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Three days of technology for health services and over 500 participants from all around the world at the Bio-Rob 2012 Medical Robotics Conference organized in Italy by Università Campus Bio Medico di Roma in the Sala Angelicum of the Pontifical University.
The top experts in this sector will meet in work sessions and training workshops.
One of the most exciting projects is Evryon, an Italian project that uses exoskeletons to help people with disabilities and motor difficulties; Time electrodes will probably be used within the year to improve robotic hands that will be operated directly be cerebral impulses.
Minister Francesco Profumo will address the works via videoconference.
Tomorrow, for the last conference day, the awards ceremony for the “Futurobot” Competition will be held at 6:30 pm. The Competition, launched at the RomeCup 2012 - Excellence in Robotics in Rome, was promoted by the Laboratorio di Robotica Biomedica and Biomicrosistemi of the Campus Bio-Medico in collaboration with the Fondazione Mondo Digitale.
The winning projects are:
- Upstairs by Antonello Corvaro and Yael Hadad
- Ping by Chiara Pucci, Giampaolo Pucci and Erika Farroni
Alfonso Molina, Professor of Technology Strategy at the University of Edinburgh and Scientific Director of the FMD, was one of the jury members that selected the projects. Prof. Molina will also participate in a round table on “Robots and Society” before the awards ceremony.
For further information: Conference Programme
