International Journals

[A.1] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER and G. Gini, “Human-like reflex control for an artificial hand,” BioSystems,
vol. 76, no. 1-3, pp. 65–74, August 2004.

[A.2] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, G. Gini, and D. Vercesi, “A new haptic device for applications in virtual reality
and humanoid robotics,” Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, IOS press, vol. 13, no. 3, pp.
249–262, 2006, iSSN: 1069-2509/06.

[A.3] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, G. C. Gini, and D. L. Vercesi, “A multi-modal haptic interface for virtual reality
and robotics,” Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, vol. 52, no. 3-4, pp. 465–488, 2008.

[A.4] G. Gini, MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, and U. Scarfogliero, “New joint design to create a more natural and
efficient biped,” Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 27–42, Mar. 2009.

[A.5] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, J. de Gea, B. Bongardt, J. Albiez, and F. Kirchner, “Bio-inspired control of an
arm exoskeleton joint with active-compliant actuation system,” Applied Bionics and Biomechanics,
vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 193–204, Jun. 2009.

[A.6] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, M. Jordan, S. Straube, A. Seeland, S. Kim, and E. Kirchner, “Measuring the
improvement of the interaction comfort of a wearable exoskeleton,” International Journal of Social Robotics, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 285–302, 2012. 

[A.7] G. Gini, M. Arvetti, I. Somlai, and MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, “Acquisition and analysis of emg signals to recogniz e multiple hand movements for prosthetic applications,” Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 145–155, 2012.

[A.8] S. Feyzabadi, S. Straube, MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, E. A. Kirchner, S. K. Kim, J. C. Albiez, "Human Force Discrimination during Active Arm Motion for Force Feedback Design," IEEE Transactions on Haptics , vol.6, no.3, pp.309-319, July-Sept, 2013.

[A.9] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, “A combined B-spline-neural-network and ARX model for online identification of nonlinear dynamic actuation systems,” Neurocomputing, vol. 175, Part A, pp. 433 – 442, 2016.

[A.10] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, and B. Aubakir, “Design and modeling of a lightweight and low power consumption
full-scale biped robot,” International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, vol. 15, no. 05, p.1850022, 2018.

[A.11] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, A. Keldibek, B. Aubakir, G. Gini, A. M. Franchi, and M. Bana, “A neuromorphic control architecture for a biped robot,” Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 120, p. 103244, 2019.

[A.12] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, A. Yskak, and S. Yessirkepov, “One-shot bipedal robot dynamics identification with a reservoir-based rnn,” IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 50 180–50 194, 2023.



Chapters in Books

[E. 1] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER and G. Gini,
Book Title: Biomimetic Neural Learning for Intelligent Robots

Editors: Stefan Wermter, Günther Palm, Mark Elshaw

Chapter Title: "MaximumOne: An Anthropomorphic Arm with Bio-inspired Control System"
Springer-Verlag GmbH, Volume 3575 / 2005, pp. 281-298, ISBN: 3-540-27440-5, July 2005.

[E. 2] U. Scarfogliero, MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, and G. Gini,
Book Title: Biomimetic Neural Learning for Intelligent Robots

Editors: Stefan Wermter, Günther Palm, Mark Elshaw

Chapter Title: "LARP, Biped Robot Conceived as Human Modelling"
Springer-Verlag GmbH, Volume 3575 / 2005, pp 299 - 314, ISBN: 3-540-27440-5, July 2005.

[E. 3] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, Ilario Baragiola, Giuseppina Gini
"Teaching Grasping to a Humanoid Hand as a Generalization of Human Grasping Data" ,
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag GmbH, Vol. 3303 / 2004, p. 139, ISBN: 3-540-23927-82003.

[E. 4] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER U. Scarfogliero, G. C. Gini, and F. Moro, Humanoid Robots: A Biologically Founded Design and Control of a Humanoid Biped, B. Choi, Ed., January 2009, ISBN: 978-953-7619-44-2.

