People Microrobotics Area Lucia Beccai
| Lucia Beccai (Team Leader) |
BiographyDr. Lucia Beccai PublicationsJournal- L. Beccai, S. Roccella, A. Arena, F. Valvo, P. Valdastri, A. Menciassi, M.C. Carrozza, and P. Dario “Design and fabrication of a hybrid silicon three-axial force sensor for biomechanical applications,” Sensors and Actuators A, 120, 2, 2005, pp. 370-382. - P. Valdastri, S. Roccella, L. Beccai, E. Cattin, A. Menciassi, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario “Characterization of a novel hybrid silicon three-axial force sensor,” Sensors and Actuators A 123–124, 2005, pp. 249–257. - P. Valdastri, K. Harada, A. Menciassi, L. Beccai, C. Stefanini, M. Fujie, P. Dario “Integration of a miniaturized triaxial force sensor in a minimally invasive surgical tool,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 53, 11, 2006, pp. 2397-2400. - S. Micera, M.C. Carrozza, L. Beccai, F. Vecchi, P. Dario “Hybrid bionic systems for the replacement of hand function,” Proceedings of the IEEE, 94, 9, Sept. 2006, pp. 1752-1762. - M.C. Carrozza, G. Cappiello, S. Micera, B.B. Edin, L. Beccai, C. Cipriani “Design of a cybernetic hand for perception and action”, Biological Cybernetics, 95, 6, 2006, pp. 629-644. - C.M. Oddo, P. Valdastri, L. Beccai, S. Roccella, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario “Investigation on calibration methods for multi-axis, linear and redundant force sensors,” Measurement Science and Technology, 18, 2007, pp. 623–631. - L. Ascari, P. Corradi, L. Beccai and C. Laschi, A miniaturized and flexible optoelectronic sensing system for a tactile skin, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 17, 2007, pp. 2288–2298. - B.B. Edin , L. Ascari, L. Beccai, S. Roccella, J-J. Cabibihan, M.C. Carrozza “Bio-inspired sensorization of a biomechatronic robot hand for the grasp-and-lift tasks,” Brain Research Bullettin 75, 6, 2008, pp.785-795. - L. Beccai, S. Roccella, L. Ascari, P. Valdastri, A. Sieber, M.C. Carrozza, and P. Dario “Development and Experimental Analysis of a Soft Compliant Tactile Microsensor for Anthropomorphic Artificial Hand,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 13, 2, 2008, pp. 158-168. - C.M. Oddo, L. Beccai, M. Felder, F. Giovacchini and M.C. Carrozza “Artificial Roughness Encoding with a Bio-inspired MEMS-based Tactile Sensor Array” Sensors 2009, 9(5), pp. 3161-3183. - S. Palagi, V. Pensabene, E. Sinibaldi, L. Beccai , B. Mazzolai, V. Mattoli, P. Dario, A. Menciassi “Controlled magnetic propulsion of floating polymeric 2D nano-objects”, Advanced Robotics, accepted (2010) - H.B. Muhammad, C.M. Oddo, L. Beccai, C.J. Anthony, M.J. Adams, M.C. Carrozza, D.W.L. Hukins, M.C.L. Ward “Development of a Bioinspired MEMS based Capacitive Tactile Sensor for a Robotic Finger”, Sensors and Actuators A, 165, 2, February 2011, pp. 221-229. - H.B. Muhammad, C. Recchiuto, C.M. Oddo, L. Beccai, C.J. Anthony, M. J. Adams, M.C. Carrozza, M.C.L. Ward, A capacitive tactile sensor array for surface texture recognition, Microelectronic Engineering, in press, doi:10.1016/j.mee.2011.01.045 - E. Buselli, A. Smith, L. Grover, A. Menciassi, V. Mattoli, L. Beccai “Development and characterization of a bio-hybrid skin-like stretchable electrode” Journal of Microelectronic Engineering, in press, doi:10.1016/j.mee.2010.12.011. - C. M. Oddo, L. Beccai, C. Cipriani, M. C. Carrozza “Roughness Encoding for Discrimination of Surfaces in Artificial Active Touch” IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2010 accepted. - Book chapters- M.C. Carrozza, - L. Beccai, International conferences- P. Dario, M.C. Carrozza, A. Menciassi, A. Eisinberg, A. Benvenuto, L. Beccai, “Advances in Micromechatronics,” in Proc. of EUREL - European Advanced Robotics Systems Masterclass and Conference - Robotics 2000, April 12-14, 2000, University of Salford, Manchester, UK. - A. Benvenuto, L. Beccai, F. Valvo, A. Menciassi, P. Dario, M.C. Carrozza, J. Aguiló, A. Ivorra, “Silicon Microprobes Packaging and Characterisation for Myocardial Ischemia Monitoring,” in Proc. of Micromechanics in Europe MME 2000, October 1-3, 2000, Uppsala, Sweden. - A. Benvenuto, L. Beccai, F. Valvo, A. Menciassi, P. Dario, M.C. Carrozza, J. Aguiló, A. Ivorra, R. Villa, J. Millán, P. Godignon, J. Bausells, A. Errachid, “Impedance Microprobes for Myocardial Ischemia Monitoring,” in Proc. of the 1st International IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on Microtechnology in Medicine and Biology, October 12-14, 2000, Lyon, France, 234-238. - N. Zine, A. Ivorra, J. Aguiló, R. Villa, J. Millán, J. Bausells, A. Errachid, P. Godignon, A. Benvenuto, L. Beccai, F. Valvo, A. Menciassi, P. Dario, ”Multisensor Silicon Needle for Cardiac Applications,” in Proc. of the 1st International IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on Microtechnology in Medicine and Biology October 12-14, 2000, Lyon, France, 216-219. - P. Valdastri, S. Roccella, L. Beccai, F. Valvo, A. Menciassi, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, “Characterization of a Hybrid Silicon Three-Axial Force Sensor,” in Proc. of EUROSENSORS 2004, September 13-15, 2004. - M.C. Carrozza, G. Cappiello, L. Beccai, F. Zaccone, P. Dario “Design Methods For Innovative Hand Prostheses,” in Proc. of the 26th Ann. Int. Conference of the IEEE EMBS San Francisco, CA, USA, September 1-5, 2004, pp. 4345-4348. - P. Dario, M.C. Carrozza, L. Beccai, C. Laschi, B. Mazzolai, A. Menciassi, S. Micera, “Design fabrication and application of biomimetic sensors in biorobotics,” in Proc. of the 2005 IEEE Int. Conference on Information Acquisition, June 27 - July 3, 2005, Hong Kong and Macau, China. - B.B. Edin, L. Beccai, L. Ascari, S. Roccella, J. Cabibihan and M.C. Carrozza, “A bio-inspired approach for the design and characterization of a tactile sensory system for a cybernetic prosthetic hand,” in Proc. of the 2006 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, Florida, May 2006, pp. 1354-1358. - C. Cipriani, F. Zaccone, G. Stellin, L. Beccai, G. Cappiello, M.C. Carrozza and P. Dario “Closed-loop controller for a bio-inspired multi-fingered underactuated prosthesis,” in Proc. of the 2006 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, Florida, May 2006, pp. 2111-2116. - S. Bossi, S. Micera, A. Menciassi, L. Beccai, K.P. Hoffman, K.P. Koch, P. Dario, “On the actuation of Thin film Longitudinal Intrafascicular Electrodes,” in Proc. of the 2006 1st IEEE/RAS EMBS Int. Conf. on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, pp. 383-388. - L. Beccai, S. Roccella, L. Ascari, M.C. Carrozza, and P. Dario, “Experimental analysis of a soft compliant tactile microsensor to be integrated in an anthropomorphic artificial hand,” 8th Biennial ASME Conf. on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, July 4-7, 2006, Turin, Italy. - M.C. Carrozza, C. Laschi, S. Micera, P. Dario, S. Roccella, J. Carpaneto, L. Beccai , A. Pisetta, L. Odetti, F. Vecchi, S. Mazzoleni “Research on Rehabilitation Engineering at ARTS Lab, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy” Proc. of 10th int. Conf. on Rehabilitation robotics, 2007, Noordwijk, The Netherlands. - Malin Björnsdotter Åberg, Simon Beckmann, Helena Backlund-Wasling, Lucia Beccai, Calogero M. Oddo, Nicola Vitiello, Johan Wessberg “Decoding human EEG dynamics due to tactile texture processing using independent component analysis and support vector machines” Neuroscience 2009, October 17-21, 