M. Bresciani, R. Costanzi, V. Manzari, D. Terracciano: " Acoustic Tracking System for AUVs Exploiting DoA Sensors - Calibration and Performance Characterisation", Joint 12th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems, Robotics

N. C. Volpi et al., "Decoupled Sampling-Based Motion Planning for Multiple Autonomous Marine Vehicles," OCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Charleston, Charleston, SC, 2018, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/OCEANS.2018.8604908.

There is increasing interest in the deployment and operation of multiple autonomous marine vehicles (AMVs) for a number of challenging scientific and commercial operational mission scenarios. Some of the missions, such as geotechnical surveying and 3D...

L. Pollini et al., "Development of the Guidance Navigation and Control System of the Folaga AUV for Autonomous Acoustic Surveys in the WiMUST Project," OCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Charleston, Charleston, SC, 2018, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/OCEANS.2018.8604632.

This paper deals with the development of the Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) system of the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) used for acoustic surveys in the WiMUST projects. By exploiting the fact that the vehicle hull has a modular structure,...

ROSSONERO: a tool for preliminary rendezvous mission design in the restricted three-body problem

R. Costanzi, A. Gasparri, F. Pacienza, L. Pollini, A. Caiti, V. Manzari, D. Terracciano, M. Stifani, G. Pavoni, et al: "Visual acquisition system for georeferenced monitoring and reconstruction of the sea bottom using audio for data synchronisation",

Proceedings of Oceans 2019, Marseille, June 2019.

D. Terracciano, V. Manzari, M. Stifani, B. Allotta, A. Caiti, G. Casalino: " SEALab current research trends: Maritime Unmanned Systems for dual-use applications", 2019 IMEKO TC-19, International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea, Genova, October 2019

Open Loop Safe Trajectory Design for Cislunar NRHO Rendezvous

D. Terracciano, R. Costanzi, V. Manzari, M. Stifani, A. Caiti, K. LePage, L. Troiano: "Passive detection and bearing-only tracking of large time-bandwidth signals using an AUV mounted Vector Sensor", Underwater Acoustic Conference & Exhibition series

Realistic Guidance Issues during Lunar Rendezvous with Third Body Perturbation

D. Terracciano, R. Costanzi, P. Guerrini, V. Manzari, L. Troiano, M. Stifani, A. Tesei, A. Caiti: "Bearing estimation in very shallow waters with an AUV mounted Acoustic Vector Sensor", Proceedings of Oceans 2019, Marseille, June 2019.

M. Alibani, C. Ferrara and L. Pollini, "Super Twisting Sliding Mode Control for Precise Control of Intervention Autonomous Underwater Vehicles," OCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Charleston, Charleston, SC, 2018, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/OCEANS.2018.8604839.

In this work we address the problem of precise positioning and trajectory tracking for an Intervention Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (I-AUV). Two solutions, based on the Variable Structure Systems (VSS) theory, are proposed with focus on the Super...

Dynamical Issues in Rendezvous operations with Third Body Perturbation

Terracciano, D. S., Bazzarello, L., Caiti, A., Costanzi, R., Manzari, V. (2020). Marine Robots for Underwater Surveillance. Current Robotics Reports, 1-9.

Cutolo, F.; Mamone, V.; Carbonaro, N.; Ferrari, V.; Tognetti, A. "Ambiguity-Free Optical–Inertial Tracking for Augmented Reality Headsets," Sensors 2020

The increasing capability of computing power and mobile graphics has made possible the release of self-contained augmented reality (AR) headsets featuring efficient head-anchored tracking solutions. Ego motion estimation based on well-established...

Viglialoro R. M.; Condino S.; Turini G.; Mamone V.; Carbone M.; Ferrari V.; Ghelarducci G.; Ferrari M.; Gesi M. "Interactive serious game for shoulder rehabilitation based on real-time hand tracking," Technology and Health Care

BACKGROUND: Virtual reality is becoming popular in the rehabilitation field thanks to the several advantages it can offer to patients and physicians. Indeed, serious games can: motivate and engage the patient; offer different levels of challenge and...

Costa Joana, Ghilardi Michele, Mamone Virginia, Ferrari Vincenzo, Busfield James J. C., Ahluwalia Arti, Carpi Federico "Bioreactor With Electrically Deformable Curved Membranes for Mechanical Stimulation of Cell Cultures," Frontiers in Bioengineerin

Physiologically relevant in vitro models of stretchable biological tissues, such as muscle, lung, cardiac and gastro-intestinal tissues, should mimic the mechanical cues which cells are exposed to in their dynamic microenvironment in vivo. In...

I. Tamadon, V. Mamone et al., "ValveTech: a Novel Robotic Approach for Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement," in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Objective: Aortic valve disease is the most common heart disease in the elderly calling for replacement with an artificial valve. The presented surgical robot aims to provide a highly controllable instrument for efficient delivery of an artificial...

V. Mamone, M. D. Fonzo, N. Esposito, M. Ferrari and V. Ferrari, "Monitoring Wound Healing With Contactless Measurements and Augmented Reality," IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine

Objective: This work presents a device for non-invasive wound parameters assessment, designed to overcome the drawbacks of traditional methods, which are mostly rough, inaccurate, and painful for the patient. The device estimates the morphological...

Virginia Mamone ,Sara Condino,Fabrizio Cutolo, Izadyar Tamadon, Arianna Menciassi , Michele Murzi, Mauro Ferrari, and Vincenzo Ferrari "Low-Computational Cost Stitching Method in a Three-Eyed Endoscope", Journal of Healthcare Engineering

Aortic valve replacement is the only definitive treatment for aortic stenosis, a highly prevalent condition in elderly population. Minimally invasive surgery brought numerous benefits to this intervention, and robotics recently provided additional...

C. Bourelly et al., "A Preliminary Solution for Anomaly Detection in Water Quality Monitoring," 2020 IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP), Bologna, Italy, 2020, pp. 410-415, doi: 10.1109/SMARTCOMP50058.2020.00086.