Scholar
Manuel Giuseppe Catalano
Google Scholar ID: 32dvargAAAAJ
Researcher, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Soft Robotics for Human Cooperation and Rehabilitation
Citations & Impact
Citations
6,252
H-index
41
i10-index
111
Publications
20
Co-authors
164
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Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Publications: Not detailed; Awards: G. Giralt Award for the best Ph.D. Thesis in 2014; Patents: Not detailed; Projects: Reconcycle, JoIInt Lab, AlterEgo, SoftHand Pro, SoftFoot, LHF Connect, Walk-Man platform, etc.
Research Experience
- Position: Researcher; Work Experience: IIT, Centro di Ricerca E. Piaggio - University of Pisa, Mayo Clinic; Projects: Principal Investigator of the EU Project 'Reconcycle', coordinator of 'JoIInt Lab' in Bergamo, leader of the AlterEgo team (ANA AVATAR XPrize), leader of the SoftHand Pro team (Cybathlon Powered Arm Prosthesis competition), leader of the LHF Connect Project (Covid-19 pandemic), leader of the Walk-Man platform (DARPA Robotic Challenge), leader in the ESA Lunar Robotics Challenge Competition in Tenerife.
Education
- Degrees: Laurea in Mechanical Engineering, Doctoral degree in Robotics and Bioengineering; School: E. Piaggio Research Center at the University of Pisa; Time: Not explicitly mentioned.
Background
- Interests: Robotics, Rehabilitation, Prosthetics, Humanoids, Mechatronics. About: Manuel G. Catalano is a Researcher at IIT under the research line SoftRobotics for Human Cooperation and Rehabilitation. He is also a Research Fellow at Centro di Ricerca E. Piaggio - University of Pisa, and at MayoClinic, Rochester, USA.
Miscellany
- Personal Interests: Not detailed; Other: Co-Founder of Natural Machine Motion Initiative (NMMI) and qbrobotics s.r.l., a spin-off company of Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia e Centro di Ricerca “E. Piaggio”- Università di Pisa.
