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Simone Traverso

Project Team Leader - Senior Mechanical Engineer
Senior Technician
Rehab Technologies - INAIL-IIT lab
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Biografia

Passionate and result-oriented Mechanical Engineer, I am working at Rehab Technologies to build innovative mechatronic devices with a high level of technology and strongly focused on the needs of the patients.

The group I am leading, the FeatherEXO team, is focused on the development of an innovative lower limb exoskeleton, to assist different types of locomotive deficiency, with a soft and light approach that is promising for a large variety of users.

I am also leading the Omnia - lower limb prosthesis group: our team has designed a novel active knee prostheses (Unico), based on hydraulic and electric technologies, and one micro controlled ankle prosthesis (Armonico), able to make the step more comfortable and safer for the user.

During my previous experience I worked in the Twin - Lower Limb Exoskeleton team (Rehab Technologies), designing the second revision of the device, and leading the mechanical team of the project.

Moreover, as a mechanical technologist, I designed the hand prosthesis Hannes (Rehab Technologies), with a specific focus on the fingers and the wrist.

Before the IIT experience, I worked in the Italian Institute of Welding (IIS) as a structural engineer, specialized in welded components and metals study.

I got my Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Genoa, with a stage experience at the CERN scientific center.

Skills: components design, production management, design supervision, project management, rehabilitation robotics, technology transfer

Education

Title: Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
Institute: University of Genoa
Location: Genoa
Country: Italy
From: 2010 To: 2022

Title: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
Institute: University of Genoa
Location: Genoa
Country: Italy
From: 2007 To: 2010

Skills

Components design

Production management

Design supervision

Project management

Rehabilitation robotics

Technology transfer

All Publications
2026
Traverso S., Vaccaro R., Berettoni A., Canepa M., Ardito A., Boccardo N., Laffranchi M.
A Compact Linear Series Elastic Actuator for Wearable Lower-Limb Exosuits: Design and Preliminary Evaluation
2026 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), pp. 7
Conference Paper Conference
2026
Berettoni A., Tombolato I., Canepa M., Traverso S., Laffranchi M.
Mechatronic Modeling of FeatherExo: A Series Elastic Actuator for Soft Gait Assistance
2026 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), pp. 7
Conference Paper Conference
2025
Laffranchi M., De Giuseppe S., Freddolini M., Driessen J., Barresi G., Canepa M., Boccardo N., Cherubini A., Mozzon M., Gruppioni E., De Michieli L., Traverso S.
Design of Semi-Powered Knee Prostheses for Improved Versatility
Biosystems and Biorobotics, vol. 31, pp. 129-133
Book Chapter Book Series
2025
Demasi S., Ardito A., Galviati R., Traverso S., Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Sanguineti V.
Shadow Control of a fully modular prosthetic arm with 3-DoF Shoulder
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference, vol. 2025, pp. 1-6
2025
Franconi B., Cherubini A., Sacchini A., De Giuseppe S., Bunt A., Berettoni A., Modica A., Boccardo N., Gruppioni E., Traverso S., Laffranchi M.
The Omnia bionic leg with a semipowered knee and ankle wins the Cybathlon 2024 leg prosthesis race
Science Robotics, vol. 10, (no. 107)
Awards and Achievements
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
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
2021
Laffranchi M., Traverso S., Vaccaro R., Maludrottu S., Poli F., De Bartolomeis L., Diamanti G., Gruppioni E., De Michieli L.
Good Design
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
Editorships
2026-2026
Traverso S., Vaccaro R., Berettoni A., Canepa M., Ardito A., Boccardo N., Laffranchi M.
A Compact Linear Series Elastic Actuator for Wearable Lower-Limb Exosuits: Design and Preliminary Evaluation