Computer Science

Maria Pozzi

Research Fellow in Robotics and Automation

Faculty Profile

Maria Pozzi is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Robotics and Automation at the Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics at the University of Siena, Italy. She recently concluded a PhD program in Information Engineering conducted at the University of Siena and at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in Genoa, Italy. She carries on her research in the Siena Robotics and Systems Lab (http://sirslab.diism.unisi.it/), studying the principles and mechanisms that regulate human and robotic grasping, with applications in human-robot collaboration. She is also working on educational robotics within the European project "INBOTS - Inclusive Robotics for a Better Society" (http://inbots.eu/).

Education

Nov 2015 - Oct 2018 | Genova, Italy
PhD in Information Engineering and Science
Dept. of Information Engineering and Mathematics, University of Siena and Dept. of Advanced Robotics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)
2013 - 2015 | Siena, Italy
Master of Science in Computer and Automation Engineering
University of Siena, Italy.
2010 - 2013 | Siena, Italy
Bachelor in Computer and Information Engineering
University of Siena, Italy.
2010 - 2013 | Siena, Italy
High School: Liceo Classico Enea Silvio Piccolomini

Honors & Awards

Best Oral Presentation at I-RIM 3D Conference (Oct 2019)
IROS Student and Developing Countries, SDC (Sept 2018)
Women in Robotics Travel Grant (Sept 2018)
Best Master Thesis of 2015, AEIT (Feb 2016)

Publications

Oct 2018
Grasp stiffness control in robotic hands through coordinated optimization of pose and joint stiffness.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 3(4):3952–3959
Oct 2018
Operator awareness in human-robot collaboration through wearable vibrotactile feedback.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 3(4):4289–4296
Jul 2018
The closure signature: A functional approach to model underactuated compliant robotic hands.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 3(3):2206–2213
Jul 2018
A bio-inspired grasp stiffness control for robotic hands.
Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Jan 2017
On grasp quality measures: Grasp robustness and contact force distribution in underactuated and compliant robotic hands.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2(1):329–336

Courses by Maria

Computer Science

Mechanics and control of collaborative robots

04 Nov - 22 Nov 2019

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