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My research interests are primarily focused in the domain of human-robot interaction and cooperation, with emphasis on telerobotics, virtual/augmented reality and haptics.
Current research activities include:
Design, control and experimental evaluation of haptic display schemes, with main applications in the field of interactive medical/surgical simulation,
Adaptive control techniques for telepresence/telehaptics applications, and
Development and assessment of telerobotic control architectures and human/robot interfaces, with applications in the field of education (e.g. remote/virtual laboratories) .Further research activities are also oriented towards:
computer vision techniques and optical tracking with applications to:
(a) natural/gestural human-robot communication,
(b) to robot visual servoing, and
(c) to dynamic 3D reconstruction from multiple views, particulalry of moving and deforming structures.
dextrous manipulation modeling, adaptive control and learning issues, including the mechatronic design and development of a new anthropomorphic robot hand, and
indoor navigation problems in the field of mobile (wheeled) service/intervention robotics.