Monday, September 2nd

Room “Benvenuto”

MESA-01-A: AI and Emerging Technologies for MESA

10:30-10:50 Safeguarding a flying robot, designed to investigate the state of Smart Grid, against cyberattacks
Abdullatif Baba and Basil Alothman
10:50-11:10 Benchmark Analysis of YOLOv8 for Edge AI Video-Surveillance Applications
Daniele Berardini, Lucia Migliorelli, Lorenzo Cardoni, Christian Parente, Alessandro Rongoni, Daniele Sergiacomi and Adriano Mancini
11:10-11:30 A portable microwave radar array based material classification using  SpectrogramFace recognition and GoogLeNet
Shiang Cao, Sachin Giri, Marlon Romero, Jonathan Gonzalez and Yangquan Chen
11:30-11:50 Applying R-CNN Algorithum for Arabic Word Recognition at Baghdad-Baquba road
Omar M. S. Ali, Ali A. D. Al-Zuky and Fatin E. M. Al-Obaidi
11:50-12:10 Quantum Cryptography for Secure Communications in Industrial Mechatronics and Embedded Systems
Dr Sudhanshu Maurya, Shreyas Kasture and Dr. Amit Shukla

Room “5L”

MESA-12: Fractional Derivatives and Their Applications in Mechatronics

10:30-10:50 A Fractional-Order Reset ADRC Scheme for PMSM Speed Servo System
Shaohua Wang, He Gan, Ying Luo, Xiaohong Wang and Yangquan Chen
10:50-11:10 A Decoupled ADRC With Bode’s Integral Formula for PMSM Current Tracking Without Overshoot
He Gan, Shaohua Wang, Ying Luo, Xiaohong Wang and Yangquan Chen
11:10-11:30 Comparison of Distributed-Order and Fractional-Order PID with symmetric Bode plot for position control of inertial loads
Luca Bruzzone, Matteo Verotti and Pietro Fanghella
11:30-11:50 Fractional-Order Low-Frequency Compensators for Processes with Ramp-Like Disturbances
Osama F. Abdel Aal, Jairo Viola and Yangquan Chen
11:50-12:10 Fractional-Order Feedforward Enhanced Delay-Aware Self-Optimizing Control for First-Order Plus Delay-Time Systems
Justus Nwoke, Jairo Viola and Yangquan Chen

Room “5M”

MESA-02-A: Advances in Robotics and Automation

10:30-10:50 Autonomous Navigation of AGV by Tracking the Motion of UAV
Ashok Kumar Sivarathri and Amit Shukla
10:50-11:10 Trustworthy ROS Software Architecture for Autonomous Drones Missions: From RoboChart Modelling to ROS Implementation
Nabil Shaukat, Shival Dubey and Bilal Kaddouh
11:10-11:30 Autonomous Vision-based Tracking of UAV by a Flexible AGV
Ashok Kumar Sivarathri, Amit Shukla and Pushkar Kumar
11:30-11:50 Platform to Test and Evaluate Human-in-the-Loop Telemanipulation Schemes for Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Systems
Kaya Kuru, Sam Worthington, Darren Ansell, John Michael Pinder, Benjamin Watkinson, David Jones and Claire Tinker Mill
11:50-12:10 Waypoint Navigation in the Image Plane for Autonomous Navigation of UAV in Vision-Based UAV-AGV System
Ashok Kumar Sivarathri, Amit Shukla and Ayush Gupta

Room “Benvenuto”

MESA-01-B: AI and Emerging Technologies for MESA

14:00-14:20 Multi-Fidelity Design Optimization (MFDO) for Fully Connected Deep Neural Network (FCDNN)
Wei-Cheng Tung, Brijesh Patel and Po Ting Lin
14:20-14:40 Traditional vs Generative Design Optimization for Novel Wrist Exoskeleton
Federico Mariano, Roberto Francesco Pitzalis, Luigi Monica, Jesus Ortiz and Giovanni Berselli
14:40-15:00 Application of synchrosqueezing transform and autoencoders for monitoring of production systems. A case study on plastic chain conveyor systems
Luca Radicioni, Francesco Morgan Bono and Simone Cinquemani
15:00-15:20 A Multimodal Learning-based Approach for Autonomous Landing of UAV
Francisco Neves, Luís Branco, Maria Pereira, Rafael Claro and Andry Pinto
15:20-15:40 Towards A Digital Twin Framework for Landfill Emission Source Determination using Hybrid VTOL Fixed-wing: A Simulation Study
Derek Hollenbeck and Yangquan Chen

