Pietro Balatti

Senior Technician

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About

Pietro Balatti is a PhD candidate at the Human-Robot Interfaces and physical Interaction Lab, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, and at the Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy. He received the BD and the MD, cum laude, in computer science and engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy, in 2014 and 2016, respectively. He was member of team "CoAware" that won the KUKA Innovation Award in April 2018, who was responsible of the robot control framework. His main research interests are focused in the enhancement of robot interaction autonomy, within the fields of adaptive impedance control and physical human-robot interaction.

Interests

Robotic manipulation Interaction autonomy Impedance control Adaptive control Human-Robot Interaction and Collaboration

IIT Publications

  • 2022
  • Kato Y., Balatti P.iit, Gandarias J.M.iit, Leonori M.iit, Tsuji T., Ajoudani A.iit
    DOI

    A Self-Tuning Impedance-Based Interaction Planner for Robotic Haptic Exploration

    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, (no. 4), pp. 9461-9468
  • Gandarias J.M.iit, Balatti P.iit, Lamon E.iit, Lorenzini M.iit, Ajoudani A.iit
    DOI

    Enhancing Flexibility and Adaptability in Conjoined Human-Robot Industrial Tasks with a Minimalist Physical Interface

    Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 8061-8067
  • Lagomarsino M.iit, Lorenzini M.iit, Balatti P.iit, Momi E.D., Ajoudani A.iit
    DOI

    Pick the Right Co-Worker: Online Assessment of Cognitive Ergonomics in Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly

    IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems
  • 2021
  • Balatti P.iit, Leonori M.iit, Ajoudani A.iit
    DOI

    A flexible and collaborative approach to robotic box-filling and item sorting

    Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 146
  • Liu J., Balatti P.iit, Ellis K., Hadjivelichkov D., Stoyanov D., Ajoudani A.iit, Kanoulas D.
    DOI

    Garbage Collection and Sorting with a Mobile Manipulator using Deep Learning and Whole-Body Control

    IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, vol. 2021-July, pp. 408-414
  • 2020
  • Balatti P.iit, Fusaro F.iit, Villa N.iit, Lamon E.iit, Ajoudani A.iit
    DOI

    A Collaborative Robotic Approach to Autonomous Pallet Jack Transportation and Positioning

    IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 142191-142204
  • Balatti P.iit, Kanoulas D., Tsagarakis N.iit, Ajoudani A.iit
    DOI

    A method for autonomous robotic manipulation through exploratory interactions with uncertain environments

    Autonomous Robots, vol. 44, (no. 8), pp. 1395-1410
  • Lamon E.iit, Fusaro F.iit, Balatti P.iit, Kim W.iit, Ajoudani A.iit
    DOI

    A visuo-haptic guidance interface for mobile collaborative robotic assistant (MOCA)

    IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 11253-11260
  • Kim W.iit, Balatti P.iit, Lamon E.iit, Ajoudani A.iit
    DOI

    MOCA-MAN: A MObile and reconfigurable Collaborative Robot Assistant for conjoined huMAN-robot actions

    Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 10191-10197
  • 2019
  • Fortini L.iit, Balatti P.iit, Lamon E.iit, De Momi E.iit, Ajoudani A.
    DOI

    A Collaborative Robotic Approach to Gaze-Based Upper-Limb Assisted Reaching

    IWOBI 2019 - IEEE International Work Conference on Bioinspired Intelligence, Proceedings, pp. 63-68
  • Kim W.iit, Lorenzini M.iit, Balatti P.iit, Nguyen D.H.P.iit, Pattacini U.iit, Tikhanoff V.iit, Peternel L., Fantacci C.iit, Natale L.iit, Metta G.iit, AJOUDANI A.iit
    DOI

    Adaptable workstations for human–robot collaboration: A reconfigurable framework for improving worker ergonomics and productivity

    IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine
  • Balatti P.iit, De Franco A., Lamon E.iit, De Momi E., Ajoudani A.iit

    An Augmented Reality Interface for Improving Task Performance in Close-Proximity Teleoperation

