Papers
27
Total Citations
1,021
H-Index
16
About
Alessandro Settimi is a researcher whose work spans two remarkably distinct yet equally impactful domains: humanoid robotics and pediatric minimally invasive surgery. In robotics, he has made significant contributions to the development of advanced humanoid platforms, most notably through the WALK-MAN project (266 citations), a high-performance robot designed to operate in unstructured, disaster-affected environments. His robotics portfolio extends to whole-body control of wheeled humanoid systems, anthropomorphic soft hand grasping learned from human demonstration, and compliant robot manipulation frameworks — work that collectively advances the frontier of human-robot interaction and autonomous capability. His contributions to simulation infrastructure, including YARP-based plugins for the Gazebo simulator, have provided the broader robotics community with essential development tools. Equally notable is Settimi's impact in surgical innovation, where he has helped pioneer the clinical adoption of indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence imaging in pediatric laparoscopic and robotic surgery (85 and 62 citations respectively), improving intraoperative visualization for young patients. His research on work-related musculoskeletal disorders among pediatric surgeons (77 citations) further reflects a commitment to both patient and practitioner welfare. This rare breadth across robotics engineering and surgical science makes Settimi a uniquely cross-disciplinary figure in modern applied research.
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Top Papers
- 1WALK‐MAN: A High‐Performance Humanoid Platform for Realistic Environments266 citations · 2017
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- 6Dynamic Whole-Body Control of Unstable Wheeled Humanoid Robots51 citations · 2019
- 7Yarp Based Plugins for Gazebo Simulator42 citations · 2014
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- 10Humanoids at Work: The WALK-MAN Robot in a Postearthquake Scenario36 citations · 2018