@conference {2718, title = {Evaluation of wearable KPF goniometers in knee flexion-extension measurement for daily-life applications}, booktitle = {Proceedings of Wireless EAI 4th International Conference on Mobile Communication and Healthcare (Mobihealth)}, year = {2015}, pages = {1-4}, publisher = {ICST (Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering}, organization = {ICST (Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering}, keywords = {Bioengineering}, doi = {10.4108/eai.14-10-2015.2261613}, url = {http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2897477}, author = {F. Lorussi and N. Carbonaro and D. De Rossi and A. Tognetti} } @article {2242, title = {Enabling variable-stiffness hand rehabilitation orthoses with dielectric elastomer transducers}, journal = {Medical Engineering and Physics}, volume = {36}, year = {2014}, pages = {205{\textendash}211}, abstract = {

Patients affected by motor disorders of the hand and having residual voluntary movements of fingers or wrist can benefit from self-rehabilitation exercises performed with so-called dynamic hand splints. These systems consist of orthoses equipped with elastic cords or springs, which either provide a sustained stretch or resist voluntary movements of fingers or wrist. These simple systems are limited by the impossibility of modulating the mechanical stiffness. This limitation does not allow for customizations and real-time control of the training exercise, which would improve the rehabilitation efficacy. To overcome this limitation, {\textquoteright}active{\textquoteright} orthoses equipped with devices that allow for electrical control of the mechanical stiffness are needed. Here, we report on a solution that relies on compact and light-weight electroactive elastic transducers that replace the passive elastic components. We developed a variable-stiffness transducer made of dielectric elastomers, as the most performing types of electromechanically active polymers. The transducer was manufactured with a silicone film and tested with a purposely-developed stiffness control strategy that allowed for electrical modulations of the force-elongation response. Results showed that the proposed new technology is a promising and viable solution to develop electrically controllable dynamic hand orthoses for hand rehabilitation. ? 2013 IPEM.

}, doi = {10.1016/j.medengphy.2013.10.015}, author = {F. Carpi and G. Frediani and C. Gerboni and J. Gemignani and D. De Rossi} } @conference {2186, title = {An Experimental Eye-Tracking Study for the Design of a Context-Dependent Social Robot Blinking Model}, booktitle = {Living Machines 2014}, year = {2014}, pages = {356-366}, publisher = {Springer-Verlag}, organization = {Springer-Verlag}, address = {Milan, Italy, July 30 {\textendash} August 1}, abstract = {

uman gaze and blinking behaviours have been recently considered, to empower humanlike robots to convey a realistic behaviour in a social human-robot interaction. This paper reports the findings of our investigation on human eye-blinking behaviour in relation to human gaze behaviour, in a human-human interaction. These findings then can be used to design a humanlike eye-blinking model for a social humanlike robot. In an experimental eye-tracking study, we showed to 11 participants, a 7-minute video of social interactions of two people, and collected their eye-blinking and gaze behaviours with an eye-tracker. Analysing the collected data, we measured information such as participants{\textquoteright} blinking rate, maximum and minimum blinking duration, number of frequent (multiple) blinking, as well as the participants{\textquoteright} gaze directions on environment. The results revealed that participants{\textquoteright} blinking rate in a social interaction are qualitatively correlated to the gaze behaviour, as higher number of gaze shift increased the blinking rate. Based on the findings of this study, we can propose a context-dependent blinking model as an important component of the robot{\textquoteright}s gaze control system that can empower our robot to mimic human blinking behaviour in a multiparty social interaction.

