Massimiliano ZECCA, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Address
ROBOCASA, Waseda University
Ookubo 3-4-1 55S-707, Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo 169-8555 (JAPAN)
Phone: (+81)-3-5286-3126
Fax: (+81)-3-5287-3129
E-mail:

Biosketch

All these are firmly bound by Love, which rules both earth and sea, and has its empire in the heavens too. If Love should slacken its hold, all mutual love would change to war; and these would strive to undo the scheme which now their glorious movements carry out with trust and accord. By Love are peoples too kept bound together by a treaty which they may not break. Love binds with pure affection the sacred tie of wedlock, and speaks its bidding to all trusty friends. O happy race of mortals if your hearts are ruled as is the universe, by Love.
- Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy

  • Date of birth: July 11, 1973.

  • Place of birth: San Gimignano (Siena).

  • Citizenship: Italian.

  • Languages:

    • Italian (mother tongue)
    • English (fluent)
    • Japanese (intermediate)
    • Spanish (beginner)

Current Position

He is currently Lecturer for the Global COE "Global Robot Academia" of Waseda University.
He is also the Project Manager of RoboCasa, a joint laboratory for research on Humanoid Robotics estabilished in 2003 in Tokyo by Waseda University and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy, in the framework of the 7th and 8th Executive Program for the Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Italy and Japan.
Since 2003 he has also been Exchange researcher at the HRI (Humanoid Robotic Institute) of the Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.

Scientific Interest

Among social infrastructure technologies, Robot technology is expected to play an important role in solving the problems of both decrease of birth rate and increase of elderly people in the 21st century.
The observation and the analysis of the human being, an extreme and exquisite example of robotic system, could lead to the clarification of the basic mechanisms underlying human's control of their bodies. This, in turn, will be an extremely important and helpful tool for the aging society in order to realize better health-care systems, human-support devices, teleoperation methods, and so on.

 

Keywords

Emotions, Human-Robot interaction, Humanoid robotics, Teleoperation, Health-care, Human-support, Prosthetics, Orthotics, Robotic Assisted Surgery.

 

Education

  • March 2003:
    Ph.D. in Biomedical Robotics at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy, with a thesis entitled "On the development of a cybernetic prosthetic hand", Supervisors: Prof. Paolo Dario, Prof. Angelo M. Sabatini, Prof. M. Chiara Carrozza [PDF, 19.5 Mb].

  • December 1998:
    Qualifying exam     into Engineering Profession at the University of Pisa.

  • November 1998:
    Laurea Degree (equivalent to Bachelor+Master) in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Bioengineering at the University of Pisa. Title of the Thesis: “Study of the Cardiac Mechanics: from Magnetic Resonance Images to the Three-dimensional Finite Element Model” (supervisors: Prof. L. Landini, Prof. C. Carmignani, Dr. P. Forte, and A. Ripoli).

 

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Previous Working Experiences

  • February 2003, May 2003:
    Visiting researcher at Bio-Mimetic System Lab of the KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology).

  • 2002-2003:
    Research activities in the Mano RTR4 project (INAIL project). The main objective of the project is the study and the development of a new prosthetic hand controlled via EMG signals.

    Research activities in the PALOMA project (IST/FET Project #IST-2001-33073, "Progressive and adaptive learning for object manipulation: a biologically inspired multi-network architecture"). The ARTS Lab objective is the development of a robotic platform for the validation of neural models of the human visuo-tactile-motor coordination.

    Research activities in the CYBERHAND project (IST/FET Project #IST-2001-35094, "Development of a CYBERnetic HAND prosthesis"). The main objective of the CYBERHAND project is the study and development of a new kind of hand artificial prosthesis (i.e., a “cybernetic prosthesis”) able of re-creating the natural link which exists between the hand and the Central Nervous System (CNS).

  • Mar. 1999 - 2002:
    INAIL RTR Center     (“Applied Research Centre on Rehabilitation Engineering,) originated by a joint initiative promoted by INAIL (National Institute for Insurance of Injured Workers) and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna), Functional Substitution Area, P2 Project ("Design and development of innovative components for sensorized prosthetic systems").

