[Spain, September 18th 2018] The ACANTO project had its final review meeting at the premises of the Hospital of Getafe, Spain. The Consortium presented its results to the representatives of the European Commission. Former participants of the experimental activities, who had…
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[Italy, September 4th 2018] – Experimental activities of the Project Acanto were reported in the local newspaper “Il Ponte”. The publication is an instrument used to inform, confront and start a dialogue between key partners in the community of Pergine and…
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[August 17th 2018] – Results from the ACANTO Project were presented on the ITV News – BBC in the UK. [Northumbria University, August 13th 2018] Our new robotic walker which helps keep older people active for longer [ITV – BBC UK,…
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[England, June 14th 2018] – The leader of the ACANTO Project, Dr Luigi Palopoli traveled to Newcastle upon Tyne, England, to introduce the ACANTO walker. Several meetings took place across the course of the day in which older adults involved…
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[Trento, December 1st 2017] – The FriWalk at the OpenLab Day UNITN The work of the EECS Lab is mainly focused on the development of intelligent systems that cooperate with humans. Visitors had the opportunity to see and use the FriWalk…
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[Munich, October 20th 2017] – The FriWalk at the Bayern Barrier-Free event Siemens was awarded by the Bavarian government for successful inclusion (“Bayern barrierefrei – wir sind dabei” and “Inklusion in Bayern – wir arbeiten miteinander”). Our ACANTO FriWalk was showcased at…
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[Trento, September 28th 2017] – Real feedback for the Acanto Walker Various citizens from the Trentino region participated in a set of validation experiments of the Acanto FriWalk. The results obtained from these experiments will be directly applied into the…
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[Madrid, June 13th 2017] – Everything is ready for the Second Review Meeting of Project ACANTO! Members of the team are setting up the walker system for the meeting organized at the Getafe Hospital in Madrid, Spain. System integration evaluations…
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Bruxelles, December 6th – 7th 2016 The ACANTO project has participated in the Second European Summit on Digital Innovation and healthy ageing. The initiative was a very nice initiative involving a large number of partners of research projects related to…
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The ACANTO team was present with a stand in the prestigious smart city conference in Trento. The stand many visitors in a few hours, including professionals and members of the public. The initiative ensured a good visibility for the project…
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