Publications and Awards
Rehab Technologies Lab is an award-winning research line of IIT and our teams actively support the scientific community with many publications, dissemination talks and other accomplishments.
Publications
2023
Lazzaroni M., Chini G., Draicchio F., Di Natali C., Caldwell D.G., Ortiz J.
Control of a Back-Support Exoskeleton to Assist Carrying Activities
arXiv preprint
Article
Journal
2023
Franco O.A.M., Crespo J., Di Natali C., Ortiz J., Caldwell D.G.
Integration of the User Command Interface to the Industrial Exoskeleton XoTrunk
2023 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, SII 2023
2023
Di Natali C., Ortiz J., Caldwell D. G.
Quasi-passive lower limbs exosuit: an in-depth assessment of fatigue, kinematic and muscular patterns while comparing assistive strategies on an expert subject’s gait analysis
Frontiers in Neurorobotics
Article
Journal
2022
Poliero T., Fanti V., Sposito M., Caldwell D.G., Di Natali C.
Active and Passive Back-Support Exoskeletons: A Comparison in Static and Dynamic Tasks
Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, vol. 2022-August
2022
Poliero T., Fanti V., Sposito M., Caldwell D.G., Natali C.D.
Active and Passive Back-Support Exoskeletons: A Comparison in Static and Dynamic Tasks
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, (no. 3), pp. 8463-8470
2022
Fanti V., Sanguineti V., Caldwell D.G., Ortiz J., Di Natali C.
Assessment methodology for human-exoskeleton interactions: Kinetic analysis based on muscle activation
Frontiers in Neurorobotics, vol. 16
2022
Sposito M., Poliero T., Di Natali C., Semprini M., Barresi G., Laffranchi M., Caldwell D., De Michieli L., Ortiz J.
Exoskeletons in elderly healthcare
Internet of Things for Human-Centered Design: Application to Elderly Healthcare, Publisher: Springer
Book Chapter
Book
2022
Sposito M., Poliero T., Di Natali C., Semprini M., Barresi G., Laffranchi M., Caldwell D.G., De Michieli L., Ortiz J.
Exoskeletons in Elderly Healthcare
Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol. 1011, pp. 353-374
2022
Lazzaroni M., Fanti V., Sposito M., Chini G., Draicchio F., Di Natali C., Caldwell D.G., Ortiz J.
Improving the Efficacy of an Active Back-Support Exoskeleton for Manual Material Handling Using the Accelerometer Signal
Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, vol. 2022-August
2022
Lazzaroni M., Fanti V., Sposito M., Chini G., Draicchio F., Natali C.D., Caldwell D.G., Ortiz J.
Improving the Efficacy of an Active Back-Support Exoskeleton for Manual Material Handling Using the Accelerometer Signal
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, (no. 3), pp. 7716-7721
2022
Poliero T., Lazzaroni M., Toxiri S., Natali C.D., Caldwell D.G., Ortiz J.
Lifting and Carrying: Do We Need Back-Support Exoskeleton Versatility?
Biosystems and Biorobotics, vol. 27, pp. 499-503
2022
Sposito M., Fanti V., Sencandan P., Caldwell D.G., Di Natali C.
Measuring Anthopometric Fit for Exoskeletons: Methodologies and Preliminary Assessment
Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, vol. 2022-August
2022
Chini G., Di Natali C., Toxiri S., Draicchio F., Monica L., Caldwell D.G., Ortiz J.
Preliminary Study of an Exoskeleton Index for Ergonomic Assessment in the Workplace
Biosystems and Biorobotics, vol. 27, pp. 159-163
2022
Park D., Toxiri S., Chini G., Natali C.D., Caldwell D.G., Ortiz J.
Shoulder-sideWINDER (Shoulder-side Wearable INDustrial Ergonomic Robot): Design and Evaluation of Shoulder Wearable Robot with Mechanisms to Compensate for Joint Misalignment
IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 38, (no. 3), pp. 1460-1471
2021
Poliero T., Iurato M., Sposito M., Natali C.D., Toxiri S., Anastasi S., Draicchio F., Monica L., Caldwell D.G., Sanguineti V., Ortiz J.
A case study on occupational back-support exoskeletons versatility in lifting and carrying
ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, pp. 210-217
Awards
2024
Macaluso A., Bottino A., Pratticò F.G., Lamberti F., Galletti C., Storchi C., Podda J., Tacchino A., Brichetto G., Boccardo N., et al.
Best Session Presentation - Executive Control in a Mixed Reality Exergame for Motor-Cognitive Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis
2022
Maludrottu S., Laffranchi M., Vassallo C., Vaccaro R., De Michieli L.
iF DESIGN AWARD 2022 - Twin Exoskeleton
2021
Laffranchi M., Traverso S., Vaccaro R., Maludrottu S., Poli F., De Bartolomeis L., Diamanti G., Gruppioni E., De Michieli L.
Good Design
2020
Laffranchi M.
Robotics 2020 Young Investigator Award
2020
Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Traverso S., Lombardi L., Canepa M., Lince A., Semprini M., Saglia J.A., Naceri A., Sacchetti R., et al.
XXVI Compasso d'oro
2019
Colombi I.
PhD thesis award in Neuroengineering "MASSIMO GRATTAROLA" (17^ Ed.)
2018
Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Traverso S., Lince A., Canepa M., Saglia J., Gruppioni E., Sacchetti R., Diamanti G., Poli F., et al.
ADI Design Index
2018
Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Traverso S., Lombardi L., Canepa M., Lince A., Semprini M., Saglia J.A., Naceri A., Sacchetti R., et al.
ADI Design Index
2018
Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Traverso S., Lombardi L., Canepa M., Lince A., Semprini M., Saglia J.A., Naceri A., Sacchetti R., et al.
Good Design
2018
Semprini M.
selected as "reviewer of the year" for Journal of Neural Engineering