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
2026
Domenico D.D., Egle F., Marinelli A., Canepa M., Gruppioni E., Boccardo N., Laffranchi M., Castellini C.
Co-Adaptive Velocity and Position Control of 3-DoFs Prosthesis via Incremental Learning
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
2025
Quadrelli D., Canepa M., Di Domenico D., Boccardo N., Chiappalone M., Laffranchi M.
Advances in HD-EMG interfaces and spatial algorithms for upper limb prosthetic control
Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol. 19
2025
MacAluso R., Calandra D., Prattico F.G., Battegazzorre E., Baiocchi G., Boccardo N., Laffranchi M., Bottino A., Barresi G., Lamberti F.
An Augmented and Diminished Reality Exergame for Investigating the Embodiment of a Prosthetic Limb
Proceedings - 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2025, pp. 913-918
2025
Scherer H., Iberite F., Caserta G., Boccardo N., Carpaneto J., Gruppioni E., Micera S., Proietti T.
An Ultrathin and Lightweight Soft Inflatable Actuator for Natural Tactile Sensory Feedback
Advanced Intelligent Systems
2025
Dosen S., Boccardo N., Laffranchi M., Marinelli A.
Artificial Proprioceptive Feedback of Wrist Flexion and Extension for Myoelectric Prostheses
Biosystems and Biorobotics, vol. 31, pp. 106-109
2025
Stracquadanio G., Vasile F., Maiettini E., Boccardo N., Natale L.
Bring Your Own Grasp Generator: Leveraging Robot Grasp Generation for Prosthetic Grasping
Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 11691-11697
2025
Vasile F., Maiettini E., Pasquale G., Boccardo N., Natale L.
Continuous Wrist Control on the Hannes Prosthesis: A Vision-Based Shared Autonomy Framework
Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 15107-15113
2025
Giannattasio R., Boccardo N., Vaccaro R., Bhatt H., Maludrottu S., De Momi E., Laffranchi M.
Design, development, and validation of a non-backdrivable active ankle-foot orthosis for the TWIN lower-limb exoskeleton
Frontiers Robotics AI, vol. 12
2025
Laffranchi M., De Giuseppe S., Freddolini M., Driessen J., Barresi G., Canepa M., Boccardo N., Cherubini A., Mozzon M., Gruppioni E., De Michieli L., Traverso S.
Design of Semi-Powered Knee Prostheses for Improved Versatility
Biosystems and Biorobotics, vol. 31, pp. 129-133
2025
Berettoni A., De Giuseppe S., Mariani G., Boccardo N., Laffranchi M., Semprini M.
Exploration of biomechanics, mental workload and metabolism factors during prosthetic gait
Progress in Biomedical Engineering, vol. 7, (no. 4)
2025
Massa S., Marinelli A., Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Sanguineti V.
From Grasping to Manipulation: Kinematic Synergy Analysis for Advanced Prosthetics
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference, vol. 2025, pp. 1-6
2025
Alessi C., Vasile F., Ceola F., Pasquale G., Boccardo N., Natale L.
HannesImitation: Grasping with the Hannes Prosthetic Hand via Imitation Learning
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
Article in Press
Conference
2025
Tonoyan Y., Maludrottu S., Boccardo N., Berdondini L., Laffranchi M., Barresi G.
Modulation of a Rubber Hand Illusion by Different Levels of Mental Workload: An EEG Study
Applied Sciences (Switzerland), vol. 15, (no. 17)
2025
Bianchino P., Caserta G., Canepa M., Di Domenico D., Boccardo N., Laffranchi M.
Preliminary Results of a Multimodal Bidirectional Armband for Sensing and Feedback
IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, pp. 983-988
2025
Mariani G., Fenoglio E., Lupo M., Patrucco F., Laffranchi M., Giuseppe S., Boccardo N., Semprini M.
Quantitative Biomarkers of Prosthetic Embodiment Based on Rubber Limb Illusion Paradigms
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference, vol. 2025, pp. 1-7
2025
Mariani G., Fenoglio E., Lupo M., Patrucco F., Laffranchi M., De Giuseppe S., Boccardo N., Semprini M.
Quantitative Biomarkers of Prosthetic Embodiment Based on Rubber Limb Illusion Paradigms
47th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)
Conference Paper
Conference
2025
Di Domenico D., Forsiuk I., Müller-Cleve S., Tanzarella S., Garro F., Marinelli A., Canepa M., Laffranchi M., Chiappalone M., Bartolozzi C., De Michieli L., Boccardo N., Semprini M.
Reach&Grasp: a multimodal dataset of the whole upper-limb during simple and complex movements
Scientific data, vol. 12, (no. 1)
2025
Demasi S., Ardito A., Galviati R., Traverso S., Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Sanguineti V.
Shadow Control of a fully modular prosthetic arm with 3-DoF Shoulder
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference, vol. 2025, pp. 1-6
Awards
2025
Rehab Technologies.
ADI Index award - Hannes arm
2025
Laffranchi M., Traverso S., Vaccaro R., Cavallaro L., Canepa M., Boccardo N., Vassallo C., Maludrottu S., De Michieli L., Gruppioni E.
Compasso d'oro international award - Twin exoskeleton
2025
Semprini M.
EMBC Distinguished Lecturer
2025
Laffranchi M.
Member of the Scientific Committee, acted as a reviewer for the scientific projects programme.
2025
Laffranchi M.
Premio ANGI 2025 - Menzione speciale innovazione "Innovation leader award"
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
2024
Laffranchi M.
Member of the Scientific Committee, acted as a reviewer for the scientific projects programme.
2024
Vassallo C.
Tornare a camminare grazie a un esoscheletro
2024
Vassallo C.
User-Centered Design and Development of Medical Robots: Rehabilitative Exoskeletons and Prostheses
2024
Franconi B., Cherubini A., Sacchini A., De Giuseppe S., Bunt A., Berettoni A., Modica A., Boccardo N., Gruppioni E., Traverso S., et al.
Winner of the 2024 Cybathlon Leg Prosthesis Race