TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES
EDGE COMPUTING & IOT
- Sensor processing
- Self-diagnosis
- Smart predictos and estimators
ADVANCED VIDEO ANALYTICS
- Biometry
- Facial recognition
- Object detection and human tracking
- Emotion recognition
- Gesture recognition
AI ENABLED USER INTERFACE
- Personal assistants
- Chatbots
DATA SCIENCE
- Data mining
- Data analytics
- Big data
MACHINE LEARNING
- Un/semi/supervised learning
- Reinforcement learning
- Neural networks
- Deep learning
- Long short-term memory
SOFTWARE AUTOMATION
- Software bots
- Robot process Automation
- Business process modelling
ADVANCED TEXT ANALYTICS
- Natural language processing and synthesis
- Text generation
- Text to speech / speech to text
- Sentiment analytics
COMPUTER VISION
- Pattern detection, recognition and tracking
- Image recognition, classification, and tagging
- Quality assessment automation
- Unattended vehicles and robots
- Digitizing paperwork
MODELLING
- Complex systems modelling
- State-transition modelling
- Automatic classification
- Knowledge representation and reasoning
APPLICATION AREAS
DECISION BOARD
- Decision support system
- Enhanced risk management
- Operational efficiency
- Business optimization
INDUSTRY 4.0
- Automated diagnosis
- Predictive maintenance
- Quality testing automation
- Unplanned downtime avoidance
- Prediction of yield detractors
RETAIL AND MARKETING
- Real-time personalized recommendations
- Improvement in engagement
- Pricing & merchandising optimization
- Context-aware marketing
- Social media analytics
FACILITIES
- Remote building management
- Energy expenditure reduction
- Automated regulatory assessment
- Smarter security solutions
LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
- Smart inventory management
- Route planning optimization
- Unattended warehouse robots
- Demand prediction
SECURITY
- Intrusion detection
- Crowd counting
- Behavioral detection and modelling
- Network protection and surveillance
CUSTOMER CARE & SUPPORT
- Natural language processing & synthesis
- Sentiment analysis
- Processing claim documents
- Chatbots
HEALTH
- Smart patient health monitoring
- Medical imaging diagnosis
- Cognitive impairment assessment
- Assistive robotics for elderly people
MOBILITY
- In-car commands and communication
- Context awareness
- Pedestrian detection and obstacle avoidance
- Autonomous driving
FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE
- Real-time fraud prevention
- Decentralized consensus algorithms
- Smart risk/credit assessment
- Increasing regulatory compliance
RELATED PROJECTS
- The Motion Control and Industrial Applications (MCIA) Research Group at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) is participating in the OPTIMA project, which aims to design and develop a high-efficiency, fully integrated bifacial photovoltaic system. This system is engineered for optimal performance and adaptability, particularly for installation on flat rooftops of buildings with high energy demands, such as commercial and industrial facilities.
- The UPCxels project, led by the Intelligent Data sciEnce and Artificial Intelligence Research Group (IDEAI-UPC) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), aims to create an open, cross-sectoral platform for a shared data space across multiple fields, with a special focus on the agri-food sector.
- A multidisciplinary research team led by the Intelligent Data sciEnce and Artificial Intelligence Research Group (IDEAI-UPC) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) is participating in the Agrixels project, which aims to create an agricultural information standard—essentially, a data ecosystem—designed for AI-based services in the agri-food sector.
- The Food Safety and Control Research Center (CRESCA) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – BarcelonaTech (UPC), in collaboration with the Aquamaris Foundation, has developed a system that allows irrigation using seawater without the need for filtration, desalination, or chemical treatment, both in agriculture and gardening. The new system enables the adaptation of ornamental garden plants and leafy vegetable crops, eliminating the need for fresh water entirely.




