Manuel G. Catalano

158 papers A* 24A 15B 1Journal 92Unranked 25
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Toward a Robotic Platform for Precision Vineyard Operations.
IEEE Access
Erfan Khiali, Alessandro Marchetti, Gabriele Ribolla, Francesca Negrello, Mario Corsanici, Vinicio Tincani, Antonio Bicchi, Fabio Previdi, Manuel G. Catalano
2025 A* conf
Adaptive Ankle-Foot Prosthesis with Passive Agonist-Antagonist Design.
ICRA
Matteo Crotti, Anna Pace, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano
2025 J jnl
Analysis and Perspectives on the ANA Avatar XPRIZE Competition.
Int. J. Soc. Robotics
Kris Hauser, Eleanor 'Nell' Watson, Joonbum Bae, Josh Bankston, Sven Behnke, Bill Borgia, Manuel G. Catalano, Stefano Dafarra, Jan B. F. van Erp, Thomas Ferris, Jeremy Fishel, Guy Hoffman, Serena Ivaldi, Fumio Kanehiro, Abderrahmane Kheddar, Gaëlle Lannuzel, Jacquelyn Ford Morie, Patrick Naughton, Steve NGuyen, Paul Yu Oh, Taskin Padir, Jim Pippine, Jaeheung Park, Jean Chagas Vaz, Daniele Pucci, John Peter Whitney, Peggy Wu, David Locke
2025 J jnl
Characterization, Experimental Validation and Pilot User Study of the Vibro-Inertial Bionic Enhancement System (VIBES).
IEEE Trans. Haptics
Alessia Silvia Ivani, Federica Barontini, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Matteo Bianchi, Antonio Bicchi
2025 J jnl
Design, Characterization, and Validation of a Variable Stiffness Prosthetic Elbow.
IEEE Trans. Robotics
Giuseppe Milazzo, Simon Lemerle, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano
2025 J jnl
Integrating Human-Like Impedance Regulation and Model-Based Approaches for Compliance Discrimination via Biomimetic Optical Tactile Sensors.
IEEE Trans. Robotics
Giulia Pagnanelli, Lucia Zinelli, Nathan F. Lepora, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi, Matteo Bianchi
2025 — conf
Introducing V-Soft Pro: A Modular Platform for a Transhumeral Prosthesis with Controllable Stiffness.
ICORR
Giuseppe Milazzo, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano
2025 J jnl
Introducing V-Soft Pro: a Modular Platform for a Transhumeral Prosthesis with Controllable Stiffness.
CoRR
Giuseppe Milazzo, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano
2025 J jnl
Merging motoneuron and postural synergies in prosthetic hand design for natural bionic interfacing.
Sci. Robotics
Patricia Capsi-Morales, Deren Y. Barsakcioglu, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi, Dario Farina
2025 J jnl
Next-Gen Museum Guides: Autonomous Navigation and Visitor Interaction with an Agentic Robot.
CoRR
Luca Garello, Francesca Cocchella, Alessandra Sciutti, Manuel G. Catalano, Francesco Rea
2025 B conf
One Robot, Many Minds: Factors Shaping Visitors' Evaluation of an Autonomous Museum Robot Guide.
HAI
Luca Garello, Francesca Cocchella, Manuel G. Catalano, Alessandra Sciutti, Francesco Rea
2025 J jnl
Preliminary Analysis and Simulation of a Compact Variable Stiffness Wrist.
CoRR
Giuseppe Milazzo, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi, Giorgio Grioli
2025 J jnl
Shear-Based Grasp Control for Multifingered Underactuated Tactile Robotic Hands.
IEEE Trans. Robotics
Christopher J. Ford, Haoran Li, Manuel G. Catalano, Matteo Bianchi, Efi Psomopoulou, Nathan F. Lepora
2025 J jnl
Shear-based Grasp Control for Multi-fingered Underactuated Tactile Robotic Hands.
CoRR
Christopher J. Ford, Haoran Li, Manuel G. Catalano, Matteo Bianchi, Efi Psomopoulou, Nathan F. Lepora
2025 J jnl
Soft Adaptive Feet for Legged Robots: An Open-Source Model for Locomotion Simulation.
IEEE Access
Matteo Crotti, Luca Rossini, Balint K. Hodossy, Anna Pace, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano
2025 — conf
Towards Magnetically Induced Skin Stretch for Hand Proprioceptive Feedback.
ICORR
Eleonora Fontana, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Matteo Bianchi, Antonio Bicchi
2025 J jnl
Usability of a Robot Avatar Designed for the Real World: The Alter-Ego X Case Study.
Int. J. Soc. Robotics
Grazia Zambella, Giorgio Grioli, Andrea Cavaliere, Giovanni Rosato, Cristiano Petrocelli, Mattia Poggiani, Manuel Barbarossa, Gianluca Lentini, Emanuele Sessa, Vinicio Tincani, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano
2024 J jnl
A General Control Method for Human-Robot Integration.
CoRR
Maddalena Feder, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2024 J jnl
A Suspended Aerial Manipulation Avatar for Physical Interaction in Unstructured Environments.
IEEE Access
Fanyi Kong, Grazia Zambella, Simone Monteleone, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2024 J jnl
A three degrees of freedom switchable impedance myoelectric prosthetic wrist.
