IRTIC

What IRTIC does

IRTIC (Instituto Universitario de Investigación de Robótica y Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones) is a university research institute of the Universitat de València, located at the Parc Científic de la Universitat de València in Paterna, Valencia, Spain. The institute operates as a platform of four specialized research groups: ARTEC (Aplicaciones y Robótica Telemática, focused on real-time computer graphics and virtual reality), LISITT (Laboratorio Integrado de Sistemas Inteligentes, Tecnologías de la Información y Tráfico), LSYM (Laboratorio de Simulación y Modelado), and DINA (distributed intelligent systems). Its research spans robotics, ICT, intelligent transport systems, real-time graphics, simulation, and data spaces, with active involvement in European Commission projects including xShare (European Health Data Space) and the Territorio y Sostenibilidad data space initiative with Kiwa España.

The institute's most material applied engagement is the LISITT group's long-term responsibility for the maintenance and modernization of the Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT) traffic management telematics systems in Spain. Other notable outputs include the ODServa virtual-reality educational project (awarded at the I Congreso Iberoamericano de Creación y Fabricación Digital) and academic contributions at international venues such as EATIS. Revenue is generated entirely through competitive public research grants (Spanish and European), institutional funding from the Universitat de València, and consortium participation; IRTIC is not a commercial product company and maintains no public pricing model. Distribution occurs through academic publications, conferences, consortia, and direct public-sector project execution rather than commercial channels.

Operationally, IRTIC has approximately 33 employees, is governed within the Universitat de València's academic structure, and carries no external venture or private equity ownership. Its primary customer segment is public administration and government (notably DGT), with secondary engagement of EU regulatory bodies and territorial data stakeholders. The institute's value proposition rests on access to university talent, deep domain specialization in robotics and ICT, and positioning within European data space and health data regulatory initiatives.

Name

IRTIC

Legal name

Instituto Universitario de Investigación de Robótica y Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (IRTIC)

Website

https://irtic.uv.es

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

IRTIC is a university research institute at the Universitat de València in Paterna, Spain, operating four research groups (ARTEC, LISITT, LSYM, DINA) in robotics, ICT, intelligent transport systems, simulation, and data spaces. It serves Spanish and EU public-sector clients, principally the DGT traffic authority, via competitively funded research and European consortia.

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Product category

Academic Research & Development Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

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PRIMARYEDADAKAH

Research Administration & Compliance (Sponsored Programs, IRB/REB)

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Institutional Governance & Administration (School/College/University Admin)

Keywords

• Robotics research
• ICT development
• University research institute
• Computer graphics research
• Intelligent transportation systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Paterna

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Research Grants and Funding: Funded through competitive research grants from public bodies, European Commission projects (xShare, EHDS), and institutional funding from Universitat de València. Revenue derives from project-based funding rather than commercial product sales.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

IRTIC is a university research institute at the Universitat de València that conducts applied research and development in robotics, information and communication technologies, real-time computer graphics, intelligent transportation systems, and data spaces. It organizes its work around four research groups (ARTEC, LISITT, LSYM, and DINA) executing publicly and privately funded R&D projects for public agencies and European consortia.

Product overview

IRTIC (Instituto Universitario de Investigación de Robótica y Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones) is a university research institute at the Universitat de València. It operates as a platform of research groups rather than a product company. The institute comprises four main research groups: ARTEC (real-time computer graphics and virtual reality), LISITT (intelligent systems for traffic and mobility), LSYM (simulation and modeling), and DINA (distributed intelligent systems). Research projects include ODServa (sustainability education through VR), xShare (European Health Data Space/Botón Amarillo initiative), and the Territory and Sustainability Data Space. The institute also supports modernization of the DGT (Dirección General de Tráfico) traffic management systems through its LISITT group.