Room “5L”

MESA-05-A: Control Strategies for Mechatronic Systems

14:00-14:20 A Kernel-based Learning Approach for Nonlinear MIMO Systems in an Iterative Learning Control Framework
Francesco Vella, Francesco Ferracuti, Luca Cavanini and Andrea Monteriù
14:20-14:40 Identifying Two-Reset Conditions for Closed-Loop Sinusoidal Input Reset Control Systems
Xinxin Zhang and S. Hassan Hosseinnia
14:40-15:00 Ultraprecision Contouring Control with Enhanced Accuracy and Robustness: An Online Prediction Based Real-Time Iterative Compensation Method
Ran Zhou, Chuxiong Hu, Ze Wang and Yu Zhu
15:00-15:20 Combined ILC and DOB for Repetitive Control with Application to Fast Tool Servo System
Yajie Jing, Beibei Hou, Pengbo Liu, Shuaishuai Lu and Peng Yan
15:20-15:40 Practical Evaluation and Performance Comparison of Data Driven and Model Based Control Techniques for an Electromechanical System with Uncertainties
Deha Eker and Necdet Sinan Özbek

Room “5M”

MESA-02-B: Advances in Robotics and Automation

14:00-14:20 Enhanced Human-Robot Collaboration through AI Tools and Collision Avoidance Control
Matteo Forlini, Federico Neri, Luca Carbonari, Massimo Callegari and Giacomo Palmieri
14:20-14:40 Perception Challenges for Mixed Robot-Human Swarm Collaboration
Hoang Anh Pham, Tan Minh Cao, Valentin Gies, Thierry Soriano, Marin Dhainaut and Arthur Varre
14:40-15:00 A Pendulum Approach to Understanding the Dynamics of Transient Contact in Human-Robot Collaboration
Buddhika Piyumal Bandara Samarathunga Samarathunga Mudiyanselage, Andrea Bertagna, Irene Fassi, Marcello Valori, Roberto Pagani, David Vetturi and Giovanni Legnani
15:00-15:20 Introducing CAD/CAE tools in Robotics Education: a Case Study from the Deetechtive Project
Rosienkiewicz M., Helman J., Cholewa M., Molasy M., Górecka A., Bourgain M., Sagar A., Kohen-Vacs D., Winokur M., Benis A., Baggetta Mario and Berselli Giovanni
15:20-15:40 From single to dual-arm collaborative robotic assembly: a case study at I-Labs
Simone Pantanetti, Federico Emiliani, Daniele Costa, Giacomo Palmieri and Albin Bajrami

Room “Benvenuto”

MESA-11: Clean and Smart Vehicles and Transportation System

16:10-16:30 The Optimal Design and Control of a Low-emission Methanol-Fueled Hybrid Electric Boat
Siyang Liu and Zuomin Dong
16:30-16:50 Simulation and Neural Models for Traffic Light Importance Analysis in Urban Networks
Cristiano Cervellera, Danilo Macciò and Francesco Rebora
16:50-17:10 Design of an active seat suspension based on a Scott-Russell mechanism
Matija Hoic, Nenad Kranjcevic and Dominik Birt
17:10-17:30 Design of a Container Mechanism for Trash Collection on Quadruped Robots
Amir H. Rad, Matteo Villa, Angelo Bratta, Matteo Zoppi and Claudio Semini
17:30-17:50 Development of Machine Intelligence for Self-Driving Vehicles Through Video Capturing
Jordon Lowe and Kaya Kuru
17:50-18:10 Multi-Robot Object Transport in Constrained Environments: A Model Predictive Control Approach
Ibrahim Muhammed, Ayman Nada and Haitham El-Hussieny

Room “5L”

