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Project Team Leader - Senior Mechanical Engineer
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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 lower limb prostheses with a high level of technology and strongly focused on the needs of the patients.

The group I am leading, the HyperLeg team, is designing two prototypes of active knee prostheses, based on hydraulic and electric technologies, and one micro controlled ankle prosthesis, 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 group 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
2021
Laffranchi M., D'Angella S., Vassallo C., Piezzo C., Canepa M., De Giuseppe S., Di Salvo M., Succi A., Cappa S., Cerruti G., Scarpetta S., Cavallaro L., Boccardo N., D'Angelo M., Marchese C., Saglia J.A., Guanziroli E., Barresi G., Semprini M., Traverso S., Maludrottu S., Molteni F., Sacchetti R., Gruppioni E., De Michieli L.
User-Centered Design and Development of the Modular TWIN Lower Limb Exoskeleton
Frontiers in Neurorobotics, vol. 15
2021
Laffranchi M., D'Angella S., Vassallo C., Piezzo C., Canepa M., De Giuseppe S., Di Salvo M., Succi A., Cappa S., Cerruti G., Scarpetta S., Cavallaro L., Boccardo N., D'Angelo M., Marchese C., Saglia J.A., Guanziroli E., Barresi G., Semprini M., Traverso S., Maludrottu S., Molteni F., Sacchetti R., Gruppioni E., De Michieli L.
User-Centred Design and Development of the Modular TWIN Lower Limb Exoskeleton
Frontiers in Neurorobotics
Article in Press Journal
Awards and Achievements
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
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., Canepa M., Lince A., Semprini M., Saglia J.A., Naceri A., Sacchetti R., Gruppioni E., De Michieli L.
ADI Design Index