**Giuseppe Carbone**

Giuseppe Carbone graduated cum laude with a Master's degree at the University of Cassino (Italy), where he also completed his PhD studies. He served as a Key Member of LARM (Laboratory of Robotics and Mechatronics) for around 20 years. From 2015 to 2017, he was a Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University (UK) and a member of the executive board of Sheffield Robotics. Since Dec. 2018, he has worked as an 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, and he has published more than 300 papers and over 10 patents relating to these topics. 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 national and international levels, including the 7th European Framework and Horizon 2020. Currently, he is the Chair of the IFToMM Technical Committee on Robotics and Mechatronics, a Member of the Executive Board of Directors of the International Society of Bionic Engineering and a Treasurer of the IFToMM Italy Society.

#### **Med Amine Laribi**

Med Amine Laribi is an Associate Professor in the Fundamental and Applied Sciences Faculty of the University of Poitiers (UP), where he teaches robotics and mechanics. He obtained his Mechanical Engineer degree from Ecole Nationale d'Ing ´ enieurs de Monsatir (E.N.I.M.) in 2001 and ´ M.S. in Mechanical Design in 2002. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanics from the University of Poitiers in 2005 and his Ph.D. in National Habilitation in Mechanics from the University of Poitiers in 2018. He serves as an Associate Editor in several internationals journals, including the *ASME Journal of Medical Devices*, *Robotic Intelligence and Automation* (Emerald Publishing), *Mechanical Sciences* (Copernicus Publications), *MDPI Robotics* and *MDPI Machines*. He is a member of the international scientific committee of MESROB, RAAD, ISRM, METRAPP and ROMANSY. His research interests include aspects of robot design, mechanism synthesis, cable-driven robots, parallel robots, haptic interfaces and collaborative robots. He has published 57 peer reviewed journal papers, 8 edited books, 10 edited journal Special Issues and assisted six PhD students and two postdoctoral students. He is currentlyleading several national and international research projects in the fields of medical robotics and biomimetics.

#### *Editorial* **Recent Trends on Innovative Robot Designs and Approaches**

**Giuseppe Carbone 1,\* and Med Amine Laribi 2**

