Touch for spatial and motion representation: mathematical modelling and applications for advanced human-machine interaction.

The sense of touch plays an important role to build a perceptual representation of motion and space. This aspect deserves specific attention since it can guide the technological development of devices that can encode relevant information related to...

A model predictive control framework to control hand movements relying on tactile illusions

Recent studies showed that the sense of touch is able to guide hand movements. When a blindfolded subject slides his/her finger-pad on a ridged plate to reach a target, the contribution of tactile feedback induces the illusory percept of bending...

Design and Validation of the Readable Device: A Single-Cell Electromagnetic Refreshable Braille Display

Blindness represents one of the major disabling societal causes, impacting the life of visually impaired people and their families. For what concerns the access to written information, one of the main tools used by blind people is the traditional...

"The very high-speed SpaceFibre multi-lane CoDec: Implementation and experimental performance evaluation", G. Dinelli, P. Nannipieri, A. Marino, L. Fanucci and L. Dello Sterpaio

On-board data handling sub-systems shall provide robust communication on-board spacecraft and have strict requirements in terms of reliability, fault-tolerance and redundancy. In the next years, on-board data handling sub-systems will be required to...

S. Terranova, F. Costa, G. Manara, and S. Genovesi: “Three-Dimensional Chipless RFID Tags: Fabrication through Additive Manufacturing”, MDPI Sensors 2020, 20(17), 4740;

A new class of Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) tags, namely the three-dimensional (3D)-printed chipless RFID one, is proposed, and their performance is assessed. These tags can be realized by low-cost materials, inexpensive manufacturing...

L. Klinkenbusch, G. Manara, S. Terranova “ 3D Diffraction of a Complex Source Beam by a PEC Wedge”, EuCAP 2020 – 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Copenhagen, Denmark, 15-20 March 2020

The scattering and diffraction of a 3D Complex-Source Beam (CSB) by a wedge made from a perfect electric conductor (PEC) is analyzed in this paper. The analytic solution is based on the corresponding scalar (acoustic) fields where both soft and hard...

G. Manara, L. Klinkenbusch, S. Terranova “3D Electromagnetic Scattering of a Complex-Source Beam by a PEC Wedge” URSI GASS 2020, Rome, Italy, 29 August - 5 September 2020

An extension of the Uniform Geometrical Theory of Diffraction (UTD) is proposed to analyze three-dimensional electromagnetic Complex-Source Beam (CSB) diffraction by a perfectly electrically conducting (PEC) wedge. The corresponding two-dimensional...

F. Costa, S. Genovesi, S. Terranova, G. Manara, “Passive Wireless Sensors and Chipless RFID Sensors”, The 41st PIERS in Rome, Italy, 17-20 June 2019

Low cost wireless sensors are extremely appealing in pervasive sensors networks [1], [2]. The typical configuration of commercial sensors consists of an electronic circuit in which a component induces a certain variation of an observable quantity...

Towards the Design of Robotic Drivers for Full-Scale Self-Driving Racing Cars

LiDAR-Based GNSS Denied Localization for Autonomous Racing Cars

A Planning and Control System for Self-Driving Racing Vehicles

Analog Vector-Matrix Multiplier Based on Programmable Current Mirrors for Neural Network Integrated Circuits

We propose a CMOS Analog Vector-Matrix Multiplier for Deep Neural Networks, implemented in a standard single-poly 180 nm CMOS technology. The learning weights are stored in analog floating-gate memory cells embedded in current mirrors implementing the...

Analogue two-dimensional semiconductor electronics

Digital electronics are ubiquitous in the modern world, but analogue electronics also play a crucial role in many devices and applications. Analogue circuits are typically manufactured using silicon as the active material. However, the desire for...

M.Alibani, M.Innocenti, L.Pollini: “A Fuzzy Guidance System for Rendezvous and Pursuit of Moving Targets”, MDPI Robotics, doi:10.3390/robotics9040110

This article presents the development of a Fuzzy Guidance System (FGS) for unmanned aerial vehicles capable of pursuing and performing rendezvous with static and mobile targets. The system is designed to allow the vehicle to approach a maneuvering...

M.Fussi, E.Corsi, G.Rinaldi, M.Alibani, L.Pollini: “Simultaneous Tracking of Multiple Drones using Convolutional Neural Networks and Optical Flow”, AIAA SciTech 2021 Forum

NOTE: the conference AIAA SciTech 2021 will take place in January 2021 The aim of this paper is to implement a multi-object tracker for detecting, discriminating and following multiple drones on the 2D image plane. The main system consists in a neural...

M.Alibani, C.Ferrara, L.Pollini: “Real time Optimal Allocation for I-AUV with Interacting Thrust-ers”, OCEANS 2020 MTS/IEEE Singapore - Gulf Coast, 2020.

NOTE: presented and awaiting publication Energy saving is a relevant issue for battery pow-ered Intervention Autonomous Underwater Vehicles whichare designed for both short and long-range mission. Theenergy consumption of an I-AUV is affected by...

Automatic Hold-Point Selection for Rendezvous in Cislunar NRHO

Accepter ate the ESA-GNC conference 2020- The conference was postponed

Closed Loop Guidance during Close Range Rendezvous with Third Body Perturbation

Under Review

Control Allocation Strategies in Spacecraft Rendezvous Operations

Under Review

Bearings-Only Guidance for Rendezvous in a Cis-Lunar NRHO

NOTE: The conference will take place on February 2021