Nicolò Boccardo received the B.Sc. degree in Biomedical Engineering and the M.Sc. degree in Robotics Engineering at University of Genoa (Italy) in 2011 and 2013, respectively. He worked as fellow researcher at the European Centre of Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneve (Switzerland) in the EN/STI-ECE Group, focusing on high precision particle beam collimation. After a brief experience in the transportation industry at Bombardier, he was involved in the development of the Hannes prosthetic System at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) from 2014. Since then, he is actively involved into technology transfer and product development activities. Currently he is Chief Mechatronic Engineer and Team Leader of the Hannes prosthetic System project at the Rehab Technologies Laboratory (IIT) in Genoa (Italy), with deep knowledge of hi-tech medical devices. His expertise lies in the development of novel mechatronic systems in the robotics and prosthetic field.
Phone
+39 010 2896 589
Address
Via Morego, 30
Research center
CCT@Morego
Biografia
All Publications
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
Article
Journal
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
MacAluso R., Calandra D., Prattico F.G., Battegazzorre E., Baiocchi G., Boccardo N., Laffranchi M., Bottino A., Barresi G., Lamberti F.
An Augmented and Diminished Reality Exergame for Investigating the Embodiment of a Prosthetic Limb
Proceedings - 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2025, pp. 913-918
2025
Scherer H., Iberite F., Caserta G., Boccardo N., Carpaneto J., Gruppioni E., Micera S., Proietti T.
An Ultrathin and Lightweight Soft Inflatable Actuator for Natural Tactile Sensory Feedback
Advanced Intelligent Systems
2025
Dosen S., Boccardo N., Laffranchi M., Marinelli A.
Artificial Proprioceptive Feedback of Wrist Flexion and Extension for Myoelectric Prostheses
Biosystems and Biorobotics, vol. 31, pp. 106-109
Dissemination
2025
Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Berettoni A.
Health Technologies: How Science is Transforming Healthcare
Health Technologies: How Science is Transforming Healthcare
Public Event
2024
Boccardo N.
Oltre le funzionalità: le Sfumature della protesica - TEDxSanremo
TEDx Sanremo
Public Event
2023
Boccardo N.
La nuova mano protesica Hannes: quale l’evoluzione ingegneristica futura?
61° Congresso Nazionale - Società Italiana di Chirurgia della mano (SICM)
Public Event
Scientific Talks
2025
Laffranchi M., Berettoni A., Boccardo N.
The IIT-INAIL Rehab Technologies Lab
workshop
Workshop/Symposium
2024
Boccardo N.
(Co-)Adaptive (Un-)Supervised Learning for Myocontrol (WS10) - ICNR 2024
Workshop n°10 - ICNR 2024
Workshop/Symposium
2024
Boccardo N.
Intent detection in practice (WR12) - Special Session - ICNR 2024
ICNR 2024
Conference
2023
Barresi G., Salatino L., Caserta G., Marinelli A., Boccardo N., Storchi C., Freddolini M., de Zambotti M., Gruppioni E., Laffranchi M., De Michieli L.
Augmented Biofeedback Settings for Prosthetic Embodiment Training
Living Machines 2023 Workshop: Human-Inspired Robotic Embodiment
Workshop/Symposium
2023
Boccardo N.
Empowering Aging Populations: User-Centered Geriatronics Development
IROS 2023 - Geriatronics: AI and Robotics for Health & Well-Being in Older Age
Workshop/Symposium
Awards and Achievements
2025
Alessi C., Vasile F., Ceola F., Pasquale G., Boccardo N., Natale L.
Best Poster Award – IROS Workshop on "From Thought to Touch and Back: AI, Neural Interfaces and Sensory Feedback in Prosthetics"
2025
Alessi C., Vasile F., Ceola F., Pasquale G., Boccardo N., Natale L.
Best Poster Award – IROS Workshop on "Shared Autonomy and Sense of Agency"
2025
Laffranchi M., Traverso S., Vaccaro R., Cavallaro L., Canepa M., Boccardo N., Vassallo C., Maludrottu S., De Michieli L., Gruppioni E.
Compasso d'oro international award - Twin exoskeleton
2024
Macaluso A., Bottino A., Pratticò F.G., Lamberti F., Galletti C., Storchi C., Podda J., Tacchino A., Brichetto G., Boccardo N., De Michieli L., Barresi G.
Best Session Presentation - Executive Control in a Mixed Reality Exergame for Motor-Cognitive Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis
2024
Franconi B., Cherubini A., Sacchini A., De Giuseppe S., Bunt A., Berettoni A., Modica A., Boccardo N., Gruppioni E., Traverso S., Laffranchi M.
Winner of the 2024 Cybathlon Leg Prosthesis Race
Colleagues of Rehab Technologies - INAIL-IIT lab