Papers
7
Total Citations
32
H-Index
4
About
Federico Allione is a robotics researcher whose work spans legged locomotion, balance control, and bio-inspired soft robotics. His primary contributions focus on enabling robots to maintain stability and survive impacts in unstructured environments. Allione’s most cited paper (8 citations) investigates how repetitive low-acceleration shocks affect attitude estimation in MEMS inertial measurement units, a critical concern for legged robots and drones operating in rough terrain. He experimentally demonstrated a general balancing controller on an untethered planar inverted double pendulum (6 citations), showing superior performance over earlier theories by allowing larger, faster movements while maintaining balance. Allione also advanced shock resistance knowledge through mechanical testing of position encoders (5 citations), and extended Featherstone’s balance controller to robots balancing on rolling contacts like rounded feet or wheels (4 citations). His work is notably interdisciplinary: he co-authored a study using soft robophysical models to explore how asymmetric fin shapes affected swimming dynamics in ancient marine reptiles (3 citations), and developed a hopping and balancing monopedal robot with ring screw actuation designed to withstand crash landings (3 citations). Allione’s research uniquely combines theoretical balance control, practical impact tolerance, and paleontologically-inspired soft robotics, making him a rising figure in resilient robot locomotion.
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- 3Mechanical Shock Testing of Incremental and Absolute Position Encoders5 citations · 2021
- 4Balancing on a Rolling Contact4 citations · 2023
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- 6Balancing and Hopping With a Ring Screw Actuation on One Leg3 citations · 2024
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