A5051355825- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
- Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
- Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
- Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
- Robot Manipulation and Learning
- Soft Robotics and Applications
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment
- Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
- Interactive and Immersive Displays
- Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection
- Hand Gesture Recognition Systems
- Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology
- Motor Control and Adaptation
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
- Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies
- Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
2015-2024
Piaggio Aerospace (Italy)
2009-2023
Piaggio (Italy)
2010-2023
Campus Bio Medico University Hospital
2023
University Hospital Foundation
2023
Università Campus Bio-Medico
2020
Center for Micro-BioRobotics
2016-2020
ORCID
2020
A multigrasp, bidirectional hand prosthesis delivers dynamic sensory feedback, allowing a user with amputation to achieve fine grasping force control and realistic object sensing.
This paper reviews the state of art in piezoelectric energy harvesting. It presents basics piezoelectricity and discusses materials choice. The work places emphasis on material operating modes device configurations, from resonant to non-resonant devices also rotational solutions. reviewed literature is compared based power density bandwidth. Lastly, question conversion addressed by reviewing various circuit
Restoration of touch after hand amputation is a desirable feature ideal prostheses. Here, we show that texture discrimination can be artificially provided in human subjects by implementing neuromorphic real-time mechano-neuro-transduction (MNT), which emulates to some extent the firing dynamics SA1 cutaneous afferents. The MNT process was used modulate temporal pattern electrical spikes delivered median nerve via percutaneous microstimulation four intact and implanted intrafascicular...
This paper introduces the design and development of a novel pressure-sensitive foot insole for real-time monitoring plantar pressure distribution during walking. The device consists flexible with 64 elements an integrated electronic board high-frequency data acquisition, pre-filtering, wireless transmission to remote computing/storing unit. technology is based on optoelectronic developed at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna. low-cost low-power battery-powered device. presented along its...
For better or worse, digital technologies are reshaping everything, from customer behaviors and expectations to organizational manufacturing systems, business models, markets, ultimately society. To understand this overarching transformation, paper extends the previous literature which has focused mostly on level by developing a multi‐level research agenda for transformation (DT). In regard, we propose an extended definition of DT as “a socioeconomic change across individuals, organizations,...
There is a growing demand for strain sensors that can be embedded into wearables several potential applications. Among others, respiratory and cardiac rates' monitoring from chest wall displacements have driven the development of based on fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) coupled with polymers. In this paper, we addressed fabrication flexible sensor an FBG encapsulated Dragon skin 20 silicone rubber. The intended to used developing wearable system monitoring. sensor's response strain, temperature...
Abstract Collaborative robots are expected to physically interact with humans in daily living and the workplace, including industrial healthcare settings. A key related enabling technology is tactile sensing, which currently requires addressing outstanding scientific challenge simultaneously detect contact location intensity by means of soft conformable artificial skins adapting over large areas complex curved geometries robot embodiments. In this work, development a large-area sensitive...
A 2 × array of four microelectromechanical system (MEMS) tactile microsensors is integrated with readout electronics in the distal phalanx an anthropomorphic robotic finger. total 16 sensing elements are available a 22.3-mm area (i.e., 72 units/cm ) artificial finger, thus achieving density comparable human Merkel mechanoreceptors. The MEMS covered by polymeric packaging biomimetic fingerprints enhancing sensitivity roughness encoding. This paper shows ability sensor to encode for...
In precision sports, the control of breathing and heart rate is crucial to help body remain stable in shooting position. To improve stability, archers try adopt similar patterns have a low heartbeat during each shot. We proposed an easy-to-use unobtrusive smart textile (ST) which able detect chest wall excursions due beating. The sensing part based on two FBGs housed into soft polymer matrix optimize adherence system robustness. ST was assessed volunteers figure out its performance...
We implemented neuromorphic artificial touch and emulated the firing behavior of mechanoreceptors by injecting raw outputs a biomimetic tactile sensor into an Izhikevich neuronal model. Naturalistic textures were evaluated with passive protocol. The resulting spike trains able to classify ten naturalistic ranging from textiles glass BioSkin, accuracy as high 97%. Remarkably, rather than on rate features calculated over stimulation window, highest achieved decoding performance was based...
This study addresses a design and calibration methodology based on numerical finite element method (FEM) modeling for the development of soft tactile sensor able to simultaneously solve magnitude application location normal load exerted onto its surface. The entails integration Bragg grating fiber optic in Dragon Skin 10 polymer brick (110 mm length, 24 width). mediates transmission applied buried gratings (FBGs), we also investigated effect thickness receptive field sensitivity, both with...
Musculoskeletal disorders are the most common form of occupational ill-health. Neck pain is one prevalent musculoskeletal experienced by computer workers. Wrong postural habits and non-compliance workstation to ergonomics guidelines leading causes neck pain. These factors may also alter respiratory functions. Health safety interventions can reduce and, more generally, symptoms consequent economic burden. In this work, a multi-parametric wearable system based on two fiber Bragg grating...
Workers experiencing high levels of stress may suffer from poor motivation, low level attention, and physical disorders which, in turn, lead to work injuries. Respiratory frequency (f <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">R</sub> ) is considered one the most reliable indicators mental load fatigue state workers. Monitoring this parameter through wearable devices represents an efficient solution for maintenance Occupational Health...
Tissue palpation is one of the most popular techniques to detect tissue abnormalities in clinical scenarios, including breast examination.However, tactile sensation used identify tumors by clinician or a woman during makes this procedure subjective.Over past decades, sensors have been developed o quantitatively discriminate between cancerous and healthy tissues, but these systems still suffer from low force sensitivity, high power consumption, reduced sterilization durability, electrical...