In terms of Enel’s innovation,
the innothon initiative has been incredibly important.
What we really wanted to do was to involve mainly
young people – they’re an active part of society
and we also want them to be an active part of our innovations.
This fits perfectly with our ‘open’ approach:
we’re open to listening to the external ecosystem
and we’re open to engaging with any input that may come in.
This initiative has been a great opportunity for us
to involve young people, to listen to them,
and especially to show them what Enel is prepared to do
to help create an increasingly innovative world,
one we hope will be full of interesting initiatives.
To make a prototype like ours,
several skills are needed:
– mechanical, electrical, automation skills –
mainly from various engineering fields,
and obviously IT.
Definitely, the role of robotics
is to help reduce as much as possible
any possible injuries
that might occur in the course of our work.
Robotics can also help reduce
timelines and the human resources
that might be necessary even in other environments.
The most challenging aspect of completing
our project mainly had to do with energy management,
the management of the power-to-weight ratio
and finally, managing communication
among our three devices.
Our prototype
was developed mainly in two macrostructures:
the base, which, as you can see, is a crawler able to adapt to
all types of terrain on which it might need to operate.
The second is a robotic arm, unmounted at this time,
which will be used to make inspections with a video camera
or to perform minor interventions in the field if necessary.
I have a lot of aspirations for the future.
I would definitely like to continue working in this sector, which I'm passionate about,
and I would definitely like to continue working in the field of robotics.
A possible future that I can imagine,
even today, is that human beings
and artificial intelligence will work together.
This will obviously get better
as artificial intelligence improves over time.
What we’ve been seeing in the last few years and for the future
so, what the technological trends are,
and the impact on the renewables sector,
we’re talking about artificial intelligence,
automation, edge computing, the metaverse, GPT chat
these are all trends that are now
in the hands of young people, mainly.
So I think young people can give
a fundamental contribution precisely because these new technologies
can impact so many areas of renewables and help us improve,
by innovating more and more what our activities are,
from construction to decommissioning
from construction to decommissioning, right up to the end of a power plant’s life.