Dino Accoto is a professor at the Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM) at Ghent and Aalst Campuses, KU Leuven, Belgium. Before this, he held academic positions at Nanyang Technolgical University Campus, Bio-Medico University of Rome and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, both in Italy. Accoto obtained his laurea in mechanical engineering from the University of Pisa in 1998 and his diploma in Engineering from Scuola Superiore San'Anna di Pisa in 1999. In 2002, he received his PhD in Biomedical Robotics from the same university, after a visiting period at Stanford University. His research interests are in the field of assistive technologies for both the industrial and biomedical sectors. In these fields, he has co-authored more than 120 full length papers and book chapters. He is the co-inventor of more than 10 patent families. He is also the co-founder of two spin-off companies focused on microtechnologies for energy management and medical robotics.