  • Nov. 1998 - Feb. 1999:
    Institute of Clinical Physiology of the National Council of Research (CNR), Pisa, at the Biomedical Imaging Lab.

Teaching experience

  • Collaboration to the Course in "Biomechanics" and to the Course in "Mechatronics" (Laurea Degree in Mechanical Engineering at University of Pisa).

Scientific Societies

Scientific Coordination of International Projects

  • 03/2003 - present
    Project Manager of the RoboCasa laboratory (joint initiative for research on Humanoid and Personal Robotics between the Advanced Robotic Technology and Systems Lab of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSA), Pisa, Italy and the Humanoid Robotic Institute (HRI) of Waseda University).
  • 2002-2003:
    Project Manager of the CYBERHAND Project (IST/FET Project #IST-2001-35094, "Development of a CYBERnetic HAND prosthesis") whose aim is to increase the basic knowledge of neural regeneration, and of sensory-motor control of the hand in humans, and exploit this knowledge to develop a new kind of hand prosthesis which will overcome some of the drawbacks of current hand prostheses.

 

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Major Publications

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Publications on Refereed Journal

#1
M. Zecca, S. Sessa, Z. Lin, T. Sasaki, T. Suzuki, K. Itoh, H. Iseki, and A. Takanishi, Development of an Ultra-Miniaturized Inertial Measurement Unit for Objective Skill Analysis and Assessment in Neurosurgery: preliminary results, MICCAI 2009, Part I, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5761, pp. 443-500, 2009.
  
#2
M. Zecca, Neuroscience and Robotics: Ethical and Social Implications, Ethics for Bioscience and Bioengineering, vol. 5, pp. 29-58, 2009..
  
#3
M. Zecca, K. Endo, N. Endo, Y. Mizoguchi, T. Kusano, K. Itoh, and A. Takanishi, Design and Evaluation of The Soft Hand WSH-1 For The Emotion Expression Humanoid Robot KOBIAN, Gerontechnology, vol. 7, p. 249, 2008.
  
#4
N. Endo, S. Momoki, M. Zecca, K. Itoh, and A. Takanishi, Design and Evaluation of the new Emotional Expression Head for the ADL assistive Full-body Emotion Expression Humanoid Robot KOBIAN, Gerontechnology, vol. 7, p. 99, 2008.
  
#5
M. Zecca, G. Cappiello, F. Sebastiani, S. Roccella, F. Vecchi, M. C. Carrozza, P. Dario, Experimental analysis of the proprioceptive and exteroceptive sensors of an underactuated prosthetic hand, International Journal of Human-friendly Welfare Robotic Systems, Vol 4, No. 4, 2003.
#6
P. Vacalebri, R. Lazzarini, S. Roccella, F. Vecchi, M.C. Carrozza, M. Zecca, P. Dario, A Robotic System for Soft Tissue Characterization, International Journal of Human-friendly Welfare Robotic Systems, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2003.
#7
M. Zecca, S. Micera, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, On the control of multifunctional prosthetic hands by processing the electromyographic signal, Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, vol. 30, Issue(s) 04-06, pag. 419-416, 2002.
#8
M.C. Carrozza, B. Massa, S. Micera, R. Lazzarini, M. Zecca, P. Dario, The Development of a Novel Prosthetic Hand --- Ongoing Research and Preliminary Results, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 7, n. 2, June 2002, Pages 108-114.
#9
M.C. Carrozza, B. Massa, P. Dario, R. Lazzarini, M. Zecca, S. Micera, and P. Pastacaldi, A two DOF finger for a Biomechatronic Artificial Hand, Technology & Health Care, v. 10, n. 2, Pages 77 - 89, 2002.
#10
B. Massa, S. Roccella, R. Lazzarini, M. Zecca, M. C. Carrozza, P. Dario, Una protesi di arto superiore innovativa, Ortho 2000, vol. 3, n. 4, 2001.

 

Papers in Refereed Proceedings of Internationals Conferences

#1
Z. Lin, M. Zecca, S. Sessa, T. Kusano, K. Itoh, and A. Takanishi,, Waseda Bioinstrumentation System WB-2R as a Wearable Tool for an Objective Analysis of Surgeon's Performance, in IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Machatronics AIM2009, Singapore, 2009, pp. 705-710 Best Paper Award.
  
