Publications
2024
Spiegeler T., Connan M., Capsi-Morales P., Beckerle P., Castellini C., Piazza C., (2024). Experimental evaluation of the impact of sEMG interfaces in enhancing embodiment of virtual myoelectric prostheses, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation (JNER). [more info]
Theile M., Bernardini D., Trumpp R., Piazza C., Caccamo M., (2024). Learning to Generate All Feasible Actions, IEEE Access. [more info]
Capsi-Morales P., Piazza C., Grioli G., Bicchi A., Catalano M. G., (2024). A three degrees of freedom switchable impedance myoelectric prosthetic wrist, The International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR). [more info]
2023
Spiegeler Castañeda T., Horstman B., Capsi-Morales P., Della Santina C., Piazza C. (2023). BICEP: a Bio-Inspired Compliant Elbow Prosthesis, 16th International Workshop on Human Friendly Robotics (HFR 2023). [more info]
Cao H., Dirnberger L., Bernardini D., Piazza C., Caccamo M. (2023). 6IMPOSE: Bridging the Reality Gap in 6D Pose Estimation for Robotic Grasping, Frontiers in Robotics and AI. [more info]
Tse K. C., Capsi-Morales P., Spiegeler Castañeda T., Piazza C. (2023). Exploring Muscle Synergies for Performance Enhancement and Learning in Myoelectric Control Maps, IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR 2023). [more info]
Spiegeler Castañeda T., Matos J., Capsi-Morales P., Piazza C. (2023). Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Normal and Shear Forces During Grasping, Manipulation and Social Activities, IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR 2023). [more info]
Issa M., Spiegeler Castañeda T., Capsi-Morales P., Piazza C. (2023). Motor-Cognitive Effects of Virtual Reality Myoelectric Control Training, IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2023). [more info]
Capsi-Morales P., Piazza C., Sjoberg L., Catalano M. G., Grioli G., Bicchi A., Hermansson L. (2023). Functional Assessment of Current Upper Limb Prostheses: An Integrated Clinical and Technological Perspective, PLOS ONE. [more info]
Schoett S., Capsi-Morales P., Villa S., Butz A., Piazza C. (2023). Would you hold my hand? Exploring External User’s Perception of Artificial Hands, Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, Special Issue on Challenges in Human-Centered Robotics. [more info]
Capsi-Morales P., Happold J., Kozielski K., Piazza C. (2023). Towards enhanced rehabilitation experience combining somatosensory cortex stimulation and immersive virtual reality. IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC). [more info]
Bou Orm A., Bettelani G.C., Capsi-Morales P., Zavaglia M., Haddadin S., Piazza C. (2023). Multi-Modal Haptic Feedback Device for Upper-Limb Prostheses. IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC). [more info]
Gross S., Obwegs L., Li J., Spiegeler Castañeda T., Ganguly A., Piazza C., Haddadin S. (2023). Transforming Tactile Interfaces: Tri-Axis Force Sensor for Sensory Signal Processing. IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC). [more info]
Jaeger L., Baptista R., Basla C., Capsi-Morales P., Kim Y. K., Nakajima S., Piazza C., Sommerhalder M., Tonin L., Valle G., Riener R. (2023). How the CYBATHLON competition has advanced assistive technologies in the last six years, Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomus Systems. [more info]
Capsi-Morales P., Piazza C., Catalano M. G., Grioli G., Bicchi A. (2023). The SoftHand Pro platform: a flexible prosthesis with a user-centered approach. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 20.1, 1-17. [more info]
2022
Capsi-Morales P., Piazza C., Catalano M. G., Grioli G., Bicchi A. (2022). Towards a Myoelectric Prosthetic Wrist with Rigid and Compliant Behaviour. Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation IV: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Neurorehabilitation (ICNR2020), October 13–16, 2020. Springer International Publishing, 2022. [more info]
