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Curiculum VitaeetStudiorum –SilvestroMicera
Silvestro Micera was born in Taranto, Italy, on August 31, 1972.
AcademicEducationandPositions
He received the University degree (Laurea) in Electrical Engineering (Thesis Title: Design and
implementation of an automatic system for the identification of upper limb movements in hemiparetic
subjects) from the University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, in 1996 and the Ph.D. degree in Biomedical
Engineering (Thesis Title: Fuzzy-logic-based algorithms for neuroprosthesis control) from Scuola
Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, in 2000.
During 1999, he was visiting researcher at the Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction, Aalborg
University working on the development of advanced techniques for the processing of neural signals.
Since May 2000, he has been Assistant Professor of BioRobotics at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna.
In 2007 he was Visiting Scientist with the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology with a Fulbright grant.
He is currently Visiting Scientist with the Institute for Automation at the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology Zurich (ETH).
InternationalScientificActivities
From 2003 to 2005 Dr. Micera served as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Neural
Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering.
He served as reviewer for many journals in the fields of Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, and
Robotics:
IEEE Transactions on Robotics
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Autonomous Robots
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
Journal of Neural Engineering
Annals Biomedical Engineering
Experimental Brain Research
Medical Engineering and Physics
IEEE Pervasive Computing
Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences
In 2005, he has been Co-Chair of the Track “Prostheses, Orthoses, and Mobility Assistive Devices” of
the IEEE International Conference on Engineering in Medicine and Biology. He was member the
Programme Committee of the 2006 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
and Academic and Industrial Exhibition Co-Chair of the First IEEE RAS/EMBS Conference on
Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2006). At BioRob2006 he organized and cochaired
two Special Parallel Sessions on “Neural Interfaces”. He also organized a Special Parallel
Session on “Neural Interfaces for the control of robotic artefacts” during the International Conference
on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR) 2007.

He is currently member the Programme Committee of the 2007 International Conference on Intelligent
Robots and Systems, Associate Editor for the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Engineering in
Medicine and Biology, and the Program Co-Chair of the 6 th International Conference of the
International Society for Gerontechnologies (ISG08).
He was also Chair of the Programme Committee of the Summer School of the NEUROBOTICS
project on “Brain to machine interfaces” and Co-Chair of the Track “BioRobotics” of the 2007 IEEE
International Conference on Engineering in Medicine and Biology.
He is Senior Member of the IEEE (Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Systems Man and
Cybernetics Society, Robotics and Automation Society) and member of the International Society for
Gerontechnology.
Dr. Micera served as guest-editor for IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering of a Special Issue
on “Sensory Neural Prostheses” published in 2007.
Dr. Micera is currently serving as guest-editor for IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering of a
Special Issue on “Hybrid Neuroprosthetic Systems” to be published in 2008 and for IEEE EMBS
Magazine of a special issue on “Gerontechnology” to be published in 2008.
Dr. Micera is also currently serving as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Biomedical
Engineering. He is also member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Neuroengineering and
Rehabilition and Co-Chair of the Technical Committee on Rehabilitation & Assistive Robotics of the
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society..
ResearchInterests
The main research interests of Dr Micera are in the development of technologies and methods for the
analysis and restoration of upper and lower limb motor function.
In particular:
• Cortical and peripheral neural interfaces for the control of neuro-robotic artefacts (hand
prostheses, exoskeletons, tele-operated robotic systems)
• Implantable microsensors to extract biomechanical information from tendons
• Biomechanics of the musculo-tendinous system and of the peripheral nervous system
• Aging biomechanics
• Gerontechnologies
• Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) for upper and lower limb function restoration
• Robotic systems for assessment and restoration of functions
• Neural control of movement
AcademicActivities
Dr. Micera is currently supervisor of the following PhD students:
1.Hybridneuroprostheticsystems
Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna – Candidate: Jacopo Rigosa,
from 2007 (sole supervisor).
