The awards event for the winners of the "Solution Award" was held on Friday, June 10th, 2022, during the MECSPE exhibition, at the Bologna Fiere Service Center.
The Robotic System for the Monitoring and Maintenance of the San Giorgio Bridge in Genoa has won the "๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
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Luca Molinari, Innse-Berardi Chief Operation Officer, and Ferdinando Cannella, IIT Coordinator of Industrial Robotics Facility, have collected the prize at MECSPE.
THE ROBOTIC SYSTEM:
The robotic system is based on the installation of 4 robots on the sides of the bridge: 2 of them will be in charge of inspecting the lower surface of the deck and processing the data in order to find any anomalies (Robot-Inspection) and the other 2 will be cleaning the wind barriers and solar panels (Robot-Wash).
This Robotic Inspection system is the first automatic system in the world and provides a replicable model at the global level designed to enhance the safety of this type of infrastructure and of any civil works that may require automatic monitoring.
"ROBOTIC INNOVATION 2022" AWARD:
The "Robotics Innovation 2022" Award is organized by Automatione Integrata magazine and is dedicated to companies, startups, universities, research centers, laboratory spinoffs, owners of an innovative application as technology providers, system integrators and end users.
In addition to the Main Prize, two special prizes are awarded in the HORIZONS and FOOD sections.
Applications were evaluated by the Technical Scientific Committee (STC) appointed by Automazione Integrata magazine.