Industrial Research Institute for Automation and Measurements – PIAP was established in 1965. Currently, PIAP employs about 170 people, including 20 researchers with Ph.D. degree or higher – i.e. professorship – degrees, 80 researchers with M. Sc. degrees, administrative and technical staff - 70 employees. Generally PIAP activity consists in scientific and technical research, design and small to medium scale production, as well as introducing modern control and instrumentation technologies and systems (including robotics) to industrial enterprises, especially SMEs. In particular, PIAP has significant knowledge and experience in:
• systems and devices of automation,
• robotics and robotised systems including mobile robots,
• telemetry and monitoring in industry, monitoring of industrial installations and transportation forms with the aid of satellite links,
• measuring methods, systems, technologies and equipment for industry as well for environmental protection and environmental technologies,
• industrial communication networking,
• vision systems supported by software packages, especially in SMEs.