Upcoming conferences

• Structure, kinematics and dynamics of mechanisms
• Robots and manipulators
• Synthesis and design methods of mechanical systems
• Modeling and simulation of mechanical systems
• Mechatronic systems
• Mechanisms for biomechanics
• Dynamics of multi-body systems
• Control issues of mechanical systems
• Mechanical transmissions and gears
• Linkages and cams
• Current trends in teaching TMM and Mechatronics
• History of mechanism science

• Mechanism design
• Modelling and simulation
• Kinematics and dynamics of multibody systems
• Sensors and actuators
• Navigation and motion planning
• Control methods
• Bio-robotics
• Micro/nano-robotics
• Complex robotic systems
• Walking machines, humanoids
• Parallel kinematic structures
• Smart devices

• Commemorative events for the Ball sesquicentenary of his theory of screws
• Basic vector-space properties of twists and wrenches: physical interpretation of the linear operations; linear dependence and independence, subspaces; bases and coordinates.
• Geometry of screw systems. Classification of two- and three-systems of screws. Persistent screw systems
• Scalar products, dual spaces, reciprocity. Constraint and freedom in mechanisms. Constraint analysis. Type synthesis of single-loop mechanisms and parallel manipulators.
• Velocity and singularity analysis of mechanisms. Derivation of input-output velocity equations and singularity conditions
• Formulation of the dynamics of individual rigid bodies and rigid-body systems. Equations of motion. Dynamics algorithms
• Basic Lie group theory, matrix representations of the group of rigid-body displacements. Lie algebras as related to screw theory. The exponential map and its applications in modern robotics

• Mechanism design
• 3D printing in mechanism prototyping
• Mechanism simulation
• kinematic and dynamic analysis
• Sensors and control system of manipulators and mobile robots
• Environment perception, control algorithms and applications of machines and robots

• Industrial Robots
• Service Robots
• Specialized Robots
• Humanoid Robots
• AI and Robotics
• Embodied Intelligence
• Physical AI
• Dexterous Hands
• Robot Application Scenarios
• Trends in the field of Robotics
• Spacial Intelligence
• Technical and Industrial Innovations

• Biomechanical Engineering
• Sustainable Development Goals
• Vehicle Dynamics and Control
• Mechanism Design
• Computational Kinematics
• Robotics and Mechatronics
• Dynamics of Machinery, Rotor dynamics, Multibody Dynamics
• Vibration
• Tribology
• Gearing and Transmissions
• History and Education
• Industrial and Non-Industrial Applications

• Novel robot design and robot modules/components
• Personal, service, medical, space and rescue robots
• Cooperative and networked robotics
• Challenges in control, modeling, kinematical and dynamical analysis of robotic systems
• Innovations in sensor systems for robots and perception
• Biomechanics, humanoid robots, biorobots
• Educational issues

• Aviation
• Automotive
• Railway
• Defence Technologies
• Fuels and Combustion
• Traffic
• Mobility, Safety
• Intelligent Transport Systems
• Transport Infrastructure and Logistics
• Transport Economics
• Transport Psychology
• Waterborne Transport

• Mechanisms analysis and synthesis
• Dynamics of mechanisms and machines
• Mechanical Transmissions
• Biomechanics and Precision mechanics
• Micromechanisms and Microactuators
• CAD in mechanism and machine design
• Serial and parallel robots
• Mobile robots; Collaborative robots. Micro and Nano robots
• Sensors and actuators; Advanced control
• Artificial intelligence
• Medical robots; Teleoperation, haptics, virtual reality

• Energy efficient built environment for energy communities
• Solar thermal and photovoltaic systems for energy communities
• Biomass systems for energy communities
• Wind turbine systems for energy communities
• Micro-hydro systems for energy communities
• Hydrogen systems for energy communities
• Hybrid and cogeneration systems for energy communities
• Mechanisms for renewable energy systems in energy communities
• Green mobility for energy communities
• Green water and wastewater treatment in energy communities
• Artificial intelligence for energy communities
• Policies and education for energy communities

