Michele Canepa received the B.Sc degree and the M.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Genoa in 2010 and 2014 respectively. He received a PhD in Health Technologies from Open University Affiliated Research Center at IIT in 2026.
He worked as a fellow researcher at University of Genoa, focusing on developing embedded electrical measurements instruments. In 2014 joined Italian Institute of Technology to develop electrical and electronic systems for robotic medical devices. Since then, he designed electronics for upper and lower limb prostheses, lower limb exoskeletons and rehabilitation robots. In 2017 joined the IIT startup company Movendo Technology as Lead Electrical Engineer. Currently he is Senior Electrical Engineer, Team Leader of the Electronics Team and BioInterNect Project Leader at the Rehab Technologies Laboratory (IIT) in Genoa (Italy). His expertise lies in the development and industrialization of electrical systems for robotic medical devices
Phone
+39 010 2896 590
Research center
CCT@Morego
About
Education
Title: PhD in Health, Sustainable and Human Technologies
Institute: ARC@IIT / Open University (UK)
Location: Genoa
Country: Italy
From: 2022 To: null
Title: M.Sc. Electrical Engineering
Institute: University of Genoa
Location: Genoa
Country: Italy
From: 2010 To: 2014
All Publications
2026
Bianco G.M., Bellingegni A.D., Mereu F., Gelmini D., Canepa M., Laffranchi M., Gruppioni E.
A Low-Frequency, Autoresonant Wireless Power Transfer Link for Bidirectional Bionic Interfaces
2026 International Conference on Smart Applications, Communications and Networking, SmartNets 2026
2026
Domenico D.D., Egle F., Marinelli A., Canepa M., Gruppioni E., Boccardo N., Laffranchi M., Castellini C.
Co-Adaptive Velocity and Position Control of 3-DoFs Prosthesis via Incremental Learning
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
2025
Quadrelli D., Canepa M., Di Domenico D., Boccardo N., Chiappalone M., Laffranchi M.
Advances in HD-EMG interfaces and spatial algorithms for upper limb prosthetic control
Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol. 19
2025
Quadrelli D., Di Domenico D., Canepa M., Marinelli A., Gandolla M., Frigo C.A., Chiappalone M., Boccardo N., Laffranchi M.
Algorithm for Detecting Shifts in High-Density EMG Sensors
Biosystems and Biorobotics, vol. 31, pp. 374-378
2025
Garro F., Fenoglio E., Ceroni I., Forsiuk I., Canepa M., Mozzon M., Bruschi A., Zippo F., Laffranchi M., De Michieli L., Buccelli S., Chiappalone M., Semprini M.
An EEG-EMG dataset from a standardized reaching task for biomarker research in upper limb assessment
Scientific data, vol. 12, (no. 1)
Awards and Achievements
2020
Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Traverso S., Lombardi L., Canepa M., Lince A., Semprini M., Saglia J.A., Naceri A., Sacchetti R., Gruppioni E., De Michieli L.
Compasso d'oro
2020
Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Traverso S., Lombardi L., Canepa M., Lince A., Semprini M., Saglia J.A., Naceri A., Sacchetti R., Gruppioni E., De Michieli L.
XXVI Compasso d'oro
2018
Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Traverso S., Lombardi L., Canepa M., Lince A., Semprini M., Saglia J.A., Naceri A., Sacchetti R., Gruppioni E., De Michieli L.
ADI Design Index
2018
Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Traverso S., Lince A., Canepa M., Saglia J., Gruppioni E., Sacchetti R., Diamanti G., Poli F., De Bartolomeis L., De Michieli L.
ADI Design Index
2018
Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Traverso S., Lombardi L., Lince A., Canepa M., Saglia J., Gruppioni E., Sacchetti R., Diamanti G., Poli F., De Bartolomeis L., De Michieli L.
Good Design
Colleagues of Rehab Technologies - INAIL-IIT lab
