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UTEC Norte graduate develops a smart pets dispenser

From physics teacher to engineer. Horacio De Crezencio, a graduate in Control and Automation Engineering, has a project that allows each animal to be fed in a personalized way usi...

Urubots returns to the global stage at RoboCup and the FIRA RoboWorld Cup 2026

The UTEC robotics team has once again qualified for two of the world's most demanding robotics competitions. They are preparing to travel to South Korea and Canada starting in Jun...

Students from UTEC Norte visited logistics hubs in Belgium and the Netherlands

Máximo and Katerin, Logistics Engineering students in Rivera, traveled to Europe at the beginning of the year through an International Mobility Scholarship from UTEC. This is an e...

A UTEC project enabled the recovery of a telescope and the reopening of the observatory at the San Javier School in Tacuarembó.

A student of Control and Automation Engineering at UTEC worked on the automation of the historic equipment built in 1979 by the priest and teacher Eduardo Giribaldi.

UTEC and the Cerro Largo Municipality launched the MoviMelo app: a tool for getting around more easily and sustainably

Plan bus routes and walking itineraries, view real-time bus locations, and access information about points of interest, plazas, museums, and city events. These are the main featur...

A challenge for schoolchildren and teenagers served as a first experience for research and innovation

At UTEC Rivera, students from elementary school through high school participated and presented proposals such as an inclusive cooperative to facilitate youth employment or a smart...

A university open to the world: UTEC welcomes professors from China and the United States who shared their language and culture.

These experiences were developed within the framework of the internationalization initiatives promoted by the Global Center's Language Program.

"Uruguayan style": Urubots achieved a podium finish in an international robotics competition in South Korea.

The Technological University's robotics team, Urubots, once again flew high in international competitions, after taking first place in a technical challenge and third place in the...

UTEC students automated a Uruguayan custom

It was a project by two students from the Logistics Engineering program at UTEC Rivera who wanted to represent a Uruguayan ritual like drinking mate through technology.