Capirola High School invited School of Robotics to manage a course on Rescue Robotics for students. Last school year, Capirola High School has already organized classes on Lego NXT robotics kit. This course is funded by some mecatronic companies located in the Brescia Province, thanks to the commitment of Professor Marco Garuffo, teacher of math and physics at Capirola. Read more
The public conference for parents, families, teachers, tutors takes place in Genoa, at Youth Ostel, Passo Costanzi 10. Speakers: Stefania Operto, sociologist, and Firewall team manager; Paolo Ragusa of the Centro psicopedagogico per l’educazione e la gestione dei conflitti; and the Postal Police. Read more
As in the well-known "Spaghetti Western", Italian robotics field counts more on its creativity and "arts of managing things" than of public support and national infrastructure. Riccardo Oldani, a scientific columnist who has been following robotics for years, features in his new book all the fields of robotics in Italy, from the stabilized industrial applications to the new futuristic robots. Read more
Almost 15 workshops in Genoa schools, under the umbrella of Firewall Project aimed to strenghtening kids and teens awarness when using Internet. Short demo and exhbit in cooperation with Italian Postal Police. Read more
Media have been given good coverage of the Cuneo FIRST® LEGO® League Interregional, February 1st, 2015. The national daily La Stampa covered the FLL Cuneo almost every day for a week. National public sites (Piedmont Region, Cuneo Municipality), and local newsagencies. Read more
Humanoid robot NAO acted a a movie star at the FIRST® LEGO® League, Cuneo, 1 February, 2015.NAO lead the Tai Chi training for the FLL teams. See video here. Read more
The six teams qualified for the FLL Final (Milan, 6 - 7 of March, 2015, Fabbrica del Vapore - Milano, EXPO) are: FLL1 Robofriends; FLL6 Firestorm; FLL21 Merlo Roboteam; FLL27 MichelinRobot; FLL29 The Pantas&Friends; FLL42 I.C. Figino Serenza. Read more
Firewall (Awarness in using Internet and new media) Community on Facebook is quite active (https://www.facebook.com/firewall.prontianavigare?fref=ts). Read more
Nao Challenge Course, 17 January 2015, at Fondazione Golinelli, Bologna. Thirty-five teachers participated in the course in Bologna, Italy. Introduction to NAO simulator, Webots. Read more
On February 1st, 2015, Cuneo PalaBreBanca will be hosting the Italian Interregional for the North-West of FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL). What is the future of learning? FIRST® LEGO® League teams will find the answers. In the 2014 FLL WORLD CLASS℠ Challenge, over 265,000 children from 80 countries will redesign how we gather knowledge and skills in the 21st century. Teams will teach adults about the ways that kids need and want to learn. Read more
