Deep neural networks are more and more pervading many computer vision applications and in particular image classification. Notwithstanding that, recent works have demonstrated that it is quite easy to create adversarial examples, i.e., images...
This letter considers the cooperative manipulation of a cable-suspended load with two generic aerial robots without the need of explicit communication. The role of the internal force for the asymptotic stability of the beam position-and-attitude...
The proposed amplifier architecture follows a consolidated topology based on second-generation current conveyors (CCIIs), optimized for fully-differential operation. The architecture uses gain-boosting to improve the offset and noise characteristics of...
MATLAB/Simulink modeling of offset and flicker noise in Delta-Sigma modulators has been developed, providing a fast tool for the estimation of ADC performances. Since high accuracy and resolution are fundamental in sensor applications, a brief analysis...
An existent architecture for low voltage class-AB output stages is analyzed finding critical issues for which effective original solutions are proposed. The approach has been applied to the design of a compact class-AB fully-differential operational...
The increasing space activity for Earth observation in the last fifty years has led to the launch of many satellites and other space objects which orbit around the Earth. The majority of these objects are debris, including inactive spacecrafts, parts of...
Monitoring objects in Earth’s orbit and preventing collisions is becoming an increasingly widespread task. In this regard, several monitoring systems using different type of sensors have been developed over time: Optical, Laser and Radar. In particular,...
The IETF 6TiSCH Working Group (WG) is currently standardizing a novel architecture to integrate IEEE 802.15.4e TSCH Wireless Networks into the Internet of Things. Within the proposed 6TiSCH architecture, a Scheduling Function (SF) is used to manage the...
Averta, G., Della Santina, C., Battaglia, E., Ciotti, S., Arapi, V., Fani, S., & Bianchi, M. (2017, November). From humans to robots: The role of cutaneous impairment in human environmental constraint exploitation to inform the design of robotic hands....
Moscatelli, Alessandro, Matteo Bianchi, Alessandro Serio, Omar Al Atassi, Simone Fani, Alexander Terekhov, Vincent Hayward, Marc Ernst, and Antonio Bicchi. "A change in the fingertip contact area induces an illusory displacement of the finger." In...
E. Pezent, S. Fani, J. Bradley, M. Bianchi and M. K. O'Malley, "Separating haptic guidance from task dynamics: A practical solution via cutaneous devices," 2018 IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS) , San Francisco, CA, 2018, pp. 20-25. doi:...
Abstract: In recent years, wearability has become a new fundamental requirement for an effective and lightweight design of human–robot interfaces. Among the different application fields, robotic teleoperation represents the ideal scenario that can...
Authors: D. Brizi, N. Fontana, G. Giovannetti, A. Flori, L. Menichetti, S. Doumett, G. Baldi, A. Monorchio Abstract: The paper presents a general analytical method for evaluating the magnetic properties of colloidal fluid with magnetic nanoparticles and...
This paper presents the application of the phase-based SARFID technique to locate static tags through an Unmanned Grounded Vehicle (UGV) equipped with a UHF-RFID reader. The UGV is remote-controlled to move inside an indoor environment and the knowledge...
Authors: V. Robbiano, G. M. Paternò, A. A. La Mattina, S. G. Motti, G. Lanzani, F. Scotognella, G. Barillaro Abstract: Silicon photonics would strongly benefit from monolithically integrated low-threshold silicon-based laser operating at room...
This paper presents and characterizes a measurement method for positioning of passive tags, by a drone equipped with a UHF-RFID reader. The method is based on a synthetic aperture radar approach and exploits the knowledge of the reader/drone trajectory,...
Recommender Systems (RS) currently represent a fundamental tool in online services, especially with the advent of Online Social Networks (OSN). In this case, users generate huge amounts of contents and they can be quickly overloaded by useless...
Context-awareness refers to the ability of a system to adapt and respond proactively to the changes in the user's situation. The multitude of data generated by sensors available on users' mobile devices, combined with advances in machine learning...
The possibility of interconnecting any kind of device to the Internet is driving the adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm also in a city environment. Many IoT applications are making the Smart City concept real, offering advanced services...
Future Smart Cities will be enabled by a pervasive fabric of sensors and actuators, seamlessly integrated within information systems. This large-scale Internet of Things (IoT) will bring a new level of challenges to existing communication networks and...