Matteo-Claudio Palpacelli is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Mathematical Sciences at the Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy. He teaches the courses “Mechanics of Machines” for the Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and “Functional Design” for the Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering. His research activities are mainly focused on robotics and mechatronics, in particular, mobile and collaborative robotics. Among the activities carried out in his research group, he contributed to the development of national PRIN research projects on the topics of bioengineering and miniaturized robotics for European projects in the textile sector. He is currently involved in the study and design of reconfigurable robots, robotized micro-assembly cells, collaborative robotics, flexible robotics, and the dynamics of multibody systems, in general.