Erik Gasparini, a doctoral student in biorobotics at Italy’s Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, received the Best PhD Student award for the development of LimbMATE, a bionic platform for the intuitive control of prosthetic limbs.
LimbMATE interprets residual muscle activity and translates it into natural and intuitive prosthetic control. It was developed in collaboration with the Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli as part of the national Fit4MedRob project, which aims to address the gaps that have prevented the clinical adoption of robotic and digital treatments in Italy.
The platform, developed within the Artificial Hands Area of the Institute of BioRobotics, coordinated by Christian Cipriani, PhD, and under the supervision of researcher Enzo Mastinu, PhD, has been approved for an upcoming clinical trial.