• Micro-robotics
• Micro-integrated circuit packaging, Micro-scale heat transfer
• Microactuators, Microsensors and micromechanism
• Micro-opto-mechanical devices
• Mechatronics and control issues in micromachines
• Smart materials, metamaterials, lead free materials for microsystems
• 3D and 4D printings and microfabrication techniques for microactuators and micromechanisms
• Microsurgical technologies, Biomedical Engineering, Biosensors, Digital Microfludics
• Computation and theoretical methods in microsystems designs
• MEMS, NEMS and Sensors
• Microelectronics, IC design, IoT
• Unmanned aerial systems (drones), Sensors for Smart Agriculture

• Biomechanical Engineering, Micromachines, UN SDGs, AI-Powered Systems in Mechanism and Machine Science
• Computational Kinematics, Vibration Technology, Transportation Machinery, Linkages and Mechanical Controls
• Engines and Powertrains, Reliability, Robotics and Mechatronics, Terminology Standardization
• Gearing and Transmissions, Tribology, Multibody Dynamics, Sustainable Energy Systems, History of MMS
• Education, Dynamics of Rotating Machines, Other IFToMM-related Topics

• Architecture & type synthesis of PKMs; structural design; metamorphic and reconfigurable mechanisms;
• Kinematics (forward/inverse); singularity analysis & avoidance; motion/force transmissibility;
• Reconfigurability and kinematic bifurcations of parallel mechanisms and paralell robots
• Dynamics & elastodynamics; vibration; model reduction; dynamic parameter identification
• Stiffness modeling (VJM/MSA/FEA); accuracy, calibration, error budgets & uncertainty;
• Control and optimization: singularity‑robust control, force/impedance control
• Model‑ and data‑driven methods; AI for mechanism synthesis, control tuning and digital twins of PKMs
• Cable‑driven parallel robots (CDPRs), tendon actuation and under‑constrained architectures
• Hybrid serial–parallel mechanisms; wrists and decoupled substructures;
• Perception for PKMs: vision‑based calibration/servoing; sensor fusion; embedded metrology
• Applications: machine tools & high‑speed machining, medical/surgical robots (incl. RCM), micro/meso-scale manipulation, haptics, construction & infrastructure, space & underwater, agriculture, inspection and maintenance
• Soft/continuum and compliant parallel mechanisms; materials & additive manufacturing for PKMs

• Theoretical and Computational Kinematics
• Dynamics and Control
• Engines and Transmission Systems
• Parallel/Hybrid Mechanisms & Industrial Robotics
• Compliant Mechanisms, Origami Mechanisms & Soft Robotics
• Metamorphic Mechanisms and Robotics
• Deployable Structures and Mechanisms
• Aerospace Mechanisms and Environmental Effects
• Micro/Nano Mechanisms and Robotics
• Biologically Inspired Mechanisms and Robotics
• Mobile Robotics and Heavy Nonroad Mobile Machines
• AI+ for Mechanisms

• Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms
• Bio-medical Applications of Mechanisms
• Compliant, Foldable, and Deployable Mechanisms
• Dynamics, Control and Vibration Analysis of Multibody Systems
• Geometry, Kinematics and Topological Analysis
• Manufacturing and Assembling of Mechanisms
• Micro- and Nano-Machines and Mechanisms
• Optimal Design of Machines and Mechanisms
• Precision Engineering for Mechanisms
• Product Development using Mechanisms
• Robotics
• Textile, Clothing, Rural and Agricultural Technologies

• System integration and interoperability
• Control and coordination of multi-domain systems
• Modeling, simulation and design methods
• Cyber-physical systems and IoT integration
• Autonomous systems and AI applications
• Digital twins and virtual prototyping
• Robotics and mechatronics in complex environments
• Bio-inspired, bio-hybrid and biomedical systems
• Aerospace, space robotics and mission applications
• Smart manufacturing, inspection and infrastructure systems
• Sensor fusion, data integration and real-time coordination
• Standardization, protocols and system-of-systems architecture

• Biomechanical Engineering
• Linkage and mechanical control
• Sustainable Energy Systems
• Robotics and Mechatronics
• Green Tribology
• Socio-Technical Systems for sustainable and inclusive development
• Terminology
• Education
• Computational Kinematics
• Gearing and Transmissions
• Vibrations
• Humanitarian Engineering and Appropriate Technologies

• Design of medical devices
• Kinematics and Dynamics for medical robotics
• Exoskeletons and prostheses
• Anthropomorphic hands
• Therapeutic robots and rehabilitation
• Cognitive robots
• Assistive robots and elderly assitance
• Surgical robots
• Haptic devices
• Medical treatments
• Humanoid & Service robots

