Research projects
Endless innovation.
Prensilia, thanks to its experience in the field of robotics and prosthetics and its network, took part in various research projects, collaborating with partners at Italian, European and International level. We strongly believe in research, especially when shared with both public and private partners.
The synergy of ideas and people is the best driver for innovation.
Sharing the same goal and cooperating for its success is the true essence of research.
From 2016 to today.
Our research projects.
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DANTE
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MAGNELIQ
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DANTE
DANTE CONSORTIUM
SCFM
Prensilia
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
The project.
DANTE is a project funded by the Italian General Secretariat of Defence, in collaboration with Agenzie Industrie Difesa – Stabilimento Chimico-farmaceutico Militare di Firenze (SCFM).
The project objective is to design and develop an auto-injector to be manufactured in Italy.
The chemists and pharmacists of SCFM have the role to provide the technical requirements for the development of the auto-injector prototype. Their wide experience, gained during years of managing supplies, testing and assembly of imported auto-injectors, will be exploited together with that of researchers at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and Prensilia, the latter having wide experience in research activities related to the development of medical and robotic devices.
The relevance of the DANTE project represents an objective of research and development of national interest that will allow the Italian Army to be self-sufficient with a 100% “Made in Italy” device. The availability of auto-injectors that will be manufactured following high quality standards (EU-GMP), will allow to develop innovative emergency treatments and increase the availability of these system for the civil population. The new auto-injector will increase the response capability of the military personnel, increasing its autonomy and safety during national and international missions.
DANTE IN FIGURES
Starting date July 15, 2022
Duration 18 motnhs
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MAGNELIQ
MAGNELIQ CONSORTIUM
Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Praga, Czech Republic
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Istituto Officina dei Materiali, Trieste, Italy
University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
Prensilia SRL, Pontedera, Italy
The project.
Prensilia is part of the MAGNELIQ project. The MAGNELIQ. project (a magneto-electric liquid – better sensing) is a research project funded under the Horizon 2020 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and coordinated by the Jožef Stefan Institute di Lubiana (Slovenia).
MAGNELIQ aims at developing a radically new class of materials: magneto-electric (ME) liquids. The project will combine experimental studies with theoretical modelling to design liquids that will be able to have their magnetic properties manipulated with an electric field, and vice-versa.
The ME materials will be used to generate a series of break-through sensing technologies, such as:
- Distributed-force sensors for robotics and prosthetics;
- Miniature, contactless and all-dielectric rotation sensors for industrial, transportation and medical applications;
- Remote and secure voltage and current measurements for smart grids.
MAGNELIQ IN FIGURES
Starting date November 1st, 2020
Duration 48 months
Financing ~3 mln EUR
Call FET-Open Challenging Current Thinking
Grant Agreement no. 899285
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APRIL
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DeTOP
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A-PROMISE
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APRIL
APRIL CONSORTIUM
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid – Life Supporting Technologies (LST), Spain
Prensilia SRL, Pontedera, Italy
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany
Tree Technology SA, Spain
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
Przemysłowy Instytut Automatyki i Pomiarów, Poland
The BioRobotics Institute – Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy
INESCOP – Footwear Technology Center, Spain
Kontor 46, Italy
Silverline, Turkey
Asociacion de Investigation de Industrias Carnicas del Principado de Asturias (ASINCAR), Spain
PEMU Plastic Processing Company, Hungary
OSAI Automation System, Italy
Imprensa Nacional – Casa de Moeda, S. A., Portugal
The project.
Prensilia is part of the APRIL project. The APRIL project (multipurpose robotics for mAniPulation of defoRmable materIaLs in manufacturing processes) is a research project funded under the Horizon 2020 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and coordinated by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spagna).
