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Maki Habib obtained his Doctor of Engineering Sciences in Intelligent and Autonomous Robot from the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He was a senior research scientist with GMD, Japan, leading the Telecooperation group, Associate Profes- sor with Monash University and lead the Mechatronics Engineering Programme. He was appointed as a full Professor of Robotics and Mechatronics at Swinburne University. Then, he was an invited Professor at KAIST, Korea, Visiting Professor at Saga University, Japan, and now a full Professor at AUC. His main area of research is focusing on human adaptive and friendly Mechatronics, autonomous navigation, service robots and humanitarian demining, telecooperation, distributed teleoperation and collaborative control, wireless sensor networks and ambient intelligence, biomemtic, bioinspiration and biomedical robots.

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Thiago Alves graduated in Mechatronics Engineering at the Federal University of Uberlândia (2014) and master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Fed- eral University of Uberlândia (2019). Currently studying for a PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Uberlândia. Main fields are on Robotics, Cable-Driven Robots and Rehabilitation.

Darío Amaya Hurtado is a Professor at the Nueva Granada Military University (Bogotá, Colombia), Department of Mechatronic Engineering. Responsible for the Virtual Applications Research Group (GAV), working with emphasis in the following thematic areas: mechatronics, automation and robotics, control and systems and communications engineering. He holds a degree in Electronic Engineer, Antonio Nariño University (Bogotá, Colombia, 1995), specialization diploma in Industrial Process Control, University of Los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia, 2000), Master in Teleinformatics, District University Francisco José de Caldas (Bogotá, Colombia 2007), and Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering, University of Campinas (Campi- nas, Brazil, 2011). About the Contributors

Giuseppe Carbone has got the Master cum laude at University of Cassino (Italy) where he also completed the PhD studies being a Key Member of LARM (Laboratory of Robotics and Mechatronics) for about 20 years. In 2015-2017 he has been Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University (UK) and member of the executive board of Sheffield Robotics. Since 2019 he is Associate Professor at DIMEG, University of Calabria, Italy. Prof. Carbone has received several Awards including three IFToMM “Young Delegate” Awards, two JSPS Awards in Japan. His research interests cover aspects of Mechanics of Manipulation and Grasp, Mechanics of Robots, Mechanics of Machinery with more than 300 published papers and over 10 patent submissions. He edited/co-edited four books with Springer International Publisher. He has been participating or coordinating more than 20 research projects at national and international level including 7th European Framework and Horizon 2020. Currently, he is Deputy Chair of IFToMM Technical Committee on Robotics and Mechatronics, Deputy Chair of the Youth Committee of the Society of Bionics and Biomechanics, Treasurer of the IFToMM Italy Society.

Marcos Carnevale is a Mechanical Design Engineer at Electrolux Italy; Me- chanical Engineer, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2017).

Marco Ceccarelli received PhD degree in 1987 at the University La Sapienza of Rome. He was Professor in Cassino University and since March 2019 he is Pro- fessor at University of Rome Tor Vergata. He is Director of LARM2: Laboratory of Robot Mechatronics. He is Scientific Editor of Springer Book Series on History of MMS and on Mechanism and Machine Science, and Associate Editor of several Journals. He wrote the book ‘Fundamentals of Mechanics of Robotic Manipulation’ in 2004. In 2008 he co-authored a book on Mechanisms Design in Spanish. In 2010 he co-authored a book A brief illustrated history of machines and mechanisms. He received Degree of Doctor Honoris Causa from foreigner Universities and ASME Historian Award. He is ASME fellow. He was elected Secretary-General of IFToMM in 2004-2007 and IFToMM President in 2008-2011 and 2016-2019. His research interests cover aspects of Mechanism Design, Mechanics and Design of Robots, and History of Mechanical Engineering. He is author/co-author of several other books and papers, which are published in conference proceedings and international journals. More info in http://larmlaboratory.net.

Rogério Gonçalves received the mechanical engineering degree from the Federal University of Uberlândia in 2004, Master degree in 2006 and Ph.D. at the same University in 2009. In 2016 was visiting scientist at The Eric P. and Evelyn E. Newman Laboratory for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation, Massachu- setts Institute of Technology – MIT, Department of Mechanical Engineering. He

349 About the Contributors joined the School of Mechanical Engineering of Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil, in 2008, where he is currently Professor. He is member of RoboCup Brazil and ABCM (Brazilian Society of Engineering and Mechanical Sciences). He is author or co-author of about 100 papers, which have been presented in national and international conferences or published in national and international journals. His research interest includes kinematics and dynamics of serial and parallel structure, stiffness, cable-driven parallel structure, mobile robots, biorobotics, bioengineering, rehabilitation robots and humanoid robots.

