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Data Science and AI to support Advanced Manufacturing

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Additive Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing

Advanced additive manufacturing: new materials, complex geometries, and large-scale production.

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AI & Data mining

AI & Data mining

In-situ monitoring, predictive modeling, and process control through data and artificial intelligence.

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Bioprinting

Bioprinting

Printing tissues and biological structures — from cancer research models to sustainable food production.

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Printing life, layer by layer: inside the BioProS project

For centuries we gave shape to matter by removing it: a sculptor strips away everything superfluous from a block of stone until the figure "emerges". Additive manufacturing reversed this logic — instead of removing, it adds: starting from a digital model, it builds objects layer by layer. In recent years that same principle has met a new and surprising territory: biology. This is bioprinting, 3D printing applied to biological material — a frontier of research that brings manufacturing together with the life sciences.

Printing life, layer by layer: inside the BioProS project
Prof. Bianca Maria Colosimo, PhD
“Data science, AI, and manufacturing are converging—giving rise to Physical AI. Research and innovation will be the driving forces behind the next generation of zero-defect, sustainable, and autonomous manufacturing.”

Prof. Bianca Maria Colosimo, PhD
Full Professor – Head of Research Group

IC Labs team at Politecnico di Milano

A team working at the interface between data science and manufacturing

Pushing the boundaries of intelligent manufacturing at Politecnico di Milano.

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