The Integrated Joint Platform for Research and Translational Research IRCCS-University is established between The BioRobotics Institute and the centre for rehabilitation "Fondazione Don Gnocchi" located in Florence.
This platform aims at carrying out the experimental validation of wearable robots for motion assistance and rehabilitation with real end users such as elderly people affected by gait disorders, transfemoral amputees or hemiplegic patients. This platform is equipped with a motion tracking system, a EMG recorder, a device to monitor human physiological parameters, direct/indirect calorimeters and the SENLY platform for investigating fall biomechanics and strategies for its risk mitigation.
This integrated joint platform is currently exploited by members of different laboratories/areas of the Institute, such as: Wearable Robotics Laboratory, Translational Neural Engineering Laboratory, Locomotion Biomechanics Laboratory and Human-Machine Nexus Laboratory.

Locations and Principal Investigators

Fondazione Don Gnocchi
Prof. Nicola Vitiello
Dr. Raffaele Molino Lova (Fondazione Don Gnocchi)
Via di Scandicci, 269 - 50143 Firenze
Tel: 055-73931

IRCCS S.Maria Nascente - Fondazione Don Gnocchi
Dr. Simona Crea
Dr. Davide Cattaneo (Fondazione Don Gnocchi)
Via Alfonso Capecelatro, 66 - Milano
Tel.: 02-403081