Prof. Marco Ceccarelli

Laboratory of Robot Mechatronics

Dept of Industrial Engineering

University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

Email: [email protected]

Research fields

Analysis and Design of Workspace and Manipulation

Mechanical Design of Manipulator

Legged Robots

Grippers and Hands

Mechanics of Grasp

History of TMM

Mechanism Design

Qualifications

1987 Ph.D., Mech. Eng., Engineer degree, University ‘La Sapienza ‘ of Rome, Italy

1982 Mech. Engineer degree, University ‘La Sapienza ‘ of Rome, Italy

Publications (Selected)

1. M Russo, M Ceccarelli.2024. Design and testing of a new LARMbot torso. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics 16, 091007-1.
2. Z Nursultan, S Aidos, M Ceccarelli, G Sergazin. 2024. An Experimental Characterization of Almaty Ankle Exoskeleton. IFToMM Asian conference on Mechanism and Machine Science, 25-33.
3. L Quattrucci, M Ceccarelli, M Santoro, M Russo. 2024. Problems and Requirements for the Robotic Disassembly of Lithium-Ion Batteries in the Automotive Industry. The International Conference of IFToMM ITALY, 137-145.
4. M Ceccarelli, S Kotov, M Russo. 2024. Results and problems from lab testing with L-CADEL. V3. IFToMM Symposium on Mechanism Design for Robotics, 193-201.
5. M Ceccarelli, S Beaumont, M Russo. 2024. Design of a Tripod LARMbot Arm. Actuators 13 (6), 211.
6. M Ceccarelli, E Ofonaike, S Beaumont, L Neves, M Russo. 2024. Design and test validation of humanoid tripod-based limbs. International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria Danube Region, 629-637.
7. JL Pulloquinga, M Ceccarelli, V Mata, A Valera. 2024. Sensor-Based Identification of Singularities in Parallel Manipulators. Actuators 13 (5), 168.
8. M Ceccarelli, M D'Onofrio, V Ambrogi, M Russo. 2024. A numerical analysis of ventilation motion after chest surgery with a RESPIRholter device. Respiratory Medicine Case Reports 49, 102005.
9. M Garrosa, M Ceccarelli, V Díaz, M Russo. 2023. Experimental Validation of a Driver Monitoring System. Machines 11 (12), 1060.
10. KN Silva-Garces, CR Torres-San Miguel, F Jimenez-Ponce, M Ceccarelli. 2023. Design of Medical Robot for Stereotactic Surgery Based on a 3-RPS Parallel Mechanism. IFToMM World Congress on Mechanism and Machine Science, 44-52.
11. T Li, J Mei, F Zhang, M Ceccarelli. 2023. Characterization of Dielectric Elastomers by Finite Element Analysis. IFToMM World Congress on Mechanism and Machine Science, 117-129.
12. W Gao, M Russo, M Ceccarelli. 2023. Design and Characterization of a Modular Unit for a Humanoid Torso Mechanism. IFToMM World Congress on Mechanism and Machine Science, 3-11.
13. R Morita, M Jiang, A Botta, Y Sugahara, G Quaglia, M Ceccarelli, …2023. Kinematic Design and Analysis of a Wearable End-Effector Type Upper Limb Assistive Robot. IFToMM World Congress on Mechanism and Machine Science, 702-712.
14. M Sgrosso, M Ceccarelli, M Russo, MG Solana, D Cafolla. 2023. Torso Motion Monitoring with an IMU Set-Up. IFToMM Asian conference on Mechanism and Machine Science.
15. Huang, Q., Yu, Z., Chen, X., Zhang, W., Yang, T., Liao, W. and Ceccarelli, M. (2019) Historical Developments of BHR Humanoid Robots. Advances in Historical Studies, 8, 79-90. doi: 10.4236/ahs.2019.81005.
16. Marco Ceccarelli, Giuseppe Carbone, Erika Ottaviano, Mechanism Solutions for Legged Robots Overcoming Obstacles, New Trends in Mechanism Science, Analysis and Design Series: Mechanisms and Machine Science, Vol. 5, 1st Edition., 2010, pp. 545-553,ISBN: 978-90-481-9688-3, DOI: 10.10007/ 978-90-481-9689-0_63.
17. Conghui Liang, Marco Ceccarelli, Giuseppe Carbone,An Experimental Characterization of Operation of a Waist-Trunk System with Parallel Manipulator,The First IFToMM Asian Conference on Mechanism and Machine Science, October 21 - 25, 2010, Taipei, Taiwan, 2010,Paper ID: 250042. (Best paper Award)
18. Özgün Selvi, Marco Ceccarelli, An experimental evaluation of earthquake effects on mechanism operation, Proceedings of the int.l symposium of mechanism and machine science AzCIFToMM, 2010, 5-8 October, Izmir, Turkey, pp 408-416.
19. G Carbone, R Nakadate, J Solis3, M Ceccarelli, A Takanishi3, E Minagawa, M Sugawara, and K Niki,, Workspace analysis and design improvement of a carotid flow measurement system, Proc. IMechE Vol. 224 Part H: J. Engineering in Medicine, pp.1311-1323.DOI 10.1243/09544119JEIM667
20. Marco Ceccarelli, Alessandro Di Rienzo, Giuseppe Carbone, Piero Torassa, A STUDY ON BALANCE ERRORS IN PNEUMATIC TYRES,International Journal of Mechanics and Control, Vol. 11, No. 02, pp.15-26, 2010, ISSN 1590-8844.
21. Ceccarelli M.,Clasificación de manipuladores 3R en función del espacio de Trabajo,XVIII CongresoNacional de Ingeniería Mecánica, Ciudad Real, 2010, paper no. 191.

Profile Details

Marco Ceccarelli was born in Rome in 1958. He received the mechanical engineer degree cum laude in 1982 at the University “La Sapienza” of Rome. At the same University he received a Ph.D. degree in Applied Mechanics in 1988. In 1987 he was visiting scholar at Stanford University, U.S.A., and in 1990 he received a CNR-NATO annual grant as visiting professor at the Technical University of Valencia, Spain. Since 1990 he teaches courses on Mechanics of Machinery and Mechanisms, and Mechanics of Robots at the School of Engineering at the University of Cassino. Since 1996 he is Director of LARM, the Laboratory of Robotics and Mechatronics at the University of Cassino and South Latium. 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. His research interests cover aspects of Theory of Machines and Mechanisms (TMM) and Mechanics of Robots. Specific subjects of his interest are Analysis and Design of Workspace and Manipulation; Mechanical Design of Manipulators, Legged Robots; Grippers and Hands; Mechanics of Grasp; History of TMM; and Mechanism Design. He is author or co-author of more than six hundreds papers, which have been presented at Conferences or published in national and international journals.

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