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The Biorobotics Institute
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Advanced education, frontier research and innovation: this is The BioRobotics Institute of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, founded in 2011. The Institute has built a vast wealth of knowledge and expertise in several fields of biorobotics, such as: social robotics, industrial robotics, assistive/rehabilitation/surgical robotics, neural engineering, cognitive systems, bio-inspired robots and their ethical, legal, social and economic implications.
The Institute aims to act as a linking bridge among international centres of knowledge and to create a new concept of engineers that are scientists, inventors, entrepreneurs and problem solvers.
Our mission is based on three pillars:
- Education, at all levels of postgraduate training: a MSc in Bionics Engineering and a PhD program in BioRobotics;
- Research, organized in 8 research Areas and 10 research Laboratories;
- Innovation, which promotes entrepreneurial skills such as the ability to invent, to file patents and to create start-up companies.
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 event will feature lectures from Sant’Anna School Professors Barbara Henry and Silvestro Micera
Calogero Oddo will focus on artificial touch, bionic prostheses and telepresence robots. Exploring the up-to-date research findings and industry practices in telepresence robots for medical and homecare applications, Oddo will also highlight the opportunities in student mobility and international exchange programs
On October 16 - 20, the ICNR (International Conference on Neurorehabilitation), WeRob (The International Symposium on Wearable Robotics), INBOTS (Inclusive Robotics for a better society) international events feature presentations from academics, industry representatives on the latest key findings in robotics research
Research Areas
56025 - Pontedera, Italy
tel. +39 050 883420
fax +39 050 883497
istitutobiorobotica@santannapisa.it