2009, Chicago, IL. - H.B. Muhammad, C.M. Oddo, L. Beccai, M. J. Adams, M.C Carrozza, D.W. Hukins, M.C. Ward “Development of a Biomimetic MEMS based Capacitive Tactile Sensor” Eurosensors XXIII, September 6 - 9, 2009, Lausanne, Switzerland. - L. Ventrelli, L. Beccai, V. Mattoli, A. Menciassi, P. Dario “Development of a stretchable skin-like tactile sensor based on polymeric composites” IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2009) December 18-22, 2009, Guilin，Guangxi，China. - C.M. Oddo, L. Beccai, G. Muscolo, M.C Carrozza “A Biomimetic MEMS-based Tactile Sensor Array with Fingerprints integrated in a Robotic Fingertip for Artificial Roughness Encoding” IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2009) December 18-22, 2009, Guilin Guangxi, China. - H. F. Kwok, K. Darkins, C. M. Oddo, L. Beccai, A. M. Wing “Contact force and duration effects on static and dynamic texture discrimination” Proc. of Eurohaptics Int. Conf. on Generating and Perceiving Tangible Sensations, July 8-10, 2010, Amsterdam, PT II, 6192, pp. 9-16. - H.B. Muhammad, N.C. Hunt, C.M. Oddo, C.T. Recchiuto, L. Beccai,, R.M. Shelton, L. M. Grover, M.C.L. Ward “ Incorporation of novel MEMS tactile sensors into tissue engineered skin” IEEE 4th Int. Conf. on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, June 18-20, 2010 Chengdu, China. - E. Buselli, A. Smith, L. Grover, A. Menciassi, V. Mattoli, L. Beccai “Development and characterization of a stretchable electrode on soft polymer for mammalian cell monitoring and stimulation” 36th Int. Conf. On Micro&NanoEngineering 19-22 September 2010, Genova, Italy. - H.B. Muhammad, L. Beccai, C. Oddo, M.J. Adams, M.C.Carrozza, M. Ward “A MEMS tactile sensor array for texture recognition” 36th Int. Conf. On Micro&NanoEngineering 19-22 September 2010, Genova, Italy - H. K. Backlund, L. Beccai, C. M. Oddo, M.C. Carrozza, J. Wessberg “Human single afferent response to tactile stimuli with varying roughness: a population-level description in the time- and frequency-domains” Neuroscience 2010, November 13-17, 2010, San Diego, USA. - S. Palagi, V. Pensabene, L. Beccai, B. Mazzolai, A. Menciassi, P. Dario, “Design and development of a soft magnetically-propelled swimming microrobot”, ICRA 2011, accepted International workshops- P. Dario, C. Laschi, A. Menciassi, E. Guglielmelli, M.C. Carrozza, S. Micera, G. Teti, F. Leoni, C. Suppo, S. Roccella, F. Sebastiani, L. Beccai, “An anthropomorphic robotic platform for investigative sensory-motor coordination in grasping,” in Proc. of Workshop "Embodied Artificial Intelligence special issues on the design principles", Zurich, Switzerland, October 7th, 2002. - P. Dario, C. Laschi, A. Menciassi, E. Guglielmelli, M.C. Carrozza, L. Zollo, G. Teti, L. Beccai, F. Vecchi, S. Roccella, “A Human-like Robotic Manipulation System Implementing Human Models of Sensory-Motor Coordination,” in Proc. of IARP 2002, 3rd Int. Workshop on Humanoid and Human Friendly Robotics, Tsukuba, Japan, December 11-12, 2002, pp.97-103. - M.C. Carrozza, G. Stellin, S. Roccella, G. Cappiello, F. Zaccone, C. Cipriani, L. Beccai, F. Vecchi, P. Dario “Advanced cable driven sensing artificial hands for extra vehicular and exploration activities,” 9th ESA Workshop on Advanced Space Technologies for Robotics and Automation, ASTRA 2006, 28-30 November 2006, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands. - L. Beccai, C. M. Oddo, C. Cipriani, M. C. Carrozza “A biorobotic approach for artificial touch: from the development of a MEMS sensor to the tactile array integration into an actuated finger” Worshop on “Tactile Sensing in Humanoids – Tactile Sensors and Beyond" , Humanoids 2009, December 7-10, 2009, Paris, France. - M. D’Alonzo, L. Beccai, A. Wing, M. C. Carrozza, “Human