Luca Carbonari

Luca Carbonari is an Associate Professor at the Polytechnic University of Marche (UNIVPM), Department of Industrial Engineering and Mathematical Sciences. He holds a PhD in Engineering Sciences (Computer, Management, and Automation Engineering) from UNIVPM. His career includes roles such as Research Fellow, Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Italian Institute of Technology, and fixed-term researcher positions at Polytechnic Universities of Turin and Marche. He is a member of doctoral colleges in Industrial Engineering and Robotics and Intelligent Machines.

Education:

• Bachelor's in Industrial Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic University of Marche (2008)
• PhD in Engineering Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche (2011)

Research Focus: Machine Mechanics and Robotics, emphasizing reconfigurable parallel kinematic machines, collaborative robotics, robotic micro-assembly, and multibody dynamics. He contributed to a national PRIN project on miniaturized robotics and has authored over 90 papers and two patents.

Teaching:

• Modeling and Simulation of Mechanical Systems (LM Mechanical Engineering)
• Vibration Mechanics (Energy Infrastructure and Port Logistics Engineering)
• Robots and Intelligent Machines for Industry 4.0 (LM Management Engineering)

Labs/Projects: Collaborates with the Machine Mechanics group and ArmLAB (SUNY Buffalo). Active in designing reconfigurable robots and seismic simulation systems. His work bridges theoretical dynamics with practical robotics applications.