Carlo Canali
Researcher
Researcher

About
I’ve obtained my PhD in physics in 2008 in Genova (Italy) working on an experiment on antimatter.
I’ve worked in several laboratories (Genova, Heidelberg, CERN), obtaining in this years an advanced knowledge in electronics (from the design up to the physical realization and test of the device), PCB design and FPGA programming in VHDL.
I’m an expert in the use of Labview, Labview RT, National instrument devices and data acquisition hardware/software in general. I’ve good knowledge in programming in C, even if my favoured kind of work is with Hardware.
I'm currently employed in IIT (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) as a Reseacher, I'm currently coordinating a gropu working on Industrial Inspection Robots and Automation, in collaboration with multinational companies in the sector of Energy, Manufacturing, Automotive.
Projects
Ansaldo Energia - Pricipal Investigator - Inspection robot for combustion chamber inspection
Ansaldo Energia - Pricipal Investigator - Crawler robot for power generator inspection
Luxottica - Automated quality control system - co-PI
Fameccanica - Proposal author
AVIO Assembly and Inspection
AUTORECON
Selected Publications
Rivet inspection with multi-sensor robotic system Canali, C., Pistone, A., Gloriani, C., ...Ludovico, D., Caldwell, D.G. INES 2020 - IEEE 24th International Conference on Intelligent Engineering Systems, Proceedings, 2020, pp. 61-65, 9147186
Reconfigurable inspection robot for industrial applications Pistone, A., Canali, C., Gloriani, C., ...Guardiani, P., Caldwell, D.G. Procedia Manufacturing, 2019, 38, pp. 597-604
Dexterous gripper for in-hand manipulation with embedded object localization algorithm Leggieri, S., Canali, C., Pistone, A., ...Rahman, N., Caldwell, D.G. Procedia Manufacturing, 2019, 38, pp. 1354-1361
Deep Endoscope: Intelligent Duct Inspection for the Avionic Industry Martelli, S., Mazzei, L., Canali, C., ...Murino, V., Del Bue, A. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2018, 14(4), pp. 1701-1711
Novel Integrated Robotic System for Tiny Duct Inspection Guardiani, P., Canali, C., Pistone, A., ...Cannella, F., Caldwell, D. Procedia Manufacturing, 2018, 17, pp. 342-349
Theoretical and Kinematic Solution of High Reconfigurable Grasping for Industrial Manufacturing, Fei Chen , Ferdinando Cannella, Carlo Canali, Amit Eytan, Aldo Bottero and Darwin Caldwell, in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2013. Robio2013. IEEE, 2013, pp. 734-739.
Design of an Industrial Robotic Gripper for Precise Twisting and Positioning in High-Speed Assembly, Ferdinando Cannella, Fei Chen, Carlo Canali, Amit Eytan, Aldo Bottero and Darwin Caldwell, in IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, 2013. SII2013. IEEE, 2013, pp. 443-448.
Particle tracking at 4 K: The Fast Annihilation Cryogenic Tracking (FACT) detector for the AEgIS antimatter gravity experiment J. Storey, C. Canali, et al. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment 732 (2013) 437-441
Prospects for measuring the gravitational free-fall of antihydrogen with emulsion detectorsAEgIS Collaboration, Journal of Instrumentation 06/2013; 8(08).
