Author: Marta Gandolla
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Development of an adaptive control architecture and test-bench validation for a knee joint of a transfemoral prosthesis
Motivation of the study. Transfemoral lower-limb amputations significantly impact mobility and quality of life, motivating continuous research and development in the field of active prosthetic devices. In recent years, powered transfemoral prostheses have emerged as a promising solution to restore more natural and efficient gait patterns by actively assisting the user during locomotion. A key
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Evaluation of athlete effort during competitive bike activities
In the wind gallery of Politecnico di Milano, competitive athletes perform aerodynamic evaluations to improve their performances. The goal is to define the better position and/or equipment to be as competitive as possible from an aerodynamic point of view. Nothing is ever said, however, about the possible differences in terms of the effort of the
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Physics-informed smoothing and model identification in dynamical systems
Motivation of the study. Many real-world phenomena produce time series representing the evolution of physical states, examples include the measurement of neuronal activity in neuroscience, the tracking of mechanical systems in engineering, and the monitoring of ecological processes. However, these data are often noisy, incomplete, or measured at different sample rates, making it challenging to