    Istituto di Robotica e Macchine Intelligenti ​3D
  • De Franco A., Lamon E.iit, Balatti P.iit, De Momi E., Ajoudani A.
    DOI

    An Intuitive Augmented Reality Interface for Task Scheduling, Monitoring, and Work Performance Improvement in Human-Robot Collaboration

    IWOBI 2019 - IEEE International Work Conference on Bioinspired Intelligence, Proceedings, pp. 75-80
  • Wu Y.iit, Balatti P.iit, Lorenzini M.iit, Zhao F., Kim W.iit, Ajoudani A.iit
    DOI

    A Teleoperation Interface for Loco-Manipulation Control of Mobile Collaborative Robotic Assistant

    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 4, (no. 4), pp. 3593-3600
  • Lorenzini M.iit, Fusaro F.iit, Balatti P.iit, De Momi E., Mastrogiovanni F., Wansoo K., Ajoudani A.iit

    Toward a Synergistic Framework for Human-Robot Coexistence and Collaboration (HRC2)

    Istituto di Robotica e Macchine Intelligenti ​3D
  • Kim W.iit, Lorenzini M.iit, Balatti P.iit, Wu Y.iit, Ajoudani A.iit
    DOI

    Towards Ergonomic Control of Collaborative Effort in Multi-human Mobile-robot Teams

    IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 3005-3011
  • Balatti P.iit, Kanoulas D.iit, Tsagarakis N.G., Ajoudani A.iit
    DOI

    Towards robot interaction autonomy: Explore, identify, and interact

    Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, vol. 2019-May, pp. 9523-9529
  • 2018
  • Balatti P., Kanoulas D.iit, Rigano G.F.iit, Muratorc L.iit, Tsagarakis N.G.iit, Ajoudani A.
    DOI

    A Self-Tuning Impedance Controller for Autonomous Robotic Manipulation

    IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 5885-5891
  • 2017
  • Balatti P.iit, Muratore L.iit, Peternel L.iit, Hoffman Mingo E.iit, Tsagarakis G. N., Ajoudani A.iit

    A Manipulation Framework for Debris Removal using WALK-MAN Humanoid

    10th International Workshop on Human-Friendly Robotics (HFR 2017)

Dissemination Talks

  • 2020
  • Balatti P.iit

    100 Rodari: prove ed errori - Perché gli scienziati hanno bisogno di sbagliare

  • Balatti P.iit

    Robotica collaborativa: sinergia tra intelligenza umana e prestazioni fisiche delle tecnologie contemporanee

Scientific Talks

  • 2019
  • Balatti P.iit, De Franco A., Lamon E.iit, De Momi E., Ajoudani A.iit

    An Augmented Reality Interface for Improving Task Performance in Close-Proximity Teleoperation

  • Balatti P.iit, Kanoulas D.iit, Tsagarakis N.G., Ajoudani A.iit

    Towards robot interaction autonomy: Explore, identify, and interact

  • 2018
  • Balatti P., Kanoulas D.iit, Rigano G.F.iit, Muratorc L.iit, Tsagarakis N.G.iit, Ajoudani A.

    A Self-Tuning Impedance Controller for Autonomous Robotic Manipulation

  • 2017
  • Balatti P.iit, Muratore L.iit, Peternel L.iit, Hoffman Mingo E.iit, Tsagarakis G. N., Ajoudani A.iit

    A Manipulation Framework for Debris Removal using WALK-MAN Humanoid

Awards

MECSPE Solution Award 2020 Finalist - December 2020

Awarded by Italy's largest industrial organisation MECSPE, with the theme "Collaborative robotics systems towards lean and sustainable resources management in logistics applications".


MECSPE Solution Award 2019 Winner - March 2019

Awarded by Italy's largest industrial organisation MECSPE, with the theme "Reconfigurable systems for Human-Robot Collaboration towards productivy and worker ergonomics enhancement".


KUKA Innovation Award 2018 Winner - April 2018

I was responsible of the robot control of the framework developed by the winning team "CoAware" from IIT. KUKA announcement - Video