- Ingegneria Industriale & Ingegneria dell’Informazione per il territorio fiorentino
- Edited by Bruno Facchini, Giovanni Ferrara, Rocco Furferi
Contributo della Sezione di Meccanica Applicata alle Macchine per una storia del Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale dell’Università di Firenze
- Benedetto Allotta
- © 2026 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0972-4.12
The chapter “Contribution of the Section of Applied Mechanics to the History of the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Florence” retraces the role played by the Section in the scientific and educational development of the Department. Through research projects, industrial collaborations, and innovations in system dynamics, mechatronics, robotics, and vehicle engineering, the Section has made a significant contribution to the cultural and technological growth of engineering in Florence.
- Keywords:
- Industrial Engineering,
- University of Florence,
- Department of Industrial Engineering (DIEF),
- Historical development,
- Engineering education,
- Mechanical engineering,
- Energy engineering,
- University–industry collaboration,
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0001-8511-1110
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- Allotta, B. et al. 2012b. “Design and Implementation of Dynamic Simulators for The Testing of Inertial Sensors.” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 5024-29. Saint Paul (MN).
- Allotta, B. et al. 2012c. “Thesaurus Project: Design of New Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Documentation and Protection of Underwater Archaeological Sites.” Progress in Cultural Heritage Preservation.
- Allotta, B. et al. 2015. “Typhoon at CommsNet13: Experimental Experience on AUV Navigation and Localization.” Annual Reviews in Control Volume 40: 157-71.
- Allotta, B., Pugi, L. e F. Bartolini. 2008. “Design and Experimental Results of an Active Suspension System for a High-Speed Pantograph.” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 13(5): 548-57.
- Fioravanti, D., Allotta, B. e A. Rindi A. 2008. “Image Based Visual Serving for Robot Positioning Tasks.” Meccanica 43: 291-305.
- Magheri, S. 2011. “An Innovative Wheel-Rail Contact Model for Multibody Applications.” Wear 271(1-2): 462-71.
- Malvezzi, M. et al. 2008. “Odometric Estimation for Automatic Train Protection and Control System.” Proceedings of WCRR 2008 – 8th World Congress of Railway Research.
- Pugi, L. et al. 2006. “HIL Simulation of WSP Systems on MI-6 Test Rig.” Vehicle System Dynamics 44(1): 843-52
Chapter Information
Chapter Title
Contributo della Sezione di Meccanica Applicata alle Macchine per una storia del Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale dell’Università di Firenze
Authors
Benedetto Allotta
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0972-4.12
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title
Ingegneria Industriale & Ingegneria dell’Informazione per il territorio fiorentino
Book Subtitle
Ingegneria Industriale - Volume 1
Editors
Bruno Facchini, Giovanni Ferrara, Rocco Furferi
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
272
Publication Year
2026
Copyright Information
© 2026 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0972-4
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0971-7
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0972-4
Series Title
Dialoghi con la società
Series ISSN
2975-0210
Series E-ISSN
2975-0334