Nevio Luigi Tagliamonte
National Postdoctoral Association, Università Campus Bio-Medico, Fondazione Santa Lucia
Papers
39
Total Citations
1,036
H-Index
16
About
Nevio Luigi Tagliamonte is a leading figure in assistive and rehabilitation robotics, with a career dedicated to making wearable robots safer, more adaptive, and more effective for human interaction. His core research focuses on the design and control of compliant actuation systems, particularly series elastic actuators (SEAs), and the development of neuromuscular controllers for lower-limb exoskeletons. Tagliamonte’s major contributions include pioneering the use of intrinsic compliance in actuation to improve safety and energy efficiency in assistive robots, as demonstrated in his highly cited work on a novel compact torsional spring for SEAs (129 citations). He has also advanced the field by exploring double actuation architectures for variable impedance rendering (107 citations) and by developing adaptive neuromuscular controllers that leverage the user’s own motor system, showing promise for motor recovery in individuals with spinal cord injury (85 citations). His work on passivity constraints for impedance control (70 citations) and the characterization of high-power SEAs (70 citations) has provided foundational principles for safe human-robot interaction. With over 700 total citations across his top papers, Tagliamonte’s research has directly shaped the design of transparent, high-performance wearable robots, bridging the gap between mechanical compliance and intelligent control to restore mobility and enhance rehabilitation outcomes.
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- 5Passivity constraints for the impedance control of series elastic actuators70 citations · 2013
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- 8Human-robot interaction tests on a novel robot for gait assistance42 citations · 2013
- 9Robomorphism: A Nonanthropomorphic Wearable Robot38 citations · 2014
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