Papers
62
Total Citations
2,500
H-Index
27
About
Claudio Pacchierotti is a leading researcher in haptics, wearable technologies, and robotic teleoperation, whose work has fundamentally advanced how humans interact with robotic systems through touch. Best known for pioneering wearable fingertip haptic devices, his 2013 paper on 3-DoF cutaneous force feedback (286 citations) helped establish wearability as a central design principle in haptics research. Pacchierotti has made transformative contributions to robot-assisted surgery, demonstrating how cutaneous feedback of fingertip deformation can replace traditional grounded force feedback to maintain system stability without sacrificing surgical transparency — work that has collectively garnered over 470 citations across two landmark 2015 studies. His research elegantly bridges theory and application, spanning miniaturized magnetic microrobots guided by haptic assistance, adaptive impedance control for teleoperation, and skin stretch devices for haptic guidance. A recurring theme in his portfolio is solving the fundamental tension between wearability, safety, and sensory richness — making haptic technology genuinely portable and practical. With contributions extending into electrotactile interfaces and learning-from-demonstration frameworks, Pacchierotti's body of work, accumulating over 1,200 citations, continues to shape the future of human-robot interaction across medical, industrial, and everyday contexts.
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- 7Design and Evaluation of a Wearable Skin Stretch Device for Haptic Guidance87 citations · 2017
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- 9Bilateral Teleoperation With Adaptive Impedance Control for Contact Tasks85 citations · 2021
- 10Teleoperation in cluttered environments using wearable haptic feedback83 citations · 2017