2021
Capsi-Morales P., Piazza C., Catalano M. G., Grioli G., Schiavon L., Fiaschi E., Bicchi A. (2021). Comparison between rigid and soft poly-articulated prosthetic hands in non-expert myo-electric users shows advantages of soft robotics. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-15. [more info]
Spieker V., Ganguly A., Haddadin S., Piazza C. (2021). An Adaptive Multi-Modal Control Strategy to Attenuate the Limb Position Effect in Myoelectric Pattern Recognition. Sensors, 21, 7404. [more info]
Godfrey S. B., Piazza C., Felici F., Grioli G., Bicchi A., Catalano M. G. (2021). Usability Assessment of Body Controlled Electric Hand Prostheses: A Pilot Study. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 15. [more info]
2020
Piazza C., Simon A. M., Turner K. L., Miller L. A., Catalano M. G., Bicchi A., Hargrove L. J. (2020). Exploring Augmented Grasping Capabilities in a Multi-Synergistic Soft Bionic Hand. Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation, 17(1), 1-16. [more info]
Piazza C., Rossi M., Catalano M. G., Bicchi A., Hargrove L. J. (2020). Evaluation of a Simultaneous Myoelectric Control Strategy for a Multi-DoF Transradial Prosthesis. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 28(10), 2286-2295. [more info]
Capsi-Morales P., Piazza C., Catalano M. G., Grioli G., Bicchi A. (2022). Towards a Myoelectric Prosthetic Wrist with Rigid and Compliant Behaviour. SConverging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation IV: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Neurorehabilitation (ICNR2020), October 13–16, 2020. Springer International Publishing, 2022. [more info]
Capsi-Morales P., Piazza C., Catalano M. G., Bicchi A., Grioli G. (2020). Simultaneous and Proportional Decoding of Stiffness and Position Intentions from Two sEMG Channels for UL Prosthetics. In Proc. Myoelectr. Controls/Powered Prosthetics Symposium (MEC20 Symposium). [more info]
Capsi-Morales P., Piazza C., Catalano M. G., Bicchi A., Grioli G. (2020). Exploring Stiffness Modulation in Prosthetic Hands and Its Perceived Function in Manipulation and Social Interaction. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 14, 33. [more info]
Capsi-Morales P., Grioli G., Piazza C., Bicchi A., Catalano M. G. (2020). Exploring the Role of Palm Concavity and Adaptability in Soft Synergistic Robotic Hands. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 5(3), 4703-4710. [more info]
Capsi-Morales P., Catalano M. G., Grioli G., Piazza C., Bicchi A. (2020). Towards More Natural Transradial Bionic Limbs. I-RIM 2020 [more info]
2019
Piazza C., Grioli G., Catalano M. G., Bicchi A. (2019). A century of robotic hands. Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 2, 1-32. [more info]
Mura D., Della Santina C., Piazza C., Frizza I., Morandi C., Garabini M., Grioli G., Catalano M. G. (2019). Exploiting Adaptability in Soft Feet for Sensing Contact Forces. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 5(2), 391-398. [more info]
Kanzler C. M., Catalano M. G., Piazza C., Bicchi A., Gassert R., Lambercy, O. (2019). An Objective Functional Evaluation of Myoelectrically-Controlled Hand Prostheses: a Pilot Study Using the Virtual Peg Insertion Test. In 2019 IEEE 16th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR) (pp. 392-397). IEEE. [more info]
Catalano M. G., Piazza C., Grioli G., Bicchi A. (2019). Artificial Hands and Feet: How Modern Robotic Technologies can Enable Bioinspired Design. In Journal of Morphology (Vol. 280, pp. S44-S44). [more info]
Maimeri M., Della Santina C., Piazza C., Rossi M., Catalano M. G., Grioli G. (2019). Design and Assessment of Control Maps for Multi-Channel sEMG-Driven Prostheses and Supernumerary Limbs. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 13, 26. [more info]
Piazza C., (2019). On the design and control of soft robotics-enabled prosthetic hands, PhD Thesis, University of Pisa.
