International journals
A. Benvenuto, F. Sergi, G. Di Pino, T. Seidl, D. Campolo, D. Accoto and E. Guglielmelli, "Beyond biomimetics: towards insect/machine hybrid controllers for space applications”, Advanced Robotics, vol. 23, n°7-8, pp. 939-953, 2009.
Book chapters
G. Di Pino, T. Seidl, A. Benvenuto, F. Sergi, D. Campolo, D. Accoto, P. M. Rossini, E. Guglielmelli, “Interfacing insect brain for space applications”, in International Review of Neurobiology, eds. L. Rossini, D. Izzo and L. Summerer, vol. 86, pp. 39-47, 2009.
Peer-reviewed international conferences
F. Sergi, D. Accoto, D. Campolo and E. Guglielmelli, "Forearm Orientation Guidance with a Vibrotactile Feedback Bracelet: on the Directionality of Tactile Motor Communication", Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BIOROB), pp. 433-438, 2008.
A. Benvenuto, F. Sergi, G. Di Pino, D. Campolo, D. Accoto, E. Guglielmelli and T. Seidl, “Conceptualization of an Insect/Machine Hybrid Controller for Space Applications", Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BIOROB), pp. 306-310, 2008.
Involvment in research projects
- European Space Agency, the Advanced Concepts Team, Ariadna Final Report 07/6301 (“Machine/Animal Hybrid Controllers for Space Applications”).
The project was related to the development of machine/animal controllers for space applications such autonomous exploration of unknown environments.
Personal contribution was the study of the state of the art of control architectures of bio-inspired robots and the conceptualization of the hybrid controller.
The project is about the development of a novel methodology for the design of wearable robots, based on a evolutionary-based concurrent design of robot morphology and control.
Personal contribution is in the kinematic synthesis of non-antrhopomorphic structures of wearable robots of the lower limbs via computational kinematics and 3D CAD-based techniques for improving ergonomics and the dynamical interaction with the human body.
The project is about the development of a planar robot for neurorehabilitation of the upper limb.
Personal contribution is in the sensorization of a planar lightweight passive distal module, with the aim of minimizing the apparent inertia of the machine in registration modality. A multi-body model of the device has been derived in order to estimate the interaction forces from purely kinematic measurements.