[E. 5]  MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, M. Jordan, L. M. V. Benitez, F. Grimminger, S. Schmidt, J. Albiez, and F. Kirchner, Development of a Low-Pressure Fluidic Servo-valve for Wearable Haptic Interfaces and Lightweight Robotic Systems, 1st ed., ser. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, A. C. Juan, Ferrier, Jean-Louis, and F. Joaquim, Eds.    Springer, 2011, vol. 89, ISBN 978-3-642-19538-9.

Ph.D Thesis

Study of an Anthropomorphic Artificial Arm for application in Humanoid Robotics

Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica ed Informazione, 2004


International and National Conferences


[B.1] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, Giuseppina Gini
"Blackfingers: an artificial hand that copies human hand in structure, size, and function",
Proc. IEEE Humanoids 2000, MIT, Cambridge, Mass, settembre 2000.

[B.2] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, Giuseppina Gini
"Simulation of Reflex Control in an Anthropomorphic Hand"
Proc. VIII ISCSB 2001 (Int Symposium on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics), Milano, Italia, luglio 2001.

[B.3 ] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, Giuseppina Gini
" Human-Like Hierarchical Reflex Control for an Artificial Hand"
Proc. IEEE Humanoids 2001, Waseda University, Tokyo, Giappone, novembre 2001.

[B.4] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, Giuseppina Gini
"Develope of a Electrotactile Stimulator Interface for application in Virtual Reality"Proc. IARP International Workshop on Human Robot Interaction , Frascati, 6-8 Novembre 2002.

[B.5] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, Giuseppina Gini, Marek Perkowski, Mikhail Pivtoraiko.
"Blackfingers a Sophisticated Hand Prosthesis" Proc. ICORR 2003, International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, Korea, April 23 - 25, 2003

[B.6] Marek Perkowski ,Tsutomu Sasao, Atsumu, Iseno, Uland Wong, Mikhail Pivtoraiko, MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, Martin Lukac , David Ng, Miranda Fix, Karl Kuchs.
"Use of Machine Learning Based on Constructive Induction in Dialogs with Robotic Heads" Proc. ICORR 2003, International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, Korea, April 23 - 25, 2003

[B.7 ] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, Giuseppina Gini
"A bio-inspired control system and a VRML Simulator for an Autonomous Humanoid Arm."
Proc. IEEE Humanoids 2003, Karlsruhe, Germany, October 2003.

[B.8 ] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, G. Gini, "Human-like reflex control for an artificial hand", Proc IPCAT2003, Fifth Int Workshop on information processing in cells  and tissues, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 8-11 2003, p 223-238.

[B.9 ] Marek Perkowski, Martin Lukac, Mikhail Pivtoraiko, Pawel Kerntopf, MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, D. Lee, H. Kim, H. Kim, W. Hwangboo, J.-W. Kim, and Y.W. Choi, ``A Hierarchical Approach to Computer Aided Design of Quantum Circuits,'' Proceedings of 6th International Symposium on Representations and Methodology of Future Computing Technology, RM 2003, Trier, Germany, March 10-11, 2003, pp. 201-209.

[B.10] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, Ilario Baragiola and Giuseppina Gini
"Teaching Grasping to a Humanoid Hand as a Generalization of Human Grasping Data"
Proc. International Symposium, KELSI 2004, Milan, November 2004, LNAI 3303, pp 137-150.

[B.11] Umberto Scarfogliero, MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, Giuseppina Gini
"Advanced step in biped robotics: innovative design and intuitive control through spring-damper actuator"
Proc. IEEE Humanoids 2004, Los Angeles, November 2004.

[B. 12] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, Giuseppina Gini
"MaximumOne: an Anthropomorphic Arm with Bio-Inspired Control System."
Proc.International Workshop Neurobotics: bioinspired computation for Robotics, Ulm, 20 September, 2004.

[B. 13] Marcello Mulas*, MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, Giuseppina Gini
"An EMG-controlled Exoskeleton for Hand Rehabilitation"
Proc.International Conference ICORR 2005, Chicago 28 June-1 July,
ISBN 0-7803-9004-0.

