Giulio Cerruti

Laboratoire de Thermique et Energie de Nantes, Centre Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire

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Giulio Cerruti is a robotics researcher whose work spans the design and control of anthropomorphic robotic hands and the kinematics of novel robotic systems. He is perhaps best known for his contributions to dexterous robotic hand design, particularly his development of the ALPHA hand — a hybrid, self-adaptable robotic hand engineered for social humanoid robots. This innovative system merges under-actuated and self-adaptable kinematics into a compact, lightweight design capable of both expressive gesturing and functional grasping, earning 23 citations and establishing Cerruti as a notable voice in human-inspired robotics. His complementary work on a numerical design method for anthropomorphic hand kinematics (21 citations) addressed a significant gap in the literature, offering researchers a rigorous, systematic approach to finger placement and kinematic modeling. Together, these papers form a cohesive body of work that bridges mechanical design, biomechanics, and human-robot interaction. More recently, Cerruti has extended his research into soft and growing robotics, contributing to the 3D kinematics and quasi-static modeling of eversion-based growing robots — systems with promising applications in surgery, inspection, and archaeology. His trajectory reflects a researcher continually pushing the boundaries of robotic morphology and adaptability.