Research Activities
The Surgical Robotics and allied technologies group addresses the main scientific problem of covering the gap between diagnosis and therapy, by blending together competences coming from robotics and bioengineering. The aim of the group is developing platforms, enabling technologies and microcomponents with the ability to treat many pathologies in the human body, including in hard-to reach areas (e.g. in the cardiovascular system, in the respiratory apparatus, in the central nervous system, in the abdominal cavities, etc.), in which micro and nanoscale components are crucial.
Main research topics include:
- Magnetic microrobots for targeted therapy
- Magnetic microsystems for lab-on-a-chip applications
- Bio-hybrid actuators
- Enabling Technologies (e.g. piezoelectric nanotransducers) for cell stimulation and regenerative medicine)
About
The Surgical Robotics and allied technologies area is within the BioRobotics Institute of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. Advanced education, frontier research and innovation: this is The BioRobotics Institute of Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, founded in 2011. The Institute has built a vast wealth of knowledge and expertise in several fields of biorobotics, such as: social robotics, industrial robotics, assistive/rehabilitation/surgical robotics, neural engineering, cognitive systems, bio-inspired robots and their ethical, legal, social and economic implications.
The Institute aims to act as a linking bridge among international centres of knowledge and to create a new concept of engineers that are scientists, inventors, entrepreneurs and problem solvers.
