Senior Researcher Biomedical Robotics Lab Campus Bio-Medico University via Alvaro del Portillo, 21 00128 Rome - Italy TEL: +39 06 225 41 9610 FAX: +39 06 225 41 9609 Email: d.campolo_(at)_unicampus.it

Scientific interests

• Mechatronic technologies with application to the new emerging fields of Phenomics and Neuro-Developmental Engineering, in both animal and human models.

• Biomimetic micro-robotics, with application to the biomedical field, including: nonlinear control issues in flapping-wing flight; design, fabrication and development of biologically inspired actuators and sensors.

• Smart actuators, in particular piezoelectric ones, with embedded sensors for resonant micromechanical structures in low power applications.

• Power efficiency issues in driving electronics for resonant piezoelectric actuators.

• Micro/Nano-manipulation. Micro/Nano-fabrication.

Publications

Book Article:

R.S. Fearing, S. Avadhanula, D. Campolo, M. Sitti, J. Yan and R. Wood, "A Micromechanical Flying Insect Thorax", Neurotechnology for Biomimetic Robots, MIT Press, 2000.

Journal Papers:

[J5] G. Cavallo, D. Campolo, F. Keller, E. Guglielmelli “A modular platform for in-plane Ground Reaction Forces detection in mouse model: design, development and verification”, to appear on RSJ Advanced Robotics Journal, 2008 [PDF]

[J4] D. Campolo, C. Laschi, F. Keller, E. Guglielmelli “A Mechatronic Platform for Early Diagnosis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders”, on RSJ Advanced Robotics Journal, Vol. 21, No. 10, pp. 1131-1150, 2007 [PDF]

[J3] D. Campolo, M. Sitti and R.S. Fearing, "Efficient charge recovery method for driving piezoelectric actuators with quasi-square waves", IEEE Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, Volume 50, no. 3, March 2003 [PDF]

[J2] A. Eisinberg, A. Menciassi, S. Micera, D. Campolo, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, "PI force control of a microgripper for assembling biomedical microdevices", IEE Proceedings - Circuits, Devices and Systems - Volume 148, Issue 06, Dec 2001.

[J1] M.C. Carrozza, A. Eisinberg, A. Menciassi, D. Campolo, S. Micera, P. Dario "Towards a force-controlled microgripper for assembling biomedical microdevices", Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol.10, No.2, p. 271-6 IOP Publishing, June 2000.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers:

[C20] G. Cavallo, D. Campolo, G. Fogliani and E. Guglielmelli “A novel method for in-situ calibration of a 2-dof force platform for tremor detection in small-sized animal models”, accepted (ICRA’08).

[C19] D. Campolo, D. Accoto, F. Taffoni and E. Guglielmelli “On the Kinematics of Human Wrist during Pointing Tasks with Application to Motor Rehabilitation”, accepted (ICRA’08) [PDF]

[C18] S. Mazzoleni, G. Cavallo, J. Cinkelj, M. Jurak, J. Van Vaerenbergh, D. Campolo, E. Guglielmelli, “Towards application of a mechatronic platform for whole-body isometric force-torque measurements to functional assessment in neuro-rehabilitation”, IEEE Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Rome, Italy, April 10-14, 2007.

[C17] D. Campolo, S. E. Maini, F. Patanè, C. Laschi, P. Dario, F. Keller, E. Guglielmelli, “Design of a Sensorized Ball for Ecological Behavioral Analysis of Infants”, IEEE Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Rome, Italy, April 10-14, 2007 [PDF]

[C16] D. Accoto, F. Damiani, R. Sahai, D. Campolo, E. Guglielmelli, P. Dario “A thermal slip sensor for biorobotic applications”, IEEE Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Rome, Italy, April 10-14, 2007.

[C15] D. Campolo, F. Keller, E. Guglielmelli “Inertial/Magnetic Sensors Based Orientation Tracking on the Group of Rigid Body Rotations with Application to Wearable Devices”, IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Beijing, P.R. China, October 9-14, 2006 [PDF]

[C14] D. Campolo, M. Molteni, E. Guglielmelli, F. Keller, C. Laschi, P. Dario “Towards Development of Biomechatronic Tools for Early Diagnosis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders”, 28th Conf. of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), New York, USA, Aug.30 - Sept.3, 2006.

[C13] S. Petroni, D. Accoto, D. Campolo, M.C. Annesini, E. Guglielmelli “A general model for guiding the design of biomechatronic systems implantable into the brain”, the first IEEE / RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BIOROB), Pisa, Italy, February 20-22, 2006.

[C12] G. Cavallo, D. Campolo, E. Guglielmelli, S. Vollaro, F. Keller “Mechatronics and Phenomics: a case-study on tremor detection during locomotion in small-sized animals”, the first IEEE / RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BIOROB), Pisa, Italy, February 20-22, 2006.

[C11] D. Campolo, M. Fabris, G. Cavallo, D. Accoto, F. Keller, E. Guglielmelli “A Novel Procedure for In-field Calibration of Sourceless Inertial/Magnetic Orientation Tracking Wearable Devices”, the first IEEE / RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BIOROB), Pisa, Italy, February 20-22, 2006 [PDF]

[C10] D. Campolo, G. Cavallo, F. Keller, D. Accoto, P. Dario, E. Guglielmelli "Design and development of a miniaturized 2-axis force sensor for tremor analysis during locomotion in small-sized animal models", 27th Conf. of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), China, 2005.

[C9] D. Accoto, F. Damiani, M. Campisi, P. Castrataro, D. Campolo, E. Guglielmelli, P. Dario “A Micro Flow-Meter for Closed-Loop Management of Biological Samples”, 27th Conf. of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), China, 2005.

[C8] D. Campolo, G. Cavallo, F. Keller, D. Accoto, P. Dario, E. Guglielmelli "A mechatronic system for in-plane Ground-Reaction-Force measurement for tremor analysis in animal models", IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Canada, 2005.

[C7] D. Campolo, L. Schenato, E. Guglielmelli, S.S. Sastry "A Lyapunov-based approach for the control of mechanical systems with periodic forcing inputs", 16th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control (CDC), Praha, 2005.

[C6] D. Accoto, D. Campolo, P. Castrataro, V. Surico, E. Guglielmelli and P. Dario, "A soft electrochemical actuator for biomedical robotics", IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Spain, 2005

[C5] L. Schenato, D. Campolo, S.S. Sastry "Controllability issues in flapping flight for biomimetic Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs)", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Maui, Hawaii, 2003.

[C4] D. Campolo, S. Jones, R.S. Fearing "Fabrication of Gecko foot-hair like nano structures and their adhesion to random rough surfaces", IEEE Nano, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2003.

[C3] D. Campolo, R. Sahai, R.S. Fearing "Development of Piezoelectric Bending Actuators with Embedded Piezoelectric Sensors for Micromechanical Flapping Mechanisms", IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Taipei, Taiwan 2003

[C2] S. Avadhanula, R. Wood, D. Campolo, R.S. Fearing, "Dynamically tuned design of the MFI thorax", IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2002.

[C1] M. Sitti, D. Campolo, J. Yan, R.S. Fearing, "Development of PZT and PZN-PT Based Unimorph Actuators for Micromechanical Flapping Mechanisms". IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 3839-3846, Seoul Korea, May 21-26, 2001.