CK2025

Computational Kinematics workshop is the flagship event of the IFToMM Technical Committee on Computational Kinematics, which brings together the experts and enthusiasts working in this field every four years. Started in 1993 at Schloss Dagstuhl, the workshop has previously been held at Sophia Antipolis (1995), Seoul (2001), Cassino (2005), Duisburg (2009), Barcelona (2013), and Poitiers (2017). The 2021 session was missed due to the global pandemic. The 8th edition of the workshop is being organised by the Association for Machines and Mechanisms (AMM), the Indian member organisation (MO) of IFToMM, and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, at Chennai, India. The workshop would be organised in single session mode, providing ample time and opportunity for the researchers to not just present their latest research but also to interact freely.

The meeting is likely to infuse fresh energy and enthusiasm in the CK community, which, like many others, saw a slowdown due to the COVID pandemic, including the cancellation of the evening in 2017. That this revival is occurring in India, Asia, is significant, as it would generate awareness in the local research community about the subject matter of CK. In order to facilitate that, 2-3 special invited lectures from global experts have been planed already.