Andrea Parri

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Andrea Parri is a leading researcher in wearable robotics and human-robot interaction, with a focus on developing intelligent, bioinspired control systems for lower-limb exoskeletons and prostheses. His work centers on real-time gait phase estimation, balance recovery, and metabolic efficiency in assistive devices. Parri’s most cited paper (137 citations) introduces an oscillator-based method for smooth, real-time gait phase estimation, a foundational contribution to wearable robotics. He also demonstrated that an ecologically-controlled exoskeleton can improve balance after slippage (126 citations), and showed that gait training with a robotic hip exoskeleton enhances metabolic efficiency in the elderly (97 citations). Parri has pioneered novel control strategies using noncontact capacitive sensors and electromyographic signals, enabling more intuitive and ergonomic human-robot interaction. His research on real-time locomotion mode recognition (75 citations) and bioinspired motor primitives (56 citations) has advanced the field’s understanding of cooperative exoskeleton control. Parri’s work is distinguished by its emphasis on practical, user-centered design, with applications in rehabilitation, active aging, and assistive technology.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   An oscillator-based smooth real-time estimate of gait phase for wearable robotics

   137 citations · 2016
2. 2
   An ecologically-controlled exoskeleton can improve balance recovery after slippage

   126 citations · 2017
3. 3
   Gait training using a robotic hip exoskeleton improves metabolic gait efficiency in the elderly

   97 citations · 2019
4. 4
   Real-Time Hybrid Locomotion Mode Recognition for Lower Limb Wearable Robots

   75 citations · 2017
5. 5
   Walking Assistance Using Artificial Primitives: A Novel Bioinspired Framework Using Motor Primitives for Locomotion Assistance Through a Wearable Cooperative Exoskeleton

   56 citations · 2016
6. 6
   Physical human-robot interaction of an active pelvis orthosis: toward ergonomic assessment of wearable robots

   51 citations · 2017
7. 7
   Controlling a Robotic Hip Exoskeleton With Noncontact Capacitive Sensors

   37 citations · 2019
8. 8
   Gastrocnemius Myoelectric Control of a Robotic Hip Exoskeleton Can Reduce the User's Lower-Limb Muscle Activities at Push Off

   33 citations · 2018
9. 9
   Whole Body Awareness for Controlling a Robotic Transfemoral Prosthesis

   28 citations · 2017
10. 10
    A novel adaptive oscillators-based control for a powered multi-joint lower-limb orthosis

    26 citations · 2015

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