Gianluca Antonelli was born in Rome, Italy, in 1970. He received the Laurea degree in electronic engineering and the Research Doctorate degree in electronic engineering and computer science from University of Naples, Naples, Italy, in 1995 and 2000, respectively.
Since then, he has been with the University of Cassino, Cassino, Italy, where he is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow. He was a Visiting Scholar with the Université Catholique de Louvain, CESAME, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, from April to July 1996, with the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Division PMA, Heverlee (Leuven), Belgium, from September to December 1996, and with the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Autonomous Systems Laboratory, Honolulu, HI, from November 1998 to April 1999 . His research interests include force/motion control of robot manipulators, nonlinear control, and path planning and obstacle avoidance for autonomous underwater vehicles.