MERLIN (MEchatronics and Robotics Laboratory for INnovation) lab supports research, innovation, and technology transfer activities of the Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria in the areas of mechatronics, industrial robotics, and motion control. The main experimental activities of the lab are as follows:

• Advanced motion planning and control of industrial robots;
• Control of the interaction of industrial robots with the environment through force and vision sensors;
• Safe human-robot interaction through distance and vision sensors;
• Collaborative robotics;
• Control of dual arm robotic manipulators;
• New programming methods for industrial robots based on learning by demonstration;
• Mobile robotic manipulation;
• Trajectory tracking for autonomous vehicles;
• Anti-rollover control for autonomous vehicles;
• Control of motors for various applications (home appliances, computer peripherals);
• Simulation and control of advanced robotic systems (aerial robotic manipulators);
• Advanced simulators of complex mechatronic systems (machine tools, machining centers).