#2
Z. Lin, M. Zecca, S. Sessa, T. Sasaki, T. Suzuki, K. Itoh, H. Iseki, and A. Takanishi, Objective Skill Analysis and Assessment in Neurosurgery by Using an Ultra-Miniaturized Inertial Measurement Unit WB-3 - Pilot tests, in 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'09), Minneapolis, MN, USA, 2009, pp. 2320-2323.
  
#3
S. Sessa, M. Zecca, Z. Lin, T. Sasaki, K. Itoh, and A. Takanishi, Waseda Bioinstrumentation System 3 as a tool for objective rehabilitation measurement and assessment - development of the inertial measurement unit, in IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics ICORR2009, Kyoto International Conference Center, Japan, 2009, pp. 115-120.
  
#4
S. Sessa, M. Zecca, Z. Lin, T. Sasaki, T. Suzuki, K. Itoh, H. Iseki, and A. Takanishi, Objective Skill Analysis and Assessment of Neurosurgery by using the Waseda Bioinstrumentation System WB-3 - Pilot tests, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems IROS2009, St. Louis, MO, USA, 2009, pp. 4086-4091.
  
#5
M. Zecca, Y. Mizoguchi, K. Endo, F. Iida, Y. Kawabata, N. Endo, K. Itoh, and A. Takanishi, Whole body Emotion Expressions for KOBIAN Humanoid Robot - preliminary experiments with different emotional patterns, 18th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication Toyama International Conference Center, Japan, 2009, pp. 381-386.
  
#6
M. Zecca, N. Endo, Y. Mizoguchi, K. Endo, F. Iiida, Y. Kawabata, K. Itoh, and A. Takanishi, Evaluation of the Effects of the Shape of the Artificial Hand on the Quality of the Interaction - Natural Appearance vs. Symbolic Appearance, Human Robot Interaction 2009 (HRI2009) San Diego, CA, USA, 2009, p. 249.
  
#7
M. Zecca, N. Endo, S. Momoki, K. Itoh, and A. Takanishi, Design of the humanoid robot KOBIAN - preliminary analysis of facial and whole body emotion expression capabilities, IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots HUMANOIDS2008. vol. 1 Daejeon, South Korea, 2008, pp. 487-492.
  
#8
M. Zecca, K. Endo, N. Endo, Y. Mizoguchi, T. Kusano, K. Itoh, and A. Takanishi, Design and Evaluation of The Soft Hand WSH-1 For The Emotion Expression Humanoid Robot KOBIAN, 6th International Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology (Gerontechnology2008) Pisa, Italy, 2008..
  
#9
N. Endo, S. Momoki, M. Zecca, M. Saito, Y. Mizoguchi, K. Itoh, and A. Takanishi, Development of Whole-Body Emotion Expression Humanoid Robot, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) Pasadena, CA, USA, 2008, pp. 2140-2145.
  
#10
N. Endo, S. Momoki, M. Zecca, K. Itoh, and A. Takanishi, Design and Evaluation of the new Emotional Expression Head for the ADL assistive Full-body Emotion Expression Humanoid Robot KOBIAN, 6th International Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology (Gerontechnology2008) Pisa, Italy, 2008.
  
#11
M. Zecca, M. Saito, N. Endo, Y. Mizoguchi, K. Itoh, H. Takanobu, and A. Takanishi, Development of the Waseda Bioinstrumentation System WB-2 - the new Inertial Measurement Unit, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (Robio 2007), Sanya, China, 2007, pp. 139 - 144.
  
#12
M. Zecca, N. Endo, K. Itoh, K. Imanishi, M. Saito, N. Nanba, H. Takanobu, and A. Takanishi, On the development of the Bioinstrumentation System for the evaluation of human-robot interaction - Head and Hands Motion Capture Systems, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM2007), ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 2007, pp. 1 - 6..
 