Int. J. Robotics Res.
Patricia Capsi-Morales, Cristina Piazza, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano
2024 J jnl
Analysis and Perspectives on the ANA Avatar XPRIZE Competition.
CoRR
Kris Hauser, Eleanor 'Nell' Watson, Joonbum Bae, Josh Bankston, Sven Behnke, Bill Borgia, Manuel G. Catalano, Stefano Dafarra, Jan B. F. van Erp, Thomas Ferris, Jeremy Fishel, Guy Hoffman, Serena Ivaldi, Fumio Kanehiro, Abderrahmane Kheddar, Gaëlle Lannuzel, Jacquelyn Ford Morie, Patrick Naughton, Steve NGuyen, Paul Y. Oh, Taskin Padir, Jim Pippine, Jaeheung Park, Daniele Pucci, Jean Chagas Vaz, John Peter Whitney, Peggy Wu, David Locke
2024 J jnl
Analytical Model and Experimental Testing of the SoftFoot: An Adaptive Robot Foot for Walking Over Obstacles and Irregular Terrains.
IEEE Trans. Robotics
Cristina Piazza, Cosimo Della Santina, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano
2024 J jnl
Analytical Model and Experimental Testing of the SoftFoot: an Adaptive Robot Foot for Walking over Obstacles and Irregular Terrains.
CoRR
Cristina Piazza, Cosimo Della Santina, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi
2024 J jnl
Characterization, Experimental Validation and Pilot User Study of the Vibro-Inertial Bionic Enhancement System (VIBES).
CoRR
Alessia Silvia Ivani, Federica Barontini, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Matteo Bianchi, Antonio Bicchi
2024 J jnl
Design, Characterization, and Validation of a Variable Stiffness Prosthetic Elbow.
CoRR
Giuseppe Milazzo, Simon Lemerle, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano
2024 J jnl
From construction machines to remote construction robots: control, interfaces, and usability of the Cranebot.
Frontiers Robotics AI
Alessandra Duz, Francesca Negrello, Alexandr Rucodainii, Daniel Lanzoni, Mario Corsanici, Angelo Iapichino, Andrea Vitali, Daniele Regazzoni, Valentino Birolini, Roberto Signori, Rossano Ceresoli, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano
2024 J jnl
Investigating the Performance of Soft Robotic Adaptive Feet with Longitudinal and Transverse Arches.
CoRR
Anna Pace, Giorgio Grioli, Alice Ghezzi, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano
2024 J jnl
Investigating the performance of soft robotic adaptive feet with longitudinal and transverse arches.
Frontiers Robotics AI
Anna Pace, Giorgio Grioli, Alice Ghezzi, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano
2024 J jnl
Modeling and Control of a Novel Variable Stiffness Three DoFs Wrist.
Int. J. Robotics Res.
Giuseppe Milazzo, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi, Giorgio Grioli
2024 — conf
On the Relation of Skin Stretch and Finger Joint Angle Evolution in Human Hand Grasping Tasks.
EuroHaptics (2)
Eleonora Fontana, Vincenzo Catrambone, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi, Matteo Bianchi
2024 A* conf
Prosthetic Upper-Limb Sensory Enhancement (PULSE): a Dual Haptic Feedback Device in a Prosthetic Socket.
ICRA
Alessia Silvia Ivani, Federica Barontini, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Matteo Bianchi, Antonio Bicchi
2024 J jnl
Soft Adaptive Feet for Legged Robots: An Open-Source Model for Locomotion Simulation.
CoRR
Matteo Crotti, Luca Rossini, Anna Pace, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano
2024 J jnl
Tactile Perception in Upper Limb Prostheses: Mechanical Characterization, Human Experiments, and Computational Findings.
CoRR
Alessia Silvia Ivani, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Matteo Bianchi, Yon Visell, Antonio Bicchi
2024 J jnl
Tactile Perception in Upper Limb Prostheses: Mechanical Characterization, Human Experiments, and Computational Findings.
IEEE Trans. Haptics
Alessia Silvia Ivani, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Matteo Bianchi, Yon Visell, Antonio Bicchi
2024 J jnl
Tactile SoftHand-A: 3D-Printed, Tactile, Highly-underactuated, Anthropomorphic Robot Hand with an Antagonistic Tendon Mechanism.
CoRR
Haoran Li, Christopher J. Ford, Chenghua Lu, Yijiong Lin, Matteo Bianchi, Manuel G. Catalano, Efi Psomopoulou, Nathan F. Lepora
2024 J jnl
The CUFF, Clenching Upper-Limb Force Feedback Wearable Device: Design, Characterization and Validation.
IEEE Trans. Haptics
Federica Barontini, Manuel G. Catalano, Simone Fani, Giorgio Grioli, Matteo Bianchi, Antonio Bicchi
2023 J jnl
A Suspended Aerial Manipulation Avatar for Physical Interaction in Unstructured Environments.
CoRR
Fanyi Kong, Grazia Zambella, Simone Monteleone, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2023 — conf
An Experimental Setup to Test Obstacle-Dealing Capabilities of Prosthetic Feet.
ICORR
Anna Pace, Lukas Proksch, Giorgio Grioli, Oskar C. Aszmann, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano
2023 J jnl
An Experimental Setup to Test Obstacle-dealing Capabilities of Prosthetic Feet.
