Papers
6
Total Citations
33
H-Index
4
About
Caterina Rizzi is a researcher whose work spans two distinct but complementary domains: the automated handling of non-rigid materials (NRMs) and human-robot collaboration with a focus on ergonomics. Her foundational contributions in the late 1990s and early 2000s established frameworks for modeling, simulating, and physically implementing gripping systems designed to manipulate flat, flexible materials — a technically demanding challenge given the complex physical behavior such materials exhibit. Her 2002 paper on robotic handling systems for NRMs, her most cited work with 13 citations, culminated years of simulation and design research by presenting a working prototype experimentally validated in real-world conditions. More recently, Rizzi has turned her attention to the intersection of collaborative robotics and worker wellbeing, exploring how markerless motion capture and virtual reality technologies can enable real-time ergonomic assessment of operators working alongside cobots. This timely research, published in 2022, addresses the growing concern over musculoskeletal disorders in manufacturing environments. Across her career, Rizzi has demonstrated a consistent commitment to bridging computational simulation with practical engineering solutions, making her work valuable to researchers in robotics, manufacturing automation, and occupational health.
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Top Papers
- 1Robotic handling for flat non-rigid materials13 citations · 2002
- 2Design and simulation of non-rigid materials handling systems6 citations · 1996
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- 5Manual Tasks Real-Time Ergonomic Evaluation for Collaborative Robotics3 citations · 2022
- 6Simulation of Non-Rigid Materials Handling3 citations · 2000