Developmentofnuclearemulsionswith1 μm spatial resolution for the AEgIS experiment NuclearInstrumentsandMethodsinPhysicsResearch A (in Press, 2013)
Exploring the WEP with a pulsed cold beam of antihydrogenClassical and Quantum Gravity 01/2012; 29(18):184009
Further evidence for low-energy protonium production in vacuum Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2012) 127: 124
Off-axial plasma displacement suitable for antihydrogen production in AEgIS experiment C. Canali, C. Carraro, D. Krasnicky, V. Lagomarsino, L. Di Noto, G. Testera and S. Zavatarelli Eur. Phys. J. D 65, 499–504 (2011)
Particle manipulation techniques in AEgIS C. Canali, C. Carraro, L. Di Noto, D. Krasnicky, V. Lagomarsino, G. Testera, S. Zavatarelli Hyperfine Interactions 04/2012; 199(1):49-57. DOI:10.1007/s10751-011-0300-1
First optical hyperfine structure measurement in an atomic anion. A Fischer, C Canali, U Warring, A Kellerbauer, S Fritzsche Physical review letters. 02/2010; 104(7):073004
High-resolution laser spectroscopy on the negative osmium ion. U. Warring, M Amoretti, C Canali, A. Fischer, R. Heyne, J. O. Meier, Ch Morhard, A Kellerbauer Physical review letters. 02/2009; 102(4):043001.
Proposed antimatter gravity measurement with an antihydrogen beam AEgIS Collaboration Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 266 (2008) 351–356 NIMB
Temporally controlled modulation of antihydrogen production and the temperature scaling of antiproton-positron recombination. ATHENA Collaboration Physical review letters. 09/2008; 101(5):053401.
Proposal for the AEGIS experiment at the CERN Antiproton Decelerator (Antimatter Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy). AEgIS Collaboration CERN-SPSC-2007-017, CERN-SPSC-P-334, Jun 2007. 125pp.
Positron plasma control techniques for the production of cold antihydrogen ATHENA Collaboration Phys. Rev. A 76, 012713 (2007)
Storage of an electron plasma in a sextupole radial anti-hydrogen trap. M. Amoretti, C. Canali, C. Carraro, M. Doser, V. Lagomarsino, G. Manuzio, G. Testera, S. Zavatarelli Physics Letters A 360 (2006) 141–148
Search for laser-induced formation of antihydrogen atoms. ATHENA Collaboration. 2006. 4pp. Phys.Rev.Lett.97:213401,2006.
Sideband cooling of ions in a non-neutral buffer gas ATHENA Collaboration Phys. Rev. A 73, 062508 (2006)
Progress with cold antihydrogen. ATHENA Collaboration 2006. 5pp. Nucl. Instrum. Meth.B247:133-137,2006.
Centrifugal separation of ions and an oppositely charged non neutral plasma Amoretti, M.; Canali, C.; Carraro, C.; Lagomarsino, V.; Odino, A.; Testera, G. Zavatarelli, S. Phys. Plasmas. 13, 012308 (2006)
New Source of Dense, Cryogenic Positron Plasmas ATHENA Collaboration Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 025002 (2005)
Antihydrogen production mechanisms in ATHENA. ATHENA Collaboration Nucl.Phys.A752:97-100,2005.
Antihydrogen production temperature dependence. ATHENA Collaboration 2004. 9pp. Phys.Lett.B583:59-67,2004.
