Research Activity

Current and past research projects

Currently working on the following European research projects:

• Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship SCOUT: “Soft Magnetic Exoskin Transducing Human Motion” (grant number 101149980).
• Horizon Europe SWAG: “Soft Wearable Assistive Garments for Human Empowerment” (grant number 101120408).

My research was also funded by these additional projects:

• ERC Starting Grant project MYKI: “A Bidirectional MyoKinetic Implanted Interface for Natural Control of Artificial Limbs” (grant number 679820).
• Inail (the Italian national workers’ compensation) Grant project MIO-PRO: “Engineered Patient-Specific Muscles for the Restoration of Myoelectric Channels and Prosthesis Control” (grant number PR19-CR-P1).
• Inail (the Italian national workers’ compensation) Grant project CECA2020 (grant number PPR AS 1/2).
• Horizon 2020 framework program for Research and Innovation project B-CRATOS: “Wireless Brain-Connect Interface to Machines” (grant number 965044).

Awards

• Best Poster Award: ICRA 2024 Workshop, Supervised Autonomy: How to Shape Human-Robot Interaction from the Body to the Brain.
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action – Postdoctoral Fellowship

Journal papers

1. Masiero, F.*, Ianniciello, V.*, Raeli, R., Sinibaldi, E.†, Masia, L.†, & Cipriani, C.† (2024). Preliminary Assessment of Accurate Motion Detection via Magnetic Tracking towards Wearable Technologies. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 7(1), 59-65.
   (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10759804)
2. Gherardini, M., Ianniciello, V., Masiero, F., Paggetti, F., D’Accolti, D., La Frazia, E., … & Cipriani, C. (2024). Restoration of grasping in an upper limb amputee using the myokinetic prosthesis with implanted magnets. Science Robotics, 9(94), eadp3260.
   (https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/scirobotics.adp3260)
3. Masiero, F.*, La Frazia, E.*, Ianniciello, V., & Cipriani, C. (2024). Generating Frequency Selective Vibrations in Remote Moving Magnets. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 6(6), 2300751. (https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aisy.202300751)
4. Masiero, F., & Sinibaldi, E. (2023). Exact and Computationally Robust Solutions for Cylindrical Magnets Systems with Programmable Magnetization. Advanced Science, 2301033. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.202301033)
5. Gherardini, M.*, Masiero, F.*, Ianniciello, V., & Cipriani, C. (2023). The Myokinetic Interface: implanting permanent magnets to restore the sensory-motor control loop in amputees. Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering, 100460. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468451123000168)
6. Masiero, F.*, Fagioli, I.*, Truppa, L., Mannini, A., Cappello, L., & Controzzi, M. (2023). Looking for synergies in healthy upper limb motion: a focus on the wrist. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 31, 1248-1257. (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10041208)
7. Aragón, J. M., Thumser, Z., Masiero, F., Beckler, D., Clemente, F., Marasco, P., & Cipriani, C. (2022). The myokinetic stimulation interface: activation of proprioceptive neural responses with remotely actuated magnets implanted in rodent forelimb muscles. Journal of Neural Engineering, 19(2), 026048. (https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1741-2552/ac6537)
8. Masiero, F., Sinibaldi, E., Clemente, F., & Cipriani, C. (2021). Effects of Sensor Resolution and Localization Rate on the Performance of a Myokinetic Control Interface. IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(20), 22603-22611. (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9528378)
9. Milici, S., Gherardini, M., Clemente, F., Masiero, F., Sassu, P., & Cipriani, C. (2020). The myokinetic control interface: How many magnets can be implanted in an amputated forearm? Evidence from a simulated environment. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 28(11), 2451-2458. (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9201086)

Conference Papers

1. Masiero, F., Mori, T., Reho, R., Gherardini, M., Marasco, P., Cipriani, C. (2025, February). Validation of an implanted remotely actuated magnetic human-machine interface to study kinesthesia in limb amputees. In Dimensions of Motor Control (DMC) 2025.
2. Gherardini, M., Ianniciello, V., Masiero, F., Paggetti, F., D’Accolti, D., La Frazia, E., … & Cipriani, C. (2024, November). The Myokinetic Interface for Prosthetic Control: Preliminary Results from a Pilot Study with an Amputee. In International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (pp. 7-10). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
3. Masiero, F., Gherardini, M., & Cipriani, C. (2024, November). The Myokinetic Control and Stimulation Interface: A Robotic Platform to Study Kinesthesia in Humans. In International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (pp. 123-126). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
4. Prange-Lasonder, G. B., Oberschmidt, K., Pacifico, I., Jamšek, M., Babič, J., Masiero, F., … & Prinsen, E. C. (2024, November). User-Centered Design Approach for Development of an Assistive Soft Exosuit and Initial Results on User Requirements. In International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (pp. 63-67). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
5. Moore, C., Kilic, B. U., Masiero, F., Gherardini, M., Cipriani, C., & Marasco, P. (2024, August). Comparative Kinematic Analysis of two Kinesthetic Interfaces from Distinct Recording Methodologies. In Myoelectric Controls Symposium.
6. Gherardini, M., Masiero, F., Milici, S., Clemente, F., & Cipriani, C. (2020, July). The Myokinetic Control Interface: How Many Magnets can be Implated in an Amputated Forearm? Evidences from a Simulated Environment. In Myoelectric Controls Symposium.

Conference Abstracts (Poster Presentations)

1. Masiero, F., Nicchiarelli, G., Masia, L. (2024, May). Magnetic Tracking for a Soft Wearable Exoglove. In 2024 International conference on robotics and automation (ICRA).
2. Masiero, F. (2024, April). The myokinetic control and stimulation interface: a robotic platform to study kinesthesia in humans. In Neural Control of Movement (NCM) 2024.