The abstract “Pose estimation for robot controlled magnetic endoscope teleoperation” by C.Bell, K.Obstein, and P.Valdastri has been accepted for poster session at Digestive Disease Week 2013.

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Posted on Tuesday, February 19th, 2013 in News | Comments Off on The abstract “Pose estimation for robot controlled magnetic endoscope teleoperation” by C.Bell, K.Obstein, and P.Valdastri has been accepted for poster session at Digestive Disease Week 2013.

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Welcome to our new website!!!

Our new website has been launched. Our site needed to have an elegant look, a place for better describing our research, lab news and our mission– and be easy to maintain by all the members of the lab.... KEEP READING

Posted on Monday, January 21st, 2013 in News | Comments Off on Welcome to our new website!!!

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RESEARCH @VUSE: Team led by Pietro Valdastri awarded a $1 million NSF grant to create new tools to help speed up the development of miniature medical capsule robots.

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Posted on Friday, January 11th, 2013 in News | Comments Off on RESEARCH @VUSE: Team led by Pietro Valdastri awarded a $1 million NSF grant to create new tools to help speed up the development of miniature medical capsule robots.

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Erdem Erdemir officially starts as Post-Doctoral Fellow at the STORM Lab. Welcome Dr. Erdemir!!!

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Posted on Thursday, December 20th, 2012 in News | Comments Off on Erdem Erdemir officially starts as Post-Doctoral Fellow at the STORM Lab. Welcome Dr. Erdemir!!!

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Massimiliano Simi successfully defended his PhD Thesis in Biomedical Engineering at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. Congratulations Dr. Simi!!!

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Posted on Thursday, December 13th, 2012 in News | Comments Off on Massimiliano Simi successfully defended his PhD Thesis in Biomedical Engineering at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. Congratulations Dr. Simi!!!

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Lorenza Angelini and Giulia Bassani successfully defended their Master Thesis in Biomedical Engineering at University of Pisa. Congratulations Lorenza and Giulia!!!

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Posted on Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 in News | Comments Off on Lorenza Angelini and Giulia Bassani successfully defended their Master Thesis in Biomedical Engineering at University of Pisa. Congratulations Lorenza and Giulia!!!

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Kick-Off of the NSF project “CPS: Synergy: Integrated Modeling, Analysis and Synthesis of Miniature Medical Devices” under the direction of Pietro Valdastri, Akos Ledeczi, Peter Volgyesi, Robert J. Webster III.

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Posted on Saturday, December 1st, 2012 in News | Comments Off on Kick-Off of the NSF project “CPS: Synergy: Integrated Modeling, Analysis and Synthesis of Miniature Medical Devices” under the direction of Pietro Valdastri, Akos Ledeczi, Peter Volgyesi, Robert J. Webster III.

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Invited talk at a Dragan Foundation Symposium in Rome with pioneers in the field of capsule endoscopy

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Posted on Thursday, November 29th, 2012 in News | Comments Off on Invited talk at a Dragan Foundation Symposium in Rome with pioneers in the field of capsule endoscopy

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The paper “Real-time pose detection for medical magnetic devices” by C. Di Natali, G. Bassani, M. Beccani and P. Valdastri has been accepted for Intermag 2013.

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Posted on Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 in News | Comments Off on The paper “Real-time pose detection for medical magnetic devices” by C. Di Natali, G. Bassani, M. Beccani and P. Valdastri has been accepted for Intermag 2013.

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Santina Battaglia successfully defended her Master Thesis in Biomedical Engineering at University of Pisa. Congratulations Sissi!!!

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Posted on Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 in News | Comments Off on Santina Battaglia successfully defended her Master Thesis in Biomedical Engineering at University of Pisa. Congratulations Sissi!!!

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We get the official communication that the proposal “CPS: Synergy: Integrated Modeling, Analysis and Synthesis of Miniature Medical Devices” will be funded by NSF.

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Posted on Friday, September 7th, 2012 in News | Comments Off on We get the official communication that the proposal “CPS: Synergy: Integrated Modeling, Analysis and Synthesis of Miniature Medical Devices” will be funded by NSF.

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Christian Di Natali and Marco Beccani pass their preliminary exam and now are officially heading towards their PhD. Congratulations!!!

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Posted on Tuesday, August 21st, 2012 in News | Comments Off on Christian Di Natali and Marco Beccani pass their preliminary exam and now are officially heading towards their PhD. Congratulations!!!

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Charreau S. Bell and Pietro Valdastri take part to the Engineering Ambassadors Network Workshop at Penn State University.

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Posted on Thursday, August 16th, 2012 in News | Comments Off on Charreau S. Bell and Pietro Valdastri take part to the Engineering Ambassadors Network Workshop at Penn State University.

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Charreau S. Bell and Trevor L. Bruns officially start as STORM Lab graduate students. Good Luck!!!

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Posted on Monday, August 6th, 2012 in News | Comments Off on Charreau S. Bell and Trevor L. Bruns officially start as STORM Lab graduate students. Good Luck!!!

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STORM Lab Italians featured on the Tennessean for an article about H-1B employment and transitioning to the USA.

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Posted on Friday, August 3rd, 2012 in News | Comments Off on STORM Lab Italians featured on the Tennessean for an article about H-1B employment and transitioning to the USA.

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