APRIL aims at developing a new generation of robots to innovate the ways of handling flexible and deformable materials for manufacturing in European enterprises. It aims at prototyping low cost and agile market oriented multipurpose, and easy to repurpose, autonomous dexterous robots; these will manipulate, assemble or process different soft and flexible products/materials in a production line environment. This will enable new ways of automatization (semi- or fully-automatic tasks) in manufacturing lines that produce, assemble or handle different types of flexible or deformable materials (e.g., from pillows to delicate food products). Multi-sensor feedback will be used for robot interaction with their contextual environment, robot manipulation, motion planning, ergonomic enabled human work and safe performance.
To underpin robots’ low set-up costs, reduced development effort and faster and scalable deployments, APRIL will transfer learning of many perceptive abilities and skills through easy robot training or repurposing in manufacturing processes at cross-domain level (e.g. food, appliances or passports manufacturing).
APRIL IN FIGURES
Starting date April 1st, 2020
Duration 40 months
Financing ~8 mln EUR
Call DT-FOF-12-2019 – Handling systems for flexible materials
Grant Agreement no. 870142
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DeTOP
DeTOP CONSORTIUM
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Prensilia SRL, Pontedera, Italy
Integrum AB, Gothenburg, Sweden
Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
The project.
Prensilia was part of the DeTOP project. DeTOP (Dexterous Transradial Osseointegrated prosthesis with neural control and sensory feedback) is a research project funded under the Horizon 2020 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, coordinated by the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna.
DeTOP addressed the scientific, technological and clinical problem of recovery of hand function after amputation. It aimed to develop and clinically implement robotic, sensing and long-term interfacing technologies for the next-generation transradial prosthesis. Core of the system is the osseointegrated human-machine gateway (OHMG), a bone-anchoring technique developed at the University of Gothenburg, able to create bidirectional links between the human and the robotic prosthesis. Key objective of DeTOP was to translate, exploit and appraise already proven technology for transhumeral amputation to the most frequent case of transradial amputation.
The goal of the DeTOP project was to push the boundaries of this technology – made in Europe – to the next TRL and to make it clinically available to the largest population of upper limb amputees. This objective was also targeted by developing a novel prosthetic hand (our Mia Hand!) with improved functionality, smart mechatronic devices for safe implantable technology, and by studying and assessing paradigms for natural control (action) and sensory feedback (perception) of the prosthesis through the implant. The novel technologies and findings have been assessed by selected patients, implanted in a Swedish clinical center.
DeTOP IN FIGURES
Starting date March 1st, 2016
Duration 66 months
Financin: ~5.1 mln EUR
Grant Agreement no. 687905
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A-PROMISE
A-PROMISE CONSORTIUM
ESAOTE S.p.A.
Fabrica Machinale srl
Prensilia S.r.l.
Apteon s.r.l.
Seacom srl
University of Pisa – Dep. of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry
University of Florence – Dep. of Industrial Engeneering
The project.
A-PROMISE was a project co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (POR FESR 2014-2020, Azione 1.1.5 sub-azione a1, bando 1 «Progetti Strategici di ricerca e sviluppo» – CUP 3647.04032020.157000012).
Prensilia was part of the A-PROMISE project. The “Automazione dei PROcessi ManufatturierI delle Sonde Ecografiche (A-PROMISE)” project is a POR-FESR regional co-funded project focused on the transition to Industry 4.0 in the manufacturing process of ultrasound probes for medical imaging. The coordinator of the project is Esaote, one of the main players operating in the ultrasound imaging sector.
The probe sensor, the heart of every ultrasound apparatus, is the subject of complex technological solutions based on disciplines of various kinds. The search for solutions that meet specific performance and financial requirements is one of the most delicate aspects in setting up an ultrasound system.
The idea of the project was to develop the technological knowledge necessary to obtain an improvement in the manufacturing quality. The project had the goal to develop automation solutions for the ultrasound probe production cycle that would ensure high precision, reliability and programmability.
A-PROMISE IN FIGURES
Starting date January 4th, 2021
Duration 24 motnhs
Co-financing ~850k EUR
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