**About the Special Issue Editors**

**Giulio Rosati** is a Full Professor of Machine Mechanics and Robotics in the Department of Industrial Engineering (DII) of the University of Padova, Italy. He is the Prospective Coordinator of the Doctoral School in Industrial Engineering of Padova University, Associate of IFToMM, Italy, and of the Italian Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN). He is responsible for the Robotics and Automation Labs of DII.

**Giovanni Boschetti** is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanisms and Machine Science with the Department of Management and Engineering of the University of Padova, where he teaches Industrial Robotics and Mechanics of Machines. He is President of the degree course in Mechatronics Engineering. His main research interests are in kinematics, dynamics, performance evaluation, and industrial applications of serial and parallel industrial manipulators, cable direct driven robots, and collaborative robotics. He is an active member of the IFToMM Italy Association; he was the chief organizer of its first international conference. He is currently associate editor of the /International Journal of Mechanics and Control/.

**Giuseppe Carbone** has a Master cum laude from the University of Cassino (Italy) where he also completed his Ph.D. studies being a key member of LARM (Laboratory of Robotics and Mechatronics) for about 20 years. From 2015 to 2017, he was a Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University (U.K.) and a member of the executive board of Sheffield Robotics. Since 2018, he has been Associate Professor at DIMEG, University of Calabria, Italy. Prof. Carbone has received several awards, including three IFToMM "Young Delegate" Awards and two JSPS Awards in Japan. His research interests cover aspects of mechanics of manipulation and grasp, mechanics of robots, and mechanics of machinery, with more than 300 published papers and over 10 patents. He has edited/co-edited four books with Springer International Publisher and one book with Elsevier. He has participated in or coordinated more than 20 research projects at the national and international levels, including 7th European Framework and Horizon 2020. Currently, he is Chair of IFToMM Technical Committee on Robotics and Mechatronics, Member of the Executive Board of Directors of the International Society of Bionic Engineering, and Treasurer of the IFToMM Italy Society.
