R. Worsley, L. Pimpolari, D. McManus, N. Ge, R. Ionescu, J. A. Wittkopf, A. Alieva, G. Basso, M. Macucci, G. Iannaccone, K. Novoselov, H. Holder, G. Fiori, C. Casiraghi: “All-2D Material Inkjet-Printed Capacitors: Toward Fully Printed Integrated…

... Circuits”, ACS Nano, Nov. 2018

K. Capellini, E. Vignali, E. Costa, E. Gasparotti, M. E. Biancolini, L. Landini, V. Positano, S. Celi :"Computational fluid dynamic study for aTAA hemodynamics: an integrated image-based and RBF mesh morphing approach", J Biomech Eng, 2018 Jul 23.

We present a novel framework for the fluid dynamics analysis of healthy subjects and patients affected by ascending thoracic aorta aneurysm (aTAA). Our aim is to obtain indications about the effect of a bulge on the hemodynamic environment at different...

E. Gasparotti*, E. Vignali*, P. Losi, B. M. Fanni, M. Scatto, L. Landini, V. Positano, S. Celi: "A 3D printed melt-compounded antibiotic loaded thermoplastic polyurethane heart valve ring design: an integrated framework of experimental material [...]

[...] test and numerical simulations", International Journal of Polymeric Metarials and Polymeric Biomaterials, 68(1-3) 1-10. *equal contribution Heart diseases are one of the commonest causes of death worldwide. These include valve pathologies such as...

E. Vignali, Z. Manigrasso, E. Gasparotti, B. Biffi, L. Landini, V. Positano, C. Capelli, S. Celi: "Design, simulation, and fabrication of a three-dimensional printed pump mimicking the left ventricle motion", Int J Artif Organs, 42 (10) 539-547

The development of accurate replicas of the circulatory and cardiac system is fundamental for a deeper understanding of cardiovascular diseases and the testing of new devices. Although numerous works concerning mock circulatory loops are present in the...

L. Benvenuti, A. Catania, M. Cicalini, A. Ria, M. Piotto and P. Bruschi, "A 0.3 V 15 nW 69 dB SNDR Inverter-Based Δ∑ Modulator in 0.18 μm CMOS," 2019 15th Conference on Ph.D Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME), Lausanne, Switzerland,

A. Ria, A. Catania, M. Cicalini, L. Benvenuti, M. Piotto and P. Bruschi, "A Sub-1V CMOS Switched Capacitor Voltage Reference with high output current capability," 2019 15th Conference on Ph.D Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME), Laus

P Bruschi, A Catania, S Del Cesta, M Piotto - "A two-stage switched-capacitor integrator for high gain inverter-like architectures", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs 2019

A. De Franco, E. Lamon, P. Balatti, E. De Momi, A. Ajoudani: "An Intuitive Augmented Reality Interface for Task Scheduling, Monitoring, and Work Performance Improvement in Human-Robot Collaboration", IEEE IWOBI, July 2019.

One of the open challenges in Human-Robot collaborative tasks is to provide a simple way for humans to understand robotic systems’ plans and actions and to interact with them in the most natural way. Towards the direction of a natural interaction...

Y. Wu*, P. Balatti*, M. Lorenzini, F. Zhao, W. Kim, A. Ajoudani: "A Teleoperation Interface for Loco-manipulation Control of Mobile Collaborative Robotic Assistant (MOCA)", IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), July 2019.

This paper presents a novel teleoperation interface that enables remote loco-manipulation control of a MObile Collaborative robotic Assistant (MOCA). MOCA is a new research platform developed at IIT, which is composed by a lightweight manipulator arm,...

W. Kim, M. Lorenzini, P. Balatti,et al.: "Adaptable Workstations for Human-Robot Collaboration: A Reconfigurable Framework for Improving Worker Ergonomics and Productivity", IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), March 2019.

Musculoskeletal disorders, the single largest category of work-related injuries in many industrial countries, are associated with very high costs in terms of lost productivity. In high-volume production facilities, large parts of the workstation should...