MESA-05-B: Control Strategies for Mechatronic Systems

16:10-16:30 Design and Control of a Cooperative System of an Autonomous Surface Vehicle and a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ASV-ROV)
Juri Khanmeh, Francesco Wanderlingh, Giovanni Indiveri and Enrico Simetti
16:30-16:50 Task Space Trajectory Planning for an Articulated Dielectric Elastomer Soft Robot with Input Saturation and Underactuation
Giovanni Soleti, Lorenzo Cicali, Michael Franci, Luca Pugi and Gianluca Rizzello
16:50-17:10 Human-Like Robotic Handwriting with Inverse Kinematic Using a Mobile Telescopic Arm
Luigi Gabriel Troconis, Oleg Genova, Alessandro Freddi and Andrea Monteriù
17:10-17:30 Wave-motion compensation for USV–UAV cooperation: A model predictive controller approach
José Martins, Pedro Pereira, Raul Campilho and Andry Pinto
17:30-17:50 Antagonistic Model Predictive Control for Quadrotor Cyber Attacks
Luca Cavanini, Riccardo Felicetti, Francesco Ferracuti, Alessandro Freddi, Sauro Longhi and Shafqat Ali Siyyal
17:50-18:10 Approximate Neural Network-based Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of Soft Continuum Robots
Hend Abdelaziz, Abdullah Alamer and Haitham El-Hussieny

Room “5M”

MESA-02-C: Advances in Robotics and Automation

16:10-16:30 The Role of Robotics: Automation in Shoe Manufacturing
Pedro Dias, Marcelo Petry and Luís Rocha
16:30-16:50 Mechatronic Design and Control of a Robotic System for Grinding
Kanstantsin Miatliuk, Adam Wolniakowski, Roman Trochimczuk and Jimmy Jorgensen
16:50-17:10 Collaborative Mobile Robotics for SMEs: A Case Study
Mirco Polonara, Luca Carbonari, Alessandra Romagnoli and Gianfranco Biancini
17:10-17:30 A Comparative Analysis on a Limited Image Dataset for Accurately Detecting Improperly Polished Surfaces for Industrial Applications
Albin Bajrami, Matteo Palpacelli, Gaetano Lettera and Simone Pantanetti
17:30-17:50 A preliminary experimentation of passive back-support exoskeleton in a real industrial context
Marianna Ciccarelli, Samuele Tonelli, Serenella Terlizzi, Cecilia Scoccia, Alessandra Papetti and Michele Germani
17:50-18:10 AI-Enabled Framework for Augmenting Upper Limb Rehabilitation With a Social Robot
Gloria Beraldo, Albin Bajrami, Alessandro Umbrico, Gabriella Cortellessa and Matteo Palpacelli

Tuesday, September 3rd

Room “Benvenuto”

MESA-04: Intelligent Vision Systems for Mechatronics

10:30-10:50 Fusion of Computer Vision Method and Fin Ray Effect Soft Robotic Gripper for Fruit Harvesting
Estêvão Vale Filho, David Alves, Ana Marques Alves, Enrico Zardini, Vinicius Cordeiro, Matilde Galvão, Martim Lima de Aguiar, Rodrigo Antunes, Nuno Pereira and Pedro Dinis Gaspar
10:50-11:10 CVOCR: Context Vision OCR
Rasoul Sadeghian, Shahrooz Shahin and Sina Sareh

MESA-06: Applications of Mechatronics and Embedded Systems

11:10-11:30 A Weeding Robot for Seedling Removal
Jarkko Kotaniemi, Niko Känsäkoski, Eric Halbach and Tapio Heikkilä
11:30-11:50 Ultrafast and High-Precision Steering of Laser Beams: Using a Synchronized Scanning System with Frequency Domain Feedforward Tuning
Kuai Yang, Xuexuan Li and Zhen Zhang
11:50-12:10 Design and Control of an Actuated Solar Panel for Solar Tracking Windows
Adriano Riml, Mateus Enzenberg, Simon Winkler and Yeongmi Kim

Room “5L”

