yt:channel:UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw Centro di Ricerca Enrico Piaggio https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw 2013-06-27T10:37:31+00:00 yt:video:h4eRDQpcOek h4eRDQpcOek UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw Centro di Ricerca Enrico Piaggio https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw 2017-05-25T11:37:14+00:00 2017-05-31T14:08:13+00:00 Pisa/IIT SoftHand on robots yt:video:qY7wHVOrleQ qY7wHVOrleQ UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw Centro di Ricerca Enrico Piaggio https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw 2017-05-25T11:35:13+00:00 2017-05-25T11:35:13+00:00 SoftPro Test@Mayo mosaic SoftPro Robotic hand test at May Clinic yt:video:1C7noGWADq0 1C7noGWADq0 UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw Centro di Ricerca Enrico Piaggio https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw 2017-05-09T14:09:44+00:00 2017-05-09T14:50:54+00:00 Research Center "E.Piaggio" - University of Pisa yt:video:Gq1BuilJEa4 Gq1BuilJEa4 UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw Centro di Ricerca Enrico Piaggio https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw 2017-05-04T12:17:24+00:00 2017-08-05T12:48:17+00:00 Dagli Uomini ai Robot e Ritorno - SAP Summit 2017 Intervento di Antonio Bicchi alla dodicesima edizione di SAP Executive Summit yt:video:DQ1g6xQvF1g DQ1g6xQvF1g UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw Centro di Ricerca Enrico Piaggio https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw 2017-05-04T12:04:27+00:00 2017-05-04T12:33:44+00:00 Dagli Uomini ai Robot e Ritorno (estratto) - SAP Summit 2017 Estratto dell'Intervento di Antonio Bicchi alla dodicesima edizione di SAP Executive Summit yt:video:MeE1qV56ACQ MeE1qV56ACQ UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw Centro di Ricerca Enrico Piaggio https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw 2017-03-29T15:08:13+00:00 2017-03-31T10:24:21+00:00 Research Center "E.Piaggio" - University of Pisa An interdisciplinary environment for Research in Automation, Bioengineering and Robotics at the University of Pisa yt:video:Ca1znw4WOLg Ca1znw4WOLg UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw Centro di Ricerca Enrico Piaggio https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw 2017-02-27T13:15:03+00:00 2017-02-27T13:24:41+00:00 ThimbleSense: A Fingertip-Wearable Tactile Sensor for Grasp Analysis Accurate measurement of contact forces between hand and grasped objects is crucial to study sensorimotor control during grasp and manipulation. ThimbleSense is a prototype of individual-digit wearable force/torque sensor based on the principle of intrinsic tactile sensing. By exploiting the integration of this approach with an active marker-based motion capture system, the proposed device simultaneously measures absolute position and orientation of the fingertip, which in turn yields measurements of contacts and force components expressed in a global reference frame. The main advantage of this approach with respect to more conventional solutions is its versatility. Specifically, ThimbleSense can be used to study grasping and manipulation of a wide variety of objects, while still retaining complete force/torque measurements. Nevertheless, validation of the proposed device is a necessary step before it can be used for experimental purposes. In this work, we present the results of a series of experiments designed to validate the accuracy of ThimbleSense measurements and evaluate the effects of distortion of tactile afferent inputs caused by the device's rigid shells on grasp forces. yt:video:B9zoa-6IyZI B9zoa-6IyZI UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw Centro di Ricerca Enrico Piaggio https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw 2017-02-27T13:07:31+00:00 2017-03-02T07:36:20+00:00 Design and realization of the CUFF Rendering forces to the user is one of the main goals of haptic technology. While most force-feedback interfaces are robotic manipulators, attached to a fixed frame and designed to exert forces on the users while being moved, more recent haptic research introduced two novel important ideas. On one side, cutaneous stimulation aims at rendering haptic stimuli at the level of the skin, with a distributed, rather than, concentrated approach. On the other side, wearable haptics focuses on highly portable and mobile devices, which can be carried and worn by the user as the haptic equivalent