I am a biomedical engineer (BSc and MSc from Politecnico di Milano), passionate about lower-limb prostheses design. After a brief working experience in an Italian company manufacturing carbon fibre prosthetic feet, I pursued a PhD in biomedical engineering at the University of Salford (Manchester, UK), focusing on the design of a novel hydraulic prosthetic ankle. I've been working at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genoa as a postdoctoral researcher since April 2020, and specifically at the Soft Robotics for Human Cooperation and Rehabilitation Lab since July 2021.
Anna Pace
Postdoctoral Researcher
ResearcherSoft Robotics for Human Cooperation and Rehabilitation
NuBots - Physical AI Technologies for Human-Robot CoEvolution
Research center
CRIS@SanQuirico
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All Publications
2026
Pace A., Dimitrov H., Jakubowitz E., Piazza C., Grioli G., Proksch L., Aszmann O.C., Farina D., Bicchi A., Catalano M.G.
The SoftFoot Pro: an anthropomorphic and adaptive soft articulated prosthetic foot
Nature Communications, vol. 17, (no. 1)
2026
Mora S., Crotti M., Pace A., Grioli G., Bicchi A., Casadio M., Catalano M.G.
The softfoot pro at the cybathlon: kinematic, metabolic, and user performance evaluation
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, vol. 23, (no. 1)
2025
Crotti M., Pace A., Grioli G., Bicchi A., Catalano M.G.
Adaptive Ankle-Foot Prosthesis with Passive Agonist-Antagonist Design
Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 967-973
2025
Pace A., Crotti M., Grioli G., Bicchi A., Catalano M.G.
An anthropomorphic design of an adaptive artificial foot
20th World Congress of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO), pp. 530-531
2025
Pace A., Gardiner J., Howard D.
Simulation-Based Design of a Cam-Driven Hydraulic Prosthetic Ankle
Prosthesis, vol. 7, (no. 1)
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