Reference Center for Automation and Robotics – CENTAURO
Description: The Reference Center for Automation and Robotics – CENTAURO – is a partnership among the Center for Industrial Technology Foundation of Ceará – NUTEC, through its Division of Mechanics, Electrics and Energy – DIMEE; the Federal University of Ceará – UFC, through the Department of Teleinformatics Engineering – DETI, and the support of the Secretariat for Science, Technology and Higher Education of Ceará – SECITECE – and of Rockwell Automation. The CENTAURO has as its main objective to allow an adequately supported and equipped conduction of research and development projects in the areas of Automation, Robotics and Electromagnetic Compatibility, with the prospect of incorporating machines, components and intelligent systems to the industrial and service processes.
Team: The CENTAURO has 8 Dr researchers, among which 4 are Professors at the PPGETI, besides 20 undergraduate and graduate students involved in the research topics of the Group.
Location: Industrial Technology Center of Ceará (NUTEC), Pici Campus.
Contact: José Tarcísio Costa Filho (jtcosta@ufc.br), Guilherme de Alencar Barreto (gbarreto@ufc.br), and George André Pereira Thé (george.the@ufc.br)