[B. 14] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER,Giuseppina Gini, Dario Vercesi
"A Glove Interface with Tactile feeling display for Humanoid Robotics and Virtual Reality systems"
Proc.International Conference ICINCO 2005, Barcellona 13-17 September, 2005.

[B. 15] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, Giuseppina Gini, Alessandro Nava and Nicola Mottola
" A Bioinspired Neural Controller for a Mobile Robot "
Proc. IEEE Robio06, Kunming ( China ), 17-20 December, 2006.

[B. 16] Giuseppina Gini , Umberto Scarfogliero , MICHELE FOLGHERAITER
" Human-Oriented Biped Robot Design: Insights into the Development of a truly Anthropomorphic Leg"
Proc. IEEE ICRA 07, Roma, 10-14 April, 2007.

[B. 17] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, G. Gini, A, Nava, V. Lumare, "CrickBot - a mobile robot with a bio-mimetic control architecture", Proc. Seventh international workshop on information processing in cell and tissues (IPCAT 2007), Oxford, England, 29-31 August 2007, p 1-8

[B. 18] G. Gini, MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, Caccia, C., Salvati, P., Dondio, G., Forlani, R., "A GMDH type net for the early screening of candidate drugs: the case of alpha-aminoamides", BITS 2007 meeting of the Italian Society of Bioinformatics, Napoli, 25-28 April, 2007.

[B. 19] Arvetti, M.; Gini, G.; MICHELE FOLGHERAITER: Classification of EMG signals through wavelet analysis and neural networks for controlling an active hand prosthesis. In Proceedings of IEEE ICORR 2007, Nordwijk (Holland), June 13-15/2007.

[B. 20] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER.; Bongardt, B.; Albiez, J.; Kirchner, F.: A Bio-Inspired Haptic Interface for Tele-Robotics Applications. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomemetics (ROBIO-2008), pages 560-565, Thailand, Bangkok, February 21-26/2009.

[B. 21]  MICHELE FOLGHERAITER ; Bongardt, B.; Albiez, J.; Kirchner, F.: Design of a Bio-Inspired Wearable Exoskeleton for Applications in Robotics. In International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC-2009), Portugal, Porto, January 14.-17./2009.

[B. 22]  MICHELE FOLGHERAITER;  Bongardt, B.; Schmidt, S.; de Gea, J.; Albiez, J.; Kirchner, F.(Eds.): Design of an Arm Exoskeleton using an hybrid Motion-Capture and Model-Based Technique,.IHR, ICRA 2009. Kobe, Japan, May 12-17/2009.

[B. 23]  G. Gini, I. Somlai, MICHELE FOLGHERAITER : Acquisition and classification of myoelectric signals for controlling an active hand prosthesis", Workshop IHR, IEEE ICRA 2009.Kobe, Japan, May 12-17/2009.

[B. 24] G. Gini, MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, I. Baroni, F. Boschetti, G. Petja, and M. Traversoni, “A biomimetic upper body for humanoids,” in International Symposium on Robotics, ISR2010, 7-9 June, Munich Germany, 2010.

[B. 25] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, M. Jordan, L. V. Ben´ıtez, F. Grimminger, S. Schmidt, and J. Albiez, “A highly integrated low pressure fluid servo-valve for applications in wearable robotic systems,” in International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO-2010), June 15-18, Madeira, Portugal, 2010.

[B.26] Frauke Bitomsky, Markus Heinen, MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, Ursula Dicke „Organization of the sensory-motor network in the brachial spinal cord of amphibians“ In Proceedings of the 7th FENS Forum Of European Neuroscience, (FENS-2010), 03.7.-07.7.2010, Amsterdam, o.A., Jul/2010.