Tamás Haidegger received his MSc degrees from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) in Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engi- neering in 2006 and 2008, and PhD in 2011, respectively. His main field of research is control/teleoperation of surgical robots, image-guided therapy and supportive medical technologies. Currently, he is associate professor at Óbuda University, serving as the director of the University Research, Innovation and Service Center, and as the technical lead of medical robotics research at the Antal Bejczy Center for Intelligent Robotics. Besides, he is a research area manager at the Austrian Center of Medical Innovation and Technology (ACMIT), working on minimally invasive surgical simulation and training, medical robotics and usability/workflow assess- ment through ontologies. Tamás is the co-founder of a university spin-off—Han- dInScan—focusing on objective hand hygiene control in the medical environment. He is an active member of various other professional organizations, including the IEEE Robotics an Automation Society, IEEE SMC, IEEE EMBC and euRobotics aisbl. He is a national delegate to an ISO/IEC standardization committee focusing on the safety and performance of medical robots. He has been maintaining a professional blog on medical robotic technologies for 10 years: surgrob.blogspot.com.

Yoshimichi Honma received his M.E. degree from Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan, in 1994. He worked at National Institute of Technology (KOSEN), Nara College as research associate in 1997 and is currently an lecturer from 2000. His research interests include learning support system, network management, computer security and computer architecture.

Jean Hoyos is an associate research engineer in Human-Robot Collaboration at Flanders Make. His focus is on Industry 4.0 applications. He did his masters from Ecole Polytechnique de Bruxelles in Mechatronics Engineering.

Yoshihiro Ichikawa got Doctor of Engineering Degree from The University of Electro-Communications, Japan, in 12014. He joined the University of Tsukuba from 2014 to 2017 as a postdoctoral researcher. He moved to the National Institute of

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Technology (KOSEN), Nara College as an assistant professor in 2017. His research interests include multiagent system, artificial intelligence, and human-computer interaction.

Luis Izquierdo-Córdoba is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering (Uni- versity of Campinas, 2017), with a master’s degree in Mechatronic Engineering from the University of Brasília (2014, Brazil), and a bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering from the District University Francisco José de Caldas (2010, Colombia). Currently, his main work focused on robotics and automation, linear and nonlinear control systems, and artificial intelligence algorithms.

Karel Janssen obtained in 2011 his Master of Science degree in Electronics Engineering. During the last 8 years, he was active in the research department of Flanders Make, Belgium. His main research interests are in the areas of computer vision and software development, for robotics and the vehicle-of-the-future.

Sergey Jatsun has a Scientific degree: Doctor of technical sciences Academic title: Professor In 1979 Jatsun Sergey has received PhD degree in Mishkole technical University in Hungary. In 1990 received degree Doctor science in a field of Dynam- ics and durability of machines devices and apparatus in Riga, Latvia. In 1990 he defended his doctoral dissertation: “Theory and Synthesis of Vibratory, Technological Processes and Vibromachines for the Processing of Dry Materials”. He is author of more than 250 publications and has more than 100 patents on inventions. He is a member of the International Academy of Ecology and Safety and was awarded the token “High Achiever of Invention and Rationalization” and “USSR’s Inventor”. He has the silver and golden medal of exhibition of achievements of national economy of USSR and Russian. He awarded the title of Honored worker of science of the Russian Federation. Jatsun S.F. is a member of the editorial council of the journals: “Kursk State University News” and “Mechanism and Machine Theory” (Germany), “Izvestiya SWSU”. He has prepared more than 40 PhD students.

Patricia Leconte is an electromechanical engineer with a biomedical back- ground. Presently, she is working as a research engineer working on industrial and collaborative robots at Flanders Make. The purpose is to bring new technologies on the work floor in manufacturing industries. She accomplished her PhD in 2017 at the Université catholique de Louvain. During her thesis she brought new insides on how stroke patient perform specific types of movements (discrete vs rhythmic movements) and developed a new robotic assist-as-needed rehabilitation program for rhythmic movements.

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Qiong Li received her PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Purdue University in 2015.

Alessandro Massaro received the Laurea degree in electronic engineering and the Ph.D. degree in telecommunication engineering from the Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, in 2001 and 2004, respectively.From 2004 to 2006 he worked as Research Scientist (post-doc) in the Department of Electromagnetism and Bioengineering at Università Politecnica delle Marche. In 2006, he spent one year in Research and Development at medical and industrial optics industry(endoscope design and optical systems). He worked for two years with National Nanotechnol- ogy Laboratory of CNR-INFM, Università del Salento, as principal investigator. He is currently team leader in Robotics Lab. 1 of the Center of Bio-Molecular Nanotechnology of Italian Institute Technology (IIT), Arnesano, Lecce, Italy. His research interests are in the design and modeling of photonic band gap circuits, in the development of computer aided design (CAD) tools in the area of integrated optics, MEMS technology and robotic systems, and smart material implementation. Actually he is member of the European Microwave Association (EuMA) and of IEEE (IEEE Senior Member). Actually he is R&D chief of Dyrecta Lab srl and he is Associate Professor in Electronic and in Experimetal Physics.

