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The Biorobotics Institute
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How our research in robotics can make society more inclusive for elderly and disabled people
Advanced education, frontier research and innovation: this is The BioRobotics Institute of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, founded in 2011. With time the Institute has built a wealth of knowledge and expertise in several fields of biorobotics and bionics, such as medical robotics, wearable technologies, collaborative robotics, bioinspired robotics, neuroscience robotics, rehabilitation robotics and implantable technologies.
The Institute promotes the internationalization of didactics and scientific research through collaboration with the most prestigious international knowledge centers. The Institute aims to educate engineers that are scientists, inventors, entrepreneurs and problem solvers.
Our mission is based on three pillars:
- Education: MSc in Bionics Engineering and PhD program in BioRobotics;
- Research: scientific publications, national and international research projects, joint labs;
- Innovation: start-up companies, patents and industrial contracts.
The BioRobotics Institute has also activated an Educational Robotics program with schools in Tuscany, Italy. The program aims at bringing technology and robotics in schools and using them as a new instrument for teaching scientific and technical subjects.
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The aim is “making robots small, adaptable, and responsive to external stimuli, with the ability to deform and change morphology, but also to repair themselves” says Arianna Menciassi, project coordinator. The robots will be inspired by marine organisms able to perform tasks in response to environmental stimuli and to adapt to the environment
The workshop will be held on Monday 23 May 2022, in the context of the ICRA 2022, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. The main organizer of the international workshop is Paolo Dario, Emeritus Professor at The BioRobotics Institute of Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
In Europe at least 2.5 million people live with disabilities. The PROMOTE project aims to solve the shortage of specialists in orthopedic technology with a teaching model that is transferable across the EU. "We will create a training pathway of excellence that combines Master's degrees, PhDs and higher education," says Emilio Trigili, post-doctoral at The BioRobotics Institute of Sant'Anna School, project partner
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