[B.27] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, Mathias Jordan, Luis Manuel Vaca Benitez, Felix Grimminger, Steffen Schmidt, Jan Albiez, Frank Kirchner“Development of a Low-Pressure Fluidic Servo-valve for Wearable Haptic Interfaces and Lightweight Robotic Systems“ In Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, Andrade Cetto Juan Ferrier, Jean-Louis, Filipe Joaquim (eds.), Springer, series Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, volume 89, pages 239-253, 2011. ISBN: 978-3-642-19538-9.

[B.28] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, Elsa Andrea Kirchner, Anett Seeland, Su-Kyoung Kim, Mathias Jordan, Hendrik Wöhrle, Bertold Bongardt, Steffen Schmidt, Jan Albiez, Frank Kirchner „A multimodal brain-arm interface for operation of complex robotic systems and upper limb motor recovery“ In Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices, (BIODEVICES-11), 26.1.-29.1.2011, Rome, o.A., pages 150-162, Jan/2011. ISBN: 978-989-8425-37-9.

[B.29] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, “Dual-arm upper-body exoskeleton for telerobotics and rehabilitation,” in Robotica 2011, Humanoid and Service Robots. Milano: Artenergy Publishing, November 16-19 2011.

[B.30] M. Jordan, L. M. V. Benitez, S. Schmidt, MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, and J. Albiez, “Model-based control and design of a low-pressure fluid actuation system for haptic devices,” in In Proceedings Actuator 2012, Bremen, 2012, pp. 295–298.

[B.31] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, M. Jordan, J. Albiez, and F. Kirchner, “A bio-inspired control system for a wearable human-machine interface,” in In International Conference on Adaptive Behaviour, Odense, August, 2012.

[B.32] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, “Actuation design methodology for haptic interfaces and rehabilitation systems,” in 8th International Conference on Application of Information and Communication Technologies, Astana, October, 2014.

[B.33] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER and G. Gini, “A chaotic neural network as motor path generator for mobile robotics,” in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Bali, December, 2014.

[B.34] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, N. Tazhigaliyeva, and A. Niyetkaliyev, “Adaptive joint trajectory generator based on a chaotic recurrent neural network,” in IEEE 5th International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics, EPIROB 2015, Providence, August, 2015.

[B. 35] M. Bana, A. M. Franchi, G. Gini, A. Keldibek, and MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, “Learning and executing rhythmic movements through chaotic neural networks: a new method for walking humanoid robots,” in 47th International Symposium on Robotics , ISR 2016, Munich, June, 2016.

[B. 36] A. Kalysheva, Z. Zhapar, K. Tulkibayeva, MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, “Development of an artificial muscle from coiled polymer fibers for humanoid robotics applications,” in 15th International Conference on new Actuators, ACTUATOR 2016, Bremen, June, 2016, pp. 503–506.

[B. 37] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, B. Aubakir, and H. Atakan, “Thermally-controlled coiled polymeric wire as a novel variable elastic element,” in IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), July 3-7, Munich, Germany, 2017, pp. 466–471.

[B. 38] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, A. Oleinikov, A. Galiyev, Y. Kassenov, and D. Abdygali, “Development of a desktop haptic interface for teleoperation and virtual environments interaction,” in IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), July 3-7, Munich, Germany, 2017, pp. 478–483.

[B. 39] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, A. Keldibek, B. Aubakir, S. Salakchinov, G. Gini, A. M. Franchi, and M. Bana, “Development of a neuromorphic control system for a lightweight humanoid robot,” in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, vol. 185, no. 1, 2017.

[B. 40] A. Oleinikov, B. Abibullaev, A. Shintemirov and  MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, "Feature extraction and real-time recognition of hand motion intentions from EMGs via artificial neural networks," 2018 6th International Conference on Brain-Computer Interface (BCI), GangWon, 2018, pp. 1-5.

[B. 41] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, A. Yessaly, G. Kaliyev, A. Yskak, S. Yessirkepov, A. Oleinikov, and G. Gini, “Computational efficient balance control for a lightweight biped robot with sensor based zmp estimation,” in 2018 IEEE-RAS 18th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Nov 2018, pp. 232–237.