João Maurício Rosário is a professor at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Department of Mechanical Design, responsible for the Laboratory of Integrated Automation, Robotics and Intelligent Systems, working in the area of Control and Automation Engineering, with emphasis in the following thematic areas: mechatronics, automation and Robotics, control, modeling and Intelligent Systems. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering, UNICAMP (1981), Spe- cialization Diploma in Industrial Automation: Automated Production - Universite de Nancy I (1986), Master in Mechanical Engineering, UNICAMP (1984), Doctor- ate in Automation Robotics Specialty - Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures (Paris) (1990), post-doctorate in the institutions: Geestach Technological Institute - GKSS, Germany (1992), SUPELEC, France (2005), and ISEP, Portugal (2006). CENTRALE-SUPELEC (2015-2016 and 2017-2019). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)

Shota Nagahama graduated the Faculty of Advanced Engineering, National Institute of Technology (KOSEN), Nara College, Japan and received his B.A. degree from The National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation, Japan in 2018. He has been a graduate student of the Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan since 2018. His research interests include reinforcement learning, recommendation system, graph theory, parallel algorithm and distributed algorithm.

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Fusaomi Nagata received the B.E. degree from the Department of Electronic Engineering at Kyushu Institute of Technology in 1985, and the D.E. degree from the Faculty of Engineering Systems and Technology at Saga University in 1999. He was a research engineer with Kyushu Matsushita Electric Co. from 1985 to 1988, and a special researcher with Fukuoka Industrial Technology Centre from 1988 to 2006. From 2006 to 2016, he was a professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi (TUSY), Japan. After the TUSY become a public university (SOCU) supported by Sanyo-Onoda City in 2016, He has been a dean of the faculty of Engineering, SOCU. His current research interests include deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) and support vector machines (SVMs) for visual inspection, intelligent control for industrial robots and its application to machining process. Up to now, a design and training application for DCNNs & SVMs has been developed for students and engineers and applied to the anomaly detection of resin molded articles. A robot sander, mold polishing robot, desktop NC machine tool with compliance control capability, machining robot with robotic CAM system, and 3D printer-like data interface for the machining robot have been also developed for related industrial fields to smartly and dexterously machine wood material, aluminum PET bottle mold, LED lens mold, foamed polystyrene, and so on. Research results: http://www. rs.tusy.ac.jp/nagata/research_2016.htm

Tamás Dániel Nagy earned his bachelor’s degree in Molecular Bionics in 2014, and master’s degree in Computer Science Engineering in 2016 at the University of Szeged. During his university studies he joined the Noise Research Group, where he worked on physiological measurements, signal processing and those application in telemedicine, furthermore he was employed as a demonstrator on laboratory practices. After graduation he was hired as a technical assistant by Department of Software Engineering at the University of Szeged for six months, where he worked in cooperation with Noise Research Group on projects related to medical signals and telemonitoring. Since September 2016 he is a PhD student of the Doctoral School of Applied Informatics and Applied Mathematics at Óbuda University, he is currently working on the analysis and low level automation of movement patterns in robot surgery interventions.

Asad Tirmizi received the Aeronautical Engineering degree in 2008 from the National University of Sciences and Technology. From December 2008 to August 2010, he was a Research Engineer at Institute of Avionics and Aeronautics, Air Uni- versity, Islamabad, Pakistan. He received the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering (Controls) in Sweden. From 2012 to 2016 he was a Ph.D. student at the University of Siena, During the Ph.D. his focus has been on the perception and wearability of

353 About the Contributors haptic devices. Since 2016 he is associated with Flanders Make, where he works on collaborative robots and their role in flexible assembly systems.

Maarten Witters did his MS and PhD in Mechanical engineering from KU Leuven in 2010. Since then he is associated with Flanders Make. He is currently the corelab manager for ProductionS. It is a division of the organization that looks into innovation in assembly systems to bring flexibility and agility in production.

Tomohiro Yamaguchi received his M.E. degree from Osaka University, Japan, in 1987. He joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in 1987 and moved to Matsushita Electric Industrial in 1988. He worked at Osaka University from 1991 to 1998 as a research associate and got Doctor of Engineering Degree from Osaka University in 1996. He moved to Nara National College of Technology as associate professor in 1998 and is currently a professor from 2007. His research interests include multi- objective reinforcement learning, creative learning, autonomous learning agent, human-agent interaction, learning support system, human learning process and mastery process, interactive recommender system and music information retrieval. He is a member of The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence and The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, Japan.

Wangling Yu is an assistant professor in the Electrical & Computer Engineer- ing Technology Department of the Purdue University Northwest. He was a test engineer of a government contractor over 15 years, providing technical leadership in the certification, testing and evaluation of custom integrated security systems used by the United States government. He received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the City University of New York in 1992, specializing in control theory and electronic technology.

H. Henry Zhang is a full professor in Mechanical Engineering Technology in the College of Technology at Purdue University. He is also director of Center for Technology Development. He received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 1996. He also received degrees in Hydrau- lic Control, Neural Networking, and Electrical & Computer Engineering. Before he joined Purdue in 2007, he was a senior specialist of automatic transmission engineering in Chrysler Technology Center with 13 years of automotive industry experience. He established Multidisciplinary Design Laboratory to support his research interests in Mechatronics modeling, design and manufacturing (including high value added consumer products, industrial robotic systems, MEMS devices, and medical instrumentation) and vehicle powertrain/automatic transmission design and manufacturing.

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