Dr. Med Amine Laribi is a Full Professor in the Fundamental and Applied Sciences Faculty of the University of Poitiers (UP), where he teaches robotics and mechanics. He has a Mechanical Engineer Degree (specialization in Mechanical Design) from École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Monsatir (ENIM) (2001), an MS in Mechanical Design (2002), and he received his PhD in Mechanics from the University of Poitiers in 2005 and National Habilitation in Mechanics from the University of Poitiers in 2018. He serves as Associate Editor in several reputed international 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 RAAD, MESROB, and ROMANSY. His research interests at the Department of GMSC of PPRIME Institute include aspects of robot design, mechanism synthesis, cable-driven robots, parallel robots, haptic interfaces, and collaborative robots with more than fifty-three published peer-reviewed journal papers, nine edited books, ten edited journal special issues, and six PhD students. He is leading several national and international research projects in the fields of medical robotics and biomimetics.