Restoring tactile sensations via neural interfaces for real-time force-and-slippage closed-loop control of bionic hands

Loredana Zollo; Giovanni Di Pino; Anna L. Ciancio; Federico Ranieri; Francesca Cordella; Cosimo Gentile; Emiliano Noce; Rocco A. Romeo; Alberto Dellacasa Bellingegni; Gianluca Vadalà; Sandra Miccinilli; Alessandro Mioli; Lorenzo Diaz-Balzani; Marco Bravi; Klaus-P. Hoffmann; Andreas Schneider; Luca Denaro; Angelo Davalli; Emanuele Gruppioni; Rinaldo Sacchetti; Simona Castellano; Vincenzo Di Lazzaro; Silvia Sterzi; Vincenzo Denaro; Eugenio Guglielmelli

doi:10.1126/scirobotics.aau9924

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Restoring tactile sensations via neural interfaces for real-time force-and-slippage closed-loop control of bionic hands

Loredana Zollo¹,*,†,
Giovanni Di Pino²,†,
Anna L. Ciancio¹,
Federico Ranieri³,
Francesca Cordella¹,
Cosimo Gentile¹,
Emiliano Noce¹,
Rocco A. Romeo¹,
Alberto Dellacasa Bellingegni¹,
Gianluca Vadalà⁴,
Sandra Miccinilli⁵,
Alessandro Mioli²,
Lorenzo Diaz-Balzani⁴,
Marco Bravi⁵,
Klaus-P. Hoffmann⁶,
Andreas Schneider⁶,
Luca Denaro⁷,
Angelo Davalli⁸,
Emanuele Gruppioni⁸,
Rinaldo Sacchetti⁸,
Simona Castellano⁸,
Vincenzo Di Lazzaro³,
Silvia Sterzi⁵,
Vincenzo Denaro⁴,† and
Eugenio Guglielmelli¹,†

¹Research Unit of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
²Research Unit of Neurophysiology and Neuroengineering of Human-Technology Interaction, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
³Research Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
⁴Research Unit of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
⁵Research Unit of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
⁶Fraunhofer Institut für Biomedizinische Technik, Sulzbach, Germany.
⁷Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
⁸INAIL Prosthetic Center, Vigorso di Budrio, Italy.

↵*Corresponding author. Email: l.zollo{at}unicampus.it

↵† These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Science Robotics 20 Feb 2019:
Vol. 4, Issue 27, eaau9924
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aau9924

Loredana Zollo

Research Unit of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.

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Giovanni Di Pino

Research Unit of Neurophysiology and Neuroengineering of Human-Technology Interaction, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.

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Anna L. Ciancio

Research Unit of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.

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Federico Ranieri

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Francesca Cordella

Research Unit of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.

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Cosimo Gentile

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Emiliano Noce

Research Unit of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.

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Rocco A. Romeo

Research Unit of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.

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Alberto Dellacasa Bellingegni

Research Unit of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.

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Gianluca Vadalà

Research Unit of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.

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Sandra Miccinilli

Research Unit of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.

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Alessandro Mioli

Research Unit of Neurophysiology and Neuroengineering of Human-Technology Interaction, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.

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Lorenzo Diaz-Balzani

Research Unit of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.

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Marco Bravi

Research Unit of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.

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Klaus-P. Hoffmann

Fraunhofer Institut für Biomedizinische Technik, Sulzbach, Germany.

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Andreas Schneider

Fraunhofer Institut für Biomedizinische Technik, Sulzbach, Germany.

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Luca Denaro

Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.

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Angelo Davalli

INAIL Prosthetic Center, Vigorso di Budrio, Italy.

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Emanuele Gruppioni

INAIL Prosthetic Center, Vigorso di Budrio, Italy.

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Rinaldo Sacchetti

INAIL Prosthetic Center, Vigorso di Budrio, Italy.

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Simona Castellano

INAIL Prosthetic Center, Vigorso di Budrio, Italy.

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Vincenzo Di Lazzaro

Research Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.

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Silvia Sterzi

Research Unit of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.

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Vincenzo Denaro

Research Unit of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.

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Eugenio Guglielmelli

Research Unit of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.

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