Computer Science

Gionata Salvietti

Assistant Professor, University of Siena

Faculty Profile

Gionata Salvietti received the M.S. degree in Robotics and Automation and the Ph.D. degree in Information Engineering from the University of Siena, Siena, Italy, in 2009 and 2012, respectively. He was a post-doc researcher with the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia from 2012 to 2015. He was a Visiting Researcher with the DLR Institute for Robotic and Mechatronics, in 2012 and a Visiting Student with TAMS Group, University of Hamburg, in 2008. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics, University of Siena. His research interests are robotic and human grasping, collaborative robotics, assistive devices, and haptics.

Education

2009 – 2012
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Università degli Studi di Siena / University of Siena
2006 – 2009
Ingegneria Informatica - Robotica e Automazione
Università degli Studi di Siena / University of Siena
2002 – 2006
Ingegneria dell'automazione
Università degli Studi di Siena / University of Siena

Publications

2019
Soft Hands with Embodied Constraints: The Soft ScoopGripper
Salvietti, Z. Iqbal, M. Malvezzi, T. Eslami, D. Prattichizzo In Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Montreal, Canada
2018
Replicating Human Hand Synergies onto Robotic Hands: a Review on Software and Hardware Strategies
G. Salvietti, Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 12:27-31
2017
Toward wearable supernumerary robotic fingers to compensate missing grasping abilities in hemiparetic upper limb
Irfan Hussain, Giovanni Spagnoletti, Gionata Salvietti, Domenico Prattichizzo. International Journal of Robotics Research, 36:1414-1436
2017
Multi-Contact Bilateral Telemanipulation with Kinematic Asymmetries
G. Salvietti, L. Meli, G. Gioioso, M. Malvezzi, D. Prattichizzo. IEEE/ASME Transaction on Mechatronics, 22(1):445-456
2017
Compensating Hand Function in Chronic Stroke Patients Through the Robotic Sixth Finger
G. Salvietti, I. Hussain, D. Cioncoloni, S. Taddei, S. Rossi, D. Prattichizzo. Transaction on Neural System and Rehabilitation Engineering, 25(2):142-150

Courses by Gionata

Computer Science

From Robotic Grasping Theory to Soft Manipulation

19 Aug - 06 Sep 2019

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