Signo Motus

SIGNO MOTUS (SITUS) is a research intensive Italian SME established in 1994 with Headquarters in Messina (Sicily), a Technical Unit in charge of e-health technologies deployment in Pisa (Tuscany). The Company aims at representing a bridge between bioengineering and medicine. The application fields embrace robotics, smart materials, assistive technology and ICT.

Mission: to take advantage of research and innovative solutions covering the gap, “in signo motus” (in the name of movement), between modern bioengineering and its real clinical application. Precompetitive advantage is achieved through basic and applied research oriented to the aforesaid fields. A multidisciplinary R&D team with several years of experience provides innovative solutions and services.

Company dimension: 10 people, € 1 M turnover

Main facilities: dedicated software tools and hardware for mechanical 3D modelling, simulation and FEM analysis (Autodesk Inventor being Member of the Autodesk® Developer Network as Research Centre); control software development kits (National Instruments LabView®); laboratories for electronics, manufacturing and testing of mechanical prototypes, equipped with state of the art design, analysis, and control system development software tools; electromechanical characterization instruments for smart materials (ERFs) and related devices.