Participating in Maker Faire Rome 2023 was a rewarding experience for Team HULKs. Collaborating with fellow robotics enthusiasts and showcasing our soccer-playing robots allowed us to exchange ideas and explore the latest advancements in the field. Maker Faire serves as a valuable platform for us to share our passion for robotics and engage with a diverse community of makers. We look forward to future Maker Faire events as opportunities to continue learning and innovating in the realm of humanoid robotics.
Exhibitors 2023
- ART
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- ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY
- YOUNG MAKERS (< 18)
- WELLNESS & HEALTHCARE
- AEROSPACE
- FOOD & AGRICULTURE
- 3D SCANNING
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- DRONES
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- VIRTUAL REALITY
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Arduino-based organ perfusion system.
Laboratory equipment could be expensive and their cost can be unsustainable for scientists with limited financial resources.
In order to overcome these limits we build a scalable organ perfusion system for research purposes based on Arduino boards, pressure transducers, peristaltic pumps, a thermostatic unit, and a micro-oxygenator.
Our system is designed to measure the mechanical properties of rat liver, however, it can be rearranged to perform other research on subnormothermic or hypothermic ex-vivo perfusion of liver and kidney or to realize peritoneal or isolated limb perfusion models.
Stefano Di Domenico, Beatrice Palermo, Irene Nepita, Matteo Santoliquido, Franco De Cian.
Stefano Di Domenico MD PhD
He is a surgeon at the Polyclinic S.Martino in Genoa.
He is focused on oncological surgery of liver and pancreatic tumors with ultrasound guidance.
He has also gained experience in locoregional chemo-hyperthermal treatments, and in surgery of retroperitoneal sarcomas and neuroendocrine tumors.
He is studying the plasticity of the blood circulation inside the liver in order to optimize its regeneration and functionality: to this end he designed and runs a research project that uses an organ perfusion system based on the Arduino board.
