Welcome to IFToMM World

Welcome to IFToMM, the only exisiting truly world-based scientific community devoted to the solution of challenges for future smart mechanical devices.

We offer:

  • 45 international member organisations
  • 14 committees on future technology
  • 3 permanent commissions on global aspects
  • 4 cross disciplinary groups for interdisciplinary exchange
  • multiple conferences per year
  • one World Congress every four years
  • non-profit international leadership
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IFToMM is comprised by currently 45 member organizations (MOs) spread over the world. Individual scientists can contact the member organization of their region or any of the 14 technical committees in the area of research of interest and 3 permanent commissions to become an active part of this rich international network. Click on the world map on top right to check for the contact data of your Member Organization, browse through the Technical Committees and Permanent Commissions to see what fits best your interest, or visit one of the numerous IFToMM conferences, workshops and/or summer schools to have a direct impression of the exciting topics and enthralling people IFToMM is comprised of. Advantages of individual participation are

Latest News

IFToMM EC Meeting & the International Workshop on Advanced Mechanism and Machine Science successfully held at Beijing Jiaotong University, China

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IFToMM D-A-CH Conference 2025 – A success story in bringing young researchers together for PhD project presentations and discussions

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First physical IFToMM EC 2024-2027 Meeting EC 2025-01 successfully held at Beijing Jiaotong University with full participation thanks to the kind ausp…

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From Theory to Practice: an Educational Framework to Provide Students Real-world Robotics Experience

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First (virtual) symposium of IFToMM Cross Disciplinary Group 2 “Young Faculty Group” – Join forces to make own carreer and IFToMM fu…

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ASIAN MMS 2024 – A full success story of first-time ever IFToMM conference in Kasakhstan!

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Beijing Winter  Olympics  Journey for  Curling and Skiing Six-Legged Robots – Keynote of Prof. Feng Gao for the MMT Symposium 2024

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No car? No problem! Multibody dynamics enables cyber-physical tests of ePowertrain motors at Universidade da Coruña

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A History of Kinematics from Zeno to Einstein by Teun Koetsier

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Upcoming Events

CCToMM 2025

19.06.2025

CCToMM M^3 Symposium sessions will potentially include: mechanisms, robotics, mechatronics, space robotics, medical robotics,…

MESROB 2025

02.07.2025

MeSRob2025 aims to bring together researchers and practitioners dealing with multi-disciplinary aspects of medical…

CableCon 2025

08.07.2025

The first six conferences of this series successfully established a worldwide forum for research…

MeTrApp 2025

01.09.2025

The 7th IFToMM International Conference on Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications (MeTrApp 2025) will be…

ICG 25

10.09.2025

The conference aims to bring together leading experts from the international gear and transmission…
Deadlines to keep in mind

RAAD 2025

18.06.2025

Deadline for regular registration

SIMERO 2025

30.06.2025

Deadline for early-bird registration

MeTrApp 2025

30.06.2025

Deadline for early-bird registration

CK2025

30.06.2025

Decision on full paper submission

TM 2025

30.06.2025

Deadline for abstract submission