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Decision Support Systems (DSSs) are adopted in several research and industry fields to support decision-making processes with high-quality decisions. In the past decades, the widespread adoption of data-driven technologies introduced elements of novelty in the study and development of DSSs, enabling such systems to face the complexity and dynamic nature of information. Artificial intelligence techniques…

The vat photopolymerization processes (as both Stereolithography and Digital Light Processing) allow to manufacture miniaturized components, or parts with microscale features, achieving a very high resolution and an excellent part quality. These processes can also be exploited for an easy, cost-effective, flexible and sustainable rapid prototyping of customized microparts since they do not imply high…

CNR-STIIMA co-organizes the second edition of the IEEE International Conference on Metrology for eXtended Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Neural Engineering – IEEE MetroXRAINE 2023. The conference will be hosted in Milan headquarters (via A. Corti 12) on the 25th – 27th October 2023. CNR-STIIMA researchers Vera Colombo and Daniele Spoladore invite colleagues to contribute to…

CNR-STIIMA in collaboration with the Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems ‘E. Caianiello’ (Isasi) and the Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology of the University of Naples ‘Federico II’ have developed a three-dimensional visualization system of the cell within the metaverse. The news was reported in a Cnr press release.

CNR-STIIMA together with the ESTEP ‘Smart Factory’ and ‘Circular Economy’ Focus Groups are pleased to announce the ‘Digital 4 environment’ workshop. The event will take place on 20 and 21 February 2024 in Bardolino, Lake Garda, Italy. The conference will mainly focus on the following topics: – Digital megatrends and key technology trends supporting sustainability…

As part of the activities to celebrate the centenary of the CNR-STIIMA took part in the Mettiamo Radici (Growing roots) event. The event involves the organization of 28 educational living labs in 13 primary schools in the Municipality of Bari and involves 11 CNR institutes. CNR-STIIMA, in particular, will hold two living labs on the…

Following the 2023 edition of the CNR-STIIMA Conference, which took place on September 26 and 27 in Bari (conference hall of Polytechnic of Bari), the complete list of scientific contributions discussed in the two-day event is disseminated. Special Microplastics: human’s new challenge (chair: R. Mossotti) Tuesday, September 26⋅11:00 – 12:20 p.m. Raffaella Mossotti Introduction Vittorio Bianco…

On September the 26th and 27th, CNR STIIMA is glad to announce the third conference of the Institute “STIIMA CONFERENCE 2023”, which will be held in Bari, at the conference hall of Polytechnic of Bari, Via Amendola 126/b, Bari (ITALY). The event is reserved to the CNR STIIMA personnel. More than 50 contributions, as oral…

CNR-STIIMA Milan, has supported Industrie Chimiche Forestali, in the publication of the first EPD® (Environmental Product Declaration) certifications on counter and reinforcements for the footwear and leather goods sector. These EPDs, based on the LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) study carried out by CNR-STIIMA, also follow the definition of the first Product Category Rules (PCR) for…

CNR-STIIMA invita a partecipare in diretta streaming all’evento “Tecnologie per gli ambienti di vita: la ricerca per la persona“, che si terrà il 15 settembre presso il Polo CNR di Lecco, dalle ore 9.30. Attori istituzionali ed esperti del settore si confronteranno sul tema attraverso tavole rotonde e presentando i risultati finali del Progetto Europeo…

In line with last year’s victory, the bisCARI team from the Joint Research Laboratory of Automated Controls for Intelligent Robotics (JRL-CARI), which brings together CNR-STIIMA and UNIBS, takes second place in the 2023 edition of Robothon® The Grand Challenge, an international robotics competition organized by munich_i and Automatica Messe and sponsored by Siemens, Huawei, and…

Il 22 giugno il podcast RICREA di Chora Media ospiterà un contributo della dott.ssa Alessia Patrucco, ricercatrice STIIMA, e Luisa Ciocci, fondatrice del brand Ortika, sulla sostenibilità del settore tessile. Con la voce di Nicola Palmarini, la puntata di RICREA si intitolerà “Dalla sgranatrice di cotone ai tessili 2.0” e sarà disponibile sulle principali piattaforme…

CNR-STIIMA Biella will be present at the World Biodiversity Day at the Tenuta Presidenziale of Castelporziano (Rome) to carry out experimental activities organized by the CNR scientific network of the “Il linguaggio della Ricerca” and by CNR – Communication Unit, within the ChangeGame project. Castelporziano will welcome representatives of the institutions, scholars and experts on…