IIT Publications
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Modeling Cable-Driven Joint Dynamics and Friction: a Bond-Graph Approach
2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems - 2019
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Dexterous gripper for in-hand manipulation with embedded object localization algorithm
Procedia Manufacturing, vol. 38, pp. 1354-1361 -
DOI
Reconfigurable inspection robot for industrial applications
Procedia Manufacturing, vol. 38, pp. 597-604 - 2018
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Deep Endoscope: Intelligent Duct Inspection for the Avionic Industry
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 14, (no. 4), pp. 1701-1711 -
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Novel Integrated Robotic System for Tiny Duct Inspection
Procedia Manufacturing, vol. 17, pp. 342-349 - 2017
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Dexclar: A gripper platform for payload-centric manipulation and dexterous applications
IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, vol. 2017-September, pp. 1943-1950 -
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Dexterous gripper synthesis from modular finger approach
Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, vol. 9 -
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FLEGX: A bioinspired design for a jumping humanoid leg
IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, vol. 2017-September, pp. 3977-3982 -
Flexible Links for Flexible Interaction
2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems -
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Theoretical and Kinematic Solution of High Reconfigurable Grasping for Industrial Manufacturing
Procedia Manufacturing, vol. 11, pp. 265-274 -
Theoretical and Kinematic Solution of High Reconfigurable Grasping for Industrial Manufacturing
FAIM -
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Towards multi-body analyses for advanced flexible robotic systems
Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, vol. 9 - 2016
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A dexterous gripper for in-hand manipulation
IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM, vol. 2016-September, pp. 377-382 -
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A novel reconfigurable modular gripper for in-hand object manipulation & release with appropriate posture
Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, vol. 5A-2016 -
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Cross section for Rydberg antihydrogen production via charge exchange between Rydberg positroniums and antiprotons in a magnetic field
Physical Review A, vol. 94, (no. 2) -
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Origami carton folding analysis using flexible panels
Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol. 36, pp. 95-106 - 2015
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A novel bio-inspired modular gripper for in-hand manipulation
2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, IEEE-ROBIO 2015, pp. 7-12 -
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A novel parallely actuated bio-inspired modular limb
IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, vol. 2015-December, pp. 347-352 -
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Design of a novel dexterous robotic gripper for in-hand twisting and positioning within assembly automation
Assembly Automation, vol. 35, (no. 3), pp. 259-268 -
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KARL: A new bio-inspired modular limb for robotic applications
IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM, vol. 2015-August, pp. 183-188 - 2014
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AEgIS experiment: Measuring the acceleration g of the earth's gravitational field on antihydrogen beam
EPJ Web of Conferences, vol. 71 -
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AEgIS experiment: Towards antihydrogen beam production for antimatter gravity measurements
European Physical Journal D, vol. 68, (no. 3) -
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A moiré deflectometer for antimatter
Nature Communications, vol. 5 -
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An automatic assembly parts detection and grasping system for industrial manufacturing
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, pp. 215-220 -
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A study on data-driven in-hand twisting process using a novel dexterous robotic gripper for assembly automation
IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 4470-4475 -
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Detection of low energy antiproton annihilations in a segmented silicon detector
Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 9, (no. 6) -
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Development of nuclear emulsions operating in vacuum for the AEgIS experiment
Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 9, (no. 1) -
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Error recovery strategies for electronic connectors mating in robotic fault-tolerant assembly system
MESA 2014 - 10th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, Conference Proceedings -
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High reconfigurable robotic gripper for flexible assembly
Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, vol. 5B -
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In-hand precise twisting and positioning by a novel dexterous robotic gripper for industrial high-speed assembly
Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 270-275 -
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Investigation of silicon sensors for their use as antiproton annihilation detectors
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 765, pp. 161-166 -
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The AEgIS Experiment: Measuring the Gravitational Interaction of Antimatter
Hyperfine Interactions, vol. 228, (no. 1-3), pp. 121-131 - 2013
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AEgIS experiment commissioning at CERN
AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1521, pp. 144-153 -
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A new application of emulsions to measure the gravitational force on antihydrogen
Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 8, (no. 2) -
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Annihilation of low energy antiprotons in silicon sensors
IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record -