CoRR
Anna Pace, Lukas Proksch, Giorgio Grioli, Oskar C. Aszmann, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano
2023 — conf
EMG-Based Control Strategies of a Supernumerary Robotic Hand for the Rehabilitation of Sub-Acute Stroke Patients: Proof of Concept.
ICORR
Marina Gnocco, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Carlo Trompetto, Antonio Bicchi
2023 J jnl
EMG-based Control Strategies of a Supernumerary Robotic Hand for the Rehabilitation of Sub-Acute Stroke Patients: Proof of Concept.
CoRR
Marina Gnocco, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Carlo Trompetto, Antonio Bicchi
2023 J jnl
From Robotics to Prosthetics: What Design and Engineering Can Do Better Together.
ACM Trans. Hum. Robot Interact.
Maria Rosanna Fossati, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2023 A* conf
Tactile-Driven Gentle Grasping for Human-Robot Collaborative Tasks.
ICRA
Christopher J. Ford, Haoran Li, John Lloyd, Manuel G. Catalano, Matteo Bianchi, Efi Psomopoulou, Nathan F. Lepora
2023 J jnl
Tactile-Driven Gentle Grasping for Human-Robot Collaborative Tasks.
CoRR
Christopher J. Ford, Haoran Li, John Lloyd, Manuel G. Catalano, Matteo Bianchi, Efi Psomopoulou, Nathan F. Lepora
2023 J jnl
The CUFF, Clenching Upper-limb Force Feedback wearable device: design, characterization and validation.
CoRR
Federica Barontini, Manuel G. Catalano, Simone Fani, Giorgio Grioli, Matteo Bianchi, Antonio Bicchi
2023 — conf
VIBES: Vibro-Inertial Bionic Enhancement System in a Prosthetic Socket.
ICORR
Alessia Silvia Ivani, Federica Barontini, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Matteo Bianchi, Antonio Bicchi
2023 J jnl
VIBES: Vibro-Inertial Bionic Enhancement System in a Prosthetic Socket.
CoRR
Alessia Silvia Ivani, Federica Barontini, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Matteo Bianchi, Antonio Bicchi
2022 A conf
A Robotic Aerial Platform with Functionally Anthropomorphic Arms designed for Physical Interaction.
IROS
Fanyi Kong, Simone Monteleone, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2022 J jnl
A Shared Autonomy Reconfigurable Control Framework for Telemanipulation of Multi-Arm Systems.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Idil Ozdamar, Marco Laghi, Giorgio Grioli, Arash Ajoudani, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2022 J jnl
A Shared Autonomy Reconfigurable Control Framework for Telemanipulation of Multi-arm Systems.
CoRR
Idil Ozdamar, Marco Laghi, Giorgio Grioli, Arash Ajoudani, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2022 J jnl
A method to benchmark the balance resilience of robots.
Frontiers Robotics AI
Simone Monteleone, Francesca Negrello, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi, Manolo Garabini
2022 J jnl
BRL/Pisa/IIT SoftHand: A Low-Cost, 3D-Printed, Underactuated, Tendon-Driven Hand With Soft and Adaptive Synergies.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Haoran Li, Christopher J. Ford, Matteo Bianchi, Manuel G. Catalano, Efi Psomopoulou, Nathan F. Lepora
2022 J jnl
BRL/Pisa/IIT SoftHand: A Low-cost, 3D-Printed, Underactuated, Tendon-Driven Hand with Soft and Adaptive Synergies.
CoRR
Haoran Li, Christopher J. Ford, Matteo Bianchi, Manuel G. Catalano, Efi Psomopoulou, Nathan F. Lepora
2022 J jnl
Damping in Compliant Actuation: A Review.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag.
Simone Monteleone, Francesca Negrello, Manuel G. Catalano, Manolo Garabini, Giorgio Grioli
2022 A* conf
dSEDA: a Differential Series Elastic Damped Actuator.
ICRA
Simone Monteleone, Francesca Negrello, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano
2021 J jnl
A Configurable Architecture for Two Degree-of-Freedom Variable Stiffness Actuators to Match the Compliant Behavior of Human Joints.
Frontiers Robotics AI
Simon Lemerle, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi, Giorgio Grioli
2021 J jnl
A Supernumerary Soft Robotic Limb for Reducing Hand-Arm Vibration Syndromes Risks.
Frontiers Robotics AI
Andrea S. Ciullo, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi, Arash Ajoudani
2021 J jnl
An Open-Source ROS-Gazebo Toolbox for Simulating Robots With Compliant Actuators.
Frontiers Robotics AI
Riccardo Mengacci, Grazia Zambella, Giorgio Grioli, Danilo Caporale, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2021 J jnl
HRP-4 Walks on Soft Feet.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Manuel G. Catalano, Irene Frizza, Cecilia Morandi, Giorgio Grioli, Ko Ayusawa, Takahiro Ito, Gentiane Venture
2021 J jnl
Integrating Wearable Haptics and Obstacle Avoidance for the Visually Impaired in Indoor Navigation: A User-Centered Approach.
IEEE Trans. Haptics
Federica Barontini, Manuel G. Catalano, Lucia Pallottino, Barbara Leporini, Matteo Bianchi
2021 J jnl
Integration of a Passive Exoskeleton and a Robotic Supernumerary Finger for Grasping Compensation in Chronic Stroke Patients: The SoftPro Wearable System.
