Michele Canepa received the B.Sc degree and the M.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Genoa in 2010 and 2014 respectively. He received a PhD in Health Technologies from Open University Affiliated Research Center at IIT in 2026.
He worked as a fellow researcher at University of Genoa, focusing on developing embedded electrical measurements instruments. In 2014 joined Italian Institute of Technology to develop electrical and electronic systems for robotic medical devices. Since then, he designed electronics for upper and lower limb prostheses, lower limb exoskeletons and rehabilitation robots. In 2017 joined the IIT startup company Movendo Technology as Lead Electrical Engineer. Currently he is Senior Electrical Engineer, Team Leader of the Electronics Team and BioInterNect Project Leader at the Rehab Technologies Laboratory (IIT) in Genoa (Italy). His expertise lies in the development and industrialization of electrical systems for robotic medical devices
Phone
+39 010 2896 590
Research center
CCT@Morego
About
Education
Title: PhD in Health, Sustainable and Human Technologies
Institute: ARC@IIT / Open University (UK)
Location: Genoa
Country: Italy
From: 2022 To: null
Title: M.Sc. Electrical Engineering
Institute: University of Genoa
Location: Genoa
Country: Italy
From: 2010 To: 2014
All Publications
2026
Gelmini D., De Giuseppe S., Mozzon M., Dellacasa Bellingegni A., Bianco G. M., Mereu F., Canepa M., Boccardo N., Gruppioni E., Laffranchi M.
A battery-less, bidirectional, active implantable interface for myoelectric prosthesis control and sensory restoration
AIMD WORKSHOP 2026
Poster
Conference
2026
Traverso S., Vaccaro R., Berettoni A., Canepa M., Ardito A., Boccardo N., Laffranchi M.
A Compact Linear Series Elastic Actuator for Wearable Lower-Limb Exosuits: Design and Preliminary Evaluation
IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM
Conference Paper
Conference
2026
Bianco G.M., Bellingegni A.D., Mereu F., Gelmini D., Canepa M., Laffranchi M., Gruppioni E.
A Low-Frequency, Autoresonant Wireless Power Transfer Link for Bidirectional Bionic Interfaces
2026 International Conference on Smart Applications, Communications and Networking, SmartNets 2026
2026
Storchi C., Marinelli A., Caserta G., Di Domenico D., Canepa M., Gruppioni E., Boccardo N., Laffranchi M.
A Pre-Fitting Mixed Reality System for Myosignals Evaluation and Optimal Control Training for Hand Prostheses
Eng, vol. 7, (no. 10), pp. 504
Article
Journal
2026
Domenico D.D., Egle F., Marinelli A., Canepa M., Gruppioni E., Boccardo N., Laffranchi M., Castellini C.
Co-Adaptive Velocity and Position Control of 3-DoFs Prosthesis via Incremental Learning
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
Awards and Achievements
2025
Laffranchi M., Traverso S., Vaccaro R., Cavallaro L., Canepa M., Boccardo N., Vassallo C., Maludrottu S., De Michieli L., Gruppioni E.
Compasso d'oro international award - Twin exoskeleton
2025
Quadrelli D., De Giuseppe S., Sacchini A., Gelmini D., Canepa M.
Towards a clinically viable, modular, dry, high-density interface for prosthetic myocontrol
2020
Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Traverso S., Lombardi L., Canepa M., Lince A., Semprini M., Saglia J.A., Naceri A., Sacchetti R., Gruppioni E., De Michieli L.
Compasso d'oro
2020
Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Traverso S., Lombardi L., Canepa M., Lince A., Semprini M., Saglia J.A., Naceri A., Sacchetti R., Gruppioni E., De Michieli L.
XXVI Compasso d'oro
2018
Laffranchi M., Boccardo N., Traverso S., Lince A., Canepa M., Saglia J., Gruppioni E., Sacchetti R., Diamanti G., Poli F., De Bartolomeis L., De Michieli L.
ADI Design Index