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Conferencia plenaria
Prof. Domenico Prattichizzo
- IEEE Fellow - Vice-Rector Technology Transfer, Univ. of Siena - Professor of Robotics and Haptics, Univ. of Siena - Senior Scientist, Istituto Italiano di tecnologia - President Eurohaptics Society - EIC IEEE Transactions on Haptics - Co-founder of startup WEART - Co-founder of startup EXISTO |
Prof. Domenico Prattichizzo
Título de la conferencia: “Wearable Robotics and Haptics: from Rehabilitation to Future Cancer Therapy”
I will present the significant milestones of our research on highly wearable robotics and haptics, focusing on their applications in rehabilitation, spanning from stroke patient rehabilitation to Parkinson’s disease. The driving vision behind our research at SIRSLab is human augmentation, enabling individuals to gain a sense of agency of assistive robotic devices, thereby fostering the perception of recovering lost functions, in chronic states.
Finally, I am thrilled to present our most advanced ideas on wearable haptics for future cancer therapy. The field of mechanobiology has already provided extensive evidence of the link between alterations in tissue physical properties and cancer. I will present our latest findings, showcasing the profound impact that wearable haptics can have on cancer therapy.
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Professor of Haptics and Robotics at University of Siena; Senior Scientist of the IIT in Genova; Co-founder of two startups: WEART (weart.it) and EXISTO (existo.tech) on wearable haptics and wearable robotics; IEEE Fellow; Editor in Chief of IEEE Transactions on Haptics; President of EuroHaptics Society. Vice-Rector for Technology Transfer at University of Siena. Co-founder of the Italian Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Machine (www.i-rim.it)
Human and robotic hands, along with haptic perception and the art of manipulating objects, have polarized his research, which is increasingly oriented towards highly wearable haptics for virtual and augmented reality. He recently is interested to applications of mechanobiology and robotics.
Scientific Coordinator of several research projects funded by European Union, US and Japan. In 2013 he pioneered the field of haptics with a seminal contribution on wearability in haptics. In 2015 he pioneered the field of human augmentation by supernumerary robotic limbs. He recently coordinates a 5 million European project on human augmentation for subject with upper limb impairments.
He is the author of more than 800 publications in scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings. He is the inventor of more than 15 patents in the field of haptics, robotics, and wearables.