• Kinematics and Singularity Analysis
• Workspace Analysis and Synthesis
• Statics and Dynamics
• Cable Modeling and Technology
• Motion Planning and Control
• Calibration and Parameter Identification
• Multi-link Cable-driven Manipulators
• Design Methodology
• Hardware Development
• Experimental Evaluation
• Prototypes and Demonstrations
• Applications of Cable-Driven Robots in the Real World

• Biomechanical engineering and Micromechanisms
• Computational kinematics and Multibody dynamics
• Design methodology and Reliability of machines and mechanisms
• Dynamics of machinery and Vibration
• Rotor dynamics and Engines and power trains
• Gearing and Power Transmission
• Gearing and transmissions and Tribology
• Transportation machinery and Sustainable energy systems
• Education and Standardization of terminology
• History of MMS
• Securing Future Environment
• Cross-disciplinary topics

• Modern reviews of past works
• People, history, and their works
• Direct memories of the recent past
• Historic development of theories
• History of design of machines and mechanisms
• Developments of mechanical design and automation
• History of teaching and education
• Schools of engineering

Past conferences

• Robot kinematics analysis and synthesis
• Robot kinematics modeling and simulation
• Singularity analysis
• Computational geometry in robot kinematics
• Motion planning of robots
• Theoretical and computational kinematics
• Kinematic design and control of robots
• Reconfigurable robots
• Kinematics of parallel and cable robots
• Redundant, soft and continuum robots
• Medical and wearable robots
• Overconstrained and compliant mechanisms

• Active Components and Vibration Control
• Bearings: Fluid Film Bearings, Magnetic Bearings, Rolling Bearings and Seals
• Condition Monitoring, Fault Diagnostics and Prognostics
• Dynamic Analysis and Stability
• Electromechanical Interactions in Rotordynamics
• Experiments and Testing in the Digital Era
• Uncertainties, Reliability and Life Predictions of Rotating Machinery
• Vibration and Dynamics in Powertrains
• Torsional vibrations
• Digital Twins, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Green Energy, Energy Storage and Conversion
• Balancing and reduction of excitations
• Energy efficiency of rotating machines/systems-Energy efficiency and environmental effects
• Rub, whirl and instability

• Computational kinematics
• Control issues of mechanical systems
• Dynamics of rotating machinery
• Engines and powertrains
• Gears and transmissions
• History of mechanism and machine science
• Mechanics of robots and manipulators
• Mechanism design
• Multibody dynamics
• Teaching methods
• Theoretical kinematics
• Vibrations

• AI in robotics, cloud and intelligent information – control systems
• Novel design of kinematics, compliant and soft mechanisms, new materials
• Human-robot interaction, cognitive robots and emotional intelligence
• Tools, grasping, handling and intelligent manipulation
• Sensing, new sensors and processing sensory information
• Medical robotics, bionic prostheses and personal assisted robots
• Micro and nano-scale robots
• Collaborative robots and intelligent swarms
• Mobile robotics and humanoids
• Innovative solutions and specific industrial, non-industrial and service applications
• Education in robotics, history, ethical, and social issues
• New emerging robotic technologies and future applications

• Mechanism design
• Education and history of MMS
• Theoretical and computational kinematics
• Experimental mechanics
• Mechanics of robots
• Control issues of mechanical systems
• Machine intelligence
• Innovative mechanisms and applications
• Linkages and manipulators
• Micro-mechanisms
• Dynamics of machinery and multi-body systems
• Smart devices

• Applications, Multidisciplinary Methods, and Other Topics
• Biomechanics
• Computational Methods and Real-Time Applications
• Contact, Impact, and Constraints
• Control, Mechatronics, and Robotics
• Data-driven & Machine Learning-based applications
• Dynamics of Vehicles
• Flexible Multibody Systems
• Modelling, Formalisms, and Theoretical Methods
• Optimization, Sensitivity Analysis, and Parameter Identification

• Robotics and Mechatronics
• Linkages and Mechanical Controls
• Computational Kinematics
• Multibody Dynamics
• Gearing and Transmissions
• Tribology
• Vibrations
• Rotordynamics
• Micromachines
• Biomechanical Engineering
• Engines and Powertrains
• Sustainable Energy Systems

