P. Nannipieri, D. Davalle, S. Nencioni, P. Lombardi and L. Fanucci, "Clustering Algorithm for a Spaceborne Lightning Imager: Design, Trade-Off, and FPGA Implementation," in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sens

In this paper, the development and implementation of the clustering algorithm (CA) developed for an instrument to detect lightning phenomena (Lightning Imager) is presented. The aim of the Lightning Imager (LI) instrument is to provide information...

L. D. Sterpaio, A. Marino, P. Nannipieri and L. Fanucci, "Exploiting LabViewFpga Socketed CLIP to Design and Implement Soft-Core Based Complex Digital Architectures on PXI FPGA Target Boards," 2019 16th International Conference on Synthesis, Modeling

PXI FPGA Peripheral Modules by National Instruments are meant to be used in LabView even without any previous knowledge of Hardware Description Languages (HDL) and let users to hardware-accelerate their own test and measurement setups. However,...

Nannipieri, P., Dello Sterpaio, L., Marino, A., Fanucci, L. A PXI based implementation of a TLK2711 equivalent interface (2019) Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 550 (9783030119720), pp. 407-413.

In the last few years, satellite on board data handling data rate requirements increased dramatically, from hundreds of megabits per second to several gigabits per second. SpaceWire, the current generation European standard communication protocol, is...

An Investigation on SpaceFibre Protocol Maturity: Interoperability Tests - Pietro Nannipieri, Luca Fanucci and Felix Siegle - DASIA2019

SpaceFibre is an high speed communication protocol suitable for on board satellite communication. It is the successor of the SpaceWire protocol, allowing higher data rates (up to 6.25Gbps per lane), maintaining also compatibility with it. The...

"Towards an Autonomous Unwrapping System for Intralogistics" C.Gabellieri, A. Palleschi, A. Mannucci, M. Pierallini, E. Stefanini, M. G. Catalano, D. Caporale, A. Settimi, T. Stoyanov, M. Magnusson, M. Garabini, and Lucia Pallottino

Warehouse logistics is a rapidly growing market for robots. However, one key procedure that has not received much attention is the unwrapping of pallets to prepare them for objects picking. In fact, to prevent the goods from falling and to protect...

L. Benvenuti, A. Catania, M. Cicalini, A. Ria, M. Piotto, 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)

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...

A. Motroni, F. Bernardini, P. Nepa, P. Tripicchio and M. Unetti, "Towards a Multi-antenna approach for UHF-RFID tag 3D localization with a Synthetic Aperture Radar Method," 2019 4th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (Spli

This paper proposes a multi-antenna approach of a synthetic aperture radar method for 3D UHF-RFID tag localization by exploiting an Unmanned Grounded Vehicle (UGV). The UGV is remote-controlled to move inside a complex indoor environment, and the...

G. Alvarez-Narciandi, A. Motroni, M. Rodriguez-Pino, A. Buffi and P. Nepa, "A UHF-RFID gate control system based on a Recurrent Neural Network," in IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters.

This paper presents a novel, cost-effective and easy-to-deploy solution to discriminate the direction of goods crossing a UHF-RFID gate in warehouse scenario. The system is based on a grid of UHF-RFID tags deployed on the floor underneath the gate...

A. Buffi et al., "UHF-RFID Localization: The Problem of Antenna Phase Center in Phase-based Methods," 2019 13th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Krakow, Poland, 2019, pp. 1-5.

The correct determination of the antenna phase center is a key point when performing UHF-RFID localization through a phase-based method. In this paper, we investigate the effect of a wrong knowledge on the reader antenna phase center in phase-based...

G Turini, S Condino, U Fontana, R Piazza, et al., AVR 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11613, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25965-5_28

VR navigation systems have emerged as a particularly useful tool for the guidance of minimally invasive surgical procedures to restore the 3D perception of the surgical field and augment the visual information available to the surgical team. Over the...

Condino S., Carbone M., Piazza R., Ferrari M., Ferrari V.,Perceptual Limits of Optical See-Through Visors for Augmented Reality Guidance of Manual Tasks, IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2019 May 6. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2019.2914517

The focal length of available optical see-through (OST) head-mounted displays (HMDs) is at least 2 m therefore, during manual tasks, the user eye cannot keep in focus both the virtual and real content at the same time. Another perceptual limitation is...

R Piazza, F Micheletti, S Condino et al., Ex vivo efficacy demonstration of a laser fenestration system for endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR), Proc. SPIE 11079, 1107907 (22 July 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2527113

Laser-generated fenestration is an alternative option for the intraoperative and selective modification of a endovascular endograft, especially in cases where patients are unsuitable for a standard endovascular aneurysms repair. Recently, diode laser...

A Spherical Active Joint for Humanoids and Humans

A compact soft articulated parallel wrist for grasping in narrow spaces

Piazza R, Micheletti F, Condino S, Magni G, Berchiolli RN, De Simone P, Ferrari V, Ferrari M, Pini R, Rossi F. "In situ diode laser fenestration: An ex-vivo evaluation of irradiation effects on human aortic tissue", Journal of Biophotonics, May 2019

M. Moscadelli, N. Acito, M. Diani, G. Corsini. "A novel method for LWIR hyperspectral target detection by means of a subspace-based approach", 15th International Workshop on Advanced Infrared Technology and Applications. Florence, Sept. 2019.

In this work, we present a new approach to detect materials with known spectral emissivity, in data acquired by thermal infrared hyperspectral systems. The method takes into account the spectral variability of the downwelling radiance, commonly...

Nizzoli, L., Avvenuti, M., Cresci, S., & Tesconi, M. (2019, June). Extremist Propaganda Tweet Classification with Deep Learning in Realistic Scenarios. In Proceedings of the 10th ACM Conference on Web Science (pp. 203-204).

L. Benvenuti, P. Bruschi, L. Fanucci, R. Coppeta, S. Carniello, L. Di Piro, F. Tinfena: "Modelling and measurements of thermomechanical stress induced drift on polysilicon resistors with different layout", DTIS 2019

In this work, we study the effects of packaging-and reflow soldering-induced thermomechanical stress on the value of a p-type polysilicon resistor. We perform finite element multiscale simulations that, differently from previous works on this subject,...

Mattia Iodice, Massimo Candela, Giuseppe Di Battista "Periodic Path Changes in RIPE Atlas", IEEE Access Journal

Large-scale data sets of Internet measurements are commonly used by researchers and operators for investigating Internet performance or for tackling network issues. Looking at sequences of traceroutes in such data sets it is common to observe paths...

S.Ghio, M.Martorella, D.Staglianò, D.Petri, S.Lischi, R. Massini: " Time-Frequency analysis for feature extraction of rotating resident space objects : an experimental test.’’, IEEE Radar Conference 2019, Boston, April 2019.

Space safety is nowadays a really urgent topic to be addressed. The population of objects created by explosion, fragmentation and collision events needs to be characterized carefully in order effectively enable Collision Avoidance Manoeuvre(CAM) and...