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Universita Politecnica Delle Marche

Universita Politecnica Delle Marche

Italy

Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM), founded in 1969, is based in Ancona but geographically dislocated on the territory of the Marche region with its branches. UNIVPM has about 17000 students and includes 5 faculties.

MRC St. Paul's Bay Primary

MRC St. Paul's Bay Primary

Malta

St. Paul's Bay Primary School, has always been a pioneer when it comes to innovation and the use of ICT and other technologies in the Primary Classroom. Our school was the first to start making use of interactive whiteboards and tablets in classrooms.

Fundación Siglo22

Fundación Siglo22

Spain

The Siglo22 Foundation is a non-profit organisation that operates nationwide under the Protectorate of Foundations of the Ministry of Education with the motivation and need to improve the education system and the deficiencies in gender equality. Siglo22 Foundation envisions a future in which technology helps us to live.

ANcybernetics

ANcybernetics

Italy

ANcybernetics was founded in Ancona as a spin-off company from the Università Politecnica delle Marche. ANcyb draws on more than twenty years of academic research experience from LabMACS in underwater and educational robotic solutions, combining academic training, creativity and entrepreneurial spirit.

Paragon-eduTech

Paragon-eduTech

Greece

PARAGON-eduTech is a research and innovation organisation dedicated to advancing inclusive, ethical, and future-oriented education through technology-enhanced learning.

Agrupamento de Escolas Terras do Ave

Agrupamento de Escolas Terras do Ave

Portugal

The Agrupamento de Escolas Terras do Ave (AETA) is a cluster of schools situated in the northern Portuguese city of Vila Nova de Famalicão. Approx. 1500 students are enrolled in preschool, primary, and secondary schools.

Casa di Torino - Instituto Suore Sant'Anna della Provvidenza

Casa di Torino - Instituto Suore Sant'Anna della Provvidenza

Italy

Sant’Anna School is a historic institution established in response to a need identified by the Castelfidardo City Council in 1835, which highlighted the issue of providing elementary education for all.

Universität Leipzig

Universität Leipzig

Germany

Leipzig University, founded in 1409, is one of the oldest in Germany. It has 14 faculties, 465 professorships, and over 31,000 students. The campus at Augustusplatz is a central hub for students. As a member of the German U15 network, it isa top institution for research and medical expertise.

Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM), founded in 1969, is located in Ancona, with campuses distributed across the Marche region. The university hosts approximately 17,000 students and is organised into five faculties: Engineering, Sciences, Economics, Medicine, and Agricultural Sciences.

UNIVPM employs more than 500 academic staff and over 500 technical and administrative personnel, supporting a broad range of educational and research activities. The university includes 12 departments, five of which have been recognised as “excellent” by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR), reflecting the high quality of its scientific output.

The university participates in the RoboStellars project through LabMACS , directed by Prof. David Scaradozzi.

LabMACS (Laboratory of Modelling, Analysis and Control of dynamical Systems) is a research laboratory of the Department of Information Engineering (DII – Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione) at Università Politecnica delle Marche. The Department brings together multiple research groups covering areas such as control systems, robotics, electronics, signal processing, telecommunications, computational intelligence, and software engineering.

Within this interdisciplinary environment, LabMACS research activities are mainly centred on:

  • Control and optimization of dynamical systems.
  • Robotics and automation, with a focus on motion and interaction control in distributed systems.
  • Educational robotics.
  • Underwater robotics and marine technologies.

A significant part of the lab’s work is dedicated to educational robotics. LabMACS has conducted numerous experimental studies involving students from primary schools to universities, intending to develop innovative tools and methodologies for teaching STEM subjects. The laboratory collaborates with more than 60 schools across Italy and works closely with national institutions such as the Italian Ministry of Education and INDIRE.

LabMACS coordinated and participated in several national and European projects. These included the Erasmus+ projects RoboPisces (www.robopisces.eu) and RoboAquaria (www.roboaquaria-project.eu), which promoted STEM education through robotics and marine science using dedicated educational kits.

In addition to its educational activities, LabMACS is active in applied research for marine environments, including underwater surveys for archaeological and cultural heritage documentation. It is part of the Italian Interuniversity Center for Marine Environment (ISME) research infrastructure and collaborates with institutions such as the Italian Navy and NATO.

.The following key staff members will be directly involved in the project:

  • Prof. David Scaradozzi is currently an associate professor at the Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM), Ancona, Italy. He is the head of the Laboratory of Modelling, Analysis and Control of dynamical Systems (LabMACS). His research interests include control and optimisation of dynamical systems, robotics and automation, underwater robotics, educational robotics, with special interests devoted to all aspects regarding the identification and assessment of education processes, study and development of new robotic tools and lesson plans for teaching e-STrEM subjects, in formal and nonformal education.
  • Benedetta Castagna is a Research Fellow at Università Politecnica delle Marche. She holds a PhD from the Kent School of Architecture and Planning, University of Kent. Her skills involve 3D modelling with theoretical approaches, interested in the enhancement and economic-social development of heritage. Her international profile combines the disciplinary and cultural experiences acquired at three universities in Italy, England and Spain.
  • Martina Morano is a PhD candidate at UNIVPM, working at LabMACS. Her research interests include the study, identification, and modelling of educational processes, especially during educational robotics activities, through artificial intelligence techniques and the development of a Cyber-Physical Human System.

 

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