DIANA aims to bring space robotics applications to Politecnico di Torino by developing and prototyping technology demonstrators of space rovers for astronauts’ assistance and support in future manned missions on other planets.
In 2008 the Team was founded on the occasion of the national project AMALIA, which has seen involved several Italian Universities and companies, for the participation to the Google Lunar X-Prize. Within the AMALIA project the role of the team was to design and develop a lunar rover that would eventually have landed on the Moon. From 2008 team DIANA produced three lunar rover prototypes, carrying the name AMALIA.
The Team is a talent incubator: the students build advanced knowledge of robotics. They are put to the test in managing a complex and challenging project, gaining highly professionalized skills. All of this is possible through intense collaboration with many companies all around Piedmont, Italy as well as internationally.
DIANA is active in numerous research fields and counts many publications gained during the years.