Papers
101
Total Citations
2,763
H-Index
26
About
Giorgio Cannata is a prominent robotics researcher whose career spans tactile sensing, robot manipulation, and multi-robot systems, with particular depth in developing artificial skin technologies for humanoid robots. His most celebrated contribution is the creation of compliant, large-scale tactile "skin" systems capable of covering entire robot bodies — work that has fundamentally advanced how robots perceive and interact with their physical environment. His 2011 paper on large-scale robot tactile sensors has accumulated over 400 citations, while his foundational 2008 work on embedded artificial skin has drawn more than 250, reflecting the field's hunger for practical solutions to a longstanding challenge in humanoid robotics. Cannata's research elegantly bridges materials science and robotics engineering, exploring capacitive and piezoelectric PVDF technologies to optimize sensitivity, flexibility, and robustness in tactile systems. His earlier work on dexterous manipulation — including the AMADEUS underwater robot hand and the DIST-Hand gripper — demonstrates a career-long commitment to sophisticated robot-environment interaction. With a combined citation count exceeding 1,500 across his top papers, Cannata's influence is substantial and enduring. His contributions offer students and researchers an inspiring blueprint for translating biomechanically inspired sensing concepts into deployable robotic systems.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
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- 2An embedded artificial skin for humanoid robots257 citations · 2008
- 3A Flexible and Robust Large Scale Capacitive Tactile System for Robots228 citations · 2013
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- 5AMADEUS: advanced manipulation for deep underwater sampling131 citations · 1997
- 6The design and development of the DIST-Hand dextrous gripper85 citations · 2002
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- 8An embedded tactile and force sensor for robotic manipulation and grasping55 citations · 2006
- 9Skin spatial calibration using force/torque measurements53 citations · 2011
- 10A Minimalist Algorithm for Multirobot Continuous Coverage52 citations · 2011