In October 2021, the Polytechnic University of Bari and the Italian company “Comau”, specialized in industrial automation, signed a five-year agreement for the joint establishment of the new public-private laboratory called “Cognitive Diagnostics”.

“Cognitive Diagnostics” was created to respond to the growing demand for flexible automation, adaptable to any production context and capable of making Factory 4.0 work processes more efficient through the use of enabling technologies.

In particular, the new laboratory will enable Comau to deepen the study of innovative vision systems and platforms that allow simpler robot programming, facilitating and speeding up the management and control processes of operators (“low code programming”). On the basis of the agreement, to promote training and the professional placement of specialized profiles, Comau will collaborate in the University’s teaching activities by participating in tutoring during training internships and company placements. Finally, the laboratory’s strategic asset will be the internationalization of the research pathways conducted within it, also through participation in European and international projects.