Student Teams and projects

The team is active since 2009 in the International competition between universities Motostudent ((www.motostudent.com), in which students design and build a racing motorcycle that every two years races on the MotoGP circuit of Aragon (Spain). Two different categories are present: one with electric engine ('Electric') and one with internal combustion engine ('Petrol', 250 cc 4stroke). The team always participated in the 'Petrol' category and won two times the design phase (edition 2011/12 and edition 2013/14) and one time the race on track (edition 2013/14). Starting from the edition 2019/20, the team participates also to the competition in the 'Electric' category. The design of the vehicle is a multidisciplinary problem which involves students coming from the major Engineering Courses of Politecnico.

The choral group of Politecnico, joining students and professors from all courses. It offers musical group activities, with weekly rehearsals and concerts. The name shows the multi-ethnical spirit present both in the composition of the team and in the musical repertoire.

"The CubeSat PoliTO Team is a student team of Politecnico di Torino involved in the design and development of space small platforms for scientific missions and in orbit demonstration of novel technologies. The team was created in 2008 on the initiative of students and professors of Aerospace Engineering. Two CubeSats have been developed until now: E-ST@R-I, launched into orbit on February 2012, and E-ST@R-II, launched on April 2016 within the Fly your satellite! programme of the European Space Agency. Students of Aerospace, Mechanical, Electronic, Communications and Computer Engineering are working together to build their dreams!"

A. Spanò (coordination), A. Lingua, F. Chiabrando, F. Giulio Tonolo, P. Maschio. The project aims at setting up an active and continuous student education to train crisis mappers. They will acquire and process information for rapid mapping during the stages of disaster management thanks to their advanced scientific expertise in the application of the latest geomatics techniques (3D metric sensing, drone, photogrammetry, remote sensing, GIS/webGIS).

A. Spanò (coordination), A. Lingua, F. Chiabrando, F. Giulio Tonolo, P. Maschio. The project aims at setting up an active and continuous student education to train crisis mappers. They will acquire and process information for rapid mapping during the stages of disaster management thanks to their advanced scientific expertise in the application of the latest geomatics techniques (3D metric sensing, drone, photogrammetry, remote sensing, GIS/webGIS).

The DRAFT (Drones Autonomous Flight Team) intends to promote the technical and social growth of students by engaging challenging projects aiming to increase the autonomy of current drone technology by researching and developing innovative solutions infused with Artificial Intelligence.

The project aims to implement the theoretical and practical aspects of safety through the monitoring and active control of structures and infrastructures in a multidisciplinary contest. The main objective is the integration of different methodologies and operating models and the setting up of management environments and analysis of interoperability data.

The tutor of Team is Prof. Gaetano Iuso. The team deals with the design, manufacturing and characterization of wind rotors for the production of electricity. The multidisciplinary nature of the study involves students from Engineering Courses related to different topics such as fluid dynamics, electricity, mechanics, structures, control and management. The availability within the department of equipment, instrumentations, 3D printers, computational software and wind tunnels has already enabled the development of a first methodology for the design and characterization of rotors inherent to the micro wind turbine. Info and Updates @EolitoTeam @eolito_team

Team Ermione was founded in 2018 with a main aim of producing a cultural cinematographic work. This was achieved thanks to the skills of the team member such as communication strategies, 3D modeling and photorealistic rendering. The first project of the Team concerns the production of a short film that tells Gabriele D'Annunzio's life. The team's following project is about digital identity and social networks. It was presented at the event Biennale Democrazia 2019, where the expert Vanni Codeluppi and the influencer Paola Turani participated. Il Vate' short movie website and the Facebook page.

Machina Ad Hominem- team, was born in 2018, with the aim of becoming a cradle of skills and abilities, starting from the interaction between students with different study backgrounds. We are leading a first project on the biomedical field: a 3D printed EMG prosthesys. We are not just interest in biomedics, but also robotics, wearable, domotics, AI.

The project's aim is to create customized devices for the disabled, working in each stage of the conception and then the realization of the device with the disabled who will be the final user. The outcomes are then shared open source on the website.

