Marco Controzzi is Associate Professor at the BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA). His research focuses on the design of artificial hands and advanced prosthetic systems, with a particular emphasis on human grasping and the interaction between human behavior and robotic control. He received his BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering in 2005 and 2008, and a PhD in Robotics and ICT from SSSA in 2013. In 2009, he founded Prensilia Srl, a spin-off company that develops and commercializes robotic hands.

Andrea Tigrini is a researcher in Bioengineering at the Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy. His scientific activity focuses on developing models and algorithms for prosthetic control, human–machine interfaces based on EMG and wearable sensors, integrating physics-based and AI approaches. He was a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at Kyoto University (Japan) and is the author of more than 50 publications in international journals and conference proceedings. He currently serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. He is a member of IEEE, the Italian National Group of Bioengineering (GNB), the Italian Society of Clinical Movement Analysis (SIAMOC), and I-RIM – Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Machines.

Simone Traverso is Project Team Leader and Senior Mechanical Engineer at the Rehab Technologies Lab (INAIL-IIT Joint Lab), Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, Italy. Simone holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Genoa. His current research interests span rehabilitation robotics, prostheses and exoskeletons design, and the integration of engineering solutions with user-centered clinical needs. His contributions lie at the intersection of mechanical and biomedical design, with the aim of improving comfort, adaptability, functionality of prosthetic and assistive technologies. At IIT, he leads activities on the development of the Omnia prosthesis, which leverages on semi-actuation concepts. Within Omnia, his team has designed Unico, an active knee prosthesis integrating hydraulic and electric actuation, and Armonico, a micro-controlled ankle prosthesis. He also leads the FeatherEXO project, dedicated to the development of lightweight, soft lower-limb exoskeletons for individuals with locomotor impairments. His earlier works include the co-design of the Hannes prosthetic hand, a highly functional upper-limb prosthesis, and the Twin exoskeleton, a second-generation wearable device for gait assistance with spinal cord injury users. Across these projects, Simone has been deeply involved in mechatronic research, ensuring the transition of prototypes to clinical applications. He is engaged in technology transfer projects and entrepreneurial ventures aimed at translating developed solutions into the medtech industry. Within the lab, he has helped secure several national and international industrial design awards, including the recent Compasso d’Oro International and the iF Design Award.