Postdoctoral Researcher

July 2022: Postdoctoral reseacher at MIRMI (Technical University of Munich)

July 2021 - June 2022:  R&D Engineer at EFI-Reggiani company (Bergamo, Italy)

July 2021: Ph.D. in Robotics and Automation Engineering at the Research Center E. Piaggio and Department of Information Engineering of the University of Pisa

January to March 2020  visiting Ph.D. student at ISIR Lab Sorbonne Université

July 2021: PhD in Robotics and Automation Engineering, University of Pisa, Research Center E. Piaggio and Deparment of Information Engineering, with honours

July 2017: Master Degree in Robotics and Automation Engineering, University of Pisa

September 2014: Bachelor Degree in Biomedical Engineering, University of Pisa

• ”The interaction between motion and texture in the sense of touch.”, C. Ryan*, G. C.Bettelani* , S. Ciotti, C. Parise, A. Moscatelli, and M. Bianchi. Journal of Neurophysiology, 126(4), 1375-1390. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00583.2020
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•  ”On the Role of Lateral Force in Texture-Induced Motion Bias During Reaching Tasks.”,Bettelani Gemma Carolina, Alessandro Moscatelli, and Matteo Bianchi. IEEE Transactions on Haptics, Vol. 13, no. 1 (January 2020): 233-238. DOI: 10.1109/TOH.2020.2970927
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•  ”Design and Validation of the Readable Device: A Single-Cell Electromagnetic Refreshable Braille Display.”, Bettelani Gemma Carolina, Giuseppe Averta, Manuel GiuseppeCatalano, Barbara Leporini, and Matteo Bianchi. IEEE Transactions on Haptics, Vol. 13,no. 1 (January 2020): 239-245. DOI: 10.1109/TOH.2020.2970929
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•  ”Touch as an auxiliary proprioceptive cue for movement control”, Moscatelli A., Bianchi M., Ciotti S., Bettelani G.C., Parise C., Lacquaniti F., Bicchi A.. Science Advances 05 Jun2019: Vol. 5, no. 6, eaaw3121. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw3121
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•  ”Controlling hand movements relying on tactile illusions: a model predictive control framework” Gemma C. Bettelani, S Fani, A. Moscatelli, P. Salaris, M. Bianchi. IEEE RAS
  World Haptics Conference (WHC) 2021, p 985-900. DOI: 10.1109/WHC49131.2021.9517188 ”

• Contact with Sliding over a Rotating Ridged Surface: the Turntable Illusion” Gemma C. Bettelani, A. Moscatelli, M. Bianchi IEEE RAS World Haptics Conference (WHC) 2019,p 562-567. DOI: 10.1109/WHC.2019.8816119

• ”Towards a technology-based assessment of sensory-motor pathological states through tactile illusions” Gemma C. Bettelani, A. Moscatelli, M. Bianchi IEEE RAS BioRob 2018, p. 225-229. DOI: 10.1109/BIOROB.2018.8487623

•  ”Tactile Slip and Hand Displacement: Bending Hand Motion with Tactile Illusions”M. Bianchi, A. Moscatelli, S. Ciotti, Gemma C. Bettelani, F. Fioretti, F. Lacquaniti, A. Bicchi IEEE RAS World Haptics conference (WHC) 2017, p. 96-100. DOI: 10.1109/WHC.2017.7989883

•  ”A User-Centered Approach to Artificial Sensory Substitution for Blind People Assistance”, ICNR Conference 2020, Federica Barontini*, Gemma C. Bettelani*, BarbaraLeporini, Giuseppe Averta, Matteo Bianchi

•  ”Touch for spatial and motion representation: mathematical modelling and applications for advanced human-machine interaction.”, I-RIM3D conference 2020, Gemma C. Bettelani,Matteo Bianchi

• ”A model predictive control framework to control hand movements relying on tactile illusions”, I-RIM3D conference 2020, Gemma C. Bettelani, Simone Fani, Paolo Salaris,Matteo Bianchi

•  ”Robotics Laboratory within the Italian School-Work Transition Program in High Schools: A Case Study”, Robotis in education conference 2021, Gemma C. Bettelani,Chiara Gabellieri, Riccardo Mengacci, Federico Massa, Anna Mannucci and Lucia Pallottino

Haptic devices

Tactile illusions

Tactile feedabck

Prosthetics