The SoftHand Team (UNIPI, IIT, qbrobotics) won the "Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Competition" at IROS 2016 in Korea with the highest score
qbrobotics, spinoff of Centro di Ricerca "E. Piaggio" of Pisa University and Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, was selected to present some of its products and results of technological transfer of European projects at Hannover Messe, the most important international fair of industrial automation.
Best paper Award at Haptics Symposium 2016 for the paper
A Wearable Fabric-based Display for Haptic Multi-Cue Delivery
Matteo Bianchi, Edoardo Battaglia, Mattia Poggiani, Simone Ciotti, Antonio Bicchi
Human and Robot Hands, Human and Robot Touch:Sensorimotor Synergies to Bridge the Gap Between Neuroscience and Robotics
Organized by Matteo Bianchi (UNIPI and IIT) and Alessandro Moscatelli (Univ. of Bielefeld)
Cesenalab organized an happy hour dedicated to robotics. Lucia Pallottino (Centro E.Piaggio - University fo Pisa) gave a demonostration of the Pisa-Iit Softhand
The President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies during her visit to the University of Pisa
The researchers showed their main research products and projects. The research team of Centro di Ricerca "E.Piaggio" shaked the president's hand with the Pisa-IIt softhand
Best Interactive Paper Award for a research supported by Softhands
at the International Conference of Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS 2015), November 3-5 Seoul, Korea
Dexterity augmentation on a synergistic hand: the Pisa/IIT SoftHand+
Cosimo Della Santina, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel Catalano, Alberto Brando, Antonio Bicchi
describing the a novel prototype of under-actuated robot hand, the Pisa/IIT SoftHand+
project
at the International Conference of Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS 2015), November 3-5 Seoul, Korea
Dexterity augmentation on a synergistic hand: the Pisa/IIT SoftHand+
Cosimo Della Santina, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel Catalano, Alberto Brando, Antonio Bicchi
describing the a novel prototype of under-actuated robot hand, the Pisa/IIT SoftHand+
Walkman, the humanoid robot created by Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in collaboration with Centro "E.Piaggio" - Università di Pisa, arrives in Tuscany on September 23rd for a demo in euRathlon, when it will demonstrate its ability to operate in a challenge and realistic scenario, performing tasks such as driving a car, open doors using its hands and closing an industrial safety valve. Some of the scenarios the robot has been designed to face include nuclear disaster or earthquake.
On September 25th walkman and the PISA/IIT Softhand will arrive in Pisa for BRIGHT - The Researchers Night, at the booth of Centro Piaggio, when people will have the possibility to try the softhand for grasping different objects.