Tactile Studies on Discrimination Threshold for Biomimetic Force Sensitive Artificial Fingertip Development”, Worshop on “Tactile Sensing in Humanoids – Tactile Sensors and Beyond", Humanoids 2009, December 7-10, 2009, - L. Beccai , C. M. Oddo, C. Cipriani, M. Controzzi, F. Mattioli, M. C. Carrozza “A bioinspired tactile fingertip for texture discrimination” in Special Symposyum/Workshop 4 “Bioinspired tactile sensing. Developing a biomimetic sensor based on nanoscale force transducers to mimic the resolution, sensitivity and dynamics of spatial touch in the human finger”, Eurohaptics 2010, July 7, 2010, Amsterdam. - L. Beccai, C. M. Oddo, M. Controzzi, C. Cipriani, M. C. Carrozza “Roughness Discrimination of Surfaces in Artificial Active Touch” Royal Society Theo Murphy meeting on “Active tactile sensing” Chicheley, UK, Jan. 31, 2011- Feb. 2, 2011. National conferences- A. Benvenuto, L. Beccai, F. Valvo, A. Menciassi, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, “Packaging and Characterisation of Short-Term Semi-Implantable Silicon Microprobes for Medical Diagnostics,” in Proc. of the 6th National Conference on Sensors and Microsystems, AISEM 2001, February 5-7, 2001, Pisa, Italy. - L.Beccai, S. Roccella, A. Arena, A. Menciassi, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, “Silicon-based three axial force sensor for prosthetic applications,” in Proc. of the 7th National Conference on Sensors and Microsystems, AISEM 2002, February 4-6, 2002, Bologna, Italy. - F. Valvo, L. Beccai, P. Valdastri, S. Roccella, A. Menciassi, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, “Development and characterization of a silicon-based three-axial force sensor,” The 9th Nat. Conf. On Sensors and Microsystems, AISEM 2004, February 9-11, - L. Beccai, S. Roccella , C. M. Oddo, M.C. Carrozza “Sensing fingertip for bioinspired tactile encoding” Primo Congresso Nazionale di Bioingegneria, Pisa, 3-5 luglio 2008, GNB 2008. |
from November 2009 is Team Leader of the Microrobotics Area at the Center for Micro-BioRobotics@SSSA of Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Pontedera (Pisa), Italy. She graduated in Electronic Engineering from the University of Pisa in 1998 and received the Ph.D. in Microsystem Engineering from the University of Rome Tor Vergata in 2003. In 1999 she joined the Center of Research in Microengineering (CRIM) Laboratory of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA) as research assistant and has collaborated to European scientific projects in the field of biomedical microsystems. She joined the Advanced Robotic Technology and System (ARTS) of SSSA in 2005 and obtained a temporary position of Assistant Professor in Bioengineering in 2008. She has matured expertise in biomechatronics and microsystem engineering in the biomedical field, for example she addressed investigations related to biomedical microsystems for in-vivo applications, MEMS, bioinspired solutions for bionic hand tactile feedback systems and human-like tactile encoding. Dr. Beccai collaborated to many international projects being responsible for research management activities in several of them, like in Cyberhand (EU-IST-FET-2001-35094) and Nanobiotact (FP6-NMP-033287). She is member of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society and the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. Her current scientific interests at the Center, where she co-tutors 9 PhD students, are related to the investigation of innovative sensing, actuation and locomotion strategies in robotics using inspiration from Nature, focus is on soft bodied microrobots, biomimetic tactile sensors and bio-hybrid sensing systems at the microscale.