Scholar
Manolo Garabini
Google Scholar ID: K2Qj-5YAAAAJ
University of Pisa
Citations & Impact
Citations
3,167
H-index
30
i10-index
62
Publications
20
Co-authors
48
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Principal Investigator in the THINK H2020 EU Research Project for the University of Pisa; currently, he is the coordinator of the NI H2020 project, and of the Dysturbance sub-project of the EUROBENCH H2020 project; co-founder of two companies: qbrobotics s.r.l., and XStar Motion s.r.l.
Research Experience
- Contributed to the realization of modular Variable Stiffness Actuators; designed joints and lower body of the humanoid robot WALK-MAN and participated in the DARPA Robotics Challenge and a field test in Amatrice, Italy after an earthquake; co-designed hardware and software of a dual-arm robot - WRAPP-up - for flexible picking and palletizing of goods, and a robot for film unwrapping; developed several algorithms based on optimal control and learning for motion planning and control in minimum time and under uncertainty.
Education
- Graduated in Mechanical Engineering and received a Ph.D. degree in Robotics from the University of Pisa.
Background
- His main research interests are in the design, planning, and control of soft and adaptive robots, from actuators to end-effectors (hands, grippers, feet), to complex multi-dof systems. A part of his activity has been devoted to theoretically proving the effectiveness of soft and adaptive robots in high performance, high efficiency, and resilient tasks via analytical and numerical optimization tools.
Miscellany
- For a complete and updated list of publications, please visit his Google Scholar page.