}, keywords = {Robotics}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-09435-9_31}, url = {http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-09435-9_31}, author = {A. Zaraki and Dehkordi, M. B. and D. Mazzei and D. De Rossi} } @conference {2233, title = {Exploiting hand kinematic synergies and wearable under-sensing for hand functional grasp recognition}, booktitle = { 4th International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare - "Transforming healthcare through innovations in mobile and wireless technologies" }, year = {2014}, address = {November 3{\textendash}5, 2014 Athens, Greece}, keywords = {Haptics, Robotics}, doi = { http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.mobihealth.2014.257228}, author = {M. Bianchi and N. Carbonaro and E. Battaglia and F. Lorussi and A. Bicchi and D. De Rossi and A. Tognetti} } @article {2211, title = {Exploiting wearable goniometer technology for motion sensing gloves}, journal = {IEEE JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH INFORMATICS}, year = {2014}, abstract = {

This paper presents an innovative wearable kinesthetic glove realized with knitted piezoresistive fabric (KPF) sensor technology. The glove is conceived to capture hand movement and gesture by using KPF in a double layer configuration working as angular sensors (electro-goniometers). The sensing glove prototype is endowed by three KPF goniometers, used to track flexion and extension movement of metacarpo-phalangeal joint of thumb, index and middle fingers. The glove is devoted to the continuous monitoring of patients during their daily life activities, in particular for stroke survivors during their rehabilitation. The prototype performances have been evaluated in comparison with an optical tracking system considered as a gold standard both for relieving static and dynamic posture and gesture of the hand. The introduced prototype has shown very interesting figures of merit. The angular error, evaluated through the standard Bland Altman analysis, has been estimated in ? 3? which is slightly less accurate than commercial electro-goniometers. Moreover, a new conceptual prototype design, preliminary evaluated within this work, is presented and discussed in order to solve actual limitations in terms of number and type of sensor connections, avoiding mechanical constraints given by metallic inextensible wires and improving user comfort.

