Papers
55
Total Citations
1,830
H-Index
24
About
Simona Crea is a leading biomedical engineer whose research sits at the intersection of wearable robotics, human-robot interaction, and assistive and rehabilitative technologies. Based at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, Italy, she has made significant contributions to the design, sensing, and control of exoskeletons for both clinical rehabilitation and occupational support. Her work spans upper- and lower-limb wearable systems, encompassing hand exoskeletons with series elastic actuation, hip orthoses for elderly gait training, and ergonomic devices to protect industrial workers — the latter demonstrated through her highly cited evaluation of the Proto-MATE exoskeleton (142 citations). Crea has pioneered intelligent human-robot interfaces, developing EMG-based movement intention detection (155 citations), real-time locomotion mode recognition (75 citations), and EEG/EOG-controlled systems that restore daily living activities in chronic stroke survivors (69 citations). Her sensor innovations — including flexible pressure-sensitive matrices and instrumented insoles — have become foundational tools in the field. With a body of work accumulating nearly 800 citations across her top papers alone, and contributions to community-wide benchmarking frameworks for wearable robots, Crea has firmly established herself as a pivotal figure shaping the future of assistive and rehabilitative robotics.
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- 4Pressure-Sensitive Insoles for Real-Time Gait-Related Applications88 citations · 2020
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- 7Real-Time Hybrid Locomotion Mode Recognition for Lower Limb Wearable Robots75 citations · 2017
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- 10Learning by Demonstration for Motion Planning of Upper-Limb Exoskeletons64 citations · 2018