Alessandra Papetti
Papers
8
Total Citations
123
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About
Alessandra Papetti is a researcher specializing in human-robot collaboration (HRC), collaborative robotics, and human-centered design within advanced manufacturing contexts. Her work sits at the intersection of Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0 paradigms, addressing how robots and human workers can coexist and cooperate in ways that are safe, ergonomic, and productive. Papetti's most influential contributions focus on developing systematic, human-oriented frameworks for designing collaborative robotic systems. Her 2022 paper on improving physical ergonomics in HRC (32 citations) highlights her commitment to worker health and comfort alongside safety, while her human-oriented design process work (26 citations) challenges purely technology-driven approaches by centering the needs of manufacturing operators. A recurring application domain in her research is the shoe-polishing process — a nuanced, craft-intensive task she has used as a compelling testbed for cobot integration, most recently enhanced through virtual reality and human-in-the-loop methodologies (24 citations). Papetti has also contributed practical multi-criteria design methods balancing safety, ergonomics, productivity, and flexibility, and has explored real-time gesture recognition for dynamic HRC scenarios. With research conducted at the i-LABS laboratory and a growing citation record across multiple high-impact studies, she is emerging as a significant voice in socially sustainable, human-first robotics design.
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- 1A system to improve the physical ergonomics in Human-Robot Collaboration32 citations · 2022
- 2A human-oriented design process for collaborative robotics26 citations · 2022
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- 4Tools and Methods for Human Robot Collaboration: Case Studies at i-LABS13 citations · 2022
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