MESA-09-A: Mechatronics in Medical Devices and Healthcare

10:30-10:50 Transmission of Near-Infrared Light Through Varying Porcine Tissue Thicknesses Towards a Non-invasive Blood Glucose Sensor
Josie Dixon, Lui Holder-Pearson, J. Geoffery Chase and Christopher G. Pretty
10:50-11:10 Design of a Powered Leg Prosthesis with a Custom Embedded Load Cell
Guilherme G. Fiorezi, Pedro H. F. Ulhoa, Augusto B. Kock, Danilo P. Inacio, Pedro H. B. Buzatto and Rafhael M. de Andrade
11:10-11:30 Customized Vacuum Bells for Pectus Excavatum Treatment: A Novel Design Approach
Carola Abello, Marco Massimo Fato, Mario Baggetta, Rosella Trò, Michele Torre and Giovanni Berselli
11:30-11:50 Proof of Concept Low-Cost Arterial-Venous Oxygen Sensing
Jordan F. Hill, Josephine A. Dixon, Jake Campbell, J. Geoffrey Chase and Christopher G. Pretty
11:50-12:10 Existing Devices in Wrist Rehabilitation Robotics: Mechanical Design, Control Systems, and User Requirements for Commercialization
Irene Pippo, Valentina Massone, Marco Guazzotti, Benedetta Gnetti, Giulia Aurora Albanese, Maura Casadio, Giovanni Berselli and Jacopo Zenzeri

Room “5M”

MESA-02-D: Advances in Robotics and Automation

10:30-10:50 Optimal Design of a Deployable and Reconfigurable Cable-Driven Parallel Robot
Andrea Lucarini, Edoardo Idà and Marco Carricato
10:50-11:10 An orthogonal and stereoscopic amplifying mechanism with nonparasitic displacement for parallel piezoelectric inchworm actuators
Yang Chen, Ziran Wang and Peng Yan
11:10-11:30 Non-planar slicing algorithm based on Geodesic field on Tetrahedral mesh for AM fabrication
Federico Insero, Valentina Furlan and Hermes Giberti
11:30-11:50 Design of a redundantly actuated desktop parallel kinematic machine for earthquake lab simulations
Sergio Pacioni, Luca Carbonari, Milena Martarelli and Massimo Callegari
11:50-12:10 Direct Kinematic Module Development for Robots with Mixed Rolling, Slipping, and Buoyant Wheels
Nicola Pio Belfiore, Alessandro Muccichini, Fabio Leccese, Eduardo De Fracesco and Gianluca Fabbri

Room “Benvenuto”

WORKSHOP on I&M Robotics for Renewable Energy Plants: SotA and Perspectives

14:00-15:40

Among the critical issues of renewable energy plants, two of them generate a dangerous mix that weakens the renewables’ ultimate goal, which is production loss of efficiency. The two main responsible elements are:

  • the aging of the plant leading to components wear and tear/breakage, which is not always predictable due to unpredictable weather conditions
  • installation in increasingly remote areas due to the reduction of space availability that makes human interventions less and less safe, and increasingly long time to reach.

Currently, addressing these two points has led to an increasing of resources and human operators risks. The robotic solution, therefore, seems best suited for this purpose:

  • repeatability ensures accurate monitoring with very early-stage defect detection, with noticeable reduced repairing costs
  • autonomy ensures remote operations, with huge human interventions reduction and consequently increasing of safety and efficiency

In this regard, IIT and ENEA have organized Workshops on “Inspection and Maintenance Robotics for Renewable Energy Production Plants” from photovoltaic to hydrogen, wind power through hydroelectric, as well as nuclear and tidal one, both onshore and offshore. In particular, the presentations will address the main topics and bring the current state of the art to the audience. Afterwards, from the further panel discussion by International Energy Players and R&D Centres, the potential future developments will be inferred so that plants also become less and less expensive from the management point of view and increasingly efficient from the production point of view.

Room “5L”

MESA-09-B: Mechatronics in Medical Devices and Healthcare

14:00-14:20 An Adaptive Oscillators-Based Approach to Achieve Transparent Control of a Six DoF Lower-Limb Exoskeleton
Rafhael Milanezi de Andrade, Benito Lorenzo Pugliese, Abolfazl Mohebbi and Paolo Bonato
14:20-14:40 MIRAπ: A Robotic Mirror Therapy Device for Individuals with Hand Impairments
Jasmin Eder, Simon Senoner, Ruben Stein, Simon Winkler and Yeongmi Kim
14:40-15:00 EMG-based Co-Contraction Controller for an Upper-Limb Exoskeleton
Eduardo Dias, Pedro Ulhoa and Rafhael Milanezi
15:00-15:20 Deep Learning Approach for EEG Classification in Lower-Limb Movement Phases: Towards Enhanced Brain-Computer Interface Control
Cristian Felipe Blanco-Diaz, Cristian David Guerrero-Mendez, Guilherme Rangel Furtado, Teodiano Bastos-Filho and Rafhael Milanezi de Andrade