2.Designofnovelimplantableneuralinterfaces
Doctoral Program in BioRobotics, IMT, Lucca– Candidate: Silvia Bossi, from 2005 ((joint supervision
together with Dr. Arianna Menciassi)
3.Characterizationandmodelingofthebiomechanicalandneuromchanicalpropertiesoftheperipheralnervoustisue

Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna – Candidate: Pier Nicola
Sergi, from 2005 (sole supervisor)
4.Analysisofage-relatedmodificationsofupperlimbmotorcontrolstrategiesusingmechatronicdevices
Doctoral Program in BioRobotics, IMT, Lucca– Candidate: Benedetta Cesqui, from 2005 (sole
supervisor)
5.Invasiveandnon-invasiveneuralinterfacesforthecontrolofhybridbionicsystems
Doctoral Program in BioRobotics, IMT, Lucca– Candidate: Luca Citi, from 2005 (joint supervision
together with Dr. Oliver Tonet)
6.Analysisofage-relatedmodificationsoflowerlimbmotorcontrolstrategiesusingmechatronicdevices
Doctoral Program in BioRobotics, IMT, Lucca– Candidate: Ing. Vito Monaco, from 2005 (sole
supervisor).
Supervisor of Master theses in Electrical, Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at University of Pisa,
Italy:
1.CharacterizationofhandperformanceduringgraspingtasksbyusingFunctionalElectricalStimulationtechniques
Master Thesis in Electronics Engineering - Candidate: Fabrizio Vecchi, A.Y. 1997/98.
2.DesignandDevelopmentofasystemforFunctionalElectricalStimulationbyusinganembeddedmicrocontroler
Master Thesis in Electronics Engineering - Candidate: Pietro Binchi, A.Y. 1998/99.
3.Designanddevelopmentofasystemtopredictupperlimbsynergiesbyusingsoft-computingalgorithms
Master Thesis in Electronics Engineering - Candidate: Luca Cenciotti, A.Y. 1999/2000. Winner of the
Award of the Italian Association for Engineering in Medicine and Biology.
4.Designanddevelopmentofaneuro-fuzzyalgorithmfortremorsuppresioninpeopleafectedbymotordisorders
Master Thesis in Electronics Engineering - Candidate: Andrea Mannari, A.Y. 2000/01. Winner of the
Award of the Italian Association for Engineering in Medicine and Biology.
5.Designanddevelopmentofaneuro-fuzzyalgorithmfortheextractionofbiomechanicalinformationfromaferentneural
signals
Master Thesis in Electronics Engineering – Candidate: Ettore Cavallaro, A.A. 2000/01.
6.Designofamechatronicdeviceforthesuppresionofunvoluntarymovementsinmicrosurgery
Master Thesis in Mechanical Engineering – Candidate: Alessandro Grassei, A.Y. 2000/01.
7.Feasibilitystudyofthedevelopmentofamechatronicsystemtorecordtipmovementsofatolformicrosurgery
Master Thesis in Mechanical Engineering – Candidate: Fabio Neri, A.Y. 2000/01.
8.Kinematicanddynamicmodelingofahandprosthesisforbiomedicalapplications
Master Thesis in Mechanical Engineering – Candidate: Eugenio Quartieri, A.Y. 2001/02.
9.Developmentofamechatronicdeviceforthesuppresionofunvoluntarymovementsinmicrosurgery
Master Thesis in Mechanical Engineering – Candidate: Stefano Sensi, A.Y. 2002/03.
10.Biomechanicalcharacterizationoftheperipheralnervoustisuetodesinginnovativeneuralinterfaces
Master Thesis in Mechanical Engineering – Candidate: Pier Nicola Sergi, A.A. 2003/04. Winner of the
Award of the Italian Association for Engineering in Medicine and Biology

11.DesignandDevelopmentofaninterfacetocontrolroboticsystems
Master Thesis in Biomedical Engineering – Candidate: Gaetano Ciaravella, A.A. 2003/04.
12.Age-relatedmodificationsoflowerlimbmotorperformance
Bachelor Thesis in Biomedical Engineering – Candidate: Anna Vaccaro, A.A. 2003/04.
13.A hybridsystemforthecontrolofneuralregeneration
Master Thesis in Biomedical Engineering – Candidate: Gianni Ciofani, A.A. 2005/06. Winner of the
Award of the Italian Association for Engineering in Medicine and Biology.
