Gareth Monkman is Professor of Robotics and Automation at the Fachhochschule Regensburg in Germany. Besides authoring a large number of academic papers, he also holds numerous patents in the field of gripper technology.

Dr.-Ing. habil. Stefan Hesse works as technology consultant for manipulator technology, gives lectures at the Technical College Technikum Vienna, and has been working as editor and author for many years.

Ralf Steinmann is head of Sales and Marketing Automation at SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG, Obersulm.

Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Henrik Schunk is CEO of SCHUNK Intec Inc., Raleigh-Morrisville (USA).