Publications

1996

Y. Chitour, Marigo, A., Prattichizzo, D., and Bicchi, A., “Reachability of Rolling Parts”, in Advances in Robotics: The ERNET Perspective, C. Bonivento, Melchiorri, C., and Tolle, H., Eds. Singapore: World Scientific Publisher Corp., 1996, pp. 51-60.

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A. Bicchi, Canepa, G., De Rossi, D., Iacconi, P., and Scilingo, E. P., “ A sensor-based minimally invasive surgery tool for detecting tissue elastic properties ”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, 1996, pp. 884-888.

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1997

A. Bicchi, Prattichizzo, D., and Melchiorri, C., “Force and Dynamic Manipulability for Cooperating Robot Systems”, in Proc. IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 1997.

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D. Prattichizzo, Mercorelli, P., Bicchi, A., and Vicino, A., “Geometric Control Techniques for Manipulation Systems”, in Proceeding Int. Conf. Computer Integrated Systems, Belfort, France, 1997.

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D. Prattichizzo, Mercorelli, P., Bicchi, A., and Vicino, A., “Geometric Control Techniques for Mechanical Systems”, in Int. Conf. Italian Association for Theretical and Applied Mechanics, Siena, Italia, september 29 - October 3 1997, 1997.

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E. P. Scilingo, De Rossi, D., Bicchi, A., and Iaccone, P., “Haptic display for replication of rheological behaviour of surgical tissues: modelling, control, and experiments”, in Proc. Annual ASME Symp. on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems, Dallas, 1997.

A. Bicchi, Marigo, A., and Prattichizzo, D., “Robotic Dexterity via Nonholonomy”, in Control Problems in Robotics and Automation, B. Siciliano and Valavanis, K., Eds. Berlin Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Verlag, 1997, pp. 35-49.

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E. P. Scilingo, De Rossi, D., Bicchi, A., and Iaccone, P., “Sensors and devices to enhance the performance of a minimally invasive surgery tool for replicating surgeons' haptic percetion of manipulated tissues”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Chicago, 1997.

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A. Bicchi and Prattichizzo, D., “On some structural properties of general manipulation systems”, in Modelling and Control of Mechanichal Systems, A. Astolfi, Limebeer, D. J. N., Melchiorri, C., Tornambèe, A., and Vinter, R. B., Eds. London, U.K.: Imperial College Press, 1997, pp. 187-202.

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1998

E. P. Scilingo, Bicchi, A., De Rossi, D., and Iacconi, P., “Haptic display able to replicate the rheological behaviour of surgical tissues”, in Proc. 20th International Conference IEEE/EMBS, Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 1738-1741.

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A. Bicchi, Prattichizzo, D., and Antognetti, G., “Optimization of Internal Forces in Force-Closure Grasps”, in Proc. IEEE Mediterranean Conf. On Control And Systems, 1998.

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1999

A. Bicchi, De Rossi, D., and Scilingo, E. P., “Psychophysical Evaluation of Simplified Haptic Perception Media”, in Proc. Int. Workshop on Robot and Human Interaction, Pisa, 1999.

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G. Ambrosi, Bicchi, A., De Rossi, D., and Scilingo, E. P., “The Role of Contact Area Spread Rate in Haptic Discrimination of Softness”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, 1999, pp. 305-310.

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2000

A. Bicchi and Prattichizzo, D., “Analysis and Optimization of Tendinous Actuation for Biomorphically Designed Robotic Systems”, Robotica, vol. 18, pp. 23-31, 2000.

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A. Bicchi, Scilingo, E. P., and De Rossi, D., “Experimental Validation of a Psychophysical Conjecture on a Simplified Model of the Haptic Perceptual Channel”, in Robotics Research IX, Springer-Verlag, 2000.

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A. Bicchi, “Hands for Dextrous Manipulation and Robust Grasping: a Difficult Road Towards Simplicity”, IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation, vol. 16, pp. 652-662, 2000.

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A. Bicchi, De Rossi, D., and Scilingo, E. P., “Haptic discrimination of softness in teleoperation: the role of the contact area spread rate”, IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation, vol. 16, pp. 496-504, 2000.

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E. P. Scilingo, Bicchi, A., De Rossi, D., and Scotto, A., “A magnetorheological fluid as a haptic display to replicate perceived compliance of biological tissues”, in Proc. IEEE-EMBS Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology, Lyon, France, 2000, pp. 229-233.

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A. Bicchi and Kumar, V., “Robotic Grasping and Contact: A Review”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, San Francisco, CA, 2000, pp. 348-353.

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2001

E. P. Scilingo, Bicchi, A., and De Rossi, D., “Haptic devices for minimally invasive surgery”, in Proc. Int. Worksh. on Electroactive Polymers and Biosystems, Lucca, Italy, 2001, pp. 194-198.

A. Bicchi, “Machine hand design for dexterity, robustness of grasp, and interaction with humans”. 2001.

A. Bicchi, Pallottino, L., Bray, M., and Perdomi, P., “Randomized parallel simulation of constrained multibody systems for VR/haptic applications”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, 2001, vol. 3, pp. 2319-2324.

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A. Bicchi and Kumar, V., “Robotic Grasping and Manipulation”, in Ramsete: Articulated and mobile robots for services and Technology, vol. 270, S. Nicosia, Siciliano, B., Bicchi, A., and Valigi, P., Eds. Berlin Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 2001, pp. 55-74.

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D. De Rossi, Lorussi, F., Mazzoldi, A., Rocchia, W., and Scilingo, E. P., “Strain-amplified electroactive polymer actuator for haptic interfaces”, in Proceedings of SPIE, Newport Beach, USA, 2001, pp. 43-53.