From the IIT of Genoa to Italia’s Got Talent: the Alter Egos, the robots of the future conquer the jury and the public
On the stage of the Sky talent show a competition was staged that saw the avatars born in the Genoese laboratories as protagonists
Genoa – Science, research and talent meet on the stage of Italia’s Got Talent. Among the competitors who performed during the second episode of the talent show auditions broadcast on Sky Uno, there were two singular to say the least: the Alter Ego, two robots born in the laboratories of the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa. Presented by researcher Manuel Catalano and designer Maria Fossati, who work together to create robotic bodies capable of interacting and changing the world, the two Genoese avatars showed all their wonderful potential for the jury and the public.
Remotely controlled, via a reality system, the two virtual humanoid robots – whose potential is already known also in the domestic and health sectors and for dangerous operations, such as defusing a bomb – have ventured into a race, proving to be able to go to a point, grab an object and deliver it to the recipient. A performance that won the applause of the audience, the compliments of Bebe Vio, guest of the evening, and of the jury, composed of Frank Matano, Mara Maionchi, Federica Pellegrini and Elio, who unanimously sent the two avatars among the candidates for the the final.
Once again, therefore, the IIT confirms itself as Ligurian and national excellence in the field of robotic technology at the service of man with his machines, which have now become famous on the small screen: just a few years ago, the robot puppy iCub made his debut, again on the stage of Italia’s Got Talent became a real celebrity, to the point of being on the catwalk last year on the Dolce & Gabbana catwalk, with colleague R1, another creature born in the laboratories of the Erzelli science and technology park.
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