• robotic systems
• soft, wearable and origami robotic systems
• walking, flying, climbing, underground, ground, swimming, and space robotics systems
• human rehabilitation and performance augmentation robotic systems
• design and analysis of mechanisms and machines
• human-robot collaborative systems
• service robotics
• mechanical systems and robotics education
• commercialization of mechanical systems and robotics
• related topics

• Computational kinematics
• Robotics and mechatronics
• Linkages and mechanical controls
• Biomechanical engineering
• Gearing and transmissions
• Micromachines
• Tribology, vibrations
• Multibody dynamics, Rotor dynamics reliability
• Engines and power trains
• Sustainable energy systems, sustainable development goals
• Education, standardization of terminology
• AI empowered systems in MMS

• Biomechanical Systems
• Kinematic analysis and synthesis
• Transmission engineering
• Control of mechanisms and machines
• Micromechanical systems
• Multibody systems
• Safety and Reliability
• Robotics and Mechatronics
• Sustainability, resource and energy efficiency
• Vibration engineering and machine dynamics
• Compliant mechanisms

• Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms
• Compliant Mechanisms
• Design and Analysis of Biomedical Devices
• Dynamics and Control of Multibody Systems
• Dynamics and Vibration Analysis in Machines
• Micro- and Nano-Machines and Mechanisms
• Optimization in Machines and Mechanisms
• Reliability in Machines and Mechanisms
• Robotics
• Tribology
• Emerging Topics in Mechanisms and Machines

• Applications of computational kinematics
• Computational geometry in kinematics
• Deployable and tensegrity structures
• Education in computational kinematics
• Geometric constraint solvers and algorithms
• Kinematic analysis and synthesis of mechanisms
• Kinematics of serial and parallel robots
• Kinematic aspects of biomechanics
• Kinematic design of machines and mechanisms
• Modular kinematics
• Singularities in robots and mechanisms
• Theoretical and Computational Kinematics

• Theoretical and computational kinematics
• Mechanism design
• Experimental mechanics
• Dynamics of machinery
• Dynamics of multi-body systems
• Mechanics of robots
• Mechanisms for biomechanics
• Mechanical transmissions
• Control of mechanical systems, Intelligent mechatronic products
• Linkages and manipulators
• Micro-mechanisms
• Mechanisms for renewable energy systems

• Analysis and synthesis of mechanisms
• Dynamics of Multibody Systems
• Design of algorithms for mechatronic systems
• Experimental validations
• Virtual reality integrated of mechatronic systems
• Optimization in mechatronic systems
• Multibody systems applications
• Theory of mechatronic simulations
• Mechatronics in rehabilitation and assistive technologies
• Mechatronic systems and control
• Vehicle dynamics
• Multibody mechatronic systems and AI

• Aviation
• Automotive
• Railway
• Denfense technologies
• Fuels and combustion
• Traffic
• Mobility and safety
• Intelligent transport systems
• Transport infrastructure and logistics
• Transport economics
• Transport psychology
• Waterborne transport

• All topics covered by IFToMM Technical Committees, Permanent Commissions and Cross-Disciplinary Groups
• Methods and tools for design, simulation, testing, and manufacturing of mechanisms and machines
• Exhibition

• Definition and Classification
• Singularity Identification
• Singularity Avoidance
• Local and global topology of the Singularity Set and Configuration-Space
• Mathematical Tools and Formalisms

• Sustainability
• Gear applications
• Design, analysis and simulation of gears and transmissions
• Gear production
• Testing and monitoring
• High performance plastic gears

• Mechanism and Machine Design
• Biomechanics and Medical Engineering
• Gears and Mechanical Transmissions
• Mechatronics and Robotics
• Computational and Experimental Methods
• Dynamics of Mechanisms and Machines
• Micromechanisms and Microactuators
• History of mechanisms and transmissions
• Education and Teaching on Theory of Mechanisms and Machine

• Robotics and Autonomous Manufacturing
• Smart Sensor Systems
• Predictive Maintenance Algorithms
• Fault Detection in Industrial Systems
• Control Systems Engineering

