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

Joined January 2025
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πŸ€– How can smart robotics transform urban mining? Nabil Belbachir, @iBot4CRMs Project Coordinator, shares how self-learning robots can recover Critical Raw Materials and how iBot4CRMs & AID4SME can drive Industrial AI adoption. Read the interview πŸ‘‡ aid4sme.eu/ibot4crms-project…
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1/3 We said goodbye to @Ecomondo last week after 4 days of meeting the waste and resource management community! As @ISWA_org we support stakeholders in advancing the #circulareconomy through our global network and expertise in solid waste management.
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ISWA represented two EU-funded projects: @iBot4CRMs & @wood2wood_EU both part of the RECAP cluster. At @Ecomondo, we also attended discussions on global supply chains and EU-Africa cooperation through the @EU_JRC's Raw Materials Information System (RMIS) session.
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3/3 iBot4CRMs also connected with initiatives like PERMANET project, working on rare earth elements and permanent magnets. See you next year at @Ecomondo with concrete pilot results and progress on CRM recovery and recycling!
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1/3 A cross-project connection! Last year @wood2wood_EU brought @Reboat_Project to a workshop at @Ecomondo exploring circularity via recycling ReBoat tackles island waste surges in Greece with a mobile boat-based recycling plant, turning plastics and textiles into new products.
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2/3 This year, we reconnected with Omar Maschi from Centrocot, who joined both the W2W workshop last year and our bioeconomy market-testing session this year, sharing insights from BIOWISE project. Thanks to Omar we also met his colleague Paolo Armando at the Centrocot booth.
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3/3 As an EU-funded project, iBot4CRMs believes in supporting the wider Horizon Europe community. We're happy to spotlight @Reboat_Project and its work towards more sustainable island communities. Here's to future collaborations and workshops exploring different waste streams!
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Securing steady supply of CRMs is key to strengthening strategic autonomy & competitiveness of the EU & cooperation with Africa is central to that effort. At @Ecomondo we joined the session on "Strengthening the knowledge base of EU-Africa cooperation for CRM data with the RMIS.
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Within this session, the @EU_Commission' @EU_JRC presented their web-based RMIS knowledge platform which provides information on raw materials and associated value chains in the context of sustainability, including supply risks and circularity.
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If our network is at @Ecomondo drop by the ISWA booth in Hall B6-D6, Stand 3. Our project brochures are on display and the ISWA team will be eager to speak to you about synergies/collaborations with our project that is working to recover and recycle #CriticalRawMaterials.
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At #ADRF26, AID4SME, @Aerosub_Project and @iBot4CRMs explored how AI, Data & Robotics can boost materials circularity, sustainable renewable energy and SME support. πŸŒ±πŸ€– πŸŽ₯ Watch the video to discover how innovation turns into impact!
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Thank you for supporting our project @AID4SME - we will share the support soon!
πŸ€– How can smart robotics transform urban mining? Nabil Belbachir, @iBot4CRMs Project Coordinator, shares how self-learning robots can recover Critical Raw Materials and how iBot4CRMs & AID4SME can drive Industrial AI adoption. Read the interview πŸ‘‡ aid4sme.eu/ibot4crms-project…
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πŸ—ΊοΈ A mine reshapes its landscape over years, not weeks. Land Cover Mapping turns satellite time series into a consistent record of that change. youtube.com/watch?v=0gJdz0Mx… #GRAMVision #EnvironmentalMonitoring
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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 performance😁 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...
π‘―π’π’˜ 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝑨𝑰, 𝑫𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π‘Ήπ’π’ƒπ’π’•π’Šπ’„π’” 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 π’”π’–π’”π’•π’‚π’Šπ’π’‚π’ƒπ’Šπ’π’Šπ’•π’š 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’„π’Šπ’“π’„π’–π’π’‚π’“π’Šπ’•π’š? πŸŽ₯ Watch our sister projects @iBot4CRMs & @AID4SME responseπŸ‘‡ #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-L… #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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#ADRF26 wasn’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: ➑️stepping back from current activities & previous decisions ➑️comparing perspectives scenario needs & tech ambitions ➑️test the logic: credible contribution to CRM recovery &evidence
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and finally, and most crucially, we're ➑️identifying 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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