Academic research

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Making@Clinics

20th Cycle, Academic research, ASP projects

The Making@Clinics project explores the integration of advanced digital fabrication technologies, particularly 3D printing, into clinical environments to enable on-demand production of patient-specific devices. While applicable to diverse healthcare solutions such as hearing aids or orthotics, the project’s main case study focuses on sensor-equipped orthodontic aligners. These smart aligners enhance personalization, monitor wear compliance, and help prevent dental damage. The overarching goal is to develop compact “3D printing corners” that merge cutting-edge technologies with structural sensing, giving healthcare professionals direct control over design and production.

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MoStA22Hubs

20th Cycle, Academic research, ASP projects

The project addresses the strategic transformation of motorway toll
stations into advanced multimodal hubs. With the implementation of
the free flow system, which removes physical toll barriers, these
infrastructural nodes can evolve from simple transactional points into
gateways connecting the motorway network with public transport,
rail, micro-mobility, and logistics. The overarching vision is to reduce
traffic congestion and enhance regional accessibility through smoother
and more integrated connections.

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PNRelay

20th Cycle, Academic research, ASP projects

Peripheral nerve injuries (PNIs) interrupt the transmission of motor
and sensory signals between the brain and body, causing both physical
disability and severe psychological consequences. Patients with PNIs
are eight times more likely to develop anxiety and depression, while
the healthcare burden, including surgery, rehabilitation, and disability
support, can exceed two million dollars per case.

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VinPRO

20th Cycle, Academic research, ASP projects

Today, vineyard pruning still relies heavily on skilled human labor. To address this, an increasing number of research initiatives are exploring the transition from traditional manual practices to fully autonomous robotic systems. The VinPRO project contributes to this effort by developing an integrated robotic pruning platform composed of a custom-designed gripper for vineyard environments, an advanced computer vision system to detect branches, a control algorithm to optimize cutting actions, and a virtual reality (VR) tool to model vines and simulate pruning strategies. At its core is a Kinova Gen3 Lite robotic arm, mounted on a mobile rover that serves as the physical backbone of the system.

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Sunglasshut.OPCJ

18th Cycle, 2023, Academic research, ASP projects

With the digital boom disrupting traditional retail paradigms, Sunglass Hut, part of the Italian-based Luxottica Group, recognized the imperative to adapt to the new trend asking the Alta Scuola Politecnica team to develop a strategy that could seamlessly merge the attributes of both virtual and physical realms, fulfilling the customers’ desires for an encompassing user experiences.

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DEUHR – Digital Exergame for Upper limb and Hand Rehabilitation

17th Cycle, 2022, Academic research, ASP projects

The increase of life expectancy, together with a greater occurrence of many illnesses (such as stroke), has caused a huge demand for rehabilitation of chronically ill patients. In this context, therapists have a limited amount of time and resources available, thus impacting on the quality of care. On top of this, many dismissed patients tend

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GreenTA – Green roof Technology Assessment

17th Cycle, 2022, Academic research, ASP projects

The Green roof Technology Assessment (GreenTA) project investigated the cost and benefits arising from the installation of green roofs, while develop- ing a user-friendly evaluation tool to quantify said benefits. As the awareness of sustainability’s importance for humanity’s future grows, so does the inter- est in urban ecosystem services – the benefits that humans can

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Heidi

17th Cycle, 2022, Academic research, ASP projects

The world is facing a great challenge in transitioning to new, clean energy systems to contrast climate change, while the global energy demand is continuously rising. Hydrogen could play a central role in this transition: even if until now its uses have been mainly limited to certain industrial applications, its potential is much larger than

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