LEAD - LABORATÓRIO DE CONTROLE E AUTOMAÇÃO, ENG. DE APLICAÇÃO E DESENVOLVIMENTO

Name

LEAD - LABORATÓRIO DE CONTROLE E AUTOMAÇÃO, ENG. DE APLICAÇÃO E DESENVOLVIMENTO

Legal name

LEAD - LABORATÓRIO DE CONTROLE E AUTOMAÇÃO, ENG. DE APLICAÇÃO E DESENVOLVIMENTO

Website

https://coep.ufrj.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LEAD is a university research laboratory at COPPE/UFRJ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, focused on control systems, automation, application engineering, and development, operating within a federal academic research structure rather than as a commercial enterprise.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Rio de Janeiro

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Core offering

LEAD is a university research laboratory operating under the GSCAR research group at COPPE/UFRJ, focused on control systems, industrial automation, application engineering, and development. It conducts applied research in simulation, control, automation, and robotics as part of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro's engineering research ecosystem. The laboratory operates alongside peer units LARC and LABCON within the university's COEP hosting infrastructure.

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• COPPE/UFRJcoreOthersLEAD is associated with COPPE (Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa de Engenharia) at UFRJ (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro). COPPE is a major engineering research institute in Brazil.
• LARCminorOthersLARC appears to be a related laboratory within the same institutional network, mentioned alongside LEAD on the COEP website.
• LABCONminorOthersLABCON appears to be a related laboratory within the same institutional network, mentioned alongside LEAD on the COEP website.
• GSCAR - Grupo de Simulação e Controle em Automação e RobóticaminorOthersGSCAR (Simulation and Control Group in Automation and Robotics) is a research group within COPPE/UFRJ. LEAD appears to be operationally associated with or part of the COEP infrastructure that hosts GSCAR.

Broad incumbents

• KUKA Robotics: KUKA is a major industrial robotics and automation solutions provider. Comparable in the robotics and automation technology domain where LEAD conducts academic research.
• Siemens Brazil: Siemens operates significant industrial automation and digital industries businesses in Brazil, with active R&D collaborations with Brazilian universities including UFRJ. Relevant as a large incumbent that overlaps in automation/control engineering.
• ABB Brazil: ABB is a global leader in industrial automation and robotics with operations in Brazil. Comparable as it operates in the same industrial automation/robotics domain where LEAD conducts research, though at vastly larger commercial scale.
• Embraer: Brazilian aerospace company with significant R&D operations including control and automation engineering work. Comparable as a Brazilian technology-intensive company with overlapping engineering research interests.
• FANUC: FANUC is a global leader in industrial robots, CNC systems, and automation. Comparable in the robotics and control engineering domain where LEAD focuses its academic research.

Regional players

• Yaskawa Brazil: Yaskawa is a global manufacturer of industrial robots and motion control products with operations in Brazil. Comparable in robotics and automation control — the same domain as LEAD's research.
• Petrobras R&D (CENPES): Petrobras's CENPES research center is one of the largest corporate R&D facilities in Brazil, conducting applied research including automation and control systems for the energy sector. Comparable as a major Brazil-based R&D entity with adjacent automation interests.
• SENAI (Brazilian National Industrial Training Service): SENAI operates industrial R&D institutes across Brazil, including in automation and robotics. Comparable as a Brazil-based applied research/technology organization operating in overlapping industrial automation domains.

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