Kids University 2018

Kids University 2018

Open Lab 

Also this year we are happy to participate in Kidsuniversity Verona, the annual event of popularization for children, teachers, families and institutions of the Verona area.

4th Edition from 13th to 23th September. Save these dates!

KidsLab University – Monday, September 17 from 8:45 to 12:15
the ALTAIR Laboratory will be open to schools.

During the morning it will be possible to visit the laboratory and see or participate in experimental demonstrations involving articulated manipulators, mobile robots on wheels, autonomous aircraft and robots for surgery.
The aim of the workshop is to introduce young people to the main areas of research in robotics: robotic surgery, human-machine interaction, assistance to elderly or disabled people, service robotics, search and rescue robots.

FamilyLab – Saturday 22 September from 10-11.30 (reservation only)
the ALTAIR Laboratory will be open to families with children aged 8 to 13 years.

Guided tour of the ALTAIR robotics laboratory, with Bogdan Maris, assistant professor of Robotics.
Kids and adults will have the opportunity to visit the robotics laboratory and participate in experimental demonstrations involving articulated manipulators, mobile robots, autonomous aircraft and robots for surgery.

Reservations at this link

More info about Kids University at this link

European Robotics Week 2018

European Robotics Week 2018

Alla scoperta della robotica, dai mattoncini Lego ai robot chirurgici.

Venerdì 23 Novembre il Laboratorio di robotica ALTAIR  ha aperto le porte al pubblico in occasione della European Robotics Week 2018 – Settimana Europea della Robotica 2018.

Nonostante la pioggia battente oltre quaranta visitatori si sono susseguiti nei tre turni di visite al laboratorio; un pubblico di grandi e piccoli appassionati di nuove tecnologie provenienti dal territorio veronese e incuriositi dall’insolita iniziativa.

Con l’aiuto degli studenti delle scuole superiori è stato mostrato come la robotica può essere imparata attraverso il gioco, usando i mattoncini Lego MindStorm per assemblare e programmare tre diversi progetti di robotica applicata a problemi quotidiani.
I progetti presentati sono il risultato del percorso Alternanza Scuola Lavoro (ASL) svolto a Giugno 2018 presso il Dipartimento di Informatica, esperienza che ha coinvolto un totale di 24 ragazzi provenienti da diversi istituti superiori del veronese e del vicentino.

I visitatori sono stati successivamente introdotti nel cuore della ricerca di ALTAIR, i robot attualmente in uso nel laboratorio sono stati messi in azione dalle mani esperte dei ricercatori ALTAIR: sonde medicali e un braccio robot di tipo cooperativo di recente acquisizione.
La visita si è conclusa con la presentazione del prestigioso robot da Vinci, una tecnologia oramai presente in molte sale operatorie d’Italia e di cui il laboratorio vanta uno dei pochi esemplari disponibili per scopo didattico nel nostro paese.

Un pomeriggio all’insegna della robotica dedicato a tutte le età per conoscere i progressi nel campo della ricerca universitaria e per scoprire come questa materia possa essere parte della nostra vita quotidiana.

È stato un piacere aprire le porte a piccoli e grandi, spiegare i progetti di robotica che stiamo sviluppando a Verona e come la robotica diventerà nel futuro sempre più onnipresente nella nostra vita quotidiana.

Bogdan Maris

Assistente Professore – ALTAIR Lab

“Sono soddisfatto del lavoro svolto assieme e dei risultati ottenuti dai ragazzi dell’Alternanza Scuola Lavoro. Mi auguro per loro sia stata un’esperienza formativa utile per il loro futuro e che si siano divertiti a programmare i robot.”
Andrea Roberti – Tutor ASL – ALTAIR Lab

“Capire come programmare sembra banale, ma è come mettersi a comunicare con un bambino, con uno strumento che capisce soltanto le cose basilari, quindi c’è da tener conto di ogni minimo errore. Non avevo mai fatto nulla del genere prima d’ora.”
Pietro Gobbetti – Studente ASL Liceo “S. Maffei” Verona

Seminar with Michele Guarnieri

Seminar with Michele Guarnieri

Robotic Solutions for Infrastructure Predictive Maintenance – A seminar by Michele Guarnieri – Co-Founder of HiBot Corporation

Date: 7 december 2018
Time: 11:00
Place: Aula Verde, Dip. Informatica

HiBot Corporation, since its establishment, has been committed to the development of practical robotic solutions for extreme environments.
It is now engaging in the development of products for performing dangerous jobs, such as inspections where human should not or cannot go. The use of robots, not only can make the operator’s working environment safer, but can also lead to a higher level of efficiency and reliability of inspection and data collection, which is used for preventive/predictive maintenance of infrastructures.
In his talk, Michele Guarnieri, will be presenting several robotic developments with showing videos and photos of each system.

See also: Interview at Il sole 24 Ore

Michele Guarnieri is the co-founder and executive director at HiBot Corporation. He received his “Laurea” degree in Computer Science from the University of Verona (Italy) in 2000. He moved to Japan in 2001 at Tokyo Institute of Technology with the Prof. Hirose Laboratory. There he received the MS and PhD degrees in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering respectively in 2004 and 2007. After establishing HiBot Corporation, some of his projects were awarded with the Robot Award from the Japanese Ministry of Economy (2010), the Edison Gold Award (2015), the World Economic Forum’s selection of Technology Pioneer (2015) and the IEEE Inaba Innovation Technology award in 2017.

OPEN LAB – EUROPEAN ROBOTICS WEEK 2018

OPEN LAB – EUROPEAN ROBOTICS WEEK 2018

OPEN LAB – EUROPEAN ROBOTICS WEEK 2018

Open Lab – European Robotics Week 2018

Also this year the ALTAIR laboratory is happy to participate in Kidsuniversity Verona, the annual event of popularization for children, teachers, families and institutions of the Verona area.

4th Edition from 13th to 23th September. Save these dates!

KidsLab University – Monday, September 17 from 8:45 to 12:15
the ALTAIR Laboratory will be open to schools.

During the morning it will be possible to visit the laboratory and see or participate in experimental demonstrations involving articulated manipulators, mobile robots on wheels, autonomous aircraft and robots for surgery.
The aim of the workshop is to introduce young people to the main areas of research in robotics: robotic surgery, human-machine interaction, assistance to elderly or disabled people, service robotics, search and rescue robots.

FamilyLab – Saturday 22 September from 10-11.30 (reservation only)
the ALTAIR Laboratory will be open to families with children aged 8 to 13 years.

Guided tour of the ALTAIR robotics laboratory, with Bogdan Maris, assistant professor of Robotics.
Kids and adults will have the opportunity to visit the robotics laboratory and participate in experimental demonstrations involving articulated manipulators, mobile robots, autonomous aircraft and robots for surgery.
Reservations at this link

More info about Kids University at this link