14.Procesingofneuralsignalsrecordedusingcorticalneuralinterfacestocontrolroboticartefacts
Master Thesis in Biomedical Engineering – Candidate: Jacopo Rigosa, A.A. 2005/06.
15.A biomechanicalmodeloftheneckfortherehabilitationofpeopleafectedbycervicaldystonia
Master Thesis in Biomedical Engineering – Candidate: Laura Petrolito, A.A. 2005/06.
16.Analysisoftheperformanceofsingle-channelcufelectrodesforthedevelopmentofneuralprostheses
Master Thesis in Biomedical Engineering – Candidate: Stanisa Raspopovic, A.A. 2006/07.
16.Developmentofacorticalneuralprosthesisbasedontheuseofcarbonnanotubes
Master Thesis in Biomedical Engineering – Candidate: Cristina Riggio, A.A. 2006/07.
Winner of the Award of the Italian Association for Engineering in Medicine and Biology
Dr. Micera has been supervisor of the following Master Thesis in Biomedical Engineering at the
“Department of Health Science and Technology”, Aalborg University (DK)
CharacterizationoftheresponseoftheLIFEelectrodesduringlong-termimplants
Candidato: Min-Ho Ahn
Dr. Micera served as international reviewer for the following PhD Thesis at the “Departamento de
Biología Celular, Fisiología e Inmunología” della Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (E)
Evaluaciónneurobiológicadeelectrodosregenerativoscomointerfaseentrenervioslesionadosyprótesisbiónicas
Candidate: Natalia Lago Perez
Dr. Micera has been supervisor of the following Master Thesis in Biomedical Engieerning at the
Università Campus Biomedico of Rome:
Investigationofnewmaterialsforthedevelopmentofinnovativeman-machineinterfaces
Candidate: Edvige Cagnolati, A.Y. 2003/04.
Dr. Micera has been supervisor of the following PhD students:
Wearablebiomechatronicsystemsformovementanalysis
Doctoral Program in Robotics, University of Genova– Candidate: Jacopo Carpaneto
Devicesandmethodstodevelopneuroprosthesesandhybridbionicsystems
Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna – Candidate: Ettore
Cavallaro.
Dr. Micera collaborated to the Courses in Biomechatronics and in Rehabilitation Bioingeneering
("Laurea Specialistica" Degree in Biomedical Engineering at University of Pisa)
He is also Responsible of the Course on Biomedical Technologies ("Laurea" Degree in
Audioprostheses at University of Pisa) and of the Course on Neural Interfaces and Neuromechanics at
the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna.

MainresponsibilitiesandResearchgrants
In the recent past, Dr. Micera has been involved in the following European research projects as Co-PI
(among the others):
• 1998-2001 Project Manager of the ESPRIT/GRIP Project (ESPRIT LTR Project #26322, "An
InteGRated System for the NeuroelectrIic Control of Grasp in Disabled Persons") whose aim
is the implementation of a neuroprosthetic system to restore some hand functions in disabled
persons (in particular quadriplegics)
• 1999-2003 Technical Project Manager for a research project entitled “Design and development
of systems and technologies for functional restoration” carried out at the Applied Research
Centre on Rehabilitation Engineering originated by a joint initiative promoted by INAIL
(National Institute for Insurance of Injured Workers) and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
• 2003- 2004, IST-FET TETRA Project (Development of an implantable tendon transducer)
whose aim was the development of an implantable microsensor to record biomechanical
information from the muscolo-tendon system.
• 2002-2005, IST-FET CYBERHAND Project (Development of a cybernetic hand prosthesis)
whose aim was the development of a hand prosthesis controlled by the neural signals recorded
from the peripheral nervous system and able to deliver a sensory feedback to the subject thanks
to the stimulation of the afferent nerves.
• 2004-2007, IST-eHealth ALLADIN Project (Natural Language based decision support in
neuro-rehabilitation), whose aim is the development of a user-friendly natural language based
decision support software for neuro-rehabilitation thanks to the development of a mechatronic
platform to record isometric force-torque information.
• Since 2004, IST-FET NEUROBOTICS Project (Fusing Neuroscience and Robotics to
augment human capabilities), whose aim is to go “beyond robotics” developing different hybrid
bionic systems.