On Tuesday, 30 May 2023, the University of Florence and CNR STIIMA will be hosting a workshop titled “Digitisation and Industry – The Digital Product Passport” at the Polo Universitario Città di Prato, organised as part of the PNRR initiative for Circular and Sustainable Made in Italy. The seminar will discuss regulatory and technical changes…

Microplastic particles are a ubiquitous environmental pollutant of global concern. Plastic textile fibers made from polymers such as polyester and nylon regularly account for the majority of microplastics in environmental samples, including freshwater, marine, atmospheric, and terrestrial samples. However, there is growing evidence that natural (e.g., cotton, wool), and non-synthetic textile fibers dominate environmental fiber…

Dr. Gianluca Trotta from Cnr STIIMA and Dr. Francesco Ferrara from Cnr NANOTECH kindly invite as guest editors all the interested researchers to actively contribute to the new Special Issue of Micromachines (MDPI) entitled New Advances in Micro-Devices. In recent years, an outstanding growth of micro-device production and related proposals has been traced in various fields,…

The environment and the sustainability of the world are being threatened by climate change. To pursue efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reach a “zero-waste society“, a blocking pathway for the natural carbon cycle must be found. To achieve these goals, converting biomass to biochar can provide both environmental and health benefits. The conversion…

Nell’ambito degli eventi per il suo Centenario, il Cnr ha indetto un contest fotografico dal titolo “Obiettivo Scienza”. Lo scopo del contest è quello di rappresentare la “ricerca che viene dal futuro” attraverso immagini evocative ed artistiche. Gli ambiti di interesse a cui si ispireranno gli scatti sono: sostenibilità; biodiversità, transizione ecologica, transizione digitale, energia…

Yesterday, Eng. Emilio Fortunato Campana, director of #Cnr #DIITET department of #Italy was visiting the pertinent Institutes in #Bari, #Cnr #STIIMA included. The director encountered the scientific, technical and administration personell, and had a close view on the research activity and projects held by the Institutes. The event also forsaw the visiting of the #labs,…

CNR-STIIMA è lieta di invitarvi all’evento “Censire, recuperare, riciclare i RAEE: una vera miniera a cielo aperto!”, che si terrà a Roma – Piazzale Aldo Moro, 7, dal 2 al 17 maggio. L’iniziativa si colloca all’interno del Centenario del CNR ed è il frutto del lavoro dell’Unità Ambiente e Gestione Rifiuti (UAR) del Consiglio Nazionale…

Le batterie agli ioni di litio consentono di ridurre le emissioni di carbonio, con beneficio evidente per la società. La loro produzione è in crescita, complice la domanda sostenuta. Grande attenzione è quindi rivolta a garantire la sostenibilità nell’approvvigionamento delle materie prime critiche, utilizzate nella loro produzione, a causa delle limitate riserve naturali e della…

Cnr-STIIMA encourages researchers (under 40) working in the robotics and artificial intelligence field to compete for the “Advancing Technology for Humanity – Most Promising Researcher in Robotics and AI” award, promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale ETS, on the occasion of the RomeCup 2023. For participation, it is necessary to complete the online form at…

CNR-STIIMA Bari – Amendola, in collaborazione con il Jonian Dolphin Conservation, la Fondazione centro euro-mediterraneo sui cambiamenti climatici, il Dipartimento di bioscienze, biotecnologie e ambiente e il Dipartimento di informatica dell’Università di Bari e la Scuola di ingegneria dell’Università della Basilicata, ha condotto il primo studio rivolto allo studio dell’habitat e degli usi dei cetacei…

OmniAGV wins the Italian Adi Design Index 2022 in the Innovation category. The product is the result of a regional research grant for the development of an automated guided vehicle for industrial logistics co-financed by the Apulia Region. OmniAGV takes part in a traveling exhibition at the Adi Design Museum in Milan from the 14th…

STIIMA co-organizes the 24th edition of the  Socolnet Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises (PRO-VE). The conference will be hosted by the Universitat Politècnica de València on the 27th – 29th September 2023. STIIMA researchers Vera Colombo and Daniele Spoladore invite colleagues to contribute to the Healthcare 5.0 Special Session, dedicated to: AI-based applications supporting collaborative decision-making…

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the CNR, the “Racconti chimici di economia circolare” (Chemical tales of the circular economy) initiative allows school students to enter the places of research for a few days immersive in science, technology and the challenges for the planet’s sustainability. During the visits to various institutes throughout Italy,…

