"Experimental Demonstration of High-Performance Robotic Balancing", IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation 2019

G. Manara, F. Costa, S. Genovesi, S. Terranova, F. Dicandia, M. Borgese: "EMERGENT Project: ChiplEss MultisEnsor Rfid for GrEen NeTworks", IEEE RFID-TA 2019 September 25-27, 2019, Pisa, Italy

This work summarizes the main outcomes of the EMERGENT project that was mainly focused on the design of chipless RFID sensors and their realization on green substrates. Three different sensors are presented for monitoring humidity, temperature and...

S. Terranova, F. Costa, S. Genovesi, G. Manara: "Detection of Chipless Tags Through Near Field Interrogation with Waveguide Antennas", IEEE RFID-TA 2019 September 25-27, 2019, Pisa, Italy

A method for detecting radio frequency chipless RFID tags is presented. The tags are interrogated through an open waveguide from a very short distance in order to realize a quasi-guided system which does not need any calibration procedure. The...

A. Ria, M. Piotto, M. Cicalini, A. Nannini, and P. Bruschi, “2-D acoustic particle velocity sensors based on a commercial post-CMOS MEMS technology”, APPLEPIES CONFERENCE 2019

A 2-dimensional acoustic sensor with programmable directivity is proposed. The sensor is formed by the combination of two orthogonal detectors of acoustic particle velocity. Differently from previous versions, the proposed device is fabricated using a...

P. Bruschi et al., "A Novel Integrated Smart System for Indoor Air Monitoring and Gas Recogni-tion," 2018 IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP), Taormina, 2018, pp. 470-475. doi: 10.1109/SMARTCOMP.2018.00048

M. Piotto, A. Ria, D. Stanzial and P. Bruschi, "Design and Characterization of Acoustic Particle Ve-locity Sensors Fabricated With a Commercial Post-CMOS MEMS Process," 2019 20th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsys

Vittorio Franchina, Andrea Ria, Andrea Michel, Paolo Bruschi, Paolo Nepa, Alfredo Salvatore "A Compact UHF RFID Ceramic Tag for High-Temperature Applications" - RFID-TA CONFERENCE, Sep-tember 2019

A. Ria, M. Piotto, M. Cicalini, A. Nannini, and P. Bruschi, “2-D acoustic particle velocity sensors based on a commercial post-CMOS MEMS technology”, APPLEPIES CONFERENCE 2019

A 2-dimensional acoustic sensor with programmable directivity is proposed. The sensor is formed by the combination of two orthogonal detectors of acoustic particle velocity. Differently from previous versions, the proposed device is fabricated using a...

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

This paper presents an original low-voltage CMOS, bipolar transistor free, sub-threshold voltage reference capable of operating with sub-1V supply voltages. Novel aspects of the proposed solution are (i) use of a bandgap core with a single MOSFET to...

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,

This paper presents an ultra-low voltage, ultra-low power, inverter-based, discrete-time delta sigma modulator. The modulator employs a novel, two-stage, switched capacitor integrator that overcomes most of the issues introduced by ultra-low voltage...

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

This paper presents an ultra-low voltage, ultra-low power, inverter-based, discrete-time delta sigma modulator. The modulator employs a novel, two-stage, switched capacitor integrator that overcomes most of the issues introduced by ultra-low voltage...

Esposito M., Hefele J., van Dijk C. N., Vercruyssen N., Fanucci L., Batic M., Dunne A., Giuffrida G., Diana L., De Gioia F., Mathieu P. P., Furano G., Pastena M. “CloudScout: In-Orbit Demonstration of In-Flight Cloud Detection Using Artificial Intell

L. Diana, G. Giuffrida, M. Marini, R. Cassettari, D. Davalle, L. Fanucci, “SCCC SW EGSE: A software simulator of a satellite downlink communication compliant with the CCSDS 131.2-B-1 standard, with Hardware-In-The-Loop capabilities”, 8th ESA Interna

Managing QoS in Smart Buildings through Software Defined Network and Usage Control

This work presents a framework for applying QoS in a network of a Smart Building environment, exploiting Software Defined Networks (SDN) and Usage Control (UCON) policy enforcement. The proposed framework will be presented in a plausible use case of a...

S. Panicacci, G. Giuffrida, L. Baldanzi, L. Massari, G. Terruso, M. Zalteri, M. Filosa, G. Tonietti, C. M. Oddo, L. Fanucci: “Empowering deafblind communication capabilities by means of AI-based body parts tracking and remotely controlled robotic arm

G. Gianluca, G. Meoni, L. Fanucci. "A YOLOv2 Convolutional Neural Network-Based Human–Machine Interface for the Control of Assistive Robotic Manipulators." Applied Sciences 9.11 (2019): 2243.

M. Gabriele, G. Giuffrida, L. Fanucci. "A High Throughput Hardware Architecture for Parallel Recursive Systematic Convolutional Encoders." Information 10.4 (2019): 151.

V.S. Raghavan, D. Kanoulas, A. Laurenzi, D.G. Caldwell, N.G. Tsagarakis: "Variable Configuration Planner for Legged-Rolling Obstacle Negotiation Locomotion: Application on the CENTAURO Robot", IEEE/RSJ IROS 2019

Hybrid legged-wheeled robots are able to adapt their leg configuration and height to vary their footprint polygons and go over obstacles or traverse narrow spaces. In this paper, we present a variable configuration wheeled motion planner based on the...

V.Suryamurthy*, V.S. Raghavan*, A. Laurenzi, N.G. Tsagarakis, D. Kanoulas: " Terrain Segmenta-tion and Roughness Estimation using RGB Data: Path Planning Application on the CENTAURO Robot", IEEE-RAS Humanoids 2019

Robots operating in real world environments require a high-level perceptual understanding of the chief physical properties of the terrain they are traversing. In unknown environments, roughness is one such important terrain property that could play a...

S. Panicacci, G. Giuffrida, L. Baldanzi, L. Fanucci et al., "Empowering deafblind communication capabilities by means of AI-based body parts tracking and remotely controlled robotic arm for sign language speakers", ApplePies 2019

Deafblind people face remarkable challenges in communicating, because of their severe disability. The only way to interact with other people is the usage of the tactile sign language, which consists in understanding the sign language putting their...