Moreover, Dr. Micera has been involved in other Italian projects. In particular, he has been PI of a
project funded by the INAIL Research Center on Rehabilitation Engineering on the analysis of the
state of the art in the field to define possible innovative research activities.
Dr. Micera is also involved in many collaborations with research centres and universities in Europe
(among the others Collège de France, Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona, Fraunhofer Institute for
Biomedical Engineering), Japan (Waseda University), Korea (Korean Institute of Science and
Technology), United States (MIT, Harvard University).
InvitedLectures(recentpast)
1.ControlingbiomechatronichandprosthesesusingneuralinterfaceswiththePNS:the
CYBERHAND EU Project
International Conference of the “International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics”, Hong Kong,
August 2, 2004.
2.Neuralinterfacesforthedevelopmentofhybrid-bionicsystems
University of Parma, February 11, 2005.
3.Neuroprosthesesandmachinesforneurorehabilitation
ECM Corse “Updates in Rehabilitation”, San Raffaele Institute, Cefalù, Palermo, Italy, 2005.
4.Towardsthedevelopmentofacybernetichandprosthesis
Workshop “Technology Meets Physical Disability” organized by prof. Hugh Herr, Biomechatronics
Group MIT, July 2005, Cortina, Italy.
5.PotentialsandlimitsofCNSandPNSneuralinterfacesforthecontrolofhybridbionic
systems

Symposium on "Cognitive Technical Systems in Health and, Technology" (Main topic III: Cognitive
systems at manifest illnesses and as a substitute for body functions), in the framework of the Annual
Meeting of the Biomedical Engineers of Germany, September 2005, Nuremberg, Germany.
6.Biomedicalroboticsforanactivelongevity
Workshop “Italy-Korea on Robotics for disabled and elderly people”, November 2005, Seoul, Korea.
7.Peripheralneuralinterfacesforthecontrolofcybernetichands:curentactivitiesandfuture
perspectives
NeuroIT BMI Roadmap - Antwerp, Belgium – April 21, 2006.
8.AdvancedTechnologiesforRehabilitation:Stateoftheartandfutureperspectives
ICRA 2006 Workshop: Robotic-Based Medicine - Orlando, U.S.A., – May 19, 2006.
9.Bioroboticsforanactivelongevity
XVIII National Congress Italian of Hospital Gerontologists, May 25, 2006, Catania, Italy.
10.ImplantableCorticalandPeripheralNeuralInterfaces
XV Annual Congress of Italian Biomedical Engineers, September 25-29, 2006, Bressanone, Italy.
11.BidirectionalNeuralInterfaces
Workshop organized by the European Commission and by the European network Neuro.IT, January
16, 2007, Brussels, Belgium.
12.Corticalneuralinterfacesandneuralprostheses
Workshop organized by the European project NEUROBOTICS during ICORR 2007, June 12,2007,
Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
13.Bidirectionalneuralinterfacesandneuralprostheses
ETH, Institute for Automation, August 30, 2007, Zurich, CH.
14.Corticalandperipheralneuralprostheses
Italian Institute of Technology, September 13 ,2007, Genova, Italy.
15.Bidirectionalneuralinterfacesandneuralprostheses
IDSIA, University of Lugano, October 24, 2007, Lugano, CH.
16.Technologicalsolutionsforanageingpopulation
Waseda University, November 14, 2007, Tokyo, Japan.
17.Onthecontrolofdexteroushandprosthesesusingcorticalandperipheralneuralinterfaces
Italy-Japan Workshop, November 16, 2007, Kyoto, Japan.
18.Implantableneuralinterfacestocontroldexteroushandprostheses
Imperial College London, December 12, 2007, London, United Kingdom.
19.Neuraldevicestocontrolprostheses
Workshop on Bio- and Neuroscience - World Congress for Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Rehabilitation
Technology, May 21-24, 2008, Leipzig, Germany.
UndergraduateTeaching
From 2001 Dr. Micera has been teaching two courses on "Introduction to Biomechanics" and
"Principles of Mechatronics" for the undergraduate students of the School of Audiology of the
University of Pisa. The aim of the courses is to provide basic information about these two disciplines.