Dr. Rossella Surace, Dr. Vincenzo Bellantone and Dr. Irene Fassi, as guest editors, kindly invite all the interested researchers to actively contribute to the present Special Issue “Advances in Injection Molding: Process, Materials and Applications”. Injection Molding (IM) and its micro counterpart are well-established manufacturing technologies: their exploitation of high-performance materials, such as polymers, metals…

Fit for Medical Robotics (Fit4MedRob), coordinato dal Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche e con la partecipazione di 10 università e centri di ricerca, 11 Irccs e centri clinici e 3 realtà industriali, nasce con l’obiettivo di rivoluzionare gli attuali modelli riabilitativi e assistivi per pazienti di tutte le età. Target di Fit4MedRob sono pazienti aventi funzioni…

STIIMA Biella hosted the delegates of consumer associations as part of the annual “Tessile e Salute” (Textile and Health) conference, which focused on the relationship with the consumer. The topics dealt with the laboratory and analysis techniques adopted on fibres and textile articles to tackle counterfeiting. With Dr. Barbara Cravello of the Tessile e Salute…

STIIMA has published an open-access book with Springer describing the research questions and solutions adopted in the research project HEALPS2 – devoted to health tourism in the Alpine Space. The book, “Digital and Strategic Innovation for Alpine Health Tourism,” is edited by Daniele Spoladore, Elena Pessot, and Marco Sacco, and contains essays from all European…

UNI/TS 11820:2022 – “Measurement of Circularity – Methods and Indicators for Measuring Circular Processes in Organizations” is the technical specification that provides a method for measuring the circularity of an organization or group of organizations. Italian working Group 3 “Measurement of Circularity” of the UNI Commission “Circular Economy” has completed work on this specification after…

Rehabilia Technologies, soon spin-off of the CNR, was awarded at StartCup Lombardia 2022 with the special Social Impact award for the PhiCube project! PhiCube is a device for the rehabilitation of the upper limbs for children suffering from neuromotor disorders, conceived and developed by Matteo Malosio, Matteo Lavit Nicora, Giovanni Tauro, Davide Redaelli, and Atul…

STIIMA is involved in the 2nd International Symposium on Industrial Engineering and Automation – “Towards a Smart, Resilient and Sustainable Industry” which will be held on 22nd-23rd June 2023 in Bolzano (Bozen, Italy). STIIMA researchers Elena Pessot, Daniele Spoladore and Walter Terkaj invite colleagues to submit their contributions to the Healthcare 5.0 special track, dedicated to smart and sustainable…

STIIMA Biella will be present at the 5th Edition of RomeVideoGameLab NATURAL & METANATURAL (03 – 06 November 2022 – Cinecittà, Rome) with two workshops entitled “Exploration of Textile Fibers With Augmented Reality” in which an augmented reality experience on textile fibers will be created using the Metaverse Studio platform for educational purposes. More info…

STIIMA participates in the Filed Robotics workshop, organized within the research project H2020 AgROBOFood. The workshop, organized in collaboration with the research foundation CNRS-2RM, takes place on 12th and 13th of October in Montoldre (FR, Italy). During the workshop’s session titled “Safety and Performance Assessment for collaborative and field robotics”, STIIMA’s Marcello Valori presents the…

The Interreg EU HEALPS2 research project – devoted to the development of the Alpine Space as a place to promote health – was honored with the SMAU 2022 Innovation Award. SMAU takes place on the 11th and 12th October, and it is the Italian meeting and matching platform dedicated to innovation and startups that every…

CNR-STIIMA Biella will be present at the “Festival della Scienza di Genova” (20th October – 1st  November 2022) with a laboratory for students aged 11 and over, entitled “Parole di Lana – Linguaggio e futuro dei tessuti”, namely “Words of Wool – Language and future of fabrics“. This initiative takes place as a part of the…

STIIMA contributes to the organization of the course Artificial Intelligence for Production System Monitoring, promoted by the Italian Manufacturing Association (AITEM). The course is thought for specialists, SMEs and large enterprises’ decision-makers, researchers, Ph.D students and provides the basic knowledge and practical tools for enabling the monitoring of productive systems via Artificial Intelligence-based technologies. The…

In recent years, photocatalytic processes have been profusely proposed for the decontamination of air and water from organic and inorganic pollutants, as well as for disinfection. Realistically, the fundamental knowledge of these processes and their potential has increased enormously, and the scientific community is now ready to evaluate the translation of these concepts into the…

Dr. Claudia Vineis and Dr. Alessio Varesano, as guest editors, kindly invite all interested researchers to actively contribute to the present Special Issue “Antibacterial Materials: Recent Advances in Methodologies and Regulations” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jfb/special_issues/59IN49NX52). New antibacterial materials include a large number of compounds like nanoparticles, polymers, chemicals, proteins, and enzymes, for instance. Moreover, the final shape of…