2018
Piazza C., Catalano M. G., Bicchi A., Hargrove, L. J. (2018). Preliminary Results Toward Continuous and Proportional Control of a Multi-Synergistic Soft Prosthetic Hand. In International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (pp. 77-81). Springer, Cham. [more info]
Piazza C., Catalano M. G., Bianchi M., Ricciardi E., Prattichizzo D., Haddadin S., Luft A., Lambercy O., Gassert R., Jakubowitz E., Van Der Kooij H., Tonis F., Bonomo F., de Jonge B., Ward T., Zhao K. D., Santello M.,Bicchi A. (2018). The Softpro Project: Synergy-Based Open-Source Technologies for Prosthetics and Rehabilitation. In International Symposium on Wearable Robotics (pp. 370-374). Springer, Cham. [more info]
Della Santina C., Piazza C., Grioli G., Catalano M. G., Bicchi A. (2018). Toward Dexterous Manipulation with Augmented Adaptive Synergies: The Pisa/IIT Softhand 2. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 34(5), 1141-1156. [more info]
2017
Godfrey S. B., Rossi M., Piazza C., Catalano M. G., Bianchi M., Grioli G., Zhao K. D., Bicchi, A. (2017). SoftHand at the CYBATHLON: a User’s Experience. Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation, 14(1), 1-12. [more info]
Piazza C., Catalano M. G., Godfrey S. B., Rossi M., Grioli G., Bianchi M., Zhao K. D., Bicchi, A. (2017). The Softhand Pro-H: a Hybrid Body-Controlled, Electrically Powered Hand Prosthesis for Daily Living and Working. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 24(4), 87-101. [more info]
Della Santina C., Piazza C., Santaera G., Grioli G., Catalano M., Bicchi, A. (2017). Estimating Contact Forces from Postural Measures in a Class of Under-Actuated Robotic Hands. In 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp. 2456-2463). IEEE. [more info]
Rossi M., Della Santina C., Piazza C., Grioli G., Catalano M., Bicchi, A. (2017). Preliminary Results Toward a Naturally Controlled Multi-Synergistic Prosthetic Hand. In 2017 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR) (pp. 1356-1363). IEEE. [more info]
Della Santina C., Piazza C., Gasparri G. M., Bonilla M., Catalano M. G., Grioli G., Manolo G., Bicchi, A. (2017). The quest for natural machine motion: An open platform to fast-prototyping articulated soft robots. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 24(1), 48-56. [more info]
Godfrey S. B., Piazza C., Catalano M., Rossi M., Grioli G., Bicchi, A. (2017). The SoftHand Pro-H: A Prosthetic Platform for Work-Oriented Applications. In Proc. Myoelectr. Controls/Powered Prosthetics Symposium (MEC17 Symposium). [more info]
2016
Piazza C., Della Santina C., Gasparri G. M., Catalano M. G., Grioli G., Garabini M., Bicchi, A. (2016). Toward an Adaptive Foot for Natural Walking. In 2016 IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids) (pp. 1204-1210). IEEE. [more info]
Bonilla M., Della Santina C., Rocchi A., Luberto E., Santaera G., Farnioli E., Piazza C., Bonomo F., Brando A., Raugi A., Catalano M. G., Bianchi M., Garabini M., Grioli G., Bicchi A. (2016). Advanced Grasping with the Pisa/IIT SoftHand. In Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Challenge (pp. 19-38). Springer, Cham. [more info]
Piazza C., Della Santina C., Catalano M., Grioli G., Garabini M., Bicchi A. (2016). Softhand Pro-D: Matching Dynamic Content of Natural User Commands with Hand Embodiment for Enhanced Prosthesis Control. In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp. 3516-3523). IEEE. [more info]
Catalano M. G., Grioli G., Farnioli E., Serio A., Bonilla M., Garabini M., Piazza C., Gabiccini M., Bicchi A. (2016). From soft to adaptive synergies: The Pisa/IIT SoftHand. In Human and Robot Hands (pp. 101-125). Springer, Cham. [more info]
Piazza C., Della Santina C., Catalano M., Grioli G., Garabini M., Bicchi A. (2016). Natural Encoding of User Intentions in a Soft Prosthesis using Dynamic Synergies. Human Friendly Robotic (HFR20) [more info]
2015
Bonilla M., Farnioli E., Piazza C., Catalano M. G., Grioli G., Garabini, M., Gabiccini M., Bicchi A. (2015). Simulation-Based Grasp Affordances for the PISA/IIT Softhand. ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics. [more info]
2014
Bonilla M., Farnioli E., Piazza C., Catalano M. G., Grioli G., Garabini, M., Gabiccini M., Bicchi A. (2014). Grasping with soft hands. In 2014 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (pp. 581-587). [more info]
Catalano M. G., Grioli G., Farnioli E., Serio A., Piazza C., Bicchi A. (2014). Adaptive Synergies for the Design and Control of the Pisa/IIT SoftHand. The International Journal of Robotics Research, 33(5), 768-782. [more info]
2012
Catalano M. G., Grioli G., Serio A., Farnioli E., Piazza C., Bicchi, A. (2012). Adaptive Synergies for a Humanoid Robot Hand. In 2012 12th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2012) (pp. 7-14). [more info]