Our aim is to project and build unmanned airplanes and rocket models. The main purpose is developing innovative ideas and attending international academic competitions. Our idea is giving the team members the possibility to increase their knowledge, putting them in touch with challenges typical of the aerospace engineering field.

Team ISAAC aims to design and build innovative mobile robots, giving a particular focus to the solutions and the technologies relevant to the "Search and Rescue" (SAR) field and with the objective of competing at the "RoboCup Rescue" annual competition. Previously, the team has worked on the development an anthropomorphic robot able to walk.

The team was founded in the academic year 2015/2016 as a response to a particularly felt need within the academic context of an interdisciplinary group of students, namely experiencing the "learning by doing" approach before entering the employment world. The goal of the project is recovering social spaces in the Turin area using self-building techniques and natural materials, generating multiple benefits, firstly, the opportunity for students to learn various construction techniques with a practical approach; but also, giving back to the city common spaces for the community. During the first two years, the team worked for the restauration of the Red Room in the Cecchi Point Hub. The requalification started with a co-design phase involving students, professors, external experts, associations within Cecchi Point and users, favoring a bottom-up architectural approach and the inclusion of students and citizens in the transformation of the city, encouraging the sense of community. Natural materials such as raw earth, wood, hemp, straw and lime were used in the building site; allowing the experimental verification of various techniques aimed at simplifying the construction process and introducing the advantages of these solutions also in urban areas. A succession method chosen within the team allows new students from year to year to guide new projects and construction sites eligible to the main objectives, with the support of ex-students of La Termitière, recently established as a formal nonprofit association, "Accademia nel Cantiere". During 2020 the team will work in the San Salvario district, to carry out the recovery of the Music Room of the ASAI association, which has been a protagonist for years in the social and cultural life of the neighborhood.

Properly managing waste is vital because of its connection to environmental, ethical and economic issues. The basis of the project consists in improving the existing bins by applying device, sensors and connected microcontrollers. Through Machine Learning you will have the monitoring activity to the waste flow within Politecnico.

'Mi Lego al Territorio' is a team that aims to design and build LEGO®'s models that allow us to inform and raise youngster's awareness about natural phenomena dangers. The name of the team means 'I bind myself to the territory', it is a pun on the similarity between the Italian verb 'lego', to bind, and the famous toy company. Using LEGO®'s bricks allows us to achieve more innovative and interactive educational activities. We built a scale model of a catchment to show the effects of the hydrogeological instability. Moreover, we created a one-directional vibrating platform capable of simulating an earthquake to explain the seismic phenomena we built a one-directional vibrating platform. We are currently designing new concepts to improve the models mentioned above and to show more complex natural events. Since current models are quite expensive and hard to replicate, we are designing smaller and cheaper models as well. Beyond activities in schools, the team took part in other events organised by institutions like 'Protezione Civile Regione Piemonte' (Piedmont Civil Safety) and 'Croce Rossa Italiana' (Italian Red Cross). Those events were based on the common interest in safety and education towards self-protection.

PACE (Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education) aims at educate and inspire students on the necessity of global collaboration and wants to realize a small aided power vehicle prototype that can be transported by bus, train or be carried in a backpack. Progetto formativo PAMD - Prof. Tornincasa (DIGEP): It expects to create a low power-assisted vehicle which aims at dealing with urban transfers by public transportation using continuous progress. It can be transported on buses, trains or put in a suitable compact rucksack.

Team PoliTOcean was born in 2017 and it works in underwater robotics field. Especially the occupation of the team concerns the study and the manufacture of a R.O.V. (remotely operated vehicle), that it is a remotely command device mostly used for exploration and maintenance in underwater enviroment. The annually main aim of the team is the partecipation at the MATE ROV Competition.

The PoliTo Rocket Team is the rocketry student team of the Politecnico di Torino, entirely dedicated to the design and construction of high-powered rockets, with the aim of competing annually against the other European rocketry student teams at EuRoC. 2.25m long and less than 8kg heavy, Cavour is the first solid propelled rocket of the team, named after the homonym Italian founding father.