CNR-STIIMA insieme all’Associazione Rete Italiana LCA  organizza il 15 e 16 novembre un Corso Avanzato online di LCA nei processi chimici con il patrocinio del Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca per le Scienze Ambientali  dell’Università di Bologna (CIRSA). Il corso mira a fornire una serie di strumenti per la risoluzione di problemi specifici di modellazione LCA…

CNR-STIIMA promotes together with Amblav (Associazione Ambiente Lavoro) a course on Sustainability for professionals interested in the implications in the professional world, on 1 and 2 december. In the first part, the course introduces the historical and methodological principles and then illustrates the main reference initiatives both on an international, European and national scale at the…

Il Dr. Stefano Spinelli, il Dr. Marco Lauricella, il Dr. Alessio La Bella and il Dr. Behnam Mohammadi-ivatloo, in qualità di guest editors, invitano tutti i ricercatori interessati a contribuire attivamente alla presente Research Topic “Optimal Operation and Control of Industrial Multi-Energy Systems Including Integrated Demand-Side Management” pubblicata nel Journal Frontiers in Control Engineering. Il…

Guest Editors: Rosanna Fornasiero, Andrea Zangiacomi, Tatsushi Nishi, Toshiya Kaihara We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the special issue Innovative approaches in reshaping the Supply Chain for societal challenges of the journal Production Planning and Control (Impact Factor: 7,044). The aim of this special issue is to reflect on the evolution of…

The Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Italian National Institute of Health) has proposed the establishment of a National Group of Experts for the study of microplastics in water intended for human consumption, in accordance with the Directive (EU) 2020/2184. The constitution of this group has been recently formalized on behalf of the Italian Ministry of Health…

CNR is currently seeking for candidates for a PhD position on topics related to micro-manufacturing technologies for space applications, such as radiofrequency breadboards and components for small satellites. The successful candidate will work at the CNR-STIIMA and CNR-IEIIT TERAM (TEraHz MAnufacturing) facilities (Milano and Torino, Italy).

CNR-STIIMA has recently supported Pomini Tenova, the worldwide leader in the production of roll grinders, in publishing the international Environmental Product Declaration of Pomini Digital Texturing™ (PDT™) – a breakthrough technology for surface texturing of rolling mill work rolls. This Life Cycle Assessment study is compliant with the ISO 14025:2006 standard and it constitutes the…

CNR-STIIMA Biella, in the framework of the constant support provided to the Police Forces for fighting counterfeiting, has recently collaborated in the investigations conducted between Piedmont and Lombardy by the Guardia di Finanza (Tax Police) of Turin, which had found anomalies in the prices of some items, sold as high-quality garments of prestigious clothing brands.…

Professor Francesco Jovane, who was Professor Emeritus at the Milan Polytechnic and director of the ITIA-CNR Institute for many years, passed away today. He will remain a guiding light, an example and a constant incitement for all researchers. In Italy and Europe he designed the scientific development of advanced manufacturing by conceiving and coordinating actions…

La Dr. Rossella Surace, il Dr. Vincenzo Bellantone e la Dr. Irene Fassi invitano, in qualità di guest-editor, tutti i ricercatori interessati a contribuire allo Special Issue “Advances in Injection Molding: Process, Materials and Applications”. I processi di Injection Molding (IM) e micro IM sono tecnologie di fabbricazione consolidate che offrono la possibilità di realizzare componenti e dispositivi per diversi campi applicativi

The second edition of the CNR-STIIMA Conference is just around the corner! June 14th and 15th, at CNR-STIIMA headquarters in Milan, all colleagues of the Cnr – Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing will meet to present the trends and the latest research results of the activities underway within the institute.

The aim of this Special Issue “Additive Manufacturing of Cellular Structures” is to collect original and innovative works on cellular structures created using additive manufacturing. Considering the large variety of materials (metal, ceramic, polymer) that can be processed …

CNR-STIIMA becomes a member of ESTEP, the European Steel Technology Platform. ESTEP brings together all the main stakeholders of the European steel industry.
Its members are the main steel producers, universities and research institutes active in steel research, steel user industries, public bodies such as the European Commission and national governments.

