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Overview

Paolo Rocco is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy and has a significant body of work focused in the field of Engineering. Their research spans various subfields including Control and Systems Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

Their main topics of investigation include:

  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Manufacturing Process and Optimization
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
  • Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics
  • Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials
  • Soft Robotics and Applications

Paolo Rocco's recent papers demonstrate active engagement with robotics, automation, and astronautics, and include the following:

  • Operational Space Model Predictive Sliding Mode Control for Redundant Manipulators, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • Cartesian trajectory planning of space robots using a multi-objective optimization, 2020, Aerospace Science and Technology
  • Combining Speed and Separation Monitoring With Power and Force Limiting for Safe Collaborative Robotics Applications, 2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Observer-based fixed-time tracking control for space robots in task space, 2021, Acta Astronautica
  • Human-Robot Collaboration: Optimizing Stress and Productivity Based on Game Theory, 2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Paolo Rocco include:

  • Andrea Maria Zanchettin
  • Andrea Monguzzi
  • Elias Montini
  • Niccolò Lucci
  • Vincenzo Cutrona

Paolo Rocco has published extensively in several venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
  • IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Best Publications

  • Safety in Human-Robot Collaborative Manufacturing Environments: Metrics and Control

    Andrea Maria Zanchettin;Nicola Maria Ceriani;Paolo Rocco;Hao Ding

  • Stability of PID control for industrial robot arms

    P. Rocco

  • Impedance control for elastic joints industrial manipulators

    G. Ferretti;G. Magnani;P. Rocco

  • Kinetostatic danger field - a novel safety assessment for human-robot interaction

    Bakir Lacevic;Paolo Rocco

  • Safety Assessment and Control of Robotic Manipulators Using Danger Field

    Bakir Lacevic;Paolo Rocco;Andrea Maria Zanchettin

  • Force Ripple Compensation in Linear Motors Based on Closed-Loop Position-Dependent Identification

    Luca Bascetta;Paolo Rocco;Gianantonio Magnani

  • Prediction of Human Activity Patterns for Human–Robot Collaborative Assembly Tasks

    Andrea Maria Zanchettin;Andrea Casalino;Luigi Piroddi;Paolo Rocco

  • Safety Control of Industrial Robots Based on a Distributed Distance Sensor

    Giovanni Buizza Avanzini;Nicola Maria Ceriani;Andrea Maria Zanchettin;Paolo Rocco

  • Modeling, identification, and compensation of pulsating torque in permanent magnet AC motors

    G. Ferretti;G. Magnani;P. Rocco

  • Single and multistate integral friction models

    G. Ferretti;G. Magnani;P. Rocco

  • Optimal Scheduling of Human–Robot Collaborative Assembly Operations With Time Petri Nets

    Andrea Casalino;Andrea Maria Zanchettin;Luigi Piroddi;Paolo Rocco

  • Virtual prototyping of mechatronic systems

    Gianni Ferretti;GianAntonio Magnani;Paolo Rocco

  • Trajectory generation algorithm for safe human-robot collaboration based on multiple depth sensor measurements

    Matteo Ragaglia;Andrea Maria Zanchettin;Paolo Rocco

  • Operational Space Model Predictive Sliding Mode Control for Redundant Manipulators

    Davide Nicolis;Fabio Allevi;Paolo Rocco

  • Cartesian trajectory planning of space robots using a multi-objective optimization

    Rongyu Jin;Paolo Rocco;Yunhai Geng

  • Acceptability of robotic manipulators in shared working environments through human-like redundancy resolution

    Andrea Maria Zanchettin;Luca Bascetta;Paolo Rocco

  • Revising the Robust-Control Design for Rigid Robot Manipulators

    L. Bascetta;P. Rocco

  • Combining Speed and Separation Monitoring With Power and Force Limiting for Safe Collaborative Robotics Applications

    Niccolo Lucci;Bakir Lacevic;Andrea Maria Zanchettin;Paolo Rocco

  • Achieving Humanlike Motion: Resolving Redundancy for Anthropomorphic Industrial Manipulators

    Andrea Maria Zanchettin;Luca Bascetta;Paolo Rocco

  • Operator Awareness in Human–Robot Collaboration Through Wearable Vibrotactile Feedback

    Andrea Casalino;Costanza Messeri;Maria Pozzi;Andrea Maria Zanchettin

  • Towards safe human-robot interaction in robotic cells: An approach based on visual tracking and intention estimation

    Luca Bascetta;Gianni Ferretti;Paolo Rocco;Hakan Ardo

  • Toward the implementation of hybrid position/force control in industrial robots

    G. Ferretti;G. Magnani;P. Rocco

  • Impedance control for industrial robots

    G. Ferretti;G. Magnani;P. Rocco;F. Cecconello

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Robertsson
Anders Robertsson Lund University
Domenico Prattichizzo
Domenico Prattichizzo University of Siena
Gianluca Antonelli
Gianluca Antonelli University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Claudio Melchiorri
Claudio Melchiorri University of Bologna
Antonio Bicchi
Antonio Bicchi Italian Institute of Technology
Rolf Johansson
Rolf Johansson Lund University
Juan Andrade-Cetto
Juan Andrade-Cetto Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Paolo Dario
Paolo Dario Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Cecilia Laschi
Cecilia Laschi National University of Singapore

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