Cable robots, vibrations, haptic interfaces, multibody simulations for robotics, kinematics
GROUP: Mechanical Systems
Paolo Gallina is associate professor of Applied Mechanics and Robotics at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Trieste (Italy). He implemented a Robotics Laboratory where he carries out his main research in robotics. He is head of the Council for Students in Industrial Engineering Degree. His interests are in vibrations, human-machine interfaces, robotics, haptic interfaces, especially applied to rehabilitation and cable-driven robots.
List of selected projects he was involved in:
- Mathematical models and methods for the control of robot-patients in medical robots, MURST project;
- Haptic robots for biomedical applications, MURST-IMI project;
- Master-slave haptic system for neurosurgery and radio surgery robotics applications, MURST project;
- Control and optimization of a 5 DoF haptic interface, MURST project;
- Force Control implementation for innovative human interacting robots, MURST project;
- Advanced control for teleoperated heavy duty machines, MURST project;
- On line defect detection vision system on plastic pieces, BRITE EURAM BEPL 974696;
- Cable driven haptic device, collaboration between the University of Padova and the Ohio University.