previous decisions โžก๏ธcomparing perspectives scenario needs & tech ambitions โžก๏ธtest the logic: credible contribution to CRM recovery &evidence
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and finally, and most crucially, we're โžก๏ธidentifying gaps, alignments, uncertainty & disconnection before detailing pilot scenarios Tomorrow, we visit @INESCTEC lab for tour of their facility & their work in iBot4CRMs, especially the #AI-assisted #robotic dismantling process.
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iBot4CRMs retweeted
๐Ÿค– At #ADRF26 in Porto ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น, we connected with sister projects @Aerosub_Project and @iBot4CRMs to explore synergies in AI, data & robotics! ๐Ÿค #ADRF26 #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Data #Robotics #Collaboration #Innovation
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Drop by our booth no. 26 at #ADRF26, Porto. Our project reps can explain how we're applying #AI #Data #Robotics in different applications. iBot & Cogniman are using ADR to recover, recycle CRMs from urban waste, and demonstrate digital cognitive smart manufacturing, respectively
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Our coordinator Nabil Belbachir from NORCE Research addressed the #ADRF26 ession on "AI for Impact: Human Centricity, Circularity, Sustainability" Nabil showed the audience the first prototype motors for electric vehicles designed and simulated within the frame of iBot4CRMs.
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Nabil explained the process where researchers designed an EV motor that's easy to take apart so the strong magnets inside (NdFeb) can be pulled out and reused in new e-motors. The motor has been designed to enable AI-based robotic disassembly
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Meet the Cogniman & iBot4CRMs teams at booth 26 at #ADRF26! ๐Ÿ“†13-14 Oct 2026 ๐Ÿ“ The Alfรขndega do Porto Congress Centre, Portugal We'll also meet @Aerosub_Project at their booth number 10: they're developing robotic solutions tailored to various wind energy operating scenarios.
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Meet the @Aerosub_Project team at booth number 10 at #ADRF26!
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ. ๐€๐ƒ๐‘ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ 2026 ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌย ๐’•๐’๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’“๐’๐’˜! AEROSUB will be showcasing cutting-edge #robotics, #AI and digital technologies designed to transform #offshorewind inspection & maintenance Visit our stand nฬณoฬณ ฬณ1ฬณ0ฬณ at #ADRF26
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iBot4CRMs retweeted
Throughout @Adra_eu_ Forum, representatives from the AEROSUB consortium will share insights into autonomous robotics, AI-enabled inspection technologies and much more. Save the details on our speaking engagements and join the discussion #ADRF26 #Robotics #offshoreWind
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Our media library hosts project results related to recovery & recycling of #CriticalRawMaterials from urban waste streams. Access our materials: โžก๏ธBrochures, flyers and posters โžก๏ธProject videos, including webinars Click here to start exploring: ow.ly/gJKF50ZUR1W
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"But... can it scale?" This is a very common ask before industrial deployments of advanced tech. Next week at #ADRF26, we unpack this question in our "multimodal perception" workshop. 13 October | 16:45 CEST | Arrรกbida Room | Porto, Portugal Read more: ow.ly/ka2Z50ZUofL
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Why do perception tech work in labs but fail in industrial settings? EU projects COGNIMAN, iBot4CRMs, #MUPSIS, AeroNex tackle this at our workshop "Multimodal perception: from mature tech to industrial deployment" ๐Ÿ“†Oct 13, 17:00 CEST ๐Ÿ“#ADRF26, Porto ow.ly/pmh850ZOLCL
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Update: the time has changed to 16:45 pm instead of 17:00 pm CEST! Date remains the same, October 13!
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Update: The #ADRF26 workshop time will now take place at 16:45 pm on October 13, instead of 17:00 pm CEST! Save the date and time. If you're interested to know more about the convergence of AI, Data, and Robotics in real industrial deployments, then join us!
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Our workshop aims to unpack and explain some of these issues, including: 1๏ธโƒฃmultimodal sensor data pipelines, 2๏ธโƒฃannotation scarcity, 3๏ธโƒฃsim-to-real transfer gaps, 4๏ธโƒฃdeployment and integration 5๏ธโƒฃoperation and maintenance perspectives
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