#13
M. Zecca, F. Cavallo, M. Saito, N. Endo, Y. Mizoguchi, S. Sinigaglia, K. Itoh, H. Takanobu, G. Megali, O. Tonet, P. Dario, A. Pietrabissa, and A. Takanishi, Analysis of the Surgeon's Performance during Laparoscopy by Using the Bioinstrumentation System WB-1R - towards the development of a Global Performance Index, in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2007), Sheraton Hotel, San Diego, CA, USA, 2007, pp. 1272-1277..
  
#14
M. Zecca, S. Roccella, G. Cappiello, K. Ito, K. Imanishi, H. Miwa, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, A. Takanishi, From the Human Hand to a Humanoid Hand: Biologically-Inspired Approach for the Development of RoboCasa Hand #1, 16-th CISM-IFToMM Symposium on Robot Design, Dynamics, and Control, ROMANSY 2006, June 20-24 2006: Warsaw, Poland, pp 287-294.
 
#15
K. Itoh, H. Miwa, M. Zecca, H. Takanobu, S. Roccella, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, A. Takanishi, Development of a Bioinstrumentation System in the Interaction between a Human and a Robot, Proceeding of the 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS2006, Page(s):2620 - 2625.
 
#16
K. Itoh, H. Miwa, M. Zecca, H. Takanobu, S. Roccella, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, A. Takanishi, Mechanical Design of Emotion Expression Humanoid Robot WE-4RII, 16-th CISM-IFToMM Symposium on Robot Design, Dynamics, and Control, ROMANSY 2006, June 20-24 2006: Warsaw, Poland, pp 255-262.
 
#17
K. Itoh, H. Miwa, Y. Nukariya, M. Zecca, H. Takanobu, P. Dario, A. Takanishi, et al, Mechanisms and Functions for a Humanoid Robot to Express Human-like Emotions, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, Florida, USA, May 15-19, 2006.
 
#18
K. Itoh, H. Miwa, Y. Nukariya, M. Zecca, H. Takanobu, S. Roccella, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, and A. Takanishi, Behavior Generation of Humanoid Robots Depending on Mood, 9th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-9), March 7 - 9, 2006, Tokyo, JAPAN, TU1D2-1.
 
#19
K. Itoh, H. Miwa, M. Matsumoto, M. Zecca, H. Takanobu, S. Roccella, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, A. Takanishi, Behavior model of humanoid robots based on operant conditioning, 2005 5th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Tsukuba, Japan Dec. 5, 2005 Page(s):220-225.
  
#20
K. Itoh, H. Miwa, Y. Nukariya, M. Zecca, H. Takanobu, P. Dario, A. Takanishi, New memory model for humanoid robots - introduction of co-associative memory using mutually coupled chaotic neural networks, IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, 2005. IJCNN '05. Proceedings. Volume 5, 31 July-4 Aug. 2005 Page(s):2790 - 2795 vol. 5.
  
#21
M. Zecca, S. Roccella, M.C. Carrozza, H. Miwa, K. Itoh, G. Cappiello, G.; J.-J. Cabibihan, M. Matsumoto, H. Takanobu, P. Dario, A. Takanishi, On the development of the emotion expression humanoid robot WE-4RII with RCH-1, 2004 4th IEEE/RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Volume 1, 10-12 Nov. 2004 Page(s):235 - 252 Vol. 1.
 
#22
M. Zecca, S. Roccella, M.C. Carrozza, H. Miwa, K. Itoh, G. Cappiello, J.J. Cabibihan, M. Matsumoto, H. Takanobu, P. Dario, A. Takanishi, On the development of the Emotion Expression Humanoid Robot WE-4RII with RCH-1, 4th IEEE/RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS 2004), November 10-12, 2004, Los Angeles, CA, US, Volume 1, Page(s):235 - 252.
 
#23
K. Itoh, H. Miwa, M. Matsumoto, M. Zecca, H. Takanobu, S. Roccella, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, A. Takanishi, Various Emotion Expression Humanoid Robot WE-4RII, 1st IEEE Technical Exhibition Based Conference on Robotics and Automation ( TExCRA 2004 ), November 18-19, 2004, Tokyo, Japan, Pages 35 - 36.
 