The Team was founded in 2018 and its purpose is to help its members improve their communication, public speaking and leadership skills. During the weekly meetings, completely held in English, the members can engage in activities aligned with the philosophy of "learning by doing": they have the opportunity to give speeches in front of an audience, improvise a speech, exercise their English skills, listen to other people and give constructive feedback to other members. The club is affiliated with Toastmasters International, a non-profit educational organization that has reached more than 130 countries, and that offers resources to learn soft skills and communication and leadership-related educational projects designed to help people learn the art of speaking, listening and reflecting.

PoliTo in Light was born in 2015 from a team of students coming from different degree courses, in particular from the area of architecture and design. The initiative dealt with the design of a temporary lighting installation to be placed in the honour court of the Valentino castle and the realization of a full-scale prototype. The outcome of the student project activity was the work "Luce in cattedra", presented for the first time during 2015/2016 edition of Luci d'Artista and then re-proposed in the following years (2016/2017 and 2017/2018). From 2019, thanks to the interest of the Municipality of Turin to become part of the initiative by definitively inserting the installation in the circuit of Luci d'Artista, a renovation of the project is underway, in order to rebuild the lighting installation in its final form. The installation will therefore be realized and will be an original example for the University of use of technology as an artistic expression and a tool to focus attention on the theme of the use of light in the urban context.

We are PoliTOrbital, a student team that develops the preliminary design of a suborbital aircraft that can guarantee access to space and the experimentation of microgravity to as large a number of passengers as possible in compliance with environmental standards. Each year we take part on the Défi Aérospatial Etudiant, a student competition sponsored by the European Space Agency ESA, ArianeGroup and Dassault Aviation. Responsible professor: VIOLA Nicole.

The Team is active since 2009 in design and production of Human Powered Vehicles such as recumbent bikes, trikes, velomobiles and streamliners for daily commuting, tourism, sport and even to challenge the world records. The Team takes part to international events such as the WHPVA World Championship, the European HPV Student Challenge and the World Human Powered Speed Challenge in Battle Mountain.

The Polito Sailing Team is a group of 70 students that involves all disciplinary areas in order to design, build and run skiff prototypes, small R3 class boats with a short hull length (4.60 m) and large sail (33 m2). In its 5 years of activity, the Team has given birth to 3 boats boasting a high percentage (>80% by weight) of recyclable/BIO/natural materials, as well as publications, studies in the fluid dynamics field (CFD), structural (FEM) and dynamic (VPP).

In order to build a flying replica of the historic SIAI-MARCHETTI S55X seaplane as part of the wider "Replica55" project, the student team is carrying out the necessary analysis of aerodynamics, flight mechanics and structural analysis. The team also deals with experimental tests on models and real scale components, with the definition of the flight envelope and the loads acting on the aircraft, including a sophisticated dynamic analysis of the impact with the water. The current goal is to take part in international competitions such as the F4 World Championship with the first 1: 8 scale prototype of the S55X, made with advanced composite material. The model aircraft will be the starting point of the innovative project "S55 HERA" (S55 High Efficiency Replica model Aircraft) which involves the design and the realization of a long-range flying prototype, able to retrace one of the stages of the air cruise that made S55X famous worldwide.

The team is made up of 4 professors who have the role of scientific referents, R. Palma; G. Callegari; C. De Giorgi; C. Ocelli; and 12 students from the faculties of Architecture, Engineering and Design. Our team is dedicated to the design and construction, through self-construction, of a self-sufficient housing module for cycle tourists and walkers positioned along the cycle path of the Canale Cavour, which connects Chivasso to Galliate. This project is strongly linked to the territory in which it is located, as it will be built for the most part with 0 km materials, and with particular attention to environmental sustainability, and a correct insertion in the context and an awareness towards the memory of the place and of the territory. In addition, the MAACC project stands as an emblematic project for the development of tourism linked to slow mobility, through which it is possible to enhance the territorial identity. So our goal lies both in the project and in the self-construction process of the module, both in raising awareness and in the dissemination of a possible different approach to mobility linked to environmental and territorial sustainability. For more information contact us at recyclo@polito.it.

