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The MAPWORMS project was showcased at the INNODAYS innovation exhibition held from November 24th to 26th, 2023, organized by the Region of Crete.

Three innovations developed in MAPWORMS project are now part of The EU Innovation Radar Platform: the European Commission initiative to identify high-potential innovations and innovators in EU-funded research and projects.

SOMIRO is a Horizon 2020-funded project working on the development of energy-autonomous swimming milli-robots for reducing the environmental impact of farming. In the framework of the project, a 4-days school on “Miniaturized and soft robots” was organized and on Wednesday 11 October, Arianna Menciassi and Linda Paternò presented the MAPWORMS project.

On Friday 29 September, the BRIGHT-NIGHT was back in Tuscany: the European Night of Researchers, i.e., the event of the European Community born in 2005 with the aim to disseminate science results and their impact on citizens’ daily lives in a fun and inspiring way. For the MAPWORMS team, it was an amazing opportunity to spread project results and objectives with colleagues, students, and people of all ages!

The 13th of May 2022: save the date because this is when the kick-off meeting took place and the 6 partners of the project reunited to celebrate the birth of MAPWORMS. We are talking about a transitional consortium of 6 partners from 6 different EU countries, operating under the European Union’s Horizon research and innovation program with a high level of specialization in robotics and technology.

The 13th of May 2022: save the date because this is when the kick-off meeting took place and the 6 partners of the project reunited to celebrate the birth of MAPWORMS. We are talking about a transitional consortium of 6 partners from 6 different EU countries, operating under the European Union’s Horizon research and innovation program with a high level of specialization in robotics and technology.

You don’t always have to opportunity to set a plenary meeting in a city like Lecce. And when you get the chance you make it worth it. Two days of plenary meeting gave the opportunity to MAPWORMS partners to have an update to the point reached from the project and to take part to the seminar on DNA nanotechnology held by professor Itamar Willner.

Going to Japan during spring is always magical. However, if you are a scientist and you attend RoboSoft, it could be one of the best moment of your entire year. In 2023, it was MAPWORMS time to shine -actually its first time ever at this conference. With a poster exposed at the event and Jacopo Quaglierini ready to speak about the project and to answer all the question coming from the public, we were ready to conquer Singapore.

Maintaining ocean biodiversity is nowadays a matter of how much you know about environment and what you can do to preserve the ocean and its inhabitants. The Second International Ocean Data Conference 2023 was the perfect ground where MAPWORMS could give its contribution to help collect data on ocean biodiversity.

Nothing looks better than an event exclusively dedicated to robotics for a project focused on biorobotics to make its first appearance. This is exactly what happened from 14 to 16 March 2022, when professor Arianna Menciassi and MAPWORMS team went to Odense, Denmark, to ERF 2023 to present the project to the scientific community.