}, doi = {10.1109/JBHI.2014.2324293}, author = {N. Carbonaro and Dalle Mura, G. and F. Lorussi and Paradiso, R. and D. De Rossi and A. Tognetti} } @conference {2012, title = {Electroactive polymer patches for wearable haptic interfaces}, booktitle = {Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society EMBC{\textquoteright}11}, year = {2011}, pages = {8369{\textendash}8372}, doi = {10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6092064}, url = {http://dx.medra.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6092064}, author = {D. De Rossi and F. Carpi and N. Carbonaro and A. Tognetti and E. P. Scilingo} } @conference {2014, title = {Enhancing the performance of upper limb gesture reconstruction through sensory fusion}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS}, year = {2011}, pages = {3496{\textendash}3499}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, address = {USA}, doi = {10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090944}, url = {http://dx.medra.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090944}, author = {F. Lorussi and A. Tognetti and N. Carbonaro and G. Anania and D. De Rossi} } @conference {2023, title = {Enabling technology for heart health wireless assistance}, booktitle = {12th IEEE International conference on e-Health networking, application and services}, year = {2010}, month = {1-3 July}, pages = {36{\textendash}42}, doi = {10.1109/HEALTH.2010.5556540}, url = {http://dx.medra.org/10.1109/HEALTH.2010.5556540}, author = {M. Mincica and D. Pepe and A. Tognetti and A Lanata and D. De Rossi and D. Zito} } @conference {2029, title = {Event Related Biometrics: Towards an Unobtrusive Sensing Seat System for Continuous Human Authentication}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the ISDA 2009 - 9th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications}, year = {2009}, pages = {679{\textendash}682}, doi = {10.1109/ISDA.2009.256}, url = {http://dx.medra.org/10.1109/ISDA.2009.256}, author = {M. Ferro and G. Pioggia and A. Tognetti and Dalle Mura, G. and D. De Rossi} } @article {1630, title = {Electroactive Carbon Nanotube Actuators: Soft-Lithographic Fabrication and Electro-chemical Modelling}, journal = {MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. C, BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS, SENSORS AND SYSTEMS}, year = {2008}, pages = {{\textendash}}, keywords = {Bioengineering}, issn = {0928-4931}, author = {A. Mazzoldi and M. Tesconi and A. Tognetti and W. Rocchia and G. Vozzi and G. Pioggia and A. Ahluwalia and D. De Rossi} } @inbook {DCLPST05, title = {Electroactive fabrics and wearable man-machine interfaces}, booktitle = {Wearable Electronics and Photonics}, year = {2005}, pages = {59-80}, publisher = {Woodhead Publishing Ltd}, organization = {Woodhead Publishing Ltd}, keywords = {Bioengineering}, author = {D. De Rossi and F. Carpi and F. Lorussi and R. Paradiso and E. P. Scilingo and A. Tognetti} } @article {DCLMPS03, title = {Electroactive Fabrics And Wearable Biomonitoring Devices}, journal = {AUTEX Research Journal}, volume = {3}, number = {4}, year = {2003}, month = {December}, pages = {180-185}, keywords = {Bioengineering}, author = {D. De Rossi and F. Carpi and F. Lorussi and A. Mazzoldi and R. Paradiso and E. P. Scilingo and A. Tognetti} } @conference {DCLMST-02, title = {Electroactive Fabrics for Distributed, Conformable and Interactive Systems}, booktitle = {The first IEEE International Conference on Sensors}, year = {2002}, month = {June}, pages = {1608-1613}, address = {Orlando, Florida}, keywords = {Bioengineering}, author = {D. De Rossi and F. Carpi and F. Lorussi and A. Mazzoldi and E. P. Scilingo and A. Tognetti} } @conference {DCLMST-02, title = {Electroactive Fibers and Fabrics for Distributed, Conformable and Interactive Systems}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the First European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring}, year = {2002}, month = {July}, address = {Cachan, France}, keywords = {Bioengineering}, author = {D. De Rossi and F. Carpi and F. Lorussi and A. Mazzoldi and E. P. Scilingo and A. Tognetti} } @inbook {BSDR00, title = {Experimental Validation of a Psychophysical Conjecture on a Simplified Model of the Haptic Perceptual Channel}, booktitle = {Robotics Research IX}, year = {2000}, publisher = {Springer-Verlag}, organization = {Springer-Verlag}, keywords = {Haptics, Robotics}, author = {A. Bicchi and E. P. Scilingo and D. De Rossi} } @article {1766, title = {Effetti di osteosintesi endomidollari a polimeri piezoelettrico: ricerca sperimentale}, journal = {ORTOPEDIA E TRAUMATOLOGIA OGGI}, volume = {4}, year = {1986}, pages = {229{\textendash}232}, keywords = {Bioengineering}, issn = {0392-1417}, author = {F. Carlucci and P. Puntoni and ARISPICI, M and M. Cecconi and C. Domenici and P. Dario and D. De Rossi} } @article {1749, title = {Electrically induced contractile phenomena in charged polymer networks: preliminary study on the feasibility of muscle-like structures}, journal = {TRANSACTIONS - AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ARTIFICIAL INTERNAL ORGANS}, volume = {31}, year = {1985}, pages = {60{\textendash}65}, keywords = {Bioengineering}, issn = {0066-0078}, author = {D. De Rossi and P. Parrini and Chiarelli, P and G. Buzzigoli} } @article {1739, title = {The electromechanical connection: piezoelectric polymers in artificial organs}, journal = {TRANSACTIONS - AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ARTIFICIAL INTERNAL ORGANS}, volume = {6}, year = {1983}, pages = {1{\textendash}11}, keywords = {Bioengineering}, issn = {0066-0078}, author = {D. De Rossi and P.M. Galletti and P. Dario and P.D. Richardson} } @article {1729, title = {Electro-optic behaviour of a field-induced twisted structure with quasi homeotropic boundary conditions}, journal = {JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS}, volume = {49}, year = {1978}, pages = {1139{\textendash}1142}, keywords = {Bioengineering}, issn = {0021-8979}, author = {D. De Rossi and J. Robert} }