348 About the Contributors 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 teleopera- tion and collaborative control, wireless sensor networks and ambient intelligence, biomemtic, bioinspiration and biomedical robots. * * * 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 follow- ing 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 pro- fessional 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 350 About the Contributors 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