Raffaella Carloni
Assistant Professor
Robotics and Mechatronics Group
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Office: Carre’ 3.435
Tel: +31 (0)53 489 2817 (2606)
Fax: +31 (0)53 489 2223
email: r.carloni(at)utwente.nl
Raffaella Carloni received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Bologna and she joined the University of Twente as an Assistant Professor in February 2008. From January 2010, she is Associate Editor of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine and she has served in the program committee of several robotic conferences. From 2012, she is a member of the IFAC Technical Committee in Robotics. Her research focuses on developing the fundamentals and the mechanics needed to realize human-friendly robots, i.e., safe and reliable machines, operating in the close vicinity to humans or directly interacting with them. More specifically, the core interest is in the realization of robust, energy-efficient and highly dynamic variable impedance actuation systems, which permit the embodiment of natural characteristics, found in biological systems, into a new generation of robotic systems. Application scenarios of particular interest are: (1) Bipedal robots and leg prostheses, (2) Haptic teleoperation of aerial vehicles for inspection by contact, (3) Assistive robotic arms.
