Fulvio Mastrogiovanni
University of Genoa, Ingegneria dei Sistemi (Italy), Tamedia (Switzerland), Italian Institute of Technology
Papers
127
Total Citations
2,147
H-Index
26
About
Fulvio Mastrogiovanni is a prominent robotics researcher whose work spans human-robot interaction, assistive and rehabilitation robotics, tactile sensing, and robot learning. Based at the University of Genoa, he has made substantial contributions to some of the most pressing challenges in contemporary robotics, earning over 750 citations across his most influential publications. Mastrogiovanni's research addresses how robots can work alongside humans in meaningful, adaptive ways. His highly cited 2017 paper on assistive and rehabilitation robotics (132 citations) helped define the field's intersection with human-centered design, while his hierarchical cooperation architectures, including the FlexHRC+ framework, have advanced collaborative robotics in complex shop-floor environments. His work on tactile sensing and robot skins—exploring soft dielectrics for capacitive sensing and spatial calibration techniques—has pushed forward the frontier of physical human-robot interaction. Equally notable is his attention to robot intelligence and accessibility. His systematic review of visual programming environments for social robots and his exploration of culturally competent knowledge representation demonstrate a commitment to making robots both learnable and inclusive. His research on active haptic perception and learning from human demonstrations further reflects a career dedicated to building robots that are genuinely responsive, adaptive, and socially aware partners in human environments.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1A Human–Robot Interaction Perspective on Assistive and Rehabilitation Robotics132 citations · 2017
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- 4Active Haptic Perception in Robots: A Review74 citations · 2019
- 5A Hierarchical Architecture for Human–Robot Cooperation Processes74 citations · 2021
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- 7Flexible human–robot cooperation models for assisted shop-floor tasks65 citations · 2018
- 8Learning symbolic representations of actions from human demonstrations65 citations · 2015
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- 10Skin spatial calibration using force/torque measurements53 citations · 2011