Polo Sant'Anna Valdera is a research centre of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa is a special-statute public university located in Pisa, Italy, operating in the field of applied sciences....

 in Pisa

Pisa

Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...

 based in Pontedera

Pontedera

Pontedera is an Italian industrial town in Tuscany, Italy, in the administrative province of Pisa. It is the headquarters of the Piaggio company, which in the 1930s was a major aircraft manufacturer and which now manufactures motor vehicles such as the Vespa and the Ape...

 (Pisa). It was inaugurated in 2002 thanks to the interest of the then president of Piaggio

Piaggio

Piaggio based in Pontedera, Italy encompasses seven brands of scooters, motorcycles and compact commercial vehicles. As the fourth largest producer of scooters and motorcycles in the world, Piaggio produces more than 600,000 vehicles annually, with five research and development centers, more than...

 Giovanni Alberto Agnelli

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. The property is housed in converted sheds donated by Piaggio

Piaggio

Piaggio based in Pontedera, Italy encompasses seven brands of scooters, motorcycles and compact commercial vehicles. As the fourth largest producer of scooters and motorcycles in the world, Piaggio produces more than 600,000 vehicles annually, with five research and development centers, more than...

.

Polo Sant'Anna Valdera (PSAV) is one step in growth for the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa is a special-statute public university located in Pisa, Italy, operating in the field of applied sciences....

 who wanted to strengthen its research capacities and in essence contribute to the industrial process of Piaggio

Piaggio

Piaggio based in Pontedera, Italy encompasses seven brands of scooters, motorcycles and compact commercial vehicles. As the fourth largest producer of scooters and motorcycles in the world, Piaggio produces more than 600,000 vehicles annually, with five research and development centers, more than...

. PSAV's mission is to enhance research in the fields of science and technology policies and to spur development of the region through its services to businesses.

The main research is in the fields of robotics

Robotics

Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...

, bioengineering, biotechnology

Biotechnology

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, precision engineering

Precision engineering

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, computing

Computing

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 and virtual environments.

Polo Sant'Anna Valdera (PSAV) has 25 offices, 4 classrooms for teaching, 7 laboratories, 20 rooms, all six thousand square meters. There currently employs about hundred people.

The most important project in these laboratories is a bionic hand for people to have an upper limb amputee.
The ARTS Lab - Advanced Robotics Technology and System, created the famous breakthrough in the field of bio-robotics with the so-called CYBER HAND, shown on CNN International

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's Vital Signs Life Hand report

In 2009 Polo Sant'Anna Valdera (PSAV) designed a robot for the home collection of trash.

See also

• Scuola Normale Superiore
• University of Pisa
  University of Pisa
  The University of Pisa , located in Pisa, Tuscany, is one of the oldest universities in Italy. It was formally founded on September 3, 1343 by an edict of Pope Clement VI, although there had been lectures on law in Pisa since the 11th century...
  
  
• Pisa University System
  Pisa University System
  The Pisa University System is a network of higher education institutions in Pisa, Italy. The following three schools and universities belong to the system:* Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa* Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies* University of Pisa...
  
  
• École Normale Supérieure
  École Normale Supérieure
  The École normale supérieure is one of the most prestigious French grandes écoles...
  
  
• Superior Graduate Schools in Italy
  Superior Graduate Schools in Italy
  A Superior Graduate School is a completely independent institution from legal point of view, which offers advanced training and research through university-type courses or are dedicated to teaching at graduate or post-doctoral level.These state institutions offer recognized national and...
  
  
• List of Italian universities