M. Lorenzini, F. Fusaro, P. Balatti, E. De Momi, F. Mastrogiovanni, W. Kim, A. Ajoudani: "Toward a Synergistic Framework for Human-Robot Coexistence and Collaboration (HRC2)", Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines Conference (I-RIM),Oct2019

This paper presents a proof of concept for a synergistic framework for human-robot coexistance and collabora- tion (HRC2). By exploiting the loco-manipulation potential of our recently developed MObile Collaborative robotic Assistant (MOCA), we...

P. Balatti, D. Kanoulas, N. Tsagarakis, A. Ajoudani: "Towards Robot Interaction Autonomy: Explore, Identify, and Interact ", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2019.

Nowadays, robots are expected to enter in various application scenarios and interact with unknown and dynamically changing environments. This highlights the need for creating autonomous robot behaviours to explore such environments, identify their...

Pezent, E., Fani, S., Clark, J., Bianchi, M., & O'Malley, M. K. (2019). Spatially Separating Haptic Guidance from Task Dynamics through Wearable Devices. IEEE transactions on haptics.

Pezent, E., Fani, S., Clark, J., Bianchi, M., & O'Malley, M. K. (2019). Spatially Separating Haptic Guidance from Task Dynamics through Wearable Devices. IEEE transactions on haptics. Abstract: Haptic devices have a high potential for delivering...

Giannini, A., Bianchi, M., Doria, D., Fani, S., Caretto, M., Bicchi, A., & Simoncini, T. (2019). Wearable haptic interfaces for applications in gynecologic robotic surgery: a proof of concept in robotic myomectomy. Journal of robotic surgery, 1-4.

Giannini, A., Bianchi, M., Doria, D., Fani, S., Caretto, M., Bicchi, A., & Simoncini, T. (2019). Wearable haptic interfaces for applications in gynecologic robotic surgery: a proof of concept in robotic myomectomy. Journal of robotic surgery, 1-4....

Fani, S., Di Blasio, K., Bianchi, M., Catalano, M. G., Grioli, G., & Bicchi, A. (2019). Relaying the High-Frequency Contents of Tactile Feedback to Robotic Prosthesis Users: Design, Filtering, Implementation, and Validation. IEEE Robotics and Automat

Fani, S., Di Blasio, K., Bianchi, M., Catalano, M. G., Grioli, G., & Bicchi, A. (2019). Relaying the High-Frequency Contents of Tactile Feedback to Robotic Prosthesis Users: Design, Filtering, Implementation, and Validation. IEEE Robotics and...

Mannucci, A., Pallottino, L., Pecora, F., "Provably Safe Multi-Robot Coordination With Unreliable Communication"

Coordination is a core problem in multi-robot systems, since it is a key to ensure safety and efficiency. Both centralized and decentralized solutions have been proposed, however, most assume perfect communication. This letter proposes a centralized...

Mannucci, A., Nardi, S., Pallottino, L., "Autonomous 3D exploration of large areas: a cooperative frontier-based approach"

In this article a coordinated approach to 3D exploration of large uncluttered areas with a team of flying robots with constrained payload is proposed. Coordination is used as trump card for an effective exploration in feasible time and to overcome...

Behavioral Analysis For a Continuous User Authentication

New generation devices are pervasive in nature and provide a number of security sensitive functionalities, which might expose the user private information to serious security and privacy threats. The main countermeasure used to prevent unauthorized...

Angelini, F., Xin, G., Wolfslag, W. J., Tiseo, C., Mistry, M., Garabini, M., Bicchi, A., & Vijayakumar, S. “Online Optimal Impedance Planning for Legged Robots”. In 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). IEEE

Angelini, F., Petrocelli, C., Catalano, M.G., Garabini, M., Grioli, G., & Bicchi, A. (2019). “SoftHandler: An Integrated Soft Robotic System for the Handling of Heterogeneous Objects”. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine.