Giuseppe Airò Farulla

Mr. Giuseppe Airò Farulla

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Academic Career Length

13Years (2014-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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5 February 2016 in Sensors
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GFGiuseppe Airò Farulla
Giuseppe Airò Farulla
DPDaniele Pianu
Daniele Pianu
MCMarco Cempini
Marco Cempini
MCMario Cortese
Mario Cortese
LRLudovico Orlando Russo
Ludovico Orlando Russo
NVNicola Vitiello
Nicola Vitiello
Vision-based Pose Estimation (VPE) represents a non-invasive solution to allow a smooth and natural interaction between a human user and a robotic system, without requiring complex calibration procedures. Moreover, VPE interfaces are gaining momentum as they are highly intuitive, such that they can be used from untrained personnel (e.g., a generic caregiver) even in delicate tasks as rehabilitation exercises. In this paper, we present a novel master–slave setup for hand telerehabilitation with an intuitive and simple interface for remote control of a wearable hand exoskeleton, named HX. While performing rehabilitative exercises, the master unit evaluates the 3D position of a human operator’s hand joints in real-time using only a RGB-D camera, and commands remotely the slave exoskeleton. Within the slave unit, the exoskeleton replicates hand movements and an external grip sensor records interaction forces, that are fed back to the operator-therapist, allowing a direct real-time assessment of the rehabilitative task. Experimental data collected with an operator and six volunteers are provided to show the feasibility of the proposed system and its performances. The results demonstrate that, leveraging on our system, the operator was able to directly control volunteers’ hands movements.

10 December 2014
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GFGiuseppe Airò Farulla
Giuseppe Airò Farulla
LRLudovico Orlando Russo
Ludovico Orlando Russo
CPChiara Pintor
Chiara Pintor
DPDaniele Pianu
Daniele Pianu
GMGiorgio Micotti
Giorgio Micotti
MIMarco Indaco
Marco Indaco