Guido Gioioso

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Guido Gioioso is a leading researcher in robotic manipulation, teleoperation, and haptics, whose work bridges the gap between human dexterity and robotic control. His major contributions center on developing unified frameworks for controlling robotic hands with dissimilar kinematics, most notably through an object-based approach that maps human hand synergies onto robotic systems—a concept detailed in his highly cited 2013 paper (139 citations). He pioneered the "Flying Hand" concept, a formation of UAVs for cooperative aerial telemanipulation (95 citations), and co-created SynGrasp, a MATLAB toolbox for grasp analysis of underactuated and compliant hands, which has become a standard tool in the field (91 and 55 citations). Gioioso’s work extends to bilateral teleoperation frameworks for aerial robots in contact with the environment (28 citations) and wearable haptics for immersive VR (27 citations), showcasing his versatility. His research, with over 500 total citations, has significantly advanced telemanipulation, enabling more intuitive and efficient control of complex robotic systems, and continues to inspire innovations in human-robot interaction and autonomous grasping.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Mapping Synergies From Human to Robotic Hands With Dissimilar Kinematics: An Approach in the Object Domain

   139 citations · 2013
2. 2
   The flying hand: A formation of UAVs for cooperative aerial tele-manipulation

   95 citations · 2014
3. 3
   SynGrasp: A MATLAB Toolbox for Underactuated and Compliant Hands

   91 citations · 2015
4. 4
   SynGrasp: A MATLAB toolbox for grasp analysis of human and robotic hands

   55 citations · 2013
5. 5
   An Object-Based Approach to Map Human Hand Synergies onto Robotic Hands with Dissimilar Kinematics

   32 citations · 2012
6. 6
   On the use of homogeneous transformations to map human hand movements onto robotic hands

   30 citations · 2014
7. 7
   A force-based bilateral teleoperation framework for aerial robots in contact with the environment

   28 citations · 2015
8. 8
   Rendering of Pressure and Textures Using Wearable Haptics in Immersive VR Environments

   27 citations · 2018
9. 9
   Multicontact Bilateral Telemanipulation With Kinematic Asymmetries

   24 citations · 2016
10. 10
    Mapping synergies from human to robotic hands with dissimilar kinematics: an object based approach

    23 citations · 2011

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