Tutor Accademici: Raffaella Sesana (DIMEAS), Daniela Maffiodo (DIMEAS) - Tutor Aziendale : Roberto Maiorano (RG.TECH) . We are a team of students with different profiles and academic backgrounds. We aim at designing and making advanced and eco friendly free-ride snowboard decks, considering both materials and processes used. The team deals with all the aspects, from the design to the prototyping stage and the practical tests of the realized prototypes, also organizing sport events involving other national and international universities, in order to promote creativity, environmental care, inclusion and cultural exchange in the scientific and technologic field through sport competition. We want to make the team grow and continue with the scientific research always supporting and helping each member of the team with the enthusiasm and passion that have always characterized sportsmen. We hope to encourage a sport activity with no impact on nature, which could even enhance knowledge and respect for it.

The team is created to project and realize small modular structures at the service of operators and professionals who work in the high mountains. Monitoring and research activities require structures at height to accomodate the equipment and the staff, which need a temporary living space. The purpose is to develop design skills starting from the conditions of the Alpine context, dealing with the sustainability of interventions and the relationship with the territory.

The team is composed of students and former students of the faculties of Architecture and Design under the supervision of Prof. P. Mellano, M. Vaudetti and S. Canepa. Created in 2014, it carried out a first redevelopment of some outdoor spaces at "Lorusso e Cutugno" prison in Turin. Since 2017, the team is engaged in a participatory design and realization process of interior and exterior furnishing within the "San Michele" prison of Alessandria. In 2013 the European Court of Human Rights issued the "Torreggiani sentence". It condemned Italy because of the deterioration of penitentiary buildings' spaces. In response, "San Michele" has been developing a project of "dynamic surveillance" that implies a new attention to both architectural and social re-educational aspects. The team collaborated with the Department of Law of the University of Turin and has involved all the actors of the prison. It conceived a design that meets at the same time needs and restrictions of such a peculiar environment. The objective is to bring the attention to a qualitative improvement of the penalty spaces and their habitability.

Prof. Genta/Prof. Tonoli (DIMEAS): It is made up of 50 students, with the common passion for car races and in particular for designing and constructing an electric racing prototype, who participate in the international competitions "Formula SAE" and "Formula Hybrid".

Student teams to design and built fuel-efficient vehicles (fuel cell, electric or hybrid) for participating in the Shell Eco-marathon, an international competition in which the winner is who consumes less and not who comes first.

The team is made up of students who share the desire to apply university skills in a practical way in the audiovisual sector. This in order to grow and bring out in this sector the consideration of the excellence of Cinema Engineering and of the Media and of the Polytechnic itself. The members, after meeting each other on previous film projects, formed a team in 2018 and decided as their first project to carry on the production of a documentary, of standard TV duration, on mental health and marginalization (analyzing the former Collegno asylum). These students, however eclectic, are specialized in audiovisual films, television and advertising productions.

Visionary student team was founded in December 2016 by a group of young university students united by the desire to have a strongly active and impacting role in the society in which they live, actively confronting themselves with the Future and related issues. The Visionary team's work takes shape thanks to Visionary Days, the annual event produced by the students which, thanks to its innovative format, involved more than 400 participants in the first edition and then continued to grow during the second edition held on December 1st 2018 at OGR, in which about 1500 entries were received and 800 participants.

Our team aims to reduce the production of W.E.E.E. of Politecnico di Torino and give our students practical skills to improve their knowledge. In our lab, students can both approach for the first time the problems of a non-working electronic equipment and prove their skill to problem solving, team working and innovative thinking.

The team is focussed on Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking. Our main activities are: participating in international "Capture The Flag" competitions, internal training through talks and presentations, organization of public events about cybersecurity and collaboration with various departments of the Polytechnic.