#24
H. Miwa, K. Itoh, M. Matsumoto, M. Zecca, H. Takanobu, S. Roccella, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, A. Takanishi, Effective Emotional Expressions with Emotion Expression Humanoid Robot WE-4RII - Integration of Humanoid Robot Hand RCH-1, 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Sendai International Center, Sendai, Japan, September 28 - October 2, 2004, Page(s): 2203 - 2208 vol.3.
 
#25
S. Roccella, M.C. Carrozza, G. Cappiello, P. Dario, J.J. Cabibihan, M. Zecca, H. Miwa, K. Itoh, M. Matsumoto, A. Takanishi, Design, fabrication and preliminary results of a novel anthropomorphic hand for humanoid robotics: RCH-1, 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Sendai International Center, Sendai, Japan, September 28 - October 2, 2004, Page(s):266 - 271 vol.1.
 
#26
M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, F. Vecchi, S. Roccella, M. Zecca, and F. Sebastiani, The CyberHand: on the design of a cybernetic prosthetic hand intended to be interfaced to the peripheral nervous system, 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2003), Las Vegas, USA, October 27-31, 2003, Page(s): 2642 - 2647.
#27
P. Dario, C. Laschi, A. Menciassi, E. Guglielmelli, M. C. Carrozza, M. Zecca, L. Zollo, G. Teti, L. Beccai, F. Vecchi, S. Roccella, A Human-like Robotic Manipulation System Implementing Human Models of Sensory-Motor Coordination, 3rd IEEE International Conference on Humanoid Robots HUMANOIDS 2003, TU Mnchen and U Karlsruhe, Germany, October 1-3, 2003, Page(s): 2230 - 2235 vol.2.
 
#28
M.C. Carrozza, F. Vecchi, F. Sebastiani, G. Cappiello, S. Roccella, M. Zecca, R. Lazzarini, and P. Dario, Experimental analysis of an innovative prosthetic hand with proprioceptive sensors, 2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA 2003, Taipei, Taiwan, September 14-19, 2003.
#29
M. Zecca, G. Cappiello, F. Sebastiani, S. Roccella, F. Vecchi, M. C. Carrozza, P. Dario, Experimental analysis of the proprioceptive and exteroceptive sensors of an underactuated prosthetic hand, Session: TP2-A Prostheses, 8th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics ICORR 2003, KAIST Auditorium, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, April 23-25, 2003.
 
#30
P. Vacalebri, R. Lazzarini, S. Roccella, F. Vecchi, M.C. Carrozza, M. Zecca, P. Dario, A Robotic System for Soft Tissue Characterization, Session: FA2-B Evaluation and Methodology, 8th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics ICORR 2003, KAIST Auditorium, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, April 23-25, 2003.
 
#31
P. Dario, M.C. Carrozza, A. Menciassi, S. Micera, and M. Zecca, On the development of a cybernetic hand prosthesis, Third IARP International Workshop on Humanoid and Human Friendly Robotics, IARP2002, Tsukuba, Japan, Dec 11-12, 2002.
 
#32
M. C. Carrozza, B. Massa, S. Micera, M. Zecca, P. Dario, A wearable artificial hand for prosthetics and humanoid robotics applications, IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots HUMANOIDS 2001, Waseda University International Conference Center, Tokyo, Japan, November 22-24, 2001.
 
#33
M.C. Carrozza, S. Micera, B. Massa, M. Zecca, R. Lazzarini, N. Canelli, P. Dario, The development of a novel biomechatronic hand --- ongoing research and preliminary results, Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics AIM 2001, Como (I), July 8-11, 2001, Page(s): 249 - 254 vol.1.
#34
P. Dario, M.C. Carrozza, S. Micera, B. Massa, M. Zecca, Design and Experiments on a Novel Biomechatronic Hand, Seventh International Symposium On Experimental Robotics (ISER'00), Session M-III: Assembly and Manipulation, Hawaii, December 10-13, 2000.
 