• Kinematics and Singularity Analysis
• Workspace Analysis and Synthesis
• Statics and Dynamics
• Cable Modeling and Technology
• Motion Planning and Control
• Calibration and Parameter Identification
• Multi-link Cable-driven Manipulators
• Design Methodology
• Hardware Development
• Experimental Evaluation
• Prototypes and Demonstrations
• Applications of Cable-Driven Robots in the Real World

• Design of medical devices
• Kinematics and Dynamics for medical robotics
• Exoskeletons and prostheses
• Anthropomorphic hands
• Therapeutic robots and rehabilitation
• Cognitive robots
• Humanoid & Service robots
• Assistive robots and elderly assitance
• Surgical robots
• Human-robot interfaces
• Haptic devices
• Medical treatments

• Mechanisms
• Robotics
• Mechatronics
• Space Robotics
• Medical Robotics
• Mobile Robotics
• Robotic Tooling
• Dynamics of Machines
• Gearing and Transmissions
• Applied Vibrations/Acoustics
• Sensors and Actuators
• Control of Mechanical Systems

• Novel design and applications of robotic systems
• Dexterous grasping, handling, and intelligent manipulation
• Intelligent collaborative robots and service robots
• Advanced robot control
• Human-robot interfaces
• Robot vision systems and visual servoing techniques
• Mobile robots
• Humanoid and walking robots
• Aerial, underwater and space robots
• Medical robots and bionic prosthetics
• Education in robotics
• Ethical, legal and social issues in robotics

• Biomechanics
• Computational Kinematics
• Dynamics of Multibody Systems
• History of Machines and Mechanisms
• Manufacturing Engineering and Metrology
• Vehicle and Transport Engineering
• Railway Engineering
• Machinery and Mechanisms
• Fracture and Fatigue Mechanics
• Experimental Mechanics
• Micromachines, Mechatronics, and Robotics
• Noise and Vibration

• Biomechanical Engineering
• Computational Kinematics
• Dynamics of Machinery, Multibody Dynamics and Rotor Dynamics
• Gearing and Transmissions
• History of Mechanism Science
• Industrial and Non-Industrial Applications
• Mechanism Design
• Mechatronics and Robotics
• Sustainable Development Goals
• Vehicle dynamics and control
• Tribology
• Vibrations

• Advanced mechanical technologies
• Biomechanics
• Micro and nanosystem engineering
• Composite materials
• Robotics
• Sensors, actuators and transducers
• New manufacturing technologies and advanced material processing
• Monitoring and optimization of manufacturing processes
• Software for design
• Assembly and manufacturing system maintenance
• Machine tool and metrology
• Engineering materials and their application

• Biomechanical Systems
• Kinematic analysis and synthesis
• Transmission engineering
• Control of mechanisms and machines
• Micromechanical systems
• Multibody systems
• Safety and Reliability
• Robotics and Mechatronics
• Rotordynamics
• Sustainability, resource and energy efficiency
• Vibration engineering and machine dynamics
• Compliant mechanisms

• biomechanical engineering, computational kinematics, engines and power trains, gearing and transmissions
• linkages and mechanical controls, micromachines, multibody dynamics, reliability, robotics and mechatronics
• rotor dynamics, sustainable energy systems, transportation machinery, tribology, vibrations
• education, standardization of terminology, history of mechanism and machine science
• sustainability

• Microactuators, Microsensors and micromechanism
• Compliant mechanisms and actuators
• Micro-opto-mechanical devices
• Mechatronics and control issues in micromachines
• Smart materials, metamaterials, lead free materials for microsystems
• 3D and 4D printings and microfabrication techniques for microactuators and micromechanisms
• Biomedical Engineering, Biosensors, Digital Microfludics
• Computation and theoretical methods in microsystems designs
• MEMS, NEMS and Sensors
• Microelectronics, IC design, IoT

• Analysis and synthesis of mechanisms
• Dynamics of Multibody Systems
• Design of algorithms for mechatronic systems
• Experimental validations
• Virtual reality integrated to mechatronic systems
• Optimization in mechatronic systems
• Multibody systems applications in robotics
• Theory of mechatronics simulation
• Mechatronics in rehabilitation and assistive technologies
• Mechatronic systems and control
• Vehicle dynamics
• Multibody mechatronic systems and AI

• Theoretical kinematics
• Computational kinematics
• Mechanism design
• Experimental mechanics
• Mechanics of robots and manