Equipment

Electronic circuit printer and robotic platforms

Reference DII Professor: Davide Brunelli

The Epsilon W50 SC is a powerful professional 3D printing solution, designed to deliver large-scale parts with industrial-grade materials, thanks to features such as its passive heated chamber, full enclosure, and humidity-controlled environment. It will be used for the production of high-strength, lightweight robotic parts/components. Multifunctional desktop system for creating circuits on soft and flexible material.

LIMO Open-Source Mobile Robots (ROS compatible) are equipped with an integrated NVIDIA® Jetson™ Nano computer. Mobile Robots can help farmers optimize the use of inputs (seeds, fertilizers, water), to react more quickly to threats (weeds, pests, fungi), to save time in crop scouting (validate treatments/actions taken), to improve real-time prescriptions and yield estimation from a field.

Quadruped robot

Reference DII Professor: Andrea Del Prete

Autonomous quadruped robot with 12 degrees of freedom, dust and water resistant (IP67), 10 kg load, including integrated computer, 2 batteries (2 hours of autonomy), 2 chargers, remote control, ROS interface, software (simulator, locomotion controller, localization and navigation module, terrain mapping package). The robot can be used for inspection of industrial environments, environmental monitoring, and surveillance. Furthermore, there is the possibility of integrating new sensors on the robot, such as tactile sensors (artificial skin) or for impact detection.

Outdoor mobile robot and robotic arm

Reference DII Professor: Daniele Fontanelli

Outdoor mobile robot on tracks with payload > 40 kg and sensors for outdoor navigation and autonomy. The robot is meant for monitoring and processing operations in AgriFood and can be endowed with cooperative manipulators equipped with a soft gripper.

Environment 3D acquisition

Reference DII Professor: Mariolino De Cecco

Development/optimization of trajectory planning strategies in real scenarios, even large ones, acquired in real-time or offline. The system includes a point cloud registration software for the acquisition of large scenarios.

Cluster GPU and edge platforms for AI

Reference DII Professor: Paolo Rech

GPU cluster (NVIDIA Ampere A100, DGX A100). EdgeAI devices and low-power AI accelerators (NVIDIA NVDLA, NXP i.MX, ST STM32N6, Google TPU) + Host devices.

Vibrations measurement setup

Reference DII Professor: Giacomo Moretti

Doppler effect vibrometer and ancillary components (optical table, amplifiers and power supplies, measurement microphone) for contactless measurements of vibrations and modal response in active structures with distributed actuation.

Characterisation and fabrication testbench for electrostatic actuators

Reference DII Professor: Giacomo Moretti

A testbench for the implementation of the whole development pipeline of electrostatic artificial muscles, from raw materials to final characterisation. This includes equipment for blade casting manufacturing, high voltage electronic drivers, and a characterisation station (with a linear motor, load cells, optical sensors).

Differential Scanning Calorimeter for soft robotics

Reference DII Professor: Andrea Dorigato

Differential Scanning Calorimeter for the thermal analysis in a wide temperature range (-150/700°C) of materials for soft robotics.

Simultaneous thermal analyzer (TG-DSC/DTA) + FTIR

Reference DII Professor: Massimo Pellizzari

Thermogravimetric analysis-differential scanning calorimetry/differential thermal analysis up to 1600 °C equipped with Bruker Alpha II FTIR gas analyzer.

Optical dilatometer

Reference DII Professor: Vincenzo Sglavo

Contactless dilatometer operating up to 1600°C.

Capillary rheometer

Reference DII Professor: Andrea Dorigato

Capillary rheometer for the rheological analysis of materials for soft robotics.

Dynamo mechanical analysis for soft robotics

Reference DII Professor: Devid Maniglio

A platform for dynamic mechanical testing of soft and hard materials under controlled temperature conditions.

Spectrum analyzer and power source measure unit

Reference DII Professor: Davide Brunelli

Testbed for energy harvesting measurements and active electronic loads: PowerSpot SMU DC Power Keysight, bench shakers, Spectrum Analyzer.

Physisorption and chemisorption analyzer

Reference DII Professor: Riccardo Ceccato

Physisorption and chemisorption analyzer for the study of micro and nanofillers for multifunctional materials for robotics.

CeraDrop: system for multilayer deposition

Reference DII Professor: Paolo Bosetti

System for multilayer deposition using Ink Jet and Aerosol Jet technology, including a UV and IR post-treatment module, and a system for fine-tuning the process parameters for the deposition of functional inks (e.g., insulating, conductive, and piezoelectric) both commercial and self-produced; Printing area 300mm x 300mm, up to 10mm thick.

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