The ALOHA project has been proudly mentioned among the "100 Italian Robotics and Automation stories" in a research report carried out by Fondazione Symbola and Enel Group.
The 100 Innovation Stories Report, promoted in cooperation with UCIMU Foundation, is now in its fourth edition, after having studied innovation in the renewable energy, circular economy and e-mobility supply chains, delves into robotics and automation, another sector of national excellence, deeply rooted in our country.
Robots and automatons become part of everyday life, more and more present in housework, recreation or care. Their presence is already a consolidated reality in many contexts, as in that of surgical robots that improve the quality of procedures, helping patients to recover more quickly. In Italy, robotic surgery is already used in thousands of procedures per year. The automatic carts for the transport of goods and food, active 24 hours a day, every day, in many hospitals, logistics centres and in industry, are a further proof.
“We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.” A.M. TuringPREF~ACELast March, in the municipality of Peccioli in Tuscany, the first robotic shopping carts were taken into service. The carts go straight to the shops’ entrances and then reach autonomously the houses of the people who made the purchases. In May, at the Gran Caffè di Rapallo, which Hemingway was known to frequent, the first two robotic waiters in Liguria and Italy were officially put into service. While in Ravello, during the summer, a robot took turns with Maestro Massimiliano Carlini in conducting the Instrumental Ensemble of the historic Salerno State Conservatoire ‘Giuseppe Martucci’. Robots and automatons become part of everyday life, more and more present in housework, recreation or care. Their presence is already a consolidated reality in many contexts, as in that of surgical robots that improve the quality of procedures, helping patients to recover more quickly. In Italy, robotic surgery is already used in thousands of procedures per year. The automatic carts for the transport of goods and food, active 24 hours a day, every day, in many hospitals, logistics centres and in industry, are a further proof.Worldwide, the robot market has reached a value of 16.5 billion dollars; in 2018 alone, 422,000 robots were shipped worldwide, with a 6% increase compared to the previous year. The Italian industry ranks sixth in the world in terms of total stock of installed industrial robots (69,142 units in 2018)1 , with China, Japan, South Korea, United States and Germany ahead...
Download the report "100 Italian Robotics and Automation stories" (available in English and Italian)
Preview of the content dedicated to the University of Sassari - IDEA Lab (partner in the project) and to ALOHA:
