Grupo Nueva Pescanova has launched "Sensomare," an industrial research project focused on developing "new solutions" supported by Artificial Intelligence (AI), with the aim of optimizing the detection of "foreign bodies" in fish-derived products, as the company communicated this Thursday.
The initiative represents a global investment of 1,497,000 euros and has public funding of 793,388 euros within the Nexos program, aimed at supporting strategic R&D and industrial innovation projects.
In this framework, "Sensomare" is structured around improving the quality control of seafood products through photonic technologies and advanced AI algorithms, capable of automatically identifying low-density "defects and foreign bodies."
At the same time, the project aims to promote the automation of internal logistics in production plants through autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), prepared to operate "safely and efficiently" in both ambient temperature areas and freezing chambers.
Grupo Nueva Pescanova points out that these tools will allow for "increasing" product quality and traceability, "reducing errors and waste," raising "production efficiency," and moving towards smart and digitized factory models.
The development of the initiative will be led by Pescanova España, which heads the project consortium, along with Isega Technology, Binarial Automatización y Robótica, and ASM Soft, and will have the cooperation of entities such as Anfaco-Cytma and the University of Vigo.
"Sensomare" will have a duration of three years and will extend until September 30, 2028, according to the information provided by the company.