[B. 42] A. Zhilisbayev, N. Kuandyk, and MICHELE FOLGHERAITER “Development of a thumb-index hand interface for application in tele-robotics and virtual reality,” in ACTUATOR 2018, 16th International Conference on New Actuators, Bremen, Germany, June 2018.

[B. 43] Z. Otarbay, I. Assylgali, A. Yskak, and MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, “Development of a teach pendant for humanoid robotics with cartesian and joint-space control modalities,” in 2019 28th IEEE Interna- tional Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2019, pp. 1–6.

[B. 44] MICHELEFOLGHERAITER,S.Yessirkepov,andA.Yessaly,“An actuated spherical joint for humanoid robotics applications,” in 2019 IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems (CIS) and IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM), 2019, pp. 571–576.

[B. 45] A. Oleinikov, B. Abibullaev, and MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, “On the classification of electromyography signals to control a four degree-of-freedom prosthetic device,” in 2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine Biology Society (EMBC), 2020, pp. 686–689.

[B. 46] B. Nurtay, T. Suranshy, and M. Folgheraiter, “Development of a semi-rigid tendon actuated limb for robotics applications,” in 2020 5th International Conference on Robotics and Automation En- gineering (ICRAE), 2020, pp. 31–35.

[B. 47] Z. Otarbay, S. Yessirkepov, T. Ishuov, and M. Folgheraiter, “Development of a shoulder joint for humanoid robotics application,” in 2021 20th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), 2021, pp. 771–776.

[B. 48] M. Nurmanov, T. Ishuov, A. Dukenderov, and M. Folgheraiter, “Design and control of an aquatic robot with rgb-d sensor,” in 2022 8th International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Ap- plications (ICARA), 2022, pp. 21–26.

[B. 49] M. Folgheraiter, T. Umurzakov, and S. Yessirkepov, “A servomotor with adjustable stiffness for humanoid robotics application,” in ACTUATOR 2022; International Conference and Exhibition on New Actuator Systems and Applications, 2022, pp. 1–4.

[B. 50] T. Ishuov, Z. Otarbay, and M. Folgheraiter, “A concept of unbiased deep deterministic policy gradient for better convergence in bipedal walker,” in 2022 International Conference on Smart Information Systems and Technologies (SIST), 2022, pp. 1–6.

[B. 51] T. Umurzakov, S. Yessirkepov, and M. Folgheraiter, “Fast prototyping and testing of a new full scale bipedal robot,” in 2022 7th International Conference on Robotics and Automation Engineer- ing (ICRAE), 2022, pp. 215–221.

[B. 52] M. Folgheraiter, S. Yessirkepov, T. Umurzakov, and R. Korabay, “Nu-biped-4 a lightweight and low-power consumption full-size bipedal robot,” in 2023 9th International Conference on Automa- tion, Robotics and Applications (ICARA), 2023, pp. 38–43.

[B. 53] S. Yessirkepov, T. Umurzakov, R. Shaimerdenov, and M. Folgheraiter, “An elastic shoulder joint for humanoid robotics application,” in 2023 9th International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications (ICARA), 2023, pp. 117–122.


National Journals


[D.1] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER
"Robotica Umanoide"
AEI, Vol 89, 2002.

[D.2] G. Gini, MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, M. Mulas, U. Scarfogliero, "Rehabilitation robotics", Politecnico, Journal of the Politecnico di Milano, Disability and advanced Research at the Politecnico di Milano, Sbattella L. (Ed), p 84-87, N° 10, 2006.

Internal Technical reports


[C.1] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, Nicola Gatti
"La disabilità comunicativa nell'ottica delle tecnologie informatiche"
Rapporto Interno n.2003.02. , 2003.

[C.1] MICHELE FOLGHERAITER, Nicola Gatti
"Development and Experimentation of an artificial system to stimulate and measure somatic-sensorial quantities"
Rapporto Interno n.2003.08. , 2003.