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Claudio Melchiorri

Claudio Melchiorri

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
50
Citations
10974
World Ranking
2780
National Ranking
74

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - IEEE Fellow For design and control of robot hands and telemanipulation systems

Overview

Claudio Melchiorri is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering with a focus on robotics and biomedical applications. Their research spans several specialized areas including biomedical engineering, control and systems engineering, cognitive neuroscience, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and mechanical engineering.

Their main topics of work cover diverse aspects such as muscle activation and electromyography studies, robot manipulation and learning, prosthetics and rehabilitation robotics, neuroscience and neural engineering, hand gesture recognition systems, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, and motor control and adaptation.

Claudio Melchiorri's recent publications include:

  • A sEMG-Driven Soft ExoSuit Based on Twisted String Actuators for Elbow Assistive Applications, 2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Toward Future Automatic Warehouses: An Autonomous Depalletizing System Based on Mobile Manipulation and 3D Perception, 2021, Applied Sciences
  • Optimization of Generalized S-Curve Trajectories for Residual Vibration Suppression and Compliance With Kinematic Bounds, 2020, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • sEMG-Based Human-in-the-Loop Control of Elbow Assistive Robots for Physical Tasks and Muscle Strength Training, 2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Robot Programming by Demonstration: Trajectory Learning Enhanced by sEMG-Based User Hand Stiffness Estimation, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Frequent publication venues for Melchiorri's work include IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), IFAC-PapersOnLine, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, and IEEE Transactions on Robotics.

Their collaborative network features several frequent co-authors, among them Gianluca Palli, Roberto Meattini, Davide Chiaravalli, Mario Baggetta, and Luigi Biagiotti.

Beyond journal articles, Melchiorri has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Springer International Publishing titled "Human-Friendly Robotics 2021" in 2022.

Over the course of their career, Melchiorri has received recognition such as being named an IEEE Fellow in 2020 for contributions to the design and control of robot hands and telemanipulation systems.

Best Publications

  • Trajectory Planning for Automatic Machines and Robots

    Luigi Biagiotti;Claudio Melchiorri

  • Control schemes for teleoperation with time delay: A comparative study

    Paolo Arcara;Claudio Melchiorri

  • A theory of generalized inverses applied to robotics

    Keith L. Doty;Claudio Melchiorri;Claudio Bonivento

  • Contact Impedance Estimation for Robotic Systems

    N. Diolaiti;C. Melchiorri;Stefano Stramigioli

  • Development of UB Hand 3: Early Results

    F. Lotti;P. Tiezzi;G. Vassura;L. Biagiotti

  • On the mobility and manipulability of general multiple limb robots

    A. Bicchi;C. Melchiorri;D. Balluchi

  • Robot manipulability

    K.L. Doty;C. Melchiorri;E.M. Schwartz;C. Bonivento

  • Slip detection and control using tactile and force sensors

    C. Melchiorri

  • Modeling and Control of the Timoshenko Beam. The Distributed Port Hamiltonian Approach

    Alessandro Macchelli;Claudio Melchiorri

  • Modeling and Control of the Twisted String Actuation System

    G. Palli;C. Natale;C. May;C. Melchiorri

  • Teleoperation of a mobile robot through haptic feedback

    N. Diolaiti;C. Melchiorri

  • Modeling, Identification, and Control of Tendon-Based Actuation Systems

    G. Palli;G. Borghesan;C. Melchiorri

  • The DEXMART hand: Mechatronic design and experimental evaluation of synergy-based control for human-like grasping

    G. Palli;C. Melchiorri;G. Vassura;U. Scarcia

  • The SHERPA project: Smart collaboration between humans and ground-aerial robots for improving rescuing activities in alpine environments

    L. Marconi;C. Melchiorri;M. Beetz;D. Pangercic

  • Geometric scattering in robotic telemanipulation

    S. Stramigioli;A. van der Schaft;B. Maschke;C. Melchiorri

  • On the feedback linearization of robots with variable joint stiffness

    G. Palli;C. Melchiorri;A. De Luca

  • Force reflecting telemanipulators with time-delay: stability analysis and control design

    L. Eusebi;C. Melchiorri

  • Model and control of tendon-sheath transmission systems

    G. Palli;C. Melchiorri

  • Development of the UB Hand IV: Overview of Design Solutions and Enabling Technologies

    C. Melchiorri;G. Palli;G. Berselli;G. Vassura

  • Advances in Telerobotics

    Manuel Ferre;Martin Buss;Rafael Aracil;Claudio Melchiorri

  • Contact impedance estimation for robotic systems

    N. Dioiaiti;C. Melchiorri;S. Stramigioli

  • Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2004

    Alessandro Macchelli;van der Arjan Schaft;Claudio Melchiorri

Frequent Co-Authors

Gianluca Palli
Gianluca Palli University of Bologna
Stefano Stramigioli
Stefano Stramigioli University of Twente
Bruno Siciliano
Bruno Siciliano University of Naples Federico II
Lorenzo Marconi
Lorenzo Marconi University of Bologna
Ciro Natale
Ciro Natale University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
A.J. van der Schaft
A.J. van der Schaft University of Groningen
Antonio Bicchi
Antonio Bicchi Italian Institute of Technology
Gerd Hirzinger
Gerd Hirzinger German Aerospace Center
Cesare Fantuzzi
Cesare Fantuzzi University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Carlos Silvestre
Carlos Silvestre University of Macau

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