Nell’ambito delle attività di formazione professionalizzante, inquadrata nella Terza Missione del CNR, l’Istituto Cnr – Istituto di Sistemi e Tecnologie Intelligenti per il Manifatturiero Avanzato (CNR-STIIMA) conferma, anche per il 2022, il suo impegno attraverso l’offerta di tre progetti PCTO (Percorsi per le Competenze Trasversali e l’Orientamento), prima denominati progetti di Alternanza Scuola-Lavoro, basati su una metodologia didattica finalizzata a facilitare il rapporto tra scuola e il mondo del lavoro, ponendo l’accento sulla funzione orientativa.

CNR-STIIMA organizes from 18th to 20th May 2022 the final event for the Interreg Alpine Space HEALPS2 research project. The event (free attendance) will be attended by leading experts and professionals from the regional and international health tourism sector, who will present experiences related to the topic such as the promotion of health tourism offer…

The CNR-STIIMA researchers, Marcello Valori and Irene Fassi, with reference to the H2020 COVR Project, invite the researchers to contribute to the article collection Safety in close human-robot interaction, edited by the journal Frontiers in Robotics and AI.
Human-robot collaboration (HRC) is a key enabling technology of the Industry 4.0 transition and is changing the industrial work paradigm.

Researchers are invited to contribute to the Special Issue “Frontiers in Additive Manufacturing and Sustainable Industrial Engineering”, published by the MDPI Sustainability journal (www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability – ISSN 2071-1050) and coordinated by STIIMA and University of Pisa researchers. The growth of new industrial paradigms such as customization and functional design is increasingly driving the development of Additive…

The ecological-transition challenge in the metals sector requires an increasingly active role in monitoring and reducing the comprehensive environmental impact along the entire product chain, starting from the technologies to reduce energy and raw material consumption.

CNR-STIIMA and the Politecnico di Milano disclose the final results of the Composer project “Carbon-fiber reinforced cOMPOsites for Sustainable circular Economy models based on Repair and Remanufacturing for Reuse” during a virtual workshop on 1 March 2022, from 9:30 to 12:30 CET time.

The sPATIALS3 project, supported by the European Regional Development Fund of the Lombardy Region, aims to create and strengthen a regional network of transversal competencies in the field of agri-food production and human nutrition that allow companies to develop customized solutions for specific consumer needs.

CNR-STIIMA Researchers Elena Pessot and Daniele Spoladore, within the EU Research project HEALPS 2, invite Researchers to contribute to the MDPI Applied Sciences – Special Issue on “Overexploitation and Restoration of Natural Resources”.

The Lombardy Intelligent Factory Association (AFIL) and the Cnr – Institute of Intelligent Industrial Systems and Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing (CNR-STIIMA) organize the online event “Augmented and Virtual Reality in the digital transformation of manufacturing” that will be held on February 4th from 2.30 pm to 4.00 pm.

Matteo Malosio, Matteo Lavit Nicora, Davide Felice Redaelli and Giovanni Tauro, researchers at CNR-STIIMA, won the prize offered by the Bio4Dreams incubator as part of the eleventh edition of Premio 2031, the most important awards platform for innovation in Italy.

Il direttore scientifico della Fondazione Don Gnocchi e prorettore del Campus Bio-medico di Roma, Eugenio Guglielmelli, ha visitato i laboratori lecchesi dell’Istituto, mercoledì 29 settembre in concomitanza con l’inaugurazione della nuova ala del Politecnico di Milano a Lecco.

La presidente del CNR Maria Chiara Carrozza, insieme al direttore generale Giuseppe Colpani, ha visitato mercoledì 29 settembre il Polo della Ricerca del CNR presso il campus di Lecco.

CNR-STIIMA partecipa al 3° congresso “Healing Power of the Alps”, dedicato alla promozione del turismo della salute basato sulle risorse naturali.

The digital transformation was presented as a turning point especially for the manufacturing sector. Businesses and governments recognize digital transformation not only as an economic enabling factor but as a driver to facilitate the sector’s transition towards sustainability.

In recent years, photocatalytic processes have been profusely proposed for the decontamination of air and water from organic and inorganic pollutants, as well as for disinfection.

Nell’ambito del POR-FESR Piemonte 2014-2020l, il Centro Estero Internazionalizzazione Piemonte ha organizzato per il prossimo 29 giugno un webinar dal titolo “Digital Twin per progettare macchine utensili di precisione stabili”.

I Paesi industrializzati sono caratterizzati da un forte aumento dell’età media demografica: il segmento più anziano è spesso caratterizzato da particolari condizioni di salute croniche, che richiedono cure continuative e personalizzate – contribuendo all’incremento dei costi della spesa sanitaria nazionale.

Giovedì 25 febbraio, Fabio Vulpi, ricercatore presso la sede barese di CNR-STIIMA, interverrà nel webinar Futuro in Area.