Room “5M”

MESA-02-E: Advances in Robotics and Automation

14:00-14:20 Wearable Drone as a Fall Arresting Device: Preliminary Concept and Feasibility Analysis
Alireza Naderi Akhormeh, Davide Geoffrey Svampa, Fabio Pera, Carlo Canali, Lorenzo Ceppari, Darwin G. Caldwell and Nikhil Deshpande
14:20-14:40 A fast Collision Detection System based on an Extended State Observer
Giammarco Tonti, Shabnam Shakourzadeh and Corrado Guarino Lo Bianco
14:40-15:00 Solving the Wire Loop Game with a reinforcement-learning controller based on haptic feedback
Lorenzo Mazzotti, Michele Angelini and Marco Carricato
15:00-15:20 Quasi-Static Analysis of Orientational Alignment of a 2-D Part toward a 2nd-order Form Closure Grasp with Circular Fingers
Hiroki Dobashi, Shoma Sumi and Masaya Minami
15:20-15:40 Human-inspired Grasping Strategies of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Applied to Robotic Manipulation
Romeo Orsolino, Mykhaylo Marfeychuk, Mario Baggetta, Mariana de Paula Assis Fonseca, Wesley Wimshurst, Francesco Porta, Morgan Clarke, Giovanni Berselli and Jelizaveta Konstantinova

Room “Benvenuto”

MESA-IND: Bridging Academia and Industry in Mechatronics and Embedded Systems

16:10-16:30 TriCoM Gripper–Part I: Mechanical Design and Synthesis of a Portable 3-Finger Underactuated Compliant Monolithic Gripper
Seyyed Masoud Kargar and Giovanni Berselli
16:30-16:50 TriCoM Gripper–Part II: Optimum Soft Pads for Delicate Object Handling
Seyyed Masoud Kargar and Giovanni Berselli
16:50-17:10 Improving Industrial Question Answering Chatbots with Domain-Specific LLMs Fine-Tuning
Riccardo Rosati, Filippo Antonini, Nikhil Muralikrishna, Flavio Tonetto and Adriano Mancini
17:10-17:30 Edge-AI for Buoy Detection and Mussel Farming: A Comparative Study of YOLO Frameworks
Gagan Narang, Daniele Berardini, Rocco Pietrini, Anna Nora Tassetti, Adriano Mancini and Alessandro Galdelli
17:30-17:50 Collaborative robots in industrial manufacturing: a case study of tolerated assembly
Federico Emiliani, Daniele Costa, Giacomo Palmieri, Daniele Polucci, Albin Bajrami and Chiara Leoni
17:50-18:10 Design & Development of a Smart Blind System Using Fuzzy Logic
Jordon Lowe and Kaya Kuru

Room “5L”

MESA-07-A: Smart Sensors and Actuators in Mechatronics

16:10-16:30 Multi-Modal Sensor for Fingertips of Anthropomorphic Grippers
Tanzeel Ahmad Fazal, Gianluca Laudante, Michele Mirto, Olga Pennacchio and Salvatore Pirozzi
16:30-16:50 Design of Fin Ray Effect Soft Robotic Gripper for Improved Mechanical Performance and Adaptability: Numerical Simulations and Experimental Validation
Rodrigo Antunes, Luan Lang, Martim Lima de Aguiar, Thiago Assis Dutra and Pedro Dinis Gaspar
16:50-17:10 Fiber Optic Sensor Improves Displacement Measurement In Dielectric Elastomers Actuators
Alexandre Bernardo Santos da Silva, Gabriel Escher Pires Mendes, Camilo Arturo Rodríguez Díaz, Claysson B. S. Vimieiro, Arnaldo Gomes Leal Júnior and Rafhael Milanezi de Andrade
17:10-17:30 AI-Enhanced Actuators and Sensors in Mechatronics: A Review of Current Technologies and Emerging Trends
Ahmed Wadee
17:30-17:50 On the Modeling of Tendon-Driven Systems: a Literature Review
Mario Baggetta, Alberto Rittore and Giovanni Berselli
17:50-18:10 Virtual Prototyping of a Cable-Driven Compliant Robotic Wrist
Mario Baggetta, Gianluca Palli, Claudio Melchiorri and Giovanni Berselli

