About
Giacomo Marani was born in Italy. He received the “Laurea” degree in Electronic Engineering and the PhD degree in Robotics and Automation from the University of Pisa, Italy, in 1997 and 2000 respectively. In 1999 he joined the Graal Tech S.R.L, a spin-off company of the GRAAL lab (Genoa Robotics and Automation Laboratory, Italy) involved in research and development in robotics. From September 2000 he is with the University of Hawaii at Manoa where he is the deputy director of the Autonomous Systems Laboratory. He serves as acting PI of the SAUVIM project, involving the design and development of an intervention-class AUV, managing the overall technical coordination between the project entities. From October, 2007 he is with the editorial board of the Springer Journal of Intelligent Service Robotics. From June, 2008 he is Co-Chair of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Technical Committee in Marine Robotics. His scientific researches focus on the development of new solutions for autonomous manipulation with robotic devices, applied to underwater vehicles, dynamic simulation and control of robotic structures, graphic applications for telerobotics, real-time programming and hardware applications.