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Artificial Intelligence and Education
To teach to and with machines Artificial intelligence and didactics: an impossible combination? In Scuola di Robotica we believe that it could be possible. We imagine that Artificial Intelligence can be a valuable didactic tool. In fact, it is possible to use it - even in a simple and accessible [...]
Robots and medicine, the future passes here
Does medicine really need robotics? Let’s take a step-by-step look at the progress made by robotics in the medical field. Before introducing the first surgical robot, let’s explain what Robot Assisted Surgery means: it is a branch of medical engineering that develops surgical robots that allow the operator to perform [...]
Matteo Cestari of Omitech: six robots to help during the peak of COVID-19
During the peak of COVID-19, in March-June 2020, six humanoid robots helped to make the lives of patients in isolation and the work of hospital staff less burdensome. The six robots were placed by Omitech srl in the isolation rooms at the Circolo and Fondazione Macchi hospital in Asst Sette [...]
School of Robotics for the European Heritage Days: robots for art&culture
For some years now Scuola di Robotica has been committed to applying service robotics and digital tools to promote our cultural heritage. Since the 208-2019 school year, the NAO Challenge, the humanoid robot competition that we have been organizing for some years, has had as its objective and mission the [...]
None excluded from digital technologies! Webinars on the Erasmus project “No Gender Gap!”.
The Erasmus plus No Gender Gap! project, of which Scuola di Robotica is a partner, has created a platform full of courses and exercises in coding and educational robotics dedicated to girls and women. Two free webinars on gender education in coding and robotics will introduce the platforms and the [...]
Let’s go through the Erasmus plus “We are the Makers” project together
The We Are the Makers project, co-funded by the Erasmus Plus Programme, and of which Scuola di Robotica is a partner, will end in September. The partners have developed, in collaboration with several schools and many European students, several smart, useful, and some objects dedicated to a goal of solidarity, [...]
Free registration to No Gender Gap courses is now open!
Free enrolment to No Gender Gap courses is now open! Everyone can register here: https://canvas.instructure.com/enroll/L6NNLT No gender Gap! is the KA2 project co-financed by the Erasmus + program and with the objectives of developing a methodology and an educational platform dedicated to girls and women in difficult situations to support [...]
Directors of Museums and experts of Art Communication for the Presentation of the NAO Challenge 2021
The NAO Challenge 2021 opened on July 22nd, 2020 with a live broadcast, during which the organizers (School of Robotics, Softbankrobotics, and CampuStore) and Museum Directors and art communication experts were present. In fact, the mission of the 2021 edition concerns, by popular demand, the ideas, projects, and activities of [...]
The human factor in Service Robotics. A conversation with Simi Wang of Kenoon Robotics, and Luca Talevi of Holosafe
Robin Williamson (School of Robotics) has interviewed Simi Wang from Keenon Robotics in Shanghai, and Luca Talevi from Holosafe in Italy. The interesting and rich discussion pivoted around the issue of the acceptance of service robots by the public, and how to inform the customers about the usefulness of robots [...]
Self-driving cars: what issues of responsibility and ethics? Luca Gilardi talks about them.
Autonomous cars, and in general self-driven vehicles, are becoming more and more widespread and performing, and they are revolutionizing our concept of transport. This revolution, however, raises many ethical, legal, and social questions. Whose responsibility is it, for example, in the event of an accident involving autonomous vehicles? The manufacturer? [...]