The courses are composed of several tutorials on different topics. From 2005, Dr. Micera has been
collaborating to the course on "Rehabilitation Engineering" for the undergraduate students of
biomedical engineering of the School of Engineering of the University of Pisa. He taught topics related
to movement biomechanics and to the use of robotics and biomecanical models for the investigation of
motor control strategies in animal models and in humans.
Post-graduateTeaching
Course on "Neural interfaces and neuro-mechanics" for the graduate students of the BioRobotics
School of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna. The first part of the course - started in 2004 - was composed
of several tutorials on different topics (CNS and PNS neural interfaces, neuroprostheses, brain to

machine interfaces, models of neural regeneration, etc.). During the second part of the course the
students were asked to address a specific open issue under the supervision of the teacher in order to
stimulate their creativite and their ability to pursue disruptive research activities.
Spin-ofcompany
Dr. Micera is a shareholder of a spin-off company of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Humanware srl,
http://www.hmw.it) whose mission is to develop biorobotic systems for the assessment and
restoration of sensorimotor function in disabled and elderly people.
Listofthescientificpublicationsonreferedfulpapers
1. M.L. Manca, A. Starita, M.C. Carboncini, S. Strambi, P. Dario, A. Sabatini, E. Guglielmelli, S. Micera, P. Lisi,
P. Dario, B. Rossi, "Protocollo FES per l'arto superiore nell'emiplegico", Riv Neurobiologia, vol 42, pp. 245-
8, 1996.
2. P. Dario, P. Garzella, M. Toro, S. Micera, M. Alavi, J-U. Meyer, E.Valderrama, L. Sebastiani, B. Ghelarducci,
P. Pastacaldi, "A microfabricated interface for neural recording and stimulation", J Micromech and microeng,
vol. 7, pp.233-236, 1997.
3. S. Micera, A.M. Sabatini, P. Dario, "An Algorithm for Detecting the Onset of Muscle Contraction by EMG
Signal Processing", Med Eng Phys, vol. 20, no.3, pp.211-215, 1998.
4. P. Dario, P. Garzella, M. Toro, S. Micera, M. Alavi, J-U. Meyer, E.Valderrama, L. Sebastiani, B. Ghelarducci,
C. Mazzoni, P. Pastacaldi, "Neural Interfaces for Regenerated Nerve Stimulation and Recording", IEEE
Trans Rehab Eng, vol.6, no. 4, pp. 353-363, 1998.
5. S. Micera, A.M. Sabatini, P. Dario, B. Rossi, "A Hybrid Approach for EMG Pattern Analyis for
Classification of Arm Movements", Med Eng Phys, vol. 21, pp.303-311, 1999.
6. S. Micera, A.M. Sabatini, P. Dario, "Adaptive Fuzzy Control of Electrically Stimulated Muscles for Arm
Movements", Med & Biol Eng & Comput, vol. 37, pp. 680-685, 1999.
7. M.C. Carrozza, A. Eisinberg, A. Menciassi, D. Campolo, S. Micera, P. Dario, “Towards a force-controlled
microgripper for assembling biomedical microdevices”, J Micromech and microeng, vol. 10, pp. 271-276,
2000.
8. S. Micera, A.M. Sabatini, P. Dario, "On Automatic Identification of Upper Limb Movements Using Small-
Sized Training Sets of EMG Signals", Med Eng & Phys, Oct;22(8):527-33, 2000.
9. A. Einsenberg, A. Menciassi, S. Micera, M.C. Carrozza, and P. Dario, "PI Force Control of Microgripper for
assembling biomedical Microdevices", IEE Proc Circuits, Devices and Systems, IEE Proc Circuits Devices
Systems, 2001.
10. S. Micera, W. Jensen, F. Sepulveda, R.R. Riso, T. Sinkjaer, "Neuro-fuzzy extraction of angular information
from muscle afferents for ankle control during standing in paraplegic subjects: an animal model", IEEE
Trans Biomed Eng, 48(7):787-94, 2001.
