A. Pistone
Papers
14
Total Citations
160
H-Index
6
About
A. Pistone is a robotics researcher whose work centers on the design, modeling, and control of robotic manipulators for inspection and maintenance in challenging and confined environments. With a body of work accumulating over 150 citations, Pistone has established a strong reputation in the development of cable-driven and hyper-redundant robotic systems — flexible, snake-like manipulators capable of navigating hazardous or inaccessible spaces where human workers face significant safety risks. Among Pistone's most notable contributions is the design and analysis of fully actuated cable-driven joints with optimal cable routing, as well as the development of long-reach hyper-redundant snake-like manipulators tailored for industrial inspection and maintenance tasks. Their 2024 literature review on manipulator modeling and control (47 citations) has quickly become a key reference in the field. Pistone has also contributed foundational work on cable-driven joint dynamics using bond-graph modeling, Lyapunov stability analysis for non-linear controllers, and practical robotic systems for generator and duct inspection. More recent review papers on tendon-driven and alternative hyper-redundant manipulator designs reflect Pistone's growing role in synthesizing and shaping the direction of this rapidly evolving research community.
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- 3Reconfigurable inspection robot for industrial applications21 citations · 2019
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- 5Modeling Cable-Driven Joint Dynamics and Friction: a Bond-Graph Approach9 citations · 2020
- 6Tendon-Driven Hyper-Redundant Manipulators: A Review on Design Solutions8 citations · 2025
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- 10Novel Integrated Robotic System for Tiny Duct Inspection4 citations · 2018