Bruxelles, December 6th – 7th 2016 The ACANTO project has participated in the Second European Summit on Digital Innovation and healthy ageing. The initiative was a very nice initiative involving a large number of partners of research projects related to…
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The ACANTO team was present with a stand in the prestigious smart city conference in Trento. The stand many visitors in a few hours, including professionals and members of the public. The initiative ensured a good visibility for the project…
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The ACANTO project has been mentioned in a piece on service robotics made in the Science and Technology section of an italia newspaper with a mass circulation. Link
The ACANTO project has undergone the first review in Bruxelles in March 2016. The outcome of the review has been positive, and the team received appreciation for the work done, useful feedback and encouragement for the future.
Nick Lieber (journalist at Bloomberg) has written a web article on Robotics for elderly assistance in Europe. The article has been published on Bloomberg News website and it explicitly mentions ACANTO as one of the leading edge project in the…
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The ACANTO team has participated in the flagship conference on control systems (the Control Decision Conference) held in Osaka Japan (December 2015). Antonello Giannitrapani presented a shared work between Siena and Trento on how to guide the FriWalk by using…
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December 7th 2015 The RAI broadcasting company (the public TV broadcaster in Italy) has aired a TV show named CAMPUS Italia, in which the research activities carried out in the DISI department in Trento had the lion share. In this…
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Madrid, Nov. 30th – December 1st The ACANTO consortium had its plenary meeting in Madrid, in the premises of the University Hospital of Getafe. The participants discussed the achievements of the first months of the project and decided a number…
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The article dedicated to DALi project named ” DALi: Robot walker for elderly people in public spaces” has just been published. The article explicitly talks about the development of the idea that have lead to the ACANTO project.
The coordinator of ACANTO has been invited to prepare a post for the prestigious blog on EC digital agenda. You can read it here: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/blog/dali-new-vision-robot-assistance-active-ageing