Frontiers Robotics AI
Gionata Salvietti, Leonardo Franco, Martin Tschiersky, Gerjan Wolterink, Matteo Bianchi, Antonio Bicchi, Federica Barontini, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Mattia Poggiani, Simone Rossi, Domenico Prattichizzo
2021 — conf
Modular ROS-based software architecture for reconfigurable, Industry 4.0 compatible robotic workcells.
ICAR
Mihael Simonic, Rok Pahic, Timotej Gaspar, Saeed Abdolshah, Sami Haddadin, Manuel G. Catalano, Florentin Wörgötter, Ales Ude
2021 J jnl
On the motion/stiffness decoupling property of articulated soft robots with application to model-free torque iterative learning control.
Int. J. Robotics Res.
Riccardo Mengacci, Franco Angelini, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi, Manolo Garabini
2021 A* conf
Towards integrated tactile sensorimotor control in anthropomorphic soft robotic hands.
ICRA
Nathan F. Lepora, Chris Ford, Andrew Stinchcombe, Alfred Brown, John Lloyd, Manuel G. Catalano, Matteo Bianchi, Benjamin Ward-Cherrier
2021 J jnl
Towards integrated tactile sensorimotor control in anthropomorphic soft robotic hands.
CoRR
Nathan F. Lepora, Andrew Stinchcombe, Chris Ford, Alfred Brown, John Lloyd, Manuel G. Catalano, Matteo Bianchi, Benjamin Ward-Cherrier
2021 J jnl
Usability Assessment of Body Controlled Electric Hand Prostheses: A Pilot Study.
Frontiers Neurorobotics
Sasha B. Godfrey, Cristina Piazza, Federica Felici, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano
2021 J jnl
Wearable Integrated Soft Haptics in a Prosthetic Socket.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Federica Barontini, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Matteo Bianchi, Antonio Bicchi
2020 A conf
A Miniaturised Neuromorphic Tactile Sensor integrated with an Anthropomorphic Robot Hand.
IROS
Benjamin Ward-Cherrier, Jörg Conradt, Manuel G. Catalano, Matteo Bianchi, Nathan F. Lepora
2020 — conf
A novel mechatronic system for evaluating elbow muscular spasticity relying on Tonic Stretch Reflex Threshold estimation.
EMBC
Giuseppe Averta, Massimiliano Abbinante, Piero Orsini, Federica Felici, Paolo Lippi, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano, Matteo Bianchi
2020 J jnl
Analysis of Compensatory Movements Using a Supernumerary Robotic Hand for Upper Limb Assistance.
Frontiers Robotics AI
Martina Rossero, Andrea S. Ciullo, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2020 J jnl
Benchmarking Hand and Grasp Resilience to Dynamic Loads.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Francesca Negrello, Werner Friedl, Giorgio Grioli, Manolo Garabini, Oliver Brock, Antonio Bicchi, Máximo A. Roa, Manuel G. Catalano
2020 A conf
CNN-based Foothold Selection for Mechanically Adaptive Soft Foot.
IROS
Jakub Bednarek, Noel Maalouf, Mathew Jose Pollayil, Manolo Garabini, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Dominik Belter
2020 J jnl
Exploring Stiffness Modulation in Prosthetic Hands and Its Perceived Function in Manipulation and Social Interaction.
Frontiers Neurorobotics
Patricia Capsi-Morales, Cristina Piazza, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi, Giorgio Grioli
2020 J jnl
Grasp It Like a Pro: Grasp of Unknown Objects With Robotic Hands Based on Skilled Human Expertise.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Chiara Gabellieri, Manolo Garabini, Franco Angelini, Visar Arapi, Alessandro Palleschi, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Lucia Pallottino, Antonio Bicchi, Matteo Bianchi
2020 J jnl
On the role of stiffness and synchronization in human-robot handshaking.
Int. J. Robotics Res.
Domenico Mura, Espen Knoop, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Moritz Bächer, Antonio Bicchi
2020 A* conf
Robot Programming without Coding.
ICRA
Gianluca Lentini, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2020 J jnl
SoftHandler: An Integrated Soft Robotic System for Handling Heterogeneous Objects.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag.
Franco Angelini, Cristiano Petrocelli, Manuel G. Catalano, Manolo Garabini, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi
2020 J jnl
Time Generalization of Trajectories Learned on Articulated Soft Robots.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Franco Angelini, Riccardo Mengacci, Cosimo Della Santina, Manuel G. Catalano, Manolo Garabini, Antonio Bicchi, Giorgio Grioli
2020 — conf
To grasp or not to grasp: an end-to-end deep-learning approach for predicting grasping failures in soft hands.
RoboSoft
Visar Arapi, Yujie Zhang, Giuseppe Averta, Manuel G. Catalano, Daniela Rus, Cosimo Della Santina, Matteo Bianchi
2020 J jnl
Unifying bilateral teleoperation and tele-impedance for enhanced user experience.
Int. J. Robotics Res.
Marco Laghi, Arash Ajoudani, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2019 J jnl
A Century of Robotic Hands.
Annu. Rev. Control. Robotics Auton. Syst.