11. S. Micera, G. Vannozzi, A.M. Sabatini, P. Dario, "Improving detection of muscle activation intervals", IEEE
EMBS Mag, 20(6):38-46, 2001.
12. P. Dario, M.C. Carrozza, S. Micera, B. Massa, M. Zecca, “Design and experiments on a novel
biomechatronic hand”, Experimental Robotics VII Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, 271:
159-168, 2001.
13. M.C. Carrozza, B. Massa, P. Dario, R. Lazzarini, M. Zecca, S. Micera, P. Pastacaldi, "A Two-DOF Finger for
a Biomechatronic Artificial Hand", Technology and Healthcare, 10(2):77-89, 2002.
14. M.C. Carrozza, B. Massa, S. Micera, R. Lazzarini, M. Zecca, P. Dario, "The Development of a Novel
Prosthetic Hand – Ongoing Research and Preliminary Results", IEEE/ASME Trans on Mechatronics,
7(2):108-114, 2002.
15. S. Micera, P. Dario, F. Posteraro, “On The Analysis of Hand Synergies during Grasping in Weightlessness”,
J. Gravitational Physiology, 9(1):157-8, 2002.
16. M. Zecca, S. Micera, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, “On the control of multifunctional prosthetic hands by
processing the electromyographic signal”, Crit Rev Biomed Eng, vol. 30(4-6), pp. 459-485, 2002.
17. M. Gambini, J. Carpaneto, M.C. Carboncini, G. Galardi, S. Micera, M. Borghesi, "Functional assessment of
cervical dystonia using a motion analysis system: preliminary results", Movement Disorders Volume 17 Issue
S5 (Supplement: 7th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders), November
2002.

18. E. Cavallaro, S. Micera, P. Dario, W. Jensen, T. Sinkjaer, “On the intersubject generalization ability in
extracting kinematic information from afferent nervous signals”, IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2003
Sep;50(9):1063-73.
19. G. Galardi, S. Micera, J. Carpaneto, S. Scolari, M. Gambini, P. Dario, “Automated assessment of cervical
dystonia”, Movement Disorders, vol. 18(11), pp. 1358-67, Nov 2003.
20. J. Carpaneto, S. Micera, F. Zaccone, F. Vecchi, P. Dario, "A Sensorized Thumb for Force Closed-loop
Control of Hand Neuroprostheses",IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehab Eng, vol. 11(4), pp.346-53, Dec 2003.
21. E. L. Santarcangelo, C. Rendo, J. Carpaneto, P. Dario, S. Micera, G. Carli, “Does hypnotizability affect
human upright stance?”, Arch Ital Biol, vol 142, pp. 285-296, 2004.
22. J. Carpaneto, S. Micera, G. Galardi, A. Micheli, M. Gambini, M.C. Carboncini, B. Rossi, P. Dario, "A
protocol for the assessment of 3D Movements of the Head in Persons with Cervical Dystonia", Clinical
Biomech, vol. 19, no. 7, pp. 659-663, 2004.
23. E.L. Santarcangelo, E. Cavallaro, S. Mazzoleni, E. Marano, B. Ghelarducci, P. Dario, S. Micera, L. Sebastiani,
“Kinematic strategies of upper limbs lowering during suggestions of heaviness: a real-simulator design”, Exp
Brain Res, vol 162, pp. 35-45, 2005.
24. E. Cavallaro, G. Cappiello, S.Micera, M. C. Carrozza, P. Rantanen, P. Dario, “On the development of a
biomechatronic system to record tendon sliding movements”, IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, vol. 52, no. 6, pp.
1110-1119, 2005.
25. R. Colombo, F. Pisano, S. Micera, A. Mazzone, C. Delconte, M. C. Carrozza, P. Dario, G. Minuco, “Robotic
techniques for upper limb evaluation and rehabilitation of stroke patients”, IEEE Trans Neural Sys Rehab
Eng, vol. 13, no. 3, 2005.
26. P. Dario, M.C. Carrozza, E. Guglielmelli, C. Laschi, A. Menciassi, S. Micera, F. Vecchi, “Robotics as a
“Future and Emerging Technology”: Biomimetics, Cybernetics and Neuro-robotics in European Projects”,
IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 29 – 45, 2005.
