| Time | Block | Session | Speaker | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Workshop Presentations | Welcome & Introduction | Workshop Organizers | |||
| Case Reports on Intervention Customization | E. Guanziroli | R. Nossa | L. Angelini | R. Soldi | ||
| Technologies for Assessment | M. Casadio | M. Gherardini | L. Zollo | |||
| Closing & Discussion | Workshop Organizers | |||||
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Poster Session | Extended abstracts | ||||
HR Interaction: Integration of biomarkers into Clinical Practice
Eleonora Guanziroli completed her Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics in 2014 and her Post graduate Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2008. She works as Researcher at the Bioengineering Division of Villa Beretta Rehabilitation Center (Valduce Hospital). She works in the movement analysis laboratory and she follows research activity in biomedical fields. The research activity focuses on the development of robotic devices aimed at walking recovery of neurological patients, application of robotic devices in rehabilitation fields, detection of physiological parameters on neurological patients during robotic training, evaluation of Autonomic Nervous System functionality, application of functional electrical stimulation during movements assisted by robot, software development in MATLAB environment for the integration of different signals, management and maintenance of the Electronic Medical Record. Her research activity includes also European Projects and International Cooperation Projects. She is Study Coordinator in Multicenter Projects about the use of botulinum toxin where knowledge of ICH-GCP and awareness of local regulatory regulations regarding drug research is required.
Stepping Forward: Agilik Exoskeleton for Children with Cerebral Palsy in a Multicenter Study
Roberta Nossa received her BSc and MSc degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and a PhD in Information Engineering from the University of Pisa, where she developed advanced in vitro models of the alveolar interface within the EU H2020 PATROLS project. After a post-doctoral position at the Research Center “E. Piaggio” in Pisa, she joined IRCCS E. Medea – La Nostra Famiglia in 2021 as a Researcher. At Medea, she works within the Bioengineering Laboratory, contributing to projects on innovative technologies for the rehabilitation and support of children with neuromotor and cognitive impairments, and gaining experience in the testing of medical devices and clinical trials involving high-tech devices such as robots, virtual reality systems, and wearable sensors. Since 2022, she has also served as Technology Transfer Officer, supporting the protection, development, and clinical translation of novel medical technologies.
Assessment of fine and gross hand dexterity through the transport of fragile objects: The Virtual Egg Test
Lucia Angelini received both BSc (2019) and MSc (2022) in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Pisa. She ended her master's studies with a thesis at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies (Pisa) on the development and testing of a bimanual teleoperation platform. After the graduation, she became a research fellow at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and was involved in the European project APRIL (multipurpose robotics for mAniPulation of defoRmable materIaLs in manufacturing processes). She started her PhD in 2023, focusing on the improvement and validation of assessment tools for hand dexterity. Within the framework of the Fit4MedRob project, she is collaborating with national and international therapists and clinicians with the final aim of providing an assessment tool that focuses on the users' needs.
Hemi-inattention: rehabilitation and assessment through the TIAGO robotic platform
Roberto Soldi was born in Cremona, Italy, in 2000. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in bioengineering from the University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, in 2022 and 2024, respectively, where he is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in bioengineering, bioinformatics, and health technologies. He is currently working in the rehabilitation field developing skills in motion analysis and assistive robotics.
Synergic practice with a body-machine interface: implications for individual and collective motor learning
Maura Casadio is a Full Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Genoa, Italy. She received the M.S. degree in Electronic Engineering in 2002 from the University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, the M.S. degree in Bioengineering in 2007, and the Ph.D. degree in Robotics and Bioengineering in 2006, both from the University of Genoa. From 2008 to 2011, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Physiology at Northwestern University and in the Robotics Laboratory at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (now Shirley Ryan AbilityLab), Chicago, IL, USA. Her main research interests include the neural control of movement and force, rehabilitation, biomedical robotics, sensory integration, artificial and augmented perception, and body–machine interfaces.
Personalized myokinetic human–machine interface for upper-limb prostheses
Marta Gherardini received her Bsc degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Pisa in 2015. She was then enrolled in the Msc in Bionics Engineering, jointly offered by the University of Pisa and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, and ended her master studies with a six-month internship at the University College of London, working on medical image processing through Deep Learning techniques. She started her PhD in Biorobotics at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in 2018, during which she contributed to the ERC funded project MYKI, investigating innovative interfaces for the control of hand prostheses based on magnetic principles. As part of her PhD, she spent two months as visiting scientist at the Medical University of Vienna under the supervision of Prof. Oskar Aszmann. After defending her PhD in July 2022, she continued her work as a Post-doctoral researcher and is now an Assistant Professor at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. Her research centers on developing implantable magnet-based interfaces for the control of assistive devices.
Next Generation Robots: Robot-aided Rehabilitation and more
Loredana Zollo received MS in electronic engineering in 2000 from Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, and the PhD in Bioengineering in 2004 from Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa. She is Full Professor of Bioengineering, Dean of Engineering and Director of the PhD Program in Bioengineering, Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems at Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma. In the same university she is the director of the CREO Lab – Laboratory of Advanced Robotics and Human-Centred Technologies. She currently is President of the National Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (I-RIM), a non-profit association established with the mission to promote the development and application of robotic technologies and intelligent systems, with the overarching aim of enhancing societal well-being, improving quality of life, and supporting the sustainability of production systems. Loredana Zollo’s research interests are mainly in the fields of biomedical robotics, biorobotics and bionics, human-machine interfaces, collaborative robotics, robotics for agritech. She has been involved in 40+ EU-funded and national projects in her application fields. She has authored/co-authored 250+ scientific publications and 7 patents.
This will include the extended abstracts assigned to the session based on thematic affinity.
| Title | Authors |
|---|---|
| Experimental Characterization of Pressure Distribution, Bandwidth, and Range of Motion in a Hybrid Elbow Exosuit | Silvia Maccaferri, Ali Khalilianmotamed Bonab, Lorenzo Sterzi, Antonio Frisoli, Cristian Secchi, Domenico Chiaradia |
| FES for restoring terrain-specific human locomotion | Andrea Demofonti, Marica Ferrara, Loredana Zollo, Francesca Cordella |
| Sentry: An Innovative Limb-Tracking device | Claudia Presicci, Paolo Dondero, Igor Ingegnosi, Ronny Stanzani |
| A Robotic Assessment of Cognitive and Sensorimotor Functions | Valentina Massone, Aurora Freccero, Giulia Aurora Albanese, Jessica Carloni, Riccardo Magni, Maura Casadio, Jacopo Zenzeri |