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Products and services

• ARTEC Research Group Standing research group conducting R&D in autonomous robotics, real-time systems, and automation for public-sector and European research clients.
• LISITT Research Group Research group at IRTIC dedicated to logistics, information systems, and simulation topics.
• LSYM Research Group Research group at IRTIC focused on real-time computer graphics, animation, and visualization.
• DINA Research Group Research group at IRTIC focused on data networks, information technologies, and communications.
• IDENTIFIED Project Applied research project with the Spanish Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT) on connected vehicle and intelligent transportation systems.
• EHDS Project European research project on the European Health Data Space (EHDS), developing data-sharing infrastructure and governance.
• xShare Project European research project supporting data space implementations and interoperability for cross-sector data sharing.
• REVEAL Project Active research project at IRTIC covering applied robotics/ICT research.

Quantifiable outcome

• ODServa project: Virtual reality education for sustainability received Premio de Educación y Ciencia at I Congreso Iberoamericano de Creación y Fabricación Digital
• +1 more outcomes

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Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Kiwa EspañacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 June 2026IRTIC participates as a partner in the 'Territorio y Sostenibilidad' (Territory and Sustainability) data space project led by Kiwa España. This data space infrastructure enables public administrations, cooperatives, cofradías, companies, and territorial agents to share, connect, and leverage data in a secure and governed manner.
• xShare ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026IRTIC participates in the xShare project, which relaunched an open call for early users of the 'Botón Amarillo' (Yellow Button) to demonstrate readiness for the European Health Data Space (EHDS) regulation. The project supports expanded use cases for health data interoperability.
• Parc Cientific de la Universitat de València (PCUV)coreOthersIRTIC is part of the scientific-academic area of the Parc Cientific de la Universitat de València, which provides the institutional infrastructure and ecosystem for research activities.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique): France's national research institute dedicated to digital science and technology. Operates a similar publicly-funded, multi-site research model across computer science, robotics, and AI with comparable group-based structure and EU consortium participation.
• TNO (Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek): Dutch applied scientific research organization with similar publicly-funded model and focus areas in traffic/mobility, ICT, and data infrastructure. Comparable in operating as a contract-research organization for government and industry.
• Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS): Spanish national supercomputing center with academic consortium governance. Comparable as a publicly-funded Spanish research center specializing in high-performance computing, simulation/modeling, and EU project participation.
• Fraunhofer Institute: Germany's leading applied research organization with dozens of specialized institutes covering ICT, robotics, simulation, and traffic systems. Directly comparable to IRTIC's applied research group model and public-contract project delivery approach.
• VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland: Finland's national applied research organization with similar public-contract model, multi-disciplinary applied research groups, and EU consortium participation across ICT, mobility, and data spaces.

Direct peers

• CWI (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica): Dutch national research center for mathematics and computer science. Comparable structure as a publicly-funded research institute with group-based organization, university affiliation, and applied ICT research including data/semantic technologies.
• Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe: Valencia-based biomedical and applied science research center with similar academic-affiliation structure, grant-funded revenue model, and multi-disciplinary research group organization.
• ITI (Instituto Tecnológico de Informática): Valencia-based ICT research center closely associated with the Universitat Politècnica de València. Operates as a non-profit applied research institute with similar government and industry project delivery, comparable funding model, and overlapping ICT/telematics focus.
• CERTH / ITI (Centre for Research and Technology Hellas / Information Technologies Institute): Greek research center with comparable group-based structure, EU project participation in traffic/transport and data spaces, and academic-affiliated public research institute governance model.

Others

• European Commission's DG DIGIT / EU Publications Office research programs: While not a direct peer, the EU's funding and standardization programs in data spaces, EHDS, and mobility are the primary customer/ecosystem for IRTIC's research outputs, making them the most relevant contextual counterpart for understanding the institute's addressable opportunity space.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/IRTIC_UV
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCb__e0QelOoqcH3pr7gNjRQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/IRTIC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/irtic-uv
• Instagraminstagram.com/irticuv

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Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

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