№ 2026 Festival della Robotica · Tirrenia

Ideas come from those who live with disability.
We build the solutions together.

We collect the real needs of people with disabilities and connect them with those who can turn them into technology and those who can support them.

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Needs collected by the associations
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Areas of intervention identified
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Worlds we bring together

The method

A triangle of needs, technology and resources.

Three worlds that struggle to meet on their own come together here: we act as a bridge that puts them in touch, but we do not manage funds and we do not develop the projects.

The need

Those who have a need

People with disabilities, family members and associations propose low-cost solutions capable of delivering measurable benefits in the short to medium term.

The technology

Those who can build

Research groups, such as those at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and the University of Pisa, as well as companies and spin-offs.

The resources

Those who can support

Banks, foundations, institutions and individuals who want to provide funding, or companies that want to offer a solution.

Children and a researcher interact with the NAO humanoid robot at the Festival della Robotica: an example of assistive and educational robotics for disability.
Festival della Robotica — TirreniaTechnology becomes familiar when it meets people.

The showcase

A few ideas to discover.

All ideas
A service robot arm helps an elderly person in a wheelchair while a little girl looks on: assistive robotics for everyday independence.
Assistive roboticsGiving back independence in everyday gestures.

Get involved

Three ways to be part of the bridge.

Whatever your role, there is a way in designed for you.

01

Propose

Do you have an everyday need that technology could solve? Tell us about it — in writing, by voice or on video.

Propose an idea
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Explore

Are you a researcher, an engineer or a lab? Browse the proposals and adopt the one you can develop.

Explore the ideas
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Support

Companies, foundations and individuals: express your interest in a proposal and we will put you in touch.

Support an idea