MATTEO RUSSO

Associate Professor @ Rome Tor Vergata

My research focuses on designing robots to tackle challenging tasks in healthcare and industry. My interests include design optimisation, continuum robots and parallel robots.

Contact me at matteo.russo@uniroma2.eu to discuss collaborations, research, or other opportunities!

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CONTINUUM ROBOTS

Continuum robots have lean, flexible bodies that can operate in constrained scenarios like aircraft engines and nuclear plants. I am developing new continuum designs and models to deploy this technology in real use cases.

Russo et al., Continuum robots: An overview
Russo et al., Helical Routing: Decoupling Segments of Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots
Raimondi et al., Understanding friction and superelasticity in tendon-driven continuum robots
Raimondi et al., A miniaturized tendon-driven continuum robot for direct laser deposition

PARALLEL ROBOTS

Parallel robots are characterized by high stiffness, payload, and repeatability, improving performance in critical tasks. With my research, I aim at guiding and optimising their design and operation with new models and algorithms.

Russo et al., A review of parallel kinematic machine tools
Russo and Dong, A calibration procedure for reconfigurable Gough-Stewart manipulators
Russo et al., Force transmission and constraint analysis of a 3-SPR parallel manipulator
Russo et al., Kinematic analysis and multi-objective optimization of a 3-UPR robotic leg

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION

I am interested in mechanism analysis and optimization, with a focus on performance metrics and kinematic synthesis.

ROBOTICS IN HEALTHCARE

From a medical perspective, I aim at improving exoskeleton accessibility and minimize invasiveness in surgery.

Perini and Russo, Design of an adaptive tendon-driven hand exoskeleton for stroke rehabilitation
Lari and Russo, A rod-driven continuum robot with asymmetric joints for active chest catheters
Alatorre et al., COBRA: From industrial to medical surgery with slender continuum robots

OPPORTUNITIES

I am available for supervising BSc and MSc thesis projects at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, which can be carried out internationally as part of the Erasmus+ programme or in collaboration with industry. Possible thesis topics include (but are not limited to) robotics for industrial and medical applications, robot modeling and simulation, and mechanism design and optimization.

I also welcome queries from prospective PhD students and postdoctoral candidates, and I'm happy to support applications for PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowships, such as MSCA. Please write to me at matteo.russo@uniroma2.eu if you are interested in working with me, including a short bio with relevant skills, previous projects, background and interests.

TEACHING

Robot mechanics (ROM), MSc in Mechatronics: This course explains how to model, analyze, and design robots. The mechanical performance of robotic systems is evaluated with both analytical and numerical tools. Students also gain practical experience by designing and simulating a robot for a real-world manipulation task.
Meccanica applicata alle macchine (MAM), BSc in Energy Engineering: In this course, I teach the fundamentals of mechanisms and machine science. At the end of the course, students can identify, model, analyze and design multi-body mechanisms and transmission components such as gears and belts.

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