Textile Robotics Lab

How many researchers does it take to decorate a Christmas tree?🎄 According to our investigation, three whole labs (not without little accidents)! Merry Christmas and happy holidays from the Artificial Hands Area! 🌟❤️

We are co-organizing the first workshop on Textiles & Robotics at the SII conference in Munich in January. We have some great speakers from industry and academia to talk knitting, smart materials, fluidic control, and wearable sensing. Join us for this post-holiday gathering to discuss how to take forward this emerging domain.

What are knitted folds sensors? How are folds created in textiles, and how can we measure folding movements in a precise and robust way? Do material and engineering parameters affect the performance of sensorized folds? Our postdoc Sophie Skach is in Berlin at the IEEE E-Textiles conference providing some answers. Here she is presenting her paper on creating a taxonomy on new designs for knitted fold sensors. Proceedings to follow soon - in the meantime, check out her related work here: https://lnkd.in/e9cghMKU #etextiles #knittedfolds #knittedsensors #knittedfoldsensors #folding #pleating #fraunhoferinstitut #etextiles2024 #etextilesconference2024 #etextilesconference #knittedetextiles #knittingtechnology

#ICNR2024 is in full swing! Our PhD student Cristian Felipe Blanco-Diaz and (many!) colleagues from the Artificial Hands Area took the opportunity to join and share their work on prosthetics, human-machine interfaces, sensory feedback and neuro-rehabilitation. 🎓 Workshop Host: Our PI professor Leonardo Cappello organized, together with Federico Masiero, Enrica Tricomi, and professor Lorenzo Masia, a special session titled "Advanced and Hybrid solutions for wearable assistive technologies" Professor Marta Gherardini organized, together with professor Christian Cipriani, a special session titled "Advances in amputation surgeries and technologies for bionic hand reconstruction", where she showcased the results of the MYKI Project with a presentation titled "The myokinetic interface for prosthetic control: preliminary results from a pilot study with an amputee and future directions" 🗣 Oral presentations: Felipe: "Exploring Osseoperception at the Wrist: Towards an Augmented Sensory Feedback Interface" Flavia Paggetti: "Low-Footprint Modular Magnet Localizer for Myokinetic Controllers of Assistive Devices" Eleonora Vendrame: "Augmented feedback for neurorehabilitation: enhancing sensorimotor rehabilitation of the hand through temporally discrete vibrotactile feedback" Virna Marliani: "Assessing Workload, Visual Concentration, and Motor Performance in a Fine Manipulation Task: A Novel Experimental Setup" 🖼️ Posters: Lucia Angelini: "Improvements on the Virtual Egg Test to assess Hand Dexterity" Roberta Reho: "Self-contained Magnetic Actuation System for Haptic Feedback in a Myokinetic Interface" #research #biorobotics #haptics #neurorehabilitation #osseointegration #osseoperception #BrainMachineInterfaces

🌟 Exciting Session Alert at ICNR2024! 🌟 Join us at the 6th International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2024) this November in La Granja, Spain! We are thrilled to announce a Special Session titled "Advances in amputation surgeries and technologies for bionic hand reconstruction", where we will explore the latest groundbreaking advancements in bionic reconstruction. 🗓️ Date: [November 6th, 9.15-10.45am] 📍 Location: [Room A, Centro de Congresos - La Granja de San Ildefonso] ✨ Featured Speakers: Prof. Cindy Chestek - University of Michigan (USA). Dr. Marta Gherardini and Prof. Christian Cipriani - Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Italy). Prof. Max J. Ortiz Catalán - Prometei Pain Rehabilitation Center (Ukraine), Center for Complex Endoprosthesis, Osseointegration, and Bionics (Ukraine), and NeuroBioniX (Australia).  Prof. Agnes Sturma - Medical University of Vienna (Austria). We'll also be presenting the results from our recent article featured on the September cover of Science Robotics—https://lnkd.in/dN-wmHXY! 🔗 More details on the Special Session at this link👉 [https://lnkd.in/engRjSwC] Don't miss it! #ICNR2024 #ProstheticLimbInnovation #Osseointegration #BrainMachineInterfaces #AmputationResearch #InnovativeHealthcare

No better way to learn than by doing! 🪛🔧 Today, our friends at the Brain-Inspired Robotics Laboratory and SMB Lab joined us for a small workshop on smart textiles led by our post-doc Sophie Skach: with a bit of DIY, PhD students and young researchers learnt the basics to realize soft pneumatic actuators, which are incredibly appealing when aiming for "gentle" human-robot interaction 🤝 It's always worth sharing skills, helping our community to grow! #research #textilerobotics #softrobotics #smarttextiles #skillsharing #workshop

>>> San Faustino Open Day 2024! 🤖 <<<  Yesterday, together with the colleagues of the Artificial Hands Area, we opened our doors and displayed our work in rehabilitation and assistive robotics: hand prostheses, soft textile exoskeletons and smart e-textiles took center stage and fascinated the community of Pontedera! 🦾 A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined the event and lit LEDs with us! 💡Your enthusiasm and curiosity made this day valuable. #TextileRobotics #WearableMedicalDevice #SoftRobotics #OpenDayLab #HealthcareInnovation #MedicalTechnology #SanFaustino

Cybathlon: we are coming! 🤩  We’re super excited and ready to join other teams in this great competition! This is a fantastic opportunity to share our vision of prosthetics and inclusivity, showcasing the performances of our Mia Hand. Find out more about the event and the teams participating in the competition and don’t miss the live streaming of the race ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dXXV9x3y    #prensilia #MiaHand #innovationforlife #cybathlon2024 #prosthetichand #robotichand #bionictechnology #engineering #cybathloncompetition #robotichandtask #roboticgoal #beyondyourlimits #borntobeable CYBATHLON

With the start of the new PhD year at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, our office is getting crowded! 🥵 Two freshly-enrolled PhD students and two new postdocs made our research team go double figures! 📈 Meanwhile, between PhD students, research fellows and master students, the Artificial Hands Area to which we belong now counts 40+ people! 🦾 Truly happy to be part of this amazing group! #research #biorobotics #PHD #teamwork

🌟 What an incredible ICMMB 2024! 🌟 A huge THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to making this year’s ICMMB 2024 - International Conference on Mechanics in Medicine and Biology a massive success! 💼 To the participants: You are the heart of this event! Your enthusiasm, curiosity, and active participation brought energy and depth to the conference. It was an honor to have such a diverse and engaged audience from across the globe. 🎤 To our keynote speakers and panelists: Your insights, expertise, and groundbreaking ideas were truly inspiring. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and challenging us to think differently about the future of business and technology. 🛠️ To the moderators: Your ability to guide the conversations and keep the discussions dynamic and engaging was invaluable. You played a crucial role in facilitating the exchange of ideas and making every session interactive and impactful. 🙏 To our amazing sponsors: Your support made it all possible. Your belief in the vision of ICMMB 2024 helped us create a platform for thought-provoking discussions and knowledge-sharing. Thank you for your partnership and trust! This event was a success because of each and every one of you. Together, we’ve taken important steps in advancing the field of computational methods in business, and I couldn’t be prouder of what we’ve achieved. Looking forward to continuing this journey and making ICMMB 2026 even better! 🚀 #ICMMB2024