Technical Committee for Robotics and Mechatronics
Mission & Organization
This webpage of the IFToMM Technical Committee for Robotics and Mechatronics aims at creating a communication mean for stimulating and promoting collaborations and scientific interactions among the members of the international community on topics related with Robotics and Mechatronics.
Each member of the Technical Committee is warmly invited to propose activities for stimulating and increasing individual participation. Particularly welcome activities include establishing and promoting, at both national and international levels, activities such as
Conferences,
Workshops,
Meetings
Seminars
Invited lectures,
Winter/summer schools,
Student trainings,
Proposing new research directions,
Joint research/technology transfer projects.
You are warmly invited to contact with the TC Chair to propose new activities and collaborations and/or to request information on any ongoing activity related with the TC.
Particularly welcome are suggestions for new TC members from IFToMM member organizations.
TC sponsored events
EuCoMeS 2024
EuCoMeS 2024 – 9th European Conference on Mechanism Science
September 19.-21., 2024, in Padova, Italy.
https://dii.unipd.it/eucomes2024
AsianMMS 2024
AsianMMS 2024 – 7th IFToMM Asian Mechanisms and Machine Science Conference
August 28.-30., 2024 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
http://asianmms2024.kz
MEDER 2024
8th International Workshop on New Trends in Medical and Service Robots
June 27.-29., 2024, Timişoara, Romania.
details to be announced
HMM 2024
8th International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms HMM2024
April 18.-20., 2024, Ankara, Turkey.
http://www.hmm2024.ankara.edu.tr/
I4SDG 2023
2nd IFToMM for Sustainable Development Goals Workshop
June 22.-23., 2023, Bilbao, Spain.
http://www.iftommitaly.it/i4sdg2023/
CableCon 2023
Sixth International Conference on Cable-Driven Parallel Robots
June 25.-28., 2023, Nantes, France.
https://cablecon2023.sciencesconf.org/
HumAN 2023
IFToMM Italy International Summer School
On Human-Centered Robotics.
June 26.-30., 2023, Ancona, Italy
to be announced
RAAD 2023
32nd International Conference on Robotics in the Alpe-Adria-Danube Region
June 14.-16., 2023, Bled, Slovenia.
https://raad.ijs.si/
MESROB 2023
8th International Workshop on New Trends in Medical and Service Robots
June 7.-10., 2023, Craiova, Romania.
http://mecanica.ucv.ro/MESROB2023/index.html
SYROM & Robotics 2022
The Joint International Conference of the XIII IFToMM International Symposium on Science of Mechanisms and Machines (SYROM) and the XXV International Conference on Robotics,
November 17-18, 2022, Iasi, Romania.
https://syrom-robot.upt.ro/
IFIT 2022
The 4th International Conference of IFToMM ITALY
7.-9. September 2022, Naples, Italy.
http://iftommitaly.it/ifit2022/
2022 ROMANSY
24th CISM IFTOMM Symposium on Robot Design, Dynamics and Control, Udine, Italy.
4.-7. July 2022
https://romansy2022.cism.it/
2022 USCToMM MSR
2nd Symposium on Mechanical Systems & Robotics, May 19-21, 2022, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA.
https://sites.google.com/view/usctomm/symposia
I4SDG 2021
The 1st IFToMM for Sustainable Development Goals online Workshop, November 25-26, 2021. The event will be held fully online.
http://www.iftommitaly.it/i4sdg2021/
ISRM 2021
The 7th IFToMM International Symposium on Robotics and Mechatronics, October 28-30, 2021. The event will be held in a mixed mode with the main venue at Qingdao, China.
http://vc.qut.edu.cn/Conference/ISRM_2021.htm
MuSMe 2021
7th International Symposium on Multibody Systems and Mechatronics, October 12-15, 2021. Córdoba, Argentina. FULLY VIRTUAL
https://www.frc.utn.edu.ar/MuSME2021/
CableCon 2021
CableCon 2021 (5th International Conference on Parallel Cable-Driven Robots), scheduled to be held virtually on July 7-9, 2021.
https://cablecon2021.sciencesconf.org/
MESROB 2021
The 7th International Workshop on New Trends in Medical and Service Robots, 07. – 9. June 2021 on the campus of the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland VIRTUAL EVENT
https://www.mesrob2021.org/
iNACOMM2021
5th International and 20th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms December 09-11, 2021, Jabalpur, India
https://www.iiitdmj.ac.in/inacomm2021.iiitdmj.ac.in/
MEDER 2021
5th IFToMM Symposium on Mechanism Design for Robotics, 23.-25 June 2021, Pprime, University of Poiters, France
https://meder2021.sciencesconf.org/
RAAD 2021
The 30th International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region, RAAD 2021, will be held in Futuroscope-Poitiers, France, at the Pprime Institute, from June 21 to June 23, 2021.
