Biosketch: Filippo Cavallo is Associate Professor in Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics at the University of Florence, Department of Industrial Engineering, Florence, Italy. He received the Master Degree in Electronics Engineering, Curriculum Bioengineering, from the University of Pisa, Italy, and the Ph.D. degree in Bioengineering at the BioRobotics Institute of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy. From 2007 to 2013, he was postdoc researcher and, from 2013 to 2019, he was assistant professor and head and scientific responsible of the Assistive Robotics Lab at the BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna. Since 2020, he is an associate professor with the University of Florence in Biomedical Robotics and Bio-Mechatronics and an affiliate professor at the BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna. The objectives of his research activities are to promote and evaluate novel service robotics for active and healthy ageing, and to identify and validate disruptive healthcare paradigms for neurodegenerative and chronic diseases, focusing on prevention and support for physical and cognitive declines. The main scientific and technological challenges concern social robotics, human-robot interaction, wearable sensors, Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence for robot companion and healthcare applications. He has participated in various national and European projects and is the author of 180+ papers at conferences and ISI journals.
Roles: Spoke 9 coordinator, Spoke 9 WP2 Leader
Contacts: filippo.cavallo@unifi.it
Website: https://cercachi.unifi.it/p-doc2-0-0-A-3f2c352d3a2c29.html
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