Robotics: advanced devices and applications in services and industry

After a few decades of technological development in the industrial field, robots are extensively used also in applications outside the production environment, such as medicine, entertainment, surveillance, exploration of hostile and unstructured environments, etc. In these contexts it is necessary to develop robotic solutions integrating in a synergic way the design of the mechanical parts, actuation, sensors and control system.

Currently, the main research areas developed by the group are: anthropomorphic robotic hands; manipulation of deformable objects; gripping and handling devices for underwater applications; control of autonomous flying and mobile robots (teams and individuals); intrinsically safe robots for interaction with human operators; remote manipulation; innovative sensors and actuators. Mobile robot applications are also developed in the fields of monitoring, intervention and surveillance, agriculture, transport and mobility. Especially in the field of automation for agriculture, the robotics group is particularly active and collaborates with the agriculture department for the development of innovative solutions based on robots to optimize and maximize productivity.

ERC Fields

  • PE7_1 - Control engineering
  • PE7_10 – Robotics
  • PE7_4 - Systems engineering, sensorics, actorics, automation

Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Claudio Melchiorri

Faculty

Michelangelo Bin

Senior assistant professor (fixed-term)

Guido Carnevale

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

Alessandro Macchelli

Full Professor

Lorenzo Marconi

Full Professor

Roberto Meattini

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

Claudio Melchiorri

Full Professor

Dario Mengoli

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

Nicola Mimmo

Senior assistant professor (fixed-term)

Roberto Naldi

Assistant professor

Ivano Notarnicola

Senior assistant professor (fixed-term)

Gianluca Palli

Full Professor

Andrea Testa

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

PhD Students and Research Fellows

Davide Bargellini

Research fellow

Simone Baroncini

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

Alessandra Bernardini

PhD Student

Research fellow

Teaching tutor

Marco Borghesi

PhD Student

Research fellow

Teaching tutor

Riccardo Brumali

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

Michela Cavuoto

Research fellow

Alessandro Cecconi

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

Kevin Galassi

PhD Student

Research fellow

Teaching tutor

Andrea Govoni

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

Matteo Lanzarini

PhD Student

Mahrukh Mahrukh

PhD Student

Nicolò Omodei

PhD Student

Alex Pasquali

PhD Student

Lorenzo Pichierri

Research fellow

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

Alice Rosetti

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

Simone Rossi

PhD Student

Matteo Sartoni

PhD Student

Lorenzo Sforni

Research fellow

Andrea Tramaloni

PhD Student

Research fellow

Teaching tutor

Biagio Trimarchi

PhD Student

Other people:

  • Miriam Massini Alunni