Emanuela Del Dottore
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About
| Past Education |
I got both my bachelor’s and master’s degree in Computer Science (with curriculum on Artificial Intelligence), at the University of Pisa. I conducted my master thesis in collaboration with Scuola Superiore S. Anna, at the Marine Robotic Center in Livorno. My work was to research and implement an image segmentation technique on digital pictures of seabed with the aim to recognize and map areas with Posidonia oceanica. |
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Abroad Experience |
During my studies, I also spent 9 months in Finland (Sept. 2006 – May 2007), at the University of Helsinki, via the Erasmus Project. The period abroad was an important and wonderful experience for both personal and professional enrichment. |
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Working Experience |
Immediately after graduation, I started working as a Software Designer and Programmer for an electronics company in Pontedera, the ForSense Technology, which develops embedded devices for environmental monitoring, food tracking and biomedical applications. I worked in this company for three years. I also had occasional collaborations with different companies as webmaster and software consultant. |
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Autobiographical Note |
In 2013 I decided to enrich my educational curriculum with the Ph.D., for this reason, I left my position at the ForSense Technology and I applied for the Ph.D. in BioRobotics at Scuola Superiore S. Anna, obtaining a scholarship from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia. I obtained the Ph.D. (with Honours) in 2017 with the thesis "Study and Implementation of Algorithms Inspired by Movements and Control Strategies of Plant Roots". My main interests are in artificial intelligence, robotics, control, and embedded systems. In my research activities, I want to merge all these topics by exploring bio-inspiration, particularly plant-inspiration, for the realization of new software technologies. |
IIT Publications
- 2020
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Generation GrowBots: learning from plants how to design self-morphing, growing robots
APS March Meeting 2020 -
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HyLength: a semi-automated digital image analysis tool for measuring the length of roots and fungal hyphae of dense mycelia
Mycorrhiza, vol. 30, (no. 2-3), pp. 229-242 -
Image-Based Approach to Reconstruct Curling in Continuum Structures
3rd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics -
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Passive Morphological Adaptation for Obstacle Avoidance in a Self-Growing Robot Produced by Additive Manufacturing
Soft Robotics, vol. 7, (no. 1), pp. 85-94 -
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Taking inspiration from climbing plants: Methodologies and benchmarks - A review
Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, vol. 15, (no. 3) - 2019
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Characterization of the growing from the tip as robot locomotion strategy
Frontiers Robotics AI, vol. 6, (no. JUN) -
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Octopus‐Inspired Soft Arm with Suction Cups for Enhanced Grasping Tasks in Confined Environments
Advanced Intelligent System, vol. 1, (no. 3) -
Octopus-inspired Technologies for Grasping and Manipulation Tasks
Conferenza Italiana di Robotica e Macchine Intelligenti -
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Self‐growing Adaptable Soft Robots
Mechanically Responsive Materials for Soft Robotics, Publisher: Wiley-VCH -
Self growing Robots Inspired by Plants
Conferenza Italiana di Robotica e Macchine Intelligenti - 2018
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An efficient soil penetration strategy for explorative robots inspired by plant root circumnutation movements
Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, vol. 13, (no. 1) -
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A plant-inspired kinematic model for growing robots
2018 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, RoboSoft 2018, pp. 20-24 -
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Continuous Growth in Plant-Inspired Robots Through 3D Additive Manufacturing
Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3454-3460 -
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Investigation of tip extrusion as an additive manufacturing strategy for growing robots
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 10928 LNAI, pp. 288-299 -
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Modular continuum manipulator: Analysis and characterization of its basic module
Biomimetics, vol. 3, (no. 1) -
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Swarming behavior emerging from the uptake-kinetics feedback control in a plant-root-inspired robot
Applied Sciences (Switzerland), vol. 8, (no. 1) -
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Toward growing robots: A historical evolution from cellular to plant-inspired robotics
Frontiers Robotics AI, vol. 5, (no. MAR) - 2017
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A plant-inspired robot with soft differential bending capabilities
Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, vol. 12, (no. 1) -
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SIMBA: Tendon-driven modular continuum arm with soft reconfigurable gripper
Frontiers Robotics AI, vol. 4, (no. FEB) - 2016
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Circumnutations as a penetration strategy in a plant-root-inspired robot
Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, vol. 2016-June, pp. 4722-4728 -
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Soft-legged wheel-based robot with terrestrial locomotion abilities
Frontiers Robotics AI, vol. 3, (no. DEC) - 2005
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The LOA customizable media aggregator
Proceedings - First International Conference on Automated Production of Cross Media Content for Multi-channel Distribution, AXMEDIS 2005, vol. 2005, pp. 115-122
Dissemination Talks
- 2018
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Come la natura ispira la robotica
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Il Plantoide: la pianta robot
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Le piante come modello nella robotica
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Robotica Bioispirata: Il Plantoid
- 2017
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Piante Intelligenti
- 2016
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Il Plantoid
Scientific Talks
- 2019
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Self growing Robots Inspired by Plants
- 2018
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A plant-inspired kinematic model for growing robots
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Continuous Growth in Plant-Inspired Robots Through 3D Additive Manufacturing
Awards
Best Interactive Session at the 1° Conferenza Italiana di Robotica e Macchine Intelligenti (I-RIM), October 2019
Mazzolai B.iit, Mondini A.iit, Tramacere F.iit, Del Dottore E.iit
Octopus-inspired Technologies for Grasping and Manipulation Tasks
Best Paper Awards at the First IEEE International Conference in Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), May 2018
Del Dottore E.iit, Mondini A.iit, Sadeghi A., Mazzolai B.iit
A plant-inspired kinematic model for growing robots