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Design of an industrial robotic gripper for precise twisting and positioning in high-speed assembly
2013 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, SII 2013, pp. 443-448 -
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Development of nuclear emulsions with 1 μm spatial resolution for the AEgIS experiment
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 732, pp. 325-329 -
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Particle tracking at 4 K: The Fast Annihilation Cryogenic Tracking (FACT) detector for the AEgIS antimatter gravity experiment
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 732, pp. 437-441 -
DOI
Prospects for measuring the gravitational free-fall of antihydrogen with emulsion detectors
Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 8, (no. 8) -
DOI
Theoretical and kinematic solution of high reconfigurable grasping for industrial manufacturing
2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2013, pp. 734-739 - 2012
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Exploring the WEP with a pulsed cold beam of antihydrogen
Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 29, (no. 18) -
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Further evidence for low-energy protonium production in vacuum
European Physical Journal Plus, vol. 127, (no. 10), pp. 1-13 -
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The AEGIS experiment at CERN: Measuring the free fall of antihydrogen
Hyperfine Interactions, vol. 209, (no. 1-3), pp. 43-49 - 2011
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Antihydrogen physics: Gravitation and spectroscopy in AEgIS
Canadian Journal of Physics, vol. 89, (no. 1), pp. 17-24 -
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Isotope shift of the electric-dipole transition in Os-
Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, vol. 84, (no. 6) -
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Measuring the fall of antihydrogen: The AEGIS experiment at CERN
Physics Procedia, vol. 17, pp. 49-56 -
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Off-axial plasma displacement suitable for antihydrogen production in AEgIS experiment: An application of (1, 0) diocotron mode excitation in low magnetic fields
European Physical Journal D, vol. 65, (no. 3), pp. 499-504 -
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Particle manipulation techniques in AEgIS
Hyperfine Interactions, vol. 199, (no. 1), pp. 49-57 - 2010
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First optical hyperfine structure measurement in an atomic anion
Physical Review Letters, vol. 104, (no. 7) -
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The AEGIS experiment (Antimatter experiment: Gravity, interferometry, spectroscopy)
Astroparticle, Particle and Space Physics, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications - Proceedings of the 11th Conference, pp. 185-189 - 2009
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High-resolution laser spectroscopy on the negative osmium ion
Physical Review Letters, vol. 102, (no. 4) -
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Spectroscopy of Os- and a route to laser-cooled negative ions
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 194, (no. 15) -
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Ultracold antiprotons by indirect laser cooling
Hyperfine Interactions, vol. 194, (no. 1-3), pp. 77-83 - 2008
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Formation of a cold antihydrogen beam in AEGIS for gravity measurements
AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1037, pp. 5-15 -
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Proposed antimatter gravity measurement with an antihydrogen beam
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, vol. 266, (no. 3), pp. 351-356 -
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Temporally controlled modulation of antihydrogen production and the temperature scaling of antiproton-positron recombination
Physical Review Letters, vol. 101, (no. 5) - 2007
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Positron plasma control techniques for the production of cold antihydrogen
Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, vol. 76, (no. 1) - 2006
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A combined sextupole-Malmberg-Penning trap for cold non neutral plasmas and anti-hydrogen
AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 862, pp. 153-163 -
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Centrifugal separation of ions and an oppositely charged non-neutral plasma
Physics of Plasmas, vol. 13, (no. 1), pp. 1-5 -
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Production and study of antihydrogen in the athena experiment
NATO Security through Science Series B: Physics and Biophysics, pp. 41-48 -
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Progress with cold antihydrogen
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, vol. 247, (no. 1 SPEC. ISS.), pp. 133-137 -
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Search for laser-induced formation of antihydrogen atoms
Physical Review Letters, vol. 97, (no. 21) -
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Sideband cooling of ions in a non-neutral buffer gas
Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, vol. 73, (no. 6) -
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Storage of an electron plasma in a sextupole radial antihydrogen trap
Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics, vol. 360, (no. 1), pp. 141-148 - 2005
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Antihydrogen production mechanisms in ATHENA
Nuclear Physics A, vol. 752, (no. 1-4 SPEC. ISS.), pp. 97-100 -
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Cold antihydrogen at ATHENA: Experimental observation and beyond
AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 770, pp. 33-40 -
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New source of dense, cryogenic positron plasmas
Physical Review Letters, vol. 95, (no. 2) -
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Results from ATHENA
AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 796, pp. 285-290 - 2004
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Antihydrogen production temperature dependence
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 583, (no. 1-2), pp. 59-67
Dissemination Talks
- 2020
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Cervelli a Scuola di Game Design
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Lessons on Exergame Design & Development: "Compiti in Movimento"