of an mp3 player. This video presents a light and simple wearable device (CUFF) for the distributed mechano-tactile stimulation of the user's arm skin with pressure and stretch cues, related to normal and tangential forces, respectively. A first application of the device is shown, where it is used to render the grasping force of a robotic hand (the Pisa/IIT SoftHand). Preliminary results show that the device is capable to deliver in a reliable manner grasping force information, thus eliciting a good softness discrimination in users and enhancing the overall grasping experience. yt:video:YVwuCxb11fE YVwuCxb11fE UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw Centro di Ricerca Enrico Piaggio https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw 2017-02-27T13:00:28+00:00 2017-02-27T13:18:41+00:00 A novel tactile display for softness and texture rendering in tele-operation tasks Softness and texture high-frequency information represent fundamental haptic properties for every day life activities and environment tactual exploration. While several displays have been produced to convey either softness or high-frequency information, there is no or little evidence of systems that are able to reproduce both these properties in an integrated fashion. This aspect is especially crucial in medical tele-operated procedures, where roughness and stiffness of human tissues are both important to correctly identify given pathologies through palpation (e.g. in tele-dermatology). This work presents a fabric yielding display (FYD-pad), a fabric-based tactile display for softness and texture rendering. The system exploits the control of two motors to modify both the stretching state of the elastic fabric for softness rendering and to convey texture information on the basis of accelerometer-based data. At the same time, the measurement of the contact area can be used to control remote or virtual robots. In this paper, we discuss the architecture of FYD-pad and the techniques used for softness and texture reproduction as well as for synthesizing probe-surface interactions from real data. Tele-operation examples and preliminary experiments with humans are reported, which show the effectiveness of the device in delivering both softness and texture information. yt:video:adbCa1sxinU adbCa1sxinU UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw Centro di Ricerca Enrico Piaggio https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw 2016-04-22T22:35:01+00:00 2017-05-26T11:38:42+00:00 Extrusion-based Bioprinting Extrusion-based Bioprinting is a Biofabrication approach to build 3D scaffolds, for applications in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. The video shows the fabrication of scaffolds through: * extrusion of chloroform-based solution of polyesters (PAM method); * double extrusion of hydrogels (building and sacrificial material) * and bioplotting of a hydrogel into a support hydrogel. yt:video:48tRsIOBdak 48tRsIOBdak UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw Centro di Ricerca Enrico Piaggio https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw 2016-04-21T18:38:16+00:00 2016-04-22T20:15:53+00:00 A Wearable Fabric-based Display for Haptic Multi-Cue Delivery Winner of the best paper award at the Haptics Symposium 2016. a fabric-based tactile display for multi-cue delivery that can be worn by user’s finger. yt:video:8p_BcrxwO9M 8p_BcrxwO9M UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw Centro di Ricerca Enrico Piaggio https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw 2016-04-15T21:10:59+00:00 2017-03-29T21:30:45+00:00 The Pisa/IIT SoftHand operated by a wearable interface yt:video:Q36Vb8QkE9c Q36Vb8QkE9c UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw Centro di Ricerca Enrico Piaggio https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw 2016-04-15T20:41:45+00:00 2016-04-15T20:41:45+00:00 Drawing on a Wavy Surface with a Variable Stiffness Humanoid Robot yt:video:A40n8wN-2DA A40n8wN-2DA UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw Centro di Ricerca Enrico Piaggio https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw 2016-04-15T19:20:26+00:00 2016-04-17T13:19:06+00:00 Hammering with a qbmove maker pro yt:video:khGqOYmWv3Q khGqOYmWv3Q UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw Centro di Ricerca Enrico Piaggio https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZZw0qqA67BAFEeeTvsj4fw 2016-04-15T19:19:03+00:00 2016-05-07T20:03:46+00:00 Robotic Variable Stiffness Snake