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“Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita mi ritrovai per una selva oscura, ché la diritta via era smarrita.
DANTE ALIGHIERI
LA DIVINA COMMEDIA
1306
“Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost. “
DANTE ALIGHIERI
LA DIVINA COMMEDIA
1306

How it was born

Dantroide
was born from the idea of celebrati the Great poet, on the occasione of the 700th anniversary of hit death, in a contemporary key and by combining, in a trasversal manner, the departments of our institute.

WHAT it is?

Dantroide is an Android with Dantesque features that simulates human movements and recites and interprets selected triplets from the Divine Comedy. This is a way to implement an educational strategy functional to our institute: to create interdisciplinary knowledge and enhance excellence, allowing the most motivated pupils to best express their creativity and their knowledge in a project that stands out for its peculiarity both in the linguistic-literary as well as electronics and computer fields.

GOALS

The main goals of Dantroide are: to know, disclose, interpret and actualize the most significant themes of the Divine Comedy. By realizing a live android, students will be able as well to learn transversal skills which will be useful for an appropriate insertion into the world of work.

Departments

Department of litarature

Dante, a man of his time.
The Divine Comedy, genesis and structure of the work. Reading and commenting on selected songs.
Interpretation and actualization of Dante’s message.
Writing texts Audio acquisition (interdisciplinary)

English language

TTranslation and interpretation of selected pieces of the work

Drafting of translated texts
Audio acquisition (interdisciplinary)

Computer Science

Communication protocol development Client / server side software development APP interface / user development
Creation of audio files (interdisciplinary)

electronics and electrical engineering

Embedded software development
Interfacing of drive peripherals and sensors
Creation of communication protocol for control through remote devices
Testing procedures of the equipment, execution of functioning tests

mechanics

Realization of executive drawings of mechanical parts and eventual realization