Marco Ceccarelli received the mechanical engineer degree cum laude in 1982 at the University “La Sapienza” of Rome. He received a Ph.D. degree in Applied Mechanics in 1987. Since 1990 he teaches courses on Mechanics of Machinery and Mechanisms, and Mechanics of Robots at Cassino University, and from September 2018 in University of Rome Tor Vergata. Since 1996 up to 2018 he was Director of LARM, the Laboratory of Robot Mechatronics at the University of Cassino and South Latium and since 2019 he is Director of LARM2, the Laboratory of Robotics and Mechatronics in University of Rome Tor Vergata Since 2001 he is Full Professor of Mechanics of Machinery and Mechanisms at Cassino University. From 2003 to 2005 he has been Vice Director of DiMSAT Department. Since March 2019 he is full Professor in University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy. His research interests cover aspects of Machine and Mechanism Science (MMS) and Mechanics of Robots. Specific subjects of his interest are Analysis and Design of Workspace and Manipulation; Mechanical Design of Manipulators, Legged Robots; Service Robotics, Medical Devices Grippers and Hands; Mechanics of Grasp; History of MMS; and Mechanism Design. He is author or co-author of more than one thousand papers, which have been presented at Conferences or published in national and international journals. His publication impact is with Scopus H= 33. More information at the web page: LARM2 webpage: https://larm2.ing.uniroma2.it/marco-ceccarelli/.