Gareth Monkman is Professor of Robotics and Automation at the Fachhochschule Regensburg in Germany. In addition to authoring a large number of academic papers, he also holds numerous patents in the field of gripper technology. Stefan Hesse is a manipulator technology consultant, lectures at the Technical College Technikum Vienna, and has been working extensively as editor and author for many years. Ralf Steinmann is head of Sales and Marketing Automation at SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG, Lauffen a. N.. Henrik Schunk is executive Vice President of SCHUNK GmbH & Co KG, Lauffen a. N..