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Matteo Laffranchi

Coordinator
Technologist - Principal Investigator
Rehab Technologies - INAIL-IIT lab
Phone
+39 010 2896 952
Research center
CCT@Morego
Interests
Prosthetics
Exoskeletons
Robotic Rehabilitation
Mechatronics
Product Development
User-Centred Design
Robot Development
About

Matteo Laffranchi is Coordinator at Rehab Technologies Lab, IIT. His main works focus on the development of novel bionic systems and rehabilitation robotics.

He received a Master's Degree in mechatronic engineering from the Polytechnic University of Turin in 2006 and a PhD in robotics from the University of Sheffield, UK, in 2011. 

Following a brief experience in the automation industry, in the period 2008-2011 he has been Research Fellow and Post-Doc researcher from 2011 to 2014 at the department of Advanced Robotics (ADVR), Italian Institute of Technology. At ADVR, he spent 6 years developing compliant actuation systems for robotics (CompAct actuators, CompAct arm) for safe physical human-robot interaction. 

Since 2014, he works at Rehab Technologies, Italian Institute of Technology, with specific focus on the development of novel healthcare robots, particularly bionic prostheses and robotic exoskeletons (Hannes, HyperLeg, Twin, Float). He now manages the activities related to research and development within the lab starting from 2016.

Along with research, he is also involved in technology transfer activities and in entrepreneurial projects to bring the developed technology to the medtech industry. He and his team collected a series of national and international prizes related to industrial design such as the ADI Index, the Compasso d’Oro, the Good Design, and the iF.  He is author or co-author of 100+ peer review scientific publications in the field of robotics, bionics and rehabilitation robotics.

Experience External

Title: Mechatronic Engineer
Institute: Osai AS
Location: Parella (TO)
Country: Italy
From: 2007 To: 2008

Top Publications
2014
Laffranchi M., Chen L., Kashiri N., Lee J., Tsagarakis N.G., Caldwell D.G.
Development and control of a series elastic actuator equipped with a semi active friction damper for human friendly robots
Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 62, (no. 12), pp. 1827-1836
DOI 10.1016/j.robot.2014.06.007
2013
Laffranchi M., Tsagarakis N.G., Caldwell D.G.
CompAct™ arm: A compliant manipulator with intrinsic variable physical damping
Robotics: Science and Systems, vol. 8, pp. 225-232
DOI 10.15607/rss.2012.viii.029
Conference Paper Conference
2013
Vanderborght B., Albu-Schaeffer A., Bicchi A., Burdet E., Caldwell D.G., Carloni R., Catalano M., Eiberger O., Friedl W., Ganesh G., Garabini M., Grebenstein M., Grioli G., Haddadin S., Hoppner H., Jafari A., Laffranchi M., Lefeber D., Petit F., Stramigioli S., Tsagarakis N., Van Damme M., Van Ham R., Visser L.C., Wolf S.
Variable impedance actuators: A review
Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 61, (no. 12), pp. 1601-1614
DOI 10.1016/j.robot.2013.06.009
All Publications
2024
Marinelli A., Boccardo N., Canepa M., Di Domenico D., Gruppioni E., Laffranchi M., De Michieli L., Chiappalone M., Semprini M., Dosen S.
A compact solution for vibrotactile proprioceptive feedback of wrist rotation and hand aperture
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, vol. 21, (no. 1)
DOI 10.1186/s12984-024-01420-y
2024
Marinelli A., Canepa M., Di Domenico D., Gruppioni E., Laffranchi M., De Michieli L., Chiappalone M., Semprini M., Boccardo N.
A comparative optimization procedure to evaluate pattern recognition algorithms on hannes prosthesis
Neurocomputing, vol. 569
DOI 10.1016/j.neucom.2023.127123
2024
Bodo G., Giannattasio R., Ramadoss V., Tessari F., Laffranchi M.
A Modular, Time-Independent, Path-Based Controller for Assist-As-Needed Rehabilitative Exoskeletons
IEEE RAS EMBS 10th International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics
Conference Paper Conference
2024
Giannattasio R., Maludrottu S., Zinni G., De Momi E., Laffranchi M., De Michieli L.
An adaptable ankle trajectory generation method for lower-limb exoskeletons by means of safety constraints computation and minimum jerk planning
Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 5548-5554
DOI 10.1109/ICRA57147.2024.10610191
Conference Paper Conference
2024
Pericu V., Vassallo C., Zinni G., Hinterlang W., Lencioni T., Ferrarin M., Jonsdottir J., De Michieli L., Semprini M., Maludrottu S., Laffranchi M.
A Novel Assistive Controller for Gait Rehabilitation through the TWIN Lower-Limb Exoskeleton in Individuals with Residual Motor Functionalities
2024 10th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob)
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Awards and Achievements
2022
Maludrottu S., Laffranchi M., Vassallo C., Vaccaro R., De Michieli L.
iF DESIGN AWARD 2022 - Twin Exoskeleton
2021
Laffranchi M., Traverso S., Vaccaro R., Maludrottu S., Poli F., De Bartolomeis L., Diamanti G., Gruppioni E., De Michieli L.
Good Design
2020
Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Traverso S., Lombardi L., Canepa M., Lince A., Semprini M., Saglia J.A., Naceri A., Sacchetti R., Gruppioni E., De Michieli L.
Compasso d'oro
2020
Laffranchi M.
Robotics 2020 Young Investigator Award
2020
Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Traverso S., Lombardi L., Canepa M., Lince A., Semprini M., Saglia J.A., Naceri A., Sacchetti R., Gruppioni E., De Michieli L.
XXVI Compasso d'oro
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