Room “5M”

MESA-08-A: Mechatronics and Robotics for Inspection and Maintenance

16:10-16:30 Fully Automated Robotic Inspection of Power Generators
Carlo Canali, Sergio Leggieri, Daniele Ludovico, Alessandro Pistone, Federico Manara, Ardit Poka, Lorenzo De Mari Casareto Del Verme, Iacopo Longinotti and Darwin G. Caldwell
16:30-16:50 Using Quadcopter for Vision-based Tracking of High-Rise Vertical Structure
Ayush Gupta, Amit Shukla, Ashok Kumar Shivaratri and Naisarg Pandya
16:50-17:10 SAFESUB: Safe and Autonomous Subsea Intervention
Aksel Transeth, Jostein Thorstensen, Ahmed Mohammed, Jens Thielemann, Klaus Ening, Esten Ingar Grøtli, Bent O.A. Haugaløkken, Martin A. Brandt, Ments Tore Møller, Rebecca T. Hovland, Odd Steinar Erland, Ingrid B Utne and Ingrid Schjølberg
17:10-17:30 Motion Blur Impact on Measurement in Autonomous Inspection
Nahuel Jose, Gabriele Marchello and Ferdinando Cannella
17:30-17:50 Autonomous Inspection and Maintenance Operations employing Multi-Robots: Preliminary Results
Miguel Hinostroza, Anastasios Lekkas, Aksel Transeth, Bjørnar Luteberget, Christian de Jonge and Svein Ivar Sagatun
17:50-18:10 PV Large Utility Visual Inspection via Unmanned Vehicles
Ferdinando Cannella and Girolamo Di Francia

Wednesday, September 4th

Room “Benvenuto”

MESA-10: Mechatronic Systems Engineering

09:00-09:20 Novel Method for the Optimal Design of a Robotic Neck Mechanism to Mimic Human Neck Motion: a Data-Driven Approach
Daniele Ludovico, Alessandro Pistone, Iacopo Longinotti, Paolo Guardiani, Roberto Gagliardi, Maria Teresa Settino, Carlo Canali, Nikhil Deshpande, Darwin Gordon Caldwell and Jesús Ortiz
09:20-09:40 Optimal Design using Particle Swarm Optimization for Ropeway Carrier Passive Dynamic Vibration Absorbers
Yen-Wen Chen, Her Terng Yau, Tsung-Yu Hsiao, Song-Wei Hong, Yi-Hsuan Cheng and Yi-Ji Wang
09:40-10:00 Blockchain-Enabled Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning Authentication With Immersive Devices for Urban Metaverse Cyberspace
Kaya Kuru and Kaan Kuru

Room “5L”

MESA-07-B: Smart Sensors and Actuators in Mechatronics

09:00-09:20 An overview on the use of shape memory alloys for developing adaptive tuned mass dampers
Marta Berardengo and Stefano Manzoni
09:20-09:40 Streamlined 3D Parametric Modeling Approach for Rapid Analysis and Optimization of Compliant Tetra Joints
Seyyed Masoud Kargar and Giovanni Berselli
09:40-10:00 Alleviation of Viscoelastic Creep in Electrostatically Driven Soft Dielectric Elastomer Actuators Using Input Shaping Scheme
Kunj Golwala, Riby A. Boby and Atul K. Sharma

Room “5M”

MESA-08-B: Mechatronics and Robotics for Inspection and Maintenance

09:00-09:20 Dynamic Design of a Fast Robotic Total Station Based on Ad-Hoc-Conceived Virtual Experiments Implemented through a Digital Twin
Henrique Simas, Raffaele Di Gregorio and Roberto Simoni
09:20-09:40 AAPOE: Automated Artifacts Position and Orientation Estimation in Cultural Heritage
Javed Ahmad, Selene Frascella, Federico Dassiè, Marcel Gabriel Lahoud, Gabriele Marchello, Ferdinando Cannella and Arianna Traviglia
09:40-10:00 Design of a 6-DOF Aerial Hybrid Cable-Driven Parallel Manipulator
Kong Zhang, Guangbo Hao, Vikram Pakrashi, Jimmy Murphy and Philip Long