#35
P. Dario, C. Laschi, M.C. Carrozza, E. Guglielmelli, G. Teti, B. Massa, M. Zecca, D.Taddeucci, F. Leoni, An Integrated Approach for the Design and Development of a Grasping and Manipulation System in Humanoid Robotics, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems - IROS 2000, Takamatsu, Japan, October 30 - November 5, 2000, Page(s):1 - 7 vol.1.
 
#36
C. Laschi, P. Dario, M.C. Carrozza, E. Guglielmelli, G. Teti, D. Taddeucci, F .Leoni, B. Massa, M. Zecca, R. Lazzarini, Grasping and Manipulation in Humanoid Robotics, S7: General Control & Simulation, First IEEE-RAS Workshop on Humanoids - Humanoids 2000, Boston, MA, September 7-8, 2000.
 
#37
M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, R.Lazzarini, B. Massa, M. Zecca, S. Roccella, R. Sacchetti, An Actuating System for a Novel Biomechatronic Hand, Proc. of the 7th International Conference on New Atcuators, ACTUATOR 2000, Bremen, Germany, June 19-10, 2000.
 
#38
P. Dario, C. Laschi, S. Micera, F. Vecchi, M. Zecca, A. Menciassi, B. Mazzolai, M.C. Carrozza, Biologically-inspired microfabricated force and position mechano-sensors, Session 4: Mechanical sensors (force and motion), Proc. MPATHE 2000 Conference, Il Ciocco (I), June 11-16, 2000.
 

 

Papers in Proceedings of International and Nationals Conferences and Symposia

#1
M. Zecca, Z. Lin, S. Sessa, H. Ishii, and A. Takanishi, Development of the Inertial Measurement Unit WB-3 - measurement of different movements of the chin, in 20th Conference of the Japanese Society for Mastication Science and Health Promotion, Fukuoka, Japan 2009, PP17.
  
#2
M. Zecca, Z. Lin, S. Sessa, T. Sasaki, T. Suzuki, K. Itoh, H. Iseki, and A. Takanishi, Objective Skill Analysis and Assessment in Neurosurgery by using the Waseda Bioinstrumentation System WB-3 - Pilot tests, Robotics and Mechatronics Conference ROBOMEC 2009, Fukuoka, Japan 2009.
  
#3
N. Endo, S. Momoki, K. Endo, T. Kusano, M. Zecca, K. Itoh, and A. Takanishi, Development of Whole-Body Emotion Expression Humanoid Robot -Design and Evaluation of the Emotional Expression Head-, 26th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ2008) Japan, 2008, pp. 2140-2145.
  
#4
K. Endo, N. Endo, M. Zecca, T. Kusano, Y. Mizoguchi, K. Itoh, and A. Takanishi, Design and development of the Waseda anthropomorphic soft hand WSH-1 -Evaluation of the interaction with young and elderly people-, 26th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ2008) Japan, 2008, pp. 2140-2145.
  
#5
Y. Mizoguchi, K. Itoh, M. Saito, N. Endo, M. Zecca, H. Takanobu, and A. Takanishi, Development of a Bioinstrumentation System for Interaction with a Robot - Motion Capture System of Upper Body using Small Attitude Sensor Modules, in 25th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ2007), Chiba Institute of Technology, Chiba, Japan, 2007, ID: 2O12.
 
#6
M. Zecca, K. Itoh, Y. Mizoguchi, N. Endo, M. Saito, H. Takanobu, and A. Takanishi, On the development of the Waseda Bioinstrumentation WB-2 - Development of the gyro module, Robotics and Mechatronics Conference ROBOMEC2007, Akita, Japan, 2007, pp. 1A1-O09.
 
#7
M. Zecca, T. Chaminade, M. A. Umilta`, K. Itoh, M. Saito, N. Endo, Y. Mizoguchi, S. Blakemore, C. Frith, V. Gallese, G. Rizzolatti, S. Micera, P. Dario, H. Takanobu, and A. Takanishi, Emotional Expression Humanoid Robot WE-4RII - Evaluation of the perception of facial emotional expressions by using fMRI, Robotics and Mechatronics Conference ROBOMEC2007, Akita, Japan, 2007, pp. 2A1-O10.
 
