Marco Santella
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Marco Santella is a researcher in human motor control and sensorimotor neuroscience, with a focus on how the brain plans and executes dexterous hand movements under uncertainty. His work bridges experimental biomechanics and computational modeling to understand the strategies humans use to compensate for incomplete or ambiguous sensory information during reach-to-grasp actions. In his highly cited 2013 study, "Human reach-to-grasp compensation with object pose uncertainty," Santella introduced a novel motion tracking framework and a custom instrumented cylindrical object to precisely capture hand-object interactions. He demonstrated that when object orientation is uncertain, humans adopt distinct compensatory strategies—such as altering hand preshaping and contact points—to maintain successful grasps. This work provided foundational insights into the flexibility and robustness of human prehension, with implications for prosthetic design and robotic manipulation. Although his citation count is modest, his contributions are valued for their methodological rigor and relevance to understanding natural motor behavior. Santella’s research continues to inform how sensory uncertainty shapes coordinated movement.
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- 1Human reach-to-grasp compensation with object pose uncertainty6 citations · 2013