Research, Development and Innovation (R+D+I)

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Emerging sectors

UPC participates in six alliances to research and develop new technologies in emerging sectors. Public and private entities collaborate to promote new scenarios such as smart factories, 3D printing, or quantum computing.

Among these collaborations, UPC leads Looming Factory. It's the alliance dedicated to accelerating the arrival of the Industry 4.0, a modernized industrial context where facilities, robots, and workers will be interconnected to achieve the same function.

UPC also participates in the Base3D, DRAC, FEM-IoT, FusionCAT, and QuantumCAT alliances.

You can download the User Guide for Emerging Sectors 

Emblems of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the European Union Regional Development Fund
Manufacturing a car with robotic arms

Looming Factory

Industry 4.0

3D printer

Base 3D

3D Printing

Intel Processor

DRAC

Computing Accelerators

Artistic representation of the connection of all objects that will entail the Internet of Things and the 5G network, especially in urban environments

FEM-IoT

Internet of Things

Representation of the moment before the fusion of two hydrogen atoms

FusionCAT

Nuclear Fusion

Artistic representation of the quantum dimension

QuantumCAT

Quantum Technology

The six alliances are part of the R&I (research and innovation) strategy for Catalonia's smart specialization (RIS3CAT) which, driven by the Generalitat, is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).