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INTRODUCTORY NOTES .................................................................................................. 4
General data .............................................................................................................. 4
Actual position.......................................................................................................... 4
University service ..................................................................................................... 4
Education and studies ............................................................................................. 5
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY ....................................................................................................... 6
Research Interests ................................................................................................... 6
Force feedback exoskeletons ................................................................................................................... 6
Robotic systems for rehabilitation .......................................................................................................... 7
New control techniques for exoskeletons ............................................................................................. 8
New systems of haptic interfaces and advance man-machine interfaces for the interaction in
virtual environments ................................................................................................................................. 8
Passivity and absolute stability during haptic interaction with virtual environments and timedelayed
teleoperation ................................................................................................................................ 9
Modeling, simulation, design and control of robotics and mechatronics systems ........................ 9
Design of parallel mechanisms with reduced number of degrees of feedom ................................ 9
Robot kinematics by means of screws theory .................................................................................... 10
Haptic rendering algorithms with force feedback ............................................................................. 12
Mobile and cognitive robotics applications ........................................................................................ 12
Editorial activity ...................................................................................................... 13
Awards, invited talks and keynote lectures ......................................................... 15
Research activities ................................................................................................. 16
Participation to research projects ......................................................................................................... 16
European projects ................................................................................................................................... 16
Nationally funded projects..................................................................................................................... 19
CNR Funded project .............................................................................................................................. 20
University and MIUR project ................................................................................................................ 20
Research project with industrial parters .............................................................................................. 21
Research period abroad .......................................................................................................................... 22
Post-graduate courses ............................................................................................................................. 22
Visits at laboratories and research center ............................................................................................ 22
Participation to international conferences .......................................................................................... 23
Activities with the European Union .................................................................................................... 23
National and international collaborations ........................................................................................... 23
Patents and trademarks ......................................................................................... 24
List of research appointments (excluding teaching appointments)Errore.
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INSTRUCTION AND COURSE DEVELOPMENT ............................................................ 25
Courses at University of Pisa ................................................................................ 25
Courses at University of Udine ............................................................................. 25
Courses at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna ............................................................. 25
Orientation meeting ................................................................................................................................ 26
Lectures at other institutions ................................................................................ 26
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