https://iftomm-raad2021.sciencesconf.org/
RAAD 2020
The 29th International Conference on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region, RAAD 2020, will be held in Futuroscope-Poitiers, France, at the Pprime Institute, from June 17 to June 19, 2020.
https://iftomm-raad2020.sciencesconf.org/
IFIT 2020
The 3rd The Third International Conference of IFToMM ITALY, IFIT2020, will be held at School of Engineering, University Federico II of Naples, September 9-11, 2020, Napoli, Italy
https://www.iftommitaly.it/ifit2020/
ROMANSY 2020
The 23rd CISM IFToMM Symposium on Robot Design, Dynamics and Control September 20-24, 2020 Sapporo, Japan.
http://web.tuat.ac.jp/~venture/romansy2020/
MESROB 2020
The 7th International Workshop on New Trends in Medical and Service Robots (MESROB 2020), 08. – 10. July 2020 on the campus of the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
https://www.mesrob2020.org/home-page
MUSME 2020
The 7th International Symposium on Multibody Systems and Mechatronics – MuSMe 2020, Córdoba, Argentina, October 13-16, 2020
https://www.frc.utn.edu.ar/musme2020/
Robozen Winter School
ROBOzen: International Winter School on Mechanism Design and Motion Planning for Robotics, January 27-31 2020, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano in Bolzano, Italy
https://robozen2020.events.unibz.it/
Academic openings
– Postdoctoral fellowship in Robotics at INSA (Rennes, France) – Deadline August 2022
« Modelling and control of a mobile manipulator dedicated to the forming of wind turbine blades »
Further information can be obtained by contacting Prof. Vigen ARAKELYAN –
vigen.arakelyan@insa-rennes.fr
– Available a pre-doctoral position at University of Basque Country – Deadline 11 November 2021
https://www.ehu.eus/es/web/ikerketaren-kudeaketa/-/fpi-2021-1
Further information can be obtained by contacting Prof. Victor Petuya – victor.petuya@ehu.es
Leadership
| Function | Name | Affiliation |
| Chair |
Prof. Giuseppe Carbone
University of Calabria giuseppe.carbone@unical.it |
DIMEG, University of Calabria
Via Bucci Cubo 45C 87036 Rende (Cs) ITALY |
| Deputy chair |
Prof. Shaoping Bai
Aalborg University shb@mp.aau.dk |
Dept. of Materials and Production
Aalborg University Fibigerstraede 16, Rm 3.209 Aalborg 9220 DENMARK |
Members
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Name | Affiliation |
| Australia | Dikai Liu |
University of Technology |
| Austria | Tigran Parikyan |
AVL |
| Brazil | Tarcisio-Antonio Hess-Coelho |
University of São Paulo |
| Brazil | Paulo Eigi Miyagi |
University of São Paulo |
| Brazil | Daniel Martins |
Federal University of Santa Catarina |
| Canada | Leila Notash |
Queen's University |
| Canada | Beno Benhabib |
University of Toronto |
| China | Lu Zhen |
Beihang University |
| China | Xi Lun Ding |
Beihang University |
| China | Feng Gao |
Shanghai Jiaotong University |
| China | Yuru Zhang |
Beihang University |
| China | Liang Yan |
Beihang University |
| China | Guanyang Liu |
Beihang University |
| China | Tao Li |
Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| China | Rui-Jun Li |
Hefei University of Technology |
| China | Wuxiang Zhang |
Beihang University |
| China-Beijing | Yangmin Li |
Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| China-Taipei | Po Ying Lin |
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology |
| China-Tapei | Kang Li |
National Taiwan University |
| Czech Republic | Zbynek Sika |
Czech Technical University in Prague |
| Czech Republic | Jiri Kreijsa |
Brno University of Technology |
| Denmark | Shaoping Bai |
Aalborg University |
| Finland | Petri Kusmanen |
Aalto Univerisity |
| Finland | Huapeng Wu |
Lappeenranta university of Technology |
| France | Philippe Bidaud |
University Sorbonne |
| France | Said Zeghloul |
Université de Poitiers |
| France | Vigen Arakelyan |
National Institute of Applied Sciences |
| France | Med Amine Laribi |
Université de Poitiers |
| Germany | Torsten Bertram |
Technical University of Dortmud |
| Germany | Tobias Bruckmann |
University of Duisburg-Essen |
| Germany | Tobias Ortmaier |