#8
K. Itoh, H. Miwa, Y. Nukariya, M. Saito, M. Zecca, H. Takanobu, S. Roccella, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, A. Takanishi, Development of a robot evaluation system in the interaction between a humanoid robot and a robot, Robotics and Mechatronics Conference - ROBOMEC2006, 2P1-A15, May 26-28, 2006.
 
#9
S. Minoru, N. Namba, K. Imanishi, K. Itoh, M. Zecca, H. Takanobu, A. Takanishi,, Development of a bioinstrumentation system for interaction with a humanoid robot, Kansei Robotics Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, April 28, 2006.
 
#10
K. Itoh, K. Imanishi, N. Namba, S. Minoru, M. Zecca, H. Miwa, H. Takanobu, A. Takanishi, Construction of the Mental Model for Humanoid Robots, - Introduction of Encoding Model Using Self Organization Map, Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan - RSJ2006, 3D35, September 12-14, 2006.
 
#11
M. Zecca, J. Carpaneto, S. Micera, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, K. Itoh, A. Takanishi, Evolutionary Design of a Fuzzy Classifier for EMG-based Control - Control of a Multi-DoFs Underactuated Hand Prosthesis, Robotics and Mechatronics Conference ROBOMEC06, May 26-28 2006, Tokyo, Japan.
 
#12
H.-R. Kim, M. Zecca, K. Itoh, A. Takanishi, D.-S. Kwon, Behavior Selection Algorithm for the Emotional Expression Humanoid Robot WE-4RII based on Decision Theory with Emotion, International Symposium on Artificial Brain with Emotion and Learning, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, August 24-25.
 
#13
M. Zecca, S. Roccella, M.C. Carrozza, H. Miwa, K. Itoh, G. Cappiello, J.J. Cabibihan, M. Matsumoto, H. Takanobu, P. Dario, A. Takanishi, On the realization of a novel anthropomorphic hand for humanoid robotics: RoboCasa Hand #1, RSJ Annual Conference (RSJ 2004), Sept. 15-17, Gifu (Gifu Univ.), Japan, 3L15.
#14
M. Aizuddin, H. Miwa, K. Itoh, K. Imanishi, M. Zecca, S. Roccella, P. Dario, A. Takanishi, Development of the Emotion Expression Humanoid Robot WE-4RII - Integration with RCH-1 Hand, RSJ Annual Conference (RSJ 2004), Sept. 15-17, Gifu (Gifu Univ.), Japan, 3L13.
#15
H. Miwa, K. Itoh, M. Matsumoto, K. Imanishi, M. Aizuddin, Y. Nukariya, M. Zecca, S. Roccella, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, H. Takanobu, A. Takanishi, Construction of the Mental Model for Humanoid Robots - Introduction of Consciousness and Behavior Model, RSJ Annual Conference (RSJ 2004), Sept. 15-17, Gifu (Gifu Univ.), Japan, 1K11.
#16
G. Cappiello, F.Vecchi, F. Sebastiani, S. Roccella, C. Suppo, M. Zecca, M.C. Carrozza, and P. Dario, Design methods and comparison for innovative hand prostheses, XV Congresso Nazionale S.I.B.O.T., Roma (I), May 15-17, 2003.
 
#17
P. Vacalebri, S. Roccella, R. Lazzarini, M. Zecca, M. C. Carrozza, P. Dario, Misurazioni di pressioni, temperatura ed umidita' all'interfaccia moncone invaso di protesi di arto inferiore per amputati transfemorali, XV Congresso Nazionale S.I.B.O.T., Roma (I), May 15-17, 2003.
 
#18
P. Dario, S. Micera, A. Menciassi, M.C. Carrozza, M. Zecca, T. Steiglitz, T. Oses, X. Navarro, D. Ceballos, R. Riso, CYBERHAND - a consortium project for enhanced control of powered artificial hands based on direct neural interfaces, 33rd Neural Prosthesis Workshop, Bethesda, MD, USA, Oct. 16-18, 2002.
 
#19
M.C. Carrozza, B. Massa, P. Dario, R. Lazzarini, M. Zecca, S. Micera, P. Pastacaldi, La mano biomeccatronica artificiale - risultati preliminari, XIV Congresso Nazionale S.I.B.O.T., Bari (I), May 10-12, 2001.
  

 

Book Chapters

#1
K. Itoh, H. Miwa, Y. Nukariya, M. Zecca, H. Takanobu, S. Roccella, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, and A. Takanishi, Behavior Generation of Humanoid Robots Depending on Mood, Intelligent Autonomous Systems 9 - IAS-9, T. Arai, R. Pfeifer, T. Balch, H. Yokoi (Eds.), ISBN 978-1-58603-595-2, pp 965-972, 2006.
 
#2
M. Zecca, S. Roccella, G. Cappiello, K. Ito, K. Imanishi, H. Miwa, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, A. Takanishi, From the Human Hand to a Humanoid Hand: Biologically-Inspired Approach for the Development of RoboCasa Hand #1, ROMANSY 16 - Robot Design, Dynamics and Control, CISM Lecture Note #487, Zielinska, Teresa; Zielinski, Cezary (Eds.), ISBN: 978-3-211-36064-4, pp 287-294, 2006.
 
#3
K. Itoh, H. Miwa, M. Zecca, H. Takanobu, S. Roccella, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, A. Takanishi, Mechanical Design of Emotion Expression Humanoid Robot WE-4RII, ROMANSY 16 - Robot Design, Dynamics and Control, CISM Lecture Note #487, Zielinska, Teresa; Zielinski, Cezary (Eds.), ISBN: 978-3-211-36064-4, pp 255-262, 2006.
 
#4
M. Zecca, Towards a Novel Humanoid Robotics - Research activities in RoboCasa, Quaderni - Breve Compendio della Cooperazione Scientifica Italo-giapponese - Anno 2004, pages 39-40, The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan, 2004, ICC, pages 39-40.
#5
M. Zecca, G. Cappiello, F. Sebastiani, S. Roccella, F. Vecchi, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, Experimental analysis of the proprioceptive and exteroceptive sensors of an underactuated prosthetic hand, Advances in rehabilitation robotics (Lecture notes in control and information sciences) 2004; 306:233-242, ISBN: 3-540-21986-2.
#6
P. Dario, C. Laschi, S. Micera, F. Vecchi, M. Zecca, A. Menciassi, B. Mazzolai, and M.C. Carrozza, Biologically - inspired microfabricated force and position mechano-sensors, "Sensors and Sensing in Biology and Engineering", by Friedrich G. Barth, Timothy W. Secomb, Joseph A., C. Humphrey, eds, Springer Verlag; 1st edition, March 28, 2003.
 
#7
P. Dario, M.C. Carrozza, S. Micera, B. Massa, M. Zecca, Design and Experiments on a novel biomechatronic hand, D. Rus, S. Singh, eds, Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, Experimental Robotics VII, Pages: 159 - 168, ISBN:3-540-42104-1, NY: Springer, 2001.
 

 

Ph.D Thesis

#1
M. Zecca, On the development of a cybernetic prosthetic hand, Supervisors: Prof. Paolo Dario, Prof. Angelo M. Sabatini, Prof. M. Chiara Carrozza.
 

 

Invited Lectures

#1
M. Zecca, Neuroscience and Robotics: Ethical and Social Implications, ASMeW Symposium "Neuroscience and Ethics", Tokyo, Japan, July 2009.
  
#2
M. Zecca, H2E: Analysis of Cortical Response Elicited by Human and Humanoid Emotions, Bonn-Waseda Joint Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, Feb 2008.
  
#3
M. Zecca, Humanoid Robots for Emotional Neuroscience, workshop on 'Neurorobotics: an interdisciplinary approach to the design of a new generation of high-performance robots, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA2007, Rome, Italy, 2007.
  
#4
M. Zecca, Understanding Human and Humanoid Motions and Emotions, in Micro-Nano COE Symposium Nagoya, Japan: Nagoya University, Japan, November 2007.
  
#5
M. Zecca, Understanding Human and Humanoid Motions and Emotions, California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), University of California, Los Angeles.
 

 

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