People
Director
carlo@sssup.it
Carlo Alberto Avizzano is Assistant Professor of Mechatronics at University of Pisa and Researcher on Control and Automation at SSSA since 2003. Carlo Alberto Avizzano is currently the Director of PERCRO (PERCeptual ROBotics) Laboratory of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa – Italy.
Founder
bergamasco@sssup.it
Massimo Bergamasco is Full Professor of Mechanics of Robots and Virtual Environment at Scuola Superiore S.Anna. Bergamasco is currently the Coordinator of the PERCRO laboratory.
Bergamasco's research deals with the study and development of haptic interfaces for the control of the interaction between humans, Interaction Design and Virtual Environments.
His research activities include both theoretical research as well as applied research into different fields. Among these: Medicine, Surgery and Rehabilitation; Simulators; Art and Cultural Heritage; Education; Engineering.
INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION SYSTEMS
colla@sssup.it
Valentina Colla is Technical Research Manager at PERCRO, where she works since 1997.
m.vannucci@sssup.it
Marco Vannucci is an Computer Scientist working at Percro since 2002.
gianluca.nastasi@sssup.it
Gianluca Nastasi is a Computer Engineer working at Percro since 2002.
s.cateni@sssup.it
Silvia Cateni is a Telecomunication Engineer working at Percro since 2005.
teresa.branca@sssup.it
Teresa Annunziata Branca works at Percro since 2002.
a.amato@sssup.it
Alessandro Amato is an Economist and he works at Percro since 2006.
n.matarese@sssup.it
Nicola Matarese got the degree in computer science in 2007 from Pisa University and since then work at Percro.
a.borselli@sssup.it
Alice Borselli is a PhD student at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Perceptual Robotics.
paolo.villella@sssup.it
Scientific Program Manager at Gustavo Stefanini Advanced Robotics Research Center.
fabrizio.rocchi@sssup.it
Chief Scientist at Gustavo Stefanini Advanced Robotics Research Center.
torquato.cecchini@sssup.it
Technical Director at at Gustavo Stefanini Advanced Robotics Research Center.
emanuel.luchetti@sssup.it
Computer Vision Engineer at Gustavo Stefanini Advanced Robotics Research Center.
nicola.giordani@sssup.it
Software Developer at Gustavo Stefanini Advanced Robotics Research Center.
francesco.tonarelli@sssup.it
Software Developer at Gustavo Stefanini Advanced Robotics Research Center.
marco.tazzini@sssup.it
Mechatronic System Integrator at Gustavo Stefanini Advanced Robotics Research Center.
r.vertechy@sssup.it
He is currently Assistant Professor at the PERCRO laboratory of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.
r.merlino@sssup.it
HW Architecture Engineer at Gustavo Stefanini Advanced Robotics Research Center.
e.morini@sssup.it
Mathematician at Gustavo Stefanini Advanced Robotics Research Center.
m.unetti@sssup.it
Software Developer at Gustavo Stefanini Advanced Robotics Research Center.
g.ascolese@sssup.it
System Administrator at Gustavo Stefanini Advanced Robotics Research Center.
pit@sssup.it
His research interests are in the field of Human Sklls representation, haptic interfaces and information based Virtual Environments
federico.vanni@sssup.it
Federico Vanni is a Bioengineer and works at PERCRO Laboratory since July 2006 in the management team of EU funded Projects (ENACTIVE Network of Excellence, SKILLS Integrated Project).
leonardjohard@yahoo.se
Leonard Johard is a PhD student working with machine learning on the SKILLS project.
massimo.satler@sssup.it
Massimo Satler is a PhD student and member of the Virtual Reality and Telerobotic Systems Division on PERCeptual ROBotics Laboratory. He works in the field of Teleoperation System, Mobile Robot Control Algorithm and Virtual Environments.
p.tripicchio@sssup.it
Paolo Tripicchio is member of the Virtual Reality and Telerobotic Systems Division. His research concern about 3d graphics, control and embedded systems.
aniramv@hotmail.com
Marina Vela Nuñez is a PhD student, working with the research division of “Virtual Reality and Telerobotic Systems”.
o.sandovalgonzalez@sssup.it
Oscar Sandoval is a PhD student, member of the Virtual Reality and Telerobotic Systems Division.
g.spina@sssup.it
Giovanni Vittorio Spina is a member of the Web Team and he works on the development and maintenance of e-training platform software components. He is also involved on 3D models and environments creation for VR application.
e.sani@sssup.it
Elisabetta Sani works at PERCRO Laboratory since 2005 in the Management Team of EU funded projects. She is mainly involved in the project management of running projects and in the project proposal and contract preparation. Along the project management tasks, Elisabetta is also interested in understanding technological trends to improve the exploitation and the planning of future research by mining patent citation data.
HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION
antony@sssup.it
Antonio Frisoli is assistant professor at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSA), faculty of engineering, and head of the research division “Virtual Reality and Telerobotic Systems” (VRTS) research division of the SSSA laboratory.
fabio@sssup.it
Fabio Salsedo is Senior Research Engineer and head of the "Perceptual Device" division at PERCRO (PERCeptual ROBotics) Laboratory of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa – Italy, directed by prof. Massimo Bergamasco.
marcheschi@sssup.it
Simone Marcheschi works as collaborator in the Human-Robot Interaction Department of Percro Laboratory at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna.
sotgiu@sssup.it
Edoardo Sotgiu works as collaborator in the Virtual Reality & Telerobotic Systems Division of Percro Laboratory at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna.
silvia.pabon@sssup.it
PhD student, member of the Virtual Reality and Telerobotic Systems Division.
l.lugovilleda@sssup.it
PhD student, his line of research concerns about the development of applied nonlinear control laws for analysis, synthesis and control of exoskeletons in active motion, power augmentation as well as their applications on haptic interfaces.
massimiliano.solazzi@sssup.it
Massimiliano Solazzi is a PhD student, member of the Virtual Reality and Telerobotic Systems Division.
s.li@sssup.it
PhD Student and member of Virtual Reality and Telerobotic Systems Division, his PhD thesis concerns on the development of fMRI compatible haptic interface used to investigate human motor control.
greco.gio@libero.it
Giovanni Greco is working in the field of Robotic-Assisted Rehabilitation.
olcese@sssup.it
Umberto Olcese is a PhD Student whose work deals with developing computational models for studying the role of sleep in the process of learning.
m.padillacastaneda@sssup.it
PhD Student, his research concerns on the of a full scale and VR simulator for the training of healthcare personnel to emergency situations.
COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS
chiara@sssup.it
Chiara Evangelista’s activities deal with several aspects of Computer Graphics, 3D Modelling, tutoring and didactics for children by the means of new Virtual Environments technologies.
rosario.leonardi@gmail.com
Rosario Leonardi collaborates with the Visualization System Division.
h.faste@sssup.it
PhD student, Haakon Faste’s research focuses on virtual experience design for artistic multimodal environments.
Common Services
facenza@sssup.it
He's member of web team and he works on the development of the management software. He also is network manager.
f.farinelli@virgilio.it
She collaborates with the director for implementing and organizing management activities.
emanuele.giorgi@sssup.it
Emanuele Giorgi works in the Management Team since October 2006. He is responsible of management and administrative aspects of research activities.
anicoletti@sssup.it
Alessandro Nicoletti is the head of the Electronic Services Center of PERCRO lab, where he takes care of the design, assembly and wiring of electronic systems and mechanical subparts related to the haptic interfaces.