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 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 and Team Leader of the Electronics Team 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: M.Sc. Electrical Engineering
Institute: University of Genoa
Location: Genoa
Country: Italy
From: 2010 To: 2014
All Publications
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
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
2025
Di Domenico D., Forsiuk I., Muller-Cleve S., Tanzarella S., Garro F., Marinelli A., Canepa M., Laffranchi M., Chiappalone M., Bartolozzi C., De Michieli L., Boccardo N., Semprini M.
Reach&Grasp: a multimodal dataset of the whole upper-limb during simple and complex movements
Scientific data, vol. 12, (no. 1)
2025
Marinelli A., Boccardo N., Canepa M., Laffranchi M., Dosen S.
Vibrotactile Feedback of Wrist Rotation and Hand Aperture Using a Single Array of Motors
Biosystems and Biorobotics, vol. 31, pp. 114-117
2024
Marinelli A., Boccardo N., Canepa M., Di Domenico D., Gruppioni E., Laffranchi M., De Michieli L., Chiappalone M., Semprini M., Dosen S.
A compact solution for vibrotactile proprioceptive feedback of wrist rotation and hand aperture
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, vol. 21, (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., 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
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