27. N. Lago, E. Udina, J. Serra , S. Micera, X. Navarro, “Recording of peripheral nerve afferent and efferent
signals with polyimide cuff electrodes”, J. Pher Nerv Sys, vol. 10, Suppl. 1, pp. 49, 2005.
28. S. Micera, J. Carpaneto, F. Posteraro, L. Cenciotti, M. Popovic, P. Dario, “Characterization of upper arm
synergies during reaching tasks in able-bodied and hemiparetic subjects”, Clinical Biomechanics, vol. 20, no.
9, pp. 939–946, 2005.
29. X. Navarro, T.B. Krueger, N. Lago, S. Micera, P. Dario, T. Stieglitz, “A critical review of interfaces with the
peripheral nervous system for the control of neuroprostheses and hybrid bionic systems”, J Peripher Nerv
Syst, vol. 10, no 3, pp. 229-58, 2005.
30. S. Micera, M.C. Carrozza, E. Guglielmelli, G. Cappiello, F. Zaccone, C. Freschi, R. Colombo, A. Mazzone, C.
Delconte, F. Pisano, G. Minuco, P. Dario, “A simple robotic system for neurorehabilitation”, J Autonomous
Robots, vol. 19, pp. 271-284, 2005.
31. G. Carli, C. Rendo, J. Carpaneto, P. Dario, S. Micera, L. Sebastiani, E.L. Santarcangelo, “Direct and indirect
suggestions differentially affect body sway during wakefulness and hypnosis”, J Psychophysiology, vol. 20,
pp. 96-96, 2006.
32. P. Ciarletta, S. Micera, D. Accoto, P. Dario, “A novel microstructural approach in tendon viscoelastic
modelling at the fibrillar level”, J Biomech, v.ol 39, pp 2034-2042, 2006.
33. S. Micera, M.C. Carrozza, L. Beccai, F. Vecchi, P. Dario, “Hybrid bionic systems for the replacement of
hand function”, Proc IEEE, vol. 94, no. 9, pp. 1752-1762, 2006.
34. P.N. Sergi, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, S.Micera, “Biomechanical characterization of the piercing of the
peripheral nervous tissue”, IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, vol. 53, no. 11, pp. 2373-2386, 2006.
35. M.C. Carrozza, G. Cappiello, S. Micera, B.B. Edin, L. Beccai, C. Cipriani, “Design of a cybernetic hand for
perception and action”, Biol Cyber, vol. 96, no. 6, pp. 629-644, 2006.
36. S. Bossi, A. Menciassi, K. P. Koch, K.-P. Hoffmann, K. Yoshida, P. Dario, S. Micera, "Shape memory alloy
microactuation of tf-LIFEs: preliminary results", IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, vol. 54, no. 6, Part I, pp. 1115-
1120.
37. F.G. Zeng, S. Micera, Sense and Sensibility in Neuroengineering, IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, vol. 54, no. 6,
Part I, pp. 965-968.
38. R. Colombo, F. Pisano, A. Mazzone, C. Delconte, S. Micera, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, G. Minuto, “Design
Strategies to Improve Patient Motivation During Robot-Aided Rehabilitation”, J Neuroeng Rehab, Feb
19;4:3. 2007.
39. G. Ciofani; V. Raffa, A. Menciassi, S. Micera; P. Dario, A drug delivery system based on alginate
microspheres: mass-transport test and in vitro validation, Biomed Micro Dev, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 395-403.
2007 .

40. R. Colombo, F. Pisano, S. Micera, A. Mazzone, C. Delconte, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, G. Minuto,
“Assessing Mechanisms of Recovery During Robot-Aided Neurorehabilitation of the Upper Limb”,
Neurorehab Neural Repair, 2008 (accepted).
41. S. Micera, P. Dario, “Biorobotic solutions for the ageing society”, Annual Rev Biomed Eng, 2008 (accepted).
42. C. Cipriani, F. Zaccone, S. Micera, M.C. Carrozza, “On the shared control of an EMG controlled hand
prosthesis: analysis of user-prosthesis interaction”, IEEE Trans Robotics, 2008 (accepted).
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