Prof. Massimiliano Zecca is a Professor of Healthcare Technology at Loughborough University, UK, in the School of Mechanical, Electrical, and Manufacturing Engineering (MEME), where he leads the Wearable BioRobotics Research Team. He is also a key member of the National Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, East Midlands, Loughborough, United Kingdom, and he continues working with Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, as a Visiting Professor of Robotics. His research goal has been the quantification of the capabilities of human beings in different situations, such as training for laparoscopic surgery, mastication analysis, gait analysis in rehabilitation, as well as human–robot emotional and musical interaction, just to mention a few examples, and the application of these findings for developing more advanced robots.
Loughborough University
Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK