Academic PoCs

They are ~1 million in LEO orbit and can collide with orbiting satellites, damaging them and producing new debris. As most of these are uncatalogued, the main purpose of the system is to pursue space safety, acting as a technological and scientific demonstrator with future commercial applications.   Contacts: Contact person Prof. Mario Edoardo BERTAINA   Email marioedoardo.bertaina@unito.it  

The main goal of the project is to test patented stabilisation techniques for tethered space systems in a simulated environment. The Proof of Concept consists of an experimental test bench to simulate the in-orbit behaviour of these systems (over three degrees of freedom), so that control algorithms based on aerodynamic and gyroscopic stabilisation can be tested.    Contacts: Contact person Prof. Marcello Romano   Email marcello.romano@polito.it    

The proposed PIM-based binder is based on an advanced, proprietary formulation that offers benefits such as cost savings, reduced environmental impact and superior performance.  Improving the efficiency of fuel and electrolyser devices by offering an alternative to the reference material. The methodology adopted includes synthesis and characterisation of the binder, laboratory performance testing and comparative evaluation with the reference material.     Contacts: Contact person Dott. Sergio Bocchini   Email sergio.bocchini@polito.it

The project aims to create an innovative technology to recreate reduced gravity conditions for the simulated orbital flight of an autonomous artificial satellite simulator in three degrees of freedom, two translational and one rotational, through the use of a pressurised system and appropriate bearings that allow the simulator to float on a flat surface. This surface, formed by a monolithic block of granite, will also be able to tilt through a control algorithm and, consequently, control the gravitational gradient to which the simulator is subjected, allowing tests to be carried out in variable reduced gravity.    Contacts: Contact person Prof. Marcello Romano Email marcello.romano@polito.it

The PoC plans to validate the system in a relevant environment, especially in microgravity and extreme conditions such as vacuum and high/low temperatures. The technology expected at the end of the PoC therefore includes the realisation of a prototype with materials suitable for space applications, such as the use of aramid fibres for the structural layer of the inflatable links. Contacts: Contact person Prof. Stefano Mauro Email stefano.mauro@polito.it 

The project involves making a digital twin of a propulsion system and using AI algorithms to learn the behavior of these propulsions in real time.   Contacts: Contact person Giuseppe Giorgi   Email giuseppe.giorgi@polito.it  

The advent of electric and autonomous mobility broadens horizons in the facility management sector through Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR). The project aims to develop an innovative IoT Hardware-Software platform for the design and management of facility management systems through electric fleets.   Contacts: Contact person Prof Paola Pisano   Email paola.pisano@unito.it