Cristina Piazza, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2019 J jnl
A Novel Skin-Stretch Haptic Device for Intuitive Control of Robotic Prostheses and Avatars.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Nicoletta Colella, Matteo Bianchi, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano
2019 J jnl
A Spherical Active Joint for Humanoids and Humans.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Sariah Mghames, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi, Giorgio Grioli
2019 A conf
A Variable Stiffness Elbow Joint for Upper Limb Prosthesis.
IROS
Simon Lemerle, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano
2019 J jnl
Alter-Ego: A Mobile Robot With a Functionally Anthropomorphic Upper Body Designed for Physical Interaction.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag.
Gianluca Lentini, Alessandro Settimi, Danilo Caporale, Manolo Garabini, Giorgio Grioli, Lucia Pallottino, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2019 A* conf
Benchmarking Resilience of Artificial Hands.
ICRA
Francesca Negrello, Manolo Garabini, Giorgio Grioli, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Antonio Bicchi, Manuel G. Catalano
2019 J jnl
Design and Assessment of Control Maps for Multi-Channel sEMG-Driven Prostheses and Supernumerary Limbs.
Frontiers Neurorobotics
Michele Maimeri, Cosimo Della Santina, Cristina Piazza, Matteo Rossi, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli
2019 J jnl
Dynamic Morphological Computation Through Damping Design of Soft Continuum Robots.
Frontiers Robotics AI
Antonio Di Lallo, Manuel G. Catalano, Manolo Garabini, Giorgio Grioli, Marco Gabiccini, Antonio Bicchi
2019 J jnl
Dynamic Whole-Body Control of Unstable Wheeled Humanoid Robots.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Grazia Zambella, Gianluca Lentini, Manolo Garabini, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Alessandro Palleschi, Lucia Pallottino, Antonio Bicchi, Alessandro Settimi, Danilo Caporale
2019 A* conf
Dynamic morphological computation through damping design of soft material robots: application to under-actuated grippers.
ICRA
Antonio Di Lallo, Manuel G. Catalano, Manolo Garabini, Giorgio Grioli, Marco Gabiccini, Antonio Bicchi
2019 J jnl
Hands in the Real World.
Frontiers Robotics AI
Francesca Negrello, Hannah S. Stuart, Manuel G. Catalano
2019 J jnl
HapPro: A Wearable Haptic Device for Proprioceptive Feedback.
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng.
Matteo Rossi, Matteo Bianchi, Edoardo Battaglia, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2019 J jnl
Learning From Humans How to Grasp: A Data-Driven Architecture for Autonomous Grasping With Anthropomorphic Soft Hands.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Cosimo Della Santina, Visar Arapi, Giuseppe Averta, Francesca Damiani, Gaia Fiore, Alessandro Settimi, Manuel G. Catalano, Davide Bacciu, Antonio Bicchi, Matteo Bianchi
2019 A* conf
On the role of wearable haptics for force feedback in teleimpedance control for dual-arm robotic teleoperation.
ICRA
Janelle P. Clark, Gianluca Lentini, Federica Barontini, Manuel G. Catalano, Matteo Bianchi, Marcia K. O'Malley
2019 J jnl
Relaying the High-Frequency Contents of Tactile Feedback to Robotic Prosthesis Users: Design, Filtering, Implementation, and Validation.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Simone Fani, Katia Di Blasio, Matteo Bianchi, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi
2019 J jnl
Skin Stretch Haptic Feedback to Convey Closure Information in Anthropomorphic, Under-Actuated Upper Limb Soft Prostheses.
IEEE Trans. Haptics
Edoardo Battaglia, Janelle P. Clark, Matteo Bianchi, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi, Marcia K. O'Malley
2019 J jnl
Stiffness Bounds for Resilient and Stable Physical Interaction of Articulated Soft Robots.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Riccardo Mengacci, Franco Angelini, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi, Manolo Garabini
2019 J jnl
Towards an Autonomous Unwrapping System for Intralogistics.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Chiara Gabellieri, Alessandro Palleschi, Anna Mannucci, Michele Pierallini, Elisa Stefanini, Manuel G. Catalano, Danilo Caporale, Alessandro Settimi, Todor Stoyanov, Martin Magnusson, Manolo Garabini, Lucia Pallottino
2018 A* conf
A Novel Approach to Under-Actuated Control of Fluidic Systems.
ICRA
Antonio Di Lallo, Manuel G. Catalano, Manolo Garabini, Giorgio Grioli, Marco Gabiccini, Antonio Bicchi
2018 J jnl
A Soft Modular End Effector for Underwater Manipulation: A Gentle, Adaptable Grasp for the Ocean Depths.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag.
Domenico Mura, Manuel Barbarossa, Giacomo Dinuzzi, Giorgio Grioli, Andrea Caiti, Manuel G. Catalano
2018 J jnl
Analytical and Experimental Analysis for Position Optimization of a Grasp Assistance Supernumerary Robotic Hand.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Andrea S. Ciullo, Federica Felici, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Arash Ajoudani, Antonio Bicchi
2018 J jnl
Decentralized Trajectory Tracking Control for Soft Robots Interacting With the Environment.
