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• European Project HydroNet
• Floating Sensorised Networked Robots for Water
  Monitoring
• Total Cost 4 M for 3 years
• CE grant 3 M
• Founding for SSSA 0.6 M
• Programme ENVIRONMENT
• European Project OCTOPUS
• Novel Design Principles and Technologies for a
  New Generation of High Dexterity Soft-bodied
  Robots Inspired by the Morphology and Behaviour
  of the Octopus
• Total Cost 9 M for 4 years
• CE grant 8 M

Research Centre on Sea Technologies and Marine
Robotics

• Work Group and Contacts
• Paolo Dario (dario_at_sssup.it)
• Professor of Biomedical Robotics
• Cecilia Laschi (cecilia.laschi_at_sssup.it)
• Associate Professor of Bioengineering
• Barbara Mazzolai (b.mazzolai_at_crim.sssup.it)
  
• Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
• Gabriele Ferri (g.ferri_at_sssup.it)
• PhD in Biorobotics
• Matteo Cianchetti (m.cianchetti_at_arts.sssup.
  it)
• PhD Student in Biorobotics
• Liang Ju (l.ju_at_sssup.it)
• PhD Student in Biorobotics
• Laura Margheri (l.margheri_at_sssup.it)
• PhD Student in Biorobotics
• Alessio Mondini (a.mondini_at_crim.sssup.it)
• PhD Student in Microsystems Engineering
• Andrea Arienti (a.arienti_at_sssup.it )
• Undergraduate Student in Mechanical Engineering

Research Centre on Sea Technologies and Marine
Robotics Viale Italia, 6 57126 Livorno (Italy)
Tel [phone] Fax [phone] web
www.mrc.sssup.it
COMUNE DI LIVORNO
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Activities

• Design, development and validation of new
  technologies and robotic systems for marine
  application
• Experiments and testing both in virtual/simulated
  environment and in real aquatic environment
• Scientific and technologic reference point for
  scientific education and dissemination

Mission
Centre Facilities
Design and development of marine robots for
observation, exploration and monitoring of
aquatic environment

• Biomechanics of Marine Species Laboratory
• Tank for living animals observation and
  measurements
• High speed and high resolution camera system for
  movement analysis and 3D reconstruction
• Robotics and Biomimetics Laboratory
• Mechanical and Electronic Laboratory for
  Production and Assembly

Observation and analysis of marine species with
the reconstruction of their living environment
Young researchers education
Applied research
Scientific and technological research
Development of new methods and tools for the
study and biomechanical analysis of marine
species from an engineering viewpoint
Scientific dissemination
Undergraduate and graduate education
Design and development of new biomimetic
technologies (actuators, sensors, other
components and systems) inspired by marine
species for marine applications