Vittorio Sanguineti

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Vittorio Sanguineti is a prominent researcher whose work sits at the intersection of robotics, neuroscience, and rehabilitation engineering. His career has centered on three interconnected domains: robotic neurorehabilitation, human-robot interaction, and neuro-robotic systems that bridge biological and artificial intelligence. Among his most celebrated contributions is the development of *Braccio di Ferro*, a haptic robotic workstation designed for neuromotor rehabilitation that faithfully replicates the force dynamics of therapist-patient interaction, garnering 186 citations. His robotic assessment tools for post-stroke motor function have helped address the subjectivity and insensitivity of traditional clinical scales, accumulating 143 citations. Sanguineti has also pioneered adaptive robot training protocols for stroke survivors and Multiple Sclerosis patients, demonstrating how intelligent, self-adjusting robotic systems can optimize therapeutic outcomes. Perhaps most strikingly, his early work connecting living lamprey brains to mobile robots established a groundbreaking paradigm for studying neural computation and sensorimotor learning in embodied systems, attracting 122 citations. His 2020 work on myoelectric control for soft exosuits, with 150 citations, reflects his sustained relevance in advancing wearable robotics. Across more than two decades, Sanguineti's research has profoundly shaped how robots assist, assess, and collaborate with the human nervous system.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Braccio di Ferro: A new haptic workstation for neuromotor rehabilitation

   186 citations · 2006
2. 2
   Adaptive Model-Based Myoelectric Control for a Soft Wearable Arm Exosuit: A New Generation of Wearable Robot Control

   150 citations · 2020
3. 3
   Robotic Assessment of Upper Limb Motor Function After Stroke

   143 citations · 2012
4. 4
   Connecting Brains to Robots: An Artificial Body for Studying the Computational Properties of Neural Tissues

   122 citations · 2000
5. 5
   Connecting Neurons to a Mobile Robot: An In Vitro Bidirectional Neural Interface

   117 citations · 2007
6. 6
   Slaves no longer: review on role assignment for human–robot joint motor action

   112 citations · 2013
7. 7
   Self-adaptive robot training of stroke survivors for continuous tracking movements

   103 citations · 2010
8. 8
   Minimally assistive robot training for proprioception enhancement

   79 citations · 2009
9. 9
   Adaptive robot training for the treatment of incoordination in Multiple Sclerosis

   79 citations · 2010
10. 10
    Bio-mimetic trajectory generation of robots via artificial potential field with time base generator

    77 citations · 2002

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