Project task
Wearable Haptics and Exergaming for Telerehabilitation and Prevention.
Expertise
Soft Wearable Robotics, Assistive Technology, Neuro Rehabilitation
Biography
Biography
Lorenzo Masia graduated in Mechanical Engineering at “Sapienza” University of Rome in 2003 and in 2007 He accomplished his PhD in “Mechanical Measurement for Engineering” at the University of Padua.
He started his path in robotics spending two years at the Mechanical Engineering Dept. of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (from Jan- 2005 to Dec 2006) working at the Newman Lab for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation.
He was then postdoctoral researcher and team leader at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in the Robotics Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department, and He started his academic path as Assistant Professor at the School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) of Singapore (2013-2018). He was Associate Professor in Biodesign at the Department of Biomechanical Engineering of the University of Twente (The Netherlands) from June 2018 to March 2019.
Now, since April 2019, He is Full Professor in Medical Technology at Heidelberg University (Germany) at the Institute of Computer Engineering or Institut für Technische Informatik (ZITI), leading the ARIES Lab (Assistive Robotics and Interactive ExoSuits).
Relevant publications
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Xiloyannis M, Alicea R, Georgarakis AM, Haufe FL, Wolf P, Riener R* and Masia L*. "Soft robotic suits: State of the art, core technologies and open challenges " (* equal contribution)
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Missiroli F, Lotti N, Xiloyannis M, Sloot L H, Riener R and Masia L."Relationship between Muscular Activity and Assistance Magnitude for a Myoelectric Model Based controlled Exosuit". Front. Robot. AI, 17 December 2020.
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L. Masia and N. Vitiello, "The Long and Winding Road to Symbiotic Wearable Robotics" IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 9-9, March 2020
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Lotti N, Xiloyannis M, Durandauy G, Galofaro E, Sanguineti V, Sartori M* and Masia L*. "Adaptive Model-based Myoelectric control for a soft wearable arm exosuit". IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 43-53, March 2020. (* equally contributed ).
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Xiloyannis M, Chiaradia D, Frisoli A and Masia L. "Physiological and kinematic effects of a soft exosuit on arm movements". Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2019, 16:29.