University of Hannover |
| Greece | Nikos Aspragathos |
University of Patras |
| Greece | Vassilis C. Moulianitis |
Univeristy of Patras |
| Hungary | Gabor Erdos |
Hungarian Academy of Science |
| India | Ashitava Ghosal |
Indian Institute of Science |
| India | Subir Kumar Saha |
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi |
| India | Sandipan Bandyopadhyay |
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras |
| India | Santha Kumar Mohan |
Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad |
| Israel | Moshe Shoham |
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology |
| Italy | Giuseppe Quaglia |
Politecnico di Torino |
| Italy | Marco Ceccarelli |
University of Rome Tor Vergata |
| Italy | Vincenzo Parenti-Castelli |
University of Bologna |
| Italy | Giulio Reina |
Politecnico di Bari |
| Italy | Giuseppe Carbone |
University of Calabria |
| Italy | Massimo Sorli |
Politecnico di Torino |
| Italy | Marco Carricato |
University of Bologna |
| Italy | Danieli Guido |
CHT srl |
| Italy | Rosario Sinatra |
University of Catania |
| Italy | Daniele Cafolla |
IRCCS Neuromed |
| Italy | Giovanni Boschetti |
Universita' di Padova |
| Italy | Alberto Borboni |
Univ. of Brescia |
| Japan | Tomomichi Suigihara |
Osaka University |
| Japan | Ko Yamamoto |
The University of Tokyo |
| Japan | Wataru Takano |
Osaka Universit |
| Japan | Hideaki Takanobu |
Kogakuin University |
| Japan | Gentian Venture |
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| Japan | Yukio Takeda |
Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Kazakhstan | Zhumadil Biagunchekov |
Kazakh British Technical University |
| Mexico | Eduardo Castillo-Castaneda |
Instituto Politecnico Nacional |
| Mexico | Marcelo Lopez-Parra |
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico |
| Mexico | Eusebio Herandez Martinez |
National Polytechnic Institute |
| Mexico | Hiram Ponce |
Universidad Panamericana |
| Mexico | Yamile Sandoval Castro |
Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Queretaro |
| Netherlands | Ben Jonker |
University of Twente |
| Netherlands | Volkert van der Wijk |
Delft University of Technology |
| Poland | Tadeusz Uhl |
AGH University of Science and Technology |
| Poland | Jikun Wang |
Warsaw University of Technology |
| Poland | Marek Wojtyra |
Warsaw University of Technology |
| Poland | Jozef Wojnarowski |
Warsaw University of Technology |
| Poland | Teresa Zielinska |
Warsaw University of Technology |
| Romania | Ioan Doroftei |
Technical University of Iasi |
| Romania | Adrian Pisla |
Technical University in Cluj-Napoca |
| Russia | Victor A. Glazunov |
Mechanical Engineering Research Institute |
| Singapore | Gregory Chirikjian |
National University of Singapore |
| Singapore | I-Ming Chen |
Nanyang Technological University |
| Singapore | Domenico Campolo |
Nanyang Technological University |
| Singapore | Wei Lin |
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology |
| Singapore | Gim Song Soh |
Singapore University of Technology & Design |
| Slovakia | Frantisek Duchon |
Slovak University of Technology |
| Slovakia | Stefan Havlik |
Slovak Academy of Sciences |
| Slovenia | Jadran Lenarcic |
Jozef Stefan Institute |
| Slovenia | Karl Gotlih |
University of Maribor |
| South Korea | Kyung-Soo Kim | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
| Spain | Miguel Angel Naya Villaverde |
University of La Coruna |
| Spain | Juan Carlos Garcia-Prada |
UNED Madrid |
| Spain | Fernando Gomez-Bravo |
University of Huelva |
| Spain | Oscar Altuzarra |
Universidad del Pais Vasco |
| Spain | Vincente Mata-Amela |
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia |
| Tunisia | Lotfi Romdhane |
American University of Sharjah |
| Turkey | Erkin Gezgin |
Izmir Katip Celebi University |
| USA | Ousama Khatib |
Stanford University |
| USA | Najat Olgac |
University of Connecticut |
| Ukraine | Lyubomyr Demkiv |
SoftServe Inc. |
| United Kingdom | Yan Jin |
Queens University |
| United Kingdom | Xianwen Kong |
Heriot-Watt University |
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