IEEE Trans. Robotics
Franco Angelini, Cosimo Della Santina, Manolo Garabini, Matteo Bianchi, Gian Maria Gasparri, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2018 J jnl
Efficient Walking Gait Generation via Principal Component Representation of Optimal Trajectories: Application to a Planar Biped Robot With Elastic Joints.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett.
Gian Maria Gasparri, Silvia Manara, Danilo Caporale, Giuseppe Averta, Manuel Bonilla, Hamal Marino, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Matteo Bianchi, Antonio Bicchi, Manolo Garabini
2018 A* conf
ExoSense: Measuring Manipulation in a Wearable Manner.
ICRA
Edoardo Battaglia, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Matteo Bianchi, Antonio Bicchi
2018 J jnl
Humanoids at Work: The WALK-MAN Robot in a Postearthquake Scenario.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag.
Francesca Negrello, Alessandro Settimi, Danilo Caporale, Gianluca Lentini, Mattia Poggiani, Dimitrios Kanoulas, Luca Muratore, Emanuele Luberto, Gaspare Santaera, Luca Ciarleglio, Leonardo Ermini, Lucia Pallottino, Darwin G. Caldwell, Nikolaos G. Tsagarakis, Antonio Bicchi, Manolo Garabini, Manuel G. Catalano
2018 — conf
Shared-Autonomy Control for Intuitive Bimanual Tele-Manipulation.
Humanoids
Marco Laghi, Michele Maimeri, Mathieu Marchand, Clara Leparoux, Manuel G. Catalano, Arash Ajoudani, Antonio Bicchi
2018 J jnl
Simplifying Telerobotics: Wearability and Teleimpedance Improves Human-Robot Interactions in Teleoperation.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag.
Simone Fani, Simone Ciotti, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Alessandro Tognetti, Gaetano Valenza, Arash Ajoudani, Matteo Bianchi
2018 A* conf
Touch-Based Grasp Primitives for Soft Hands: Applications to Human-to-Robot Handover Tasks and Beyond.
ICRA
Matteo Bianchi, Giuseppe Averta, Edoardo Battaglia, Carlos J. Rosales, Manuel Bonilla, Alessandro Tondo, Mattia Poggiani, Gaspare Santaera, Simone Ciotti, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2018 J jnl
Toward Dexterous Manipulation With Augmented Adaptive Synergies: The Pisa/IIT SoftHand 2.
IEEE Trans. Robotics
Cosimo Della Santina, Cristina Piazza, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2017 J jnl
Controlling Soft Robots: Balancing Feedback and Feedforward Elements.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag.
Cosimo Della Santina, Matteo Bianchi, Giorgio Grioli, Franco Angelini, Manuel G. Catalano, Manolo Garabini, Antonio Bicchi
2017 — conf
Design and characterization of a novel high-compliance spring for robots with soft joints.
AIM
Francesca Negrello, Manuel G. Catalano, Manolo Garabini, Mattia Poggiani, Darwin G. Caldwell, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Antonio Bicchi
2017 A* conf
Design of an under-actuated wrist based on adaptive synergies.
ICRA
Simona Casini, Vinicio Tincani, Giuseppe Averta, Mattia Poggiani, Cosimo Della Santina, Edoardo Battaglia, Manuel G. Catalano, Matteo Bianchi, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi
2017 — conf
Design, control and validation of the variable stiffness exoskeleton FLExo.
ICORR
Sariah Mghames, Marco Laghi, Cosimo Della Santina, Manolo Garabini, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi
2017 A conf
Estimating contact forces from postural measures in a class of under-actuated robotic hands.
IROS
Cosimo Della Santina, Cristina Piazza, Gaspare Santaera, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2017 J jnl
Postural Hand Synergies during Environmental Constraint Exploitation.
Frontiers Neurorobotics
Cosimo Della Santina, Matteo Bianchi, Giuseppe Averta, Simone Ciotti, Visar Arapi, Simone Fani, Edoardo Battaglia, Manuel G. Catalano, Marco Santello, Antonio Bicchi
2017 — conf
Preliminary results toward a naturally controlled multi-synergistic prosthetic hand.
ICORR
Matteo Rossi, Cosimo Della Santina, Cristina Piazza, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2017 A conf
Tele-impedance with force feedback under communication time delay.
IROS
Marco Laghi, Arash Ajoudani, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2017 J jnl
The Quest for Natural Machine Motion: An Open Platform to Fast-Prototyping Articulated Soft Robots.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag.
Cosimo Della Santina, Cristina Piazza, Gian Maria Gasparri, Manuel Bonilla, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Manolo Garabini, Antonio Bicchi
2017 — conf
The Rice Haptic Rocker: Skin stretch haptic feedback with the Pisa/IIT SoftHand.
WHC
Edoardo Battaglia, Janelle P. Clark, Matteo Bianchi, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi, Marcia K. O'Malley
2017 J jnl
The SoftHand Pro-H: A Hybrid Body-Controlled, Electrically Powered Hand Prosthesis for Daily Living and Working.
IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag.
Cristina Piazza, Manuel G. Catalano, Sasha B. Godfrey, Matteo Rossi, Giorgio Grioli, Matteo Bianchi, Kristin D. Zhao, Antonio Bicchi
2017 J jnl
WALK-MAN: A High-Performance Humanoid Platform for Realistic Environments.
J. Field Robotics
Nikolaos G. Tsagarakis, Darwin G. Caldwell, Francesca Negrello, Wooseok Choi, Lorenzo Baccelliere, Vo-Gia Loc, J. Noorden, Luca Muratore, Alessio Margan, Alberto Cardellino, Lorenzo Natale, Enrico Mingo Hoffman, Houman Dallali, Navvab Kashiri, Jörn Malzahn, Jinoh Lee, Przemyslaw Kryczka, Dimitrios Kanoulas, Manolo Garabini, Manuel G. Catalano, Mirko Ferrati, Valerio Varricchio, Lucia Pallottino, Corrado Pavan, Antonio Bicchi, Alessandro Settimi, Alessio Rocchi, Arash Ajoudani
2016 — ch.
From Soft to Adaptive Synergies: The Pisa/IIT SoftHand.
Human and Robot Hands
Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Edoardo Farnioli, Alessandro Serio, Manuel Bonilla, Manolo Garabini, Cristina Piazza, Marco Gabiccini, Antonio Bicchi
2016 — conf
Robust optimization of system compliance for physical interaction in uncertain scenarios.
Humanoids
G. M. Gaspard, Filippo Fabiani, Manolo Garabini, Lucia Pallottino, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, R. Persichin, Antonio Bicchi
2016 A* conf
SoftHand Pro-D: Matching dynamic content of natural user commands with hand embodiment for enhanced prosthesis control.
ICRA
Cristina Piazza, Cosimo Della Santina, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Manolo Garabini, Antonio Bicchi
2016 A* conf
Synergy-based interface for bilateral tele-manipulations of a master-slave system with large asymmetries.
ICRA
Anais Brygo, Ioannis Sarakoglou, Arash Ajoudani, Nadia Vanessa Garcia-Hernandez, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Darwin G. Caldwell, Nikolaos G. Tsagarakis
2016 J jnl
ThimbleSense: A Fingertip-Wearable Tactile Sensor for Grasp Analysis.
IEEE Trans. Haptics
Edoardo Battaglia, Matteo Bianchi, Alessandro Altobelli, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Alessandro Serio, Marco Santello, Antonio Bicchi
2016 — conf
Toward an adaptive foot for natural walking.
Humanoids
Cristina Piazza, Cosimo Della Santina, Gian Maria Gasparri, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Manolo Garabini, Antonio Bicchi
2016 A* conf
WALK-MAN humanoid lower body design optimization for enhanced physical performance.
ICRA
Francesca Negrello, Manolo Garabini, Manuel G. Catalano, Przemyslaw Kryczka, Wooseok Choi, Darwin G. Caldwell, Antonio Bicchi, Nikolaos G. Tsagarakis
2015 — conf
A modular compliant actuator for emerging high performance and fall-resilient humanoids.
Humanoids
Francesca Negrello, Manolo Garabini, Manuel G. Catalano, Jörn Malzahn, Darwin G. Caldwell, Antonio Bicchi, Nikolaos G. Tsagarakis
2015 A conf
Design and realization of the CUFF - clenching upper-limb force feedback wearable device for distributed mechano-tactile stimulation of normal and tangential skin forces.
IROS
Simona Casini, Matteo Morvidoni, Matteo Bianchi, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi
2015 — conf
Dexterity augmentation on a synergistic hand: The Pisa/IIT SoftHand+.
Humanoids
Cosimo Della Santina, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Alberto Brando, Antonio Bicchi
2015 — conf
Soft actuation in cyclic motions: Stiffness profile optimization for energy efficiency.
Humanoids
Alexandra Velasco, Manolo Garabini, Manuel G. Catalano, Antonio Bicchi
2015 J jnl
Variable stiffness actuators: The user's point of view.
Int. J. Robotics Res.
Giorgio Grioli, Sebastian Wolf, Manolo Garabini, Manuel G. Catalano, Etienne Burdet, Darwin G. Caldwell, Raffaella Carloni, Werner Friedl, Markus Grebenstein, Matteo Laffranchi, Dirk Lefeber, Stefano Stramigioli, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Michaël Van Damme, Bram Vanderborght, Alin Albu-Schäffer, Antonio Bicchi
2015 A conf
Variable stiffness control for oscillation damping.
IROS
Giovanni Gasparri, Manolo Garabini, Lucia Pallottino, L. Malagia, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi
2014 J jnl
Adaptive synergies for the design and control of the Pisa/IIT SoftHand.
Int. J. Robotics Res.
Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Edoardo Farnioli, Alessandro Serio, Cristina Piazza, Antonio Bicchi
2014 J jnl
Exploring Teleimpedance and Tactile Feedback for Intuitive Control of the Pisa/IIT SoftHand.
IEEE Trans. Haptics
Arash Ajoudani, Sasha B. Godfrey, Matteo Bianchi, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Antonio Bicchi
2014 — conf
Exploring haptic feedback for the Pisa/IIT SoftHand.
HAPTICS
Sasha B. Godfrey, Arash Ajoudani, Matteo Bianchi, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi
2014 — conf
Grasping with Soft Hands.
Humanoids
Manuel Bonilla, Edoardo Farnioli, Cristina Piazza, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Manolo Garabini, Marco Gabiccini, Antonio Bicchi
2014 — conf
ThimbleSense: A new wearable tactile device for human and robotic fingers.
HAPTICS
Edoardo Battaglia, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Matteo Bianchi, Alessandro Serio, Marco Santello, Antonio Bicchi
2014 A* conf
ThimbleSense: An individual-digit wearable tactile sensor for experimental grasp studies.
ICRA
Edoardo Battaglia, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Marco Santello, Antonio Bicchi
2013 — conf
A synergy-driven approach to a myoelectric hand.
ICORR
Sasha B. Godfrey, Arash Ajoudani, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi
2013 A conf
Controlling the active surfaces of the Velvet Fingers: Sticky to slippy fingers.
IROS
Vinicio Tincani, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Manuel Bonilla, Manolo Garabini, Gualtiero Fantoni, Antonio Bicchi
2013 A* conf
Implementation and control of the Velvet Fingers: A dexterous gripper with active surfaces.
ICRA
Vinicio Tincani, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Manolo Garabini, Simone Grechi, Gualtiero Fantoni, Antonio Bicchi
2013 A* conf
Optimal control and design guidelines for soft jumping robots: Series elastic actuation and parallel elastic actuation in comparison.
ICRA
Riccardo Incaini, Leonardo Sestini, Manolo Garabini, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi
2013 A conf
Teleimpedance control of a synergy-driven anthropomorphic hand.
IROS
Arash Ajoudani, Sasha B. Godfrey, Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Antonio Bicchi
2013 J jnl
Variable impedance actuators: A review.
Robotics Auton. Syst.
Bram Vanderborght, Alin Albu-Schäffer, Antonio Bicchi, Etienne Burdet, Darwin G. Caldwell, Raffaella Carloni, Manuel G. Catalano, Oliver Eiberger, Werner Friedl, Ganesh Ganesh, Manolo Garabini, Markus Grebenstein, Giorgio Grioli, Sami Haddadin, Hannes Höppner, Amir Jafari, Matteo Laffranchi, Dirk Lefeber, Florian Petit, Stefano Stramigioli, Nikolaos G. Tsagarakis, Michaël Van Damme, Ronald Van Ham, Ludo C. Visser, Sebastian Wolf
2012 A* conf
A Variable Damping module for Variable Impedance Actuation.
ICRA
Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Manolo Garabini, Felipe Augusto Weilemann Belo, Andrea di Basco, Nikolaos G. Tsagarakis, Antonio Bicchi
2012 — conf
Adaptive synergies for a humanoid robot hand.
Humanoids
Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Alessandro Serio, Edoardo Farnioli, Cristina Piazza, Antonio Bicchi
2012 A conf
Adaptive synergies: An approach to the design of under-actuated robotic hands.
IROS
Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Emanuele Silvestro, Simone Tono, Antonio Bicchi
2012 A* conf
Passive impedance control of a multi-DOF VSA-CubeBot manipulator.
ICRA
Michele Mancini, Giorgio Grioli, Manuel G. Catalano, Manolo Garabini, Fabio Bonomo, Antonio Bicchi
2012 — conf
Towards variable impedance assembly: The VSA peg-in-hole.
Humanoids
Leonardo Balletti, Alessio Rocchi, Felipe A. W. Belo, Manuel G. Catalano, Manolo Garabini, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi
2012 A conf
Variable impedance actuators: Moving the robots of tomorrow.
IROS
Bram Vanderborght, Alin Albu-Schäffer, Antonio Bicchi, Etienne Burdet, Darwin G. Caldwell, Raffaella Carloni, Manuel G. Catalano, Ganesh Gowrishankar, Manolo Garabini, Markus Grebenstein, Giorgio Grioli, Sami Haddadin, Amir Jafari, Matteo Laffranchi, Dirk Lefeber, Florian Petit, Stefano Stramigioli, Nikolaos G. Tsagarakis, Michaël Van Damme, Ronald Van Ham, Ludo C. Visser, Sebastian Wolf
2012 A conf
Velvet fingers: A dexterous gripper with active surfaces.
IROS
Vinicio Tincani, Manuel G. Catalano, Edoardo Farnioli, Manolo Garabini, Giorgio Grioli, Gualtiero Fantoni, Antonio Bicchi
2011 A* conf
VSA-CubeBot: A modular variable stiffness platform for multiple degrees of freedom robots.
ICRA
Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Manolo Garabini, Fabio Bonomo, Michele Mancini, Nikolaos G. Tsagarakis, Antonio Bicchi
2010 A* conf
Design and control of a novel 3D casting manipulator.
ICRA
Adriano Fagiolini, Felipe A. W. Belo, Manuel G. Catalano, Fabio Bonomo, Simone Alicino, Antonio Bicchi
2010 A* conf
Mechanism design for Variable Stiffness Actuation based on enumeration and analysis of performance.
ICRA
Manuel G. Catalano, Riccardo Schiavi, Antonio Bicchi
2010 A conf
VSA-HD: From the enumeration analysis to the prototypical implementation.
IROS
Manuel G. Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Fabio Bonomo, Riccardo Schiavi, Antonio Bicchi
2009 A conf
A rough-terrain, casting robot for the ESA Lunar Robotics Challenge.
IROS
Simone Alicino, Manuel G. Catalano, Fabio Bonomo, Felipe A. W. Belo, Giorgio Grioli, Riccardo Schiavi, Adriano Fagiolini, Antonio Bicchi