Crop farming · robot maker
INESC TEC
Makes 4 robots for spraying & crop protection, crop scouting & yield data and mowing & vegetation control.
At a glance
Robots (4)
AgRob family and WETA
Earlier INESC TEC vineyard research robots for monitoring and pest and disease control.
Modular-E
Modular 'LEGO-like' vineyard robot that carries interchangeable tools: precision spraying, per-vine variable…
Modular-X
Larger sibling of Modular-E with more capacity, a bigger wheelset and more traction, aimed at forestry and…
PRYSM sprayer robot
Autonomous precision sprayer for steep Douro terraced vineyards. It applies product only where needed.
Spain and Portugal
Portuguese R&D institute. Demos at Quinta do Seixo (Sogrape) in the Douro with ADVID and InovTechAgro (https://bip.inesctec.pt/?p=38010). Industrial partner Pulverizadores Rocha (PT) on the PRYSM sprayer, which was shown at FIMA 2022 in Spain. Fertiliser module built with Herculano (PT).
Company size and funding
PRYSM funded with €200K via H2020 MEMERA; other work under Vine&Wines, AgendaTransform, NOVATERRA and SCORPION projects (INESC TEC news).
Company and contact
- Company
- INESC TEC (Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science), TRIBE Lab / Robotics and IoT for Smart Precision Agriculture and Forestry
- Based in
- Porto, Portugal
- Owner
- Independent / not stated
- Industry
- Crop farming
- Address
- Campus da FEUP, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
- info@inesctec.pt
- Phone
- +351 222 094 000
- Contact page
- inesctec.pt ↗
Facts from the maker’s own website, last checked 2026-10-29.
Documents (1)
Brochure (1)
Sources
- https://bip.inesctec.pt/en/noticias/modular-e-the-inesc-tec-robot-that-keeps-winning-international-awards/
- https://bip.inesctec.pt/?p=56287
- https://bip.inesctec.pt/?p=38010
- https://bip.inesctec.pt/en/noticias/inesc-tec-develops-autonomous-robot-to-prevent-pests-diseases-and-insects-in-mountain-vineyards/
- https://csi.inesctec.pt/?p=67
- https://www.inesctec.pt/en
- https://www.inesctec.pt/en/get-in-touch
- https://inesctec.pt/en/laboratories/tribe-laboratory-of-robotics-and-iot-for-smart-precision-agriculture-and-forestry
- https://www.inesctec.pt/uploads/inline/TEC4AGRO-FOOD%20(INESC%20TEC)%20Presentation.pdf