Polo Sant'Anna Valdera (PSAV) is a research centre of

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based in

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(Pisa). It was inaugurated in 2002 thanks to the interest of the then president of

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. The property is housed in converted sheds donated by

. Polo Sant'Anna Valdera (PSAV) is one step in growth for the

who wanted to strengthen its research capacities and in essence contribute to the industrial process of

. PSAV's mission is to enhance research in the fields of science and technology policies and to spur development of the region through its services to businesses. The main research is in the fields of

robotics Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of computer science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design machines that can help and assist humans. Robotics integrat ...

bioengineering Biological engineering or bioengineering is the application of principles of biology and the tools of engineering to create usable, tangible, economically-viable products. Biological engineering employs knowledge and expertise from a number o ...

biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used b ...

precision engineering Precision engineering is a subdiscipline of electrical engineering, software engineering, electronics engineering, mechanical engineering, and optical engineering concerned with designing machines, fixtures, and other structures that have excepti ...

computing Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computing machinery. It includes the study and experimentation of algorithmic processes, and development of both hardware and software. Computing has scientific, e ...

and

virtual environments Virtual reality (VR) is a Simulation, simulated experience that employs pose tracking and 3D near-eye displays to give the user an immersive feel of a virtual world. Applications of virtual reality include entertainment (particularly video g ...

. Polo Sant'Anna Valdera (PSAV) has 25 offices, 4 classrooms for teaching, 7 laboratories, 20 rooms, all six thousand square meters. There currently employs about hundred people. The most important project in these laboratories is a bionic hand for people to have an upper limb amputee. Th
ARTS Lab - Advanced Robotics Technology and System
created the famous breakthrough in the field of bio-robotics with the so-calle
CYBER HAND
shown on

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's Vital Sign
Life Hand report
In 2009 Polo Sant'Anna Valdera (PSAV) designed a robot for the home collection of trash.DustBot, il vero WALL•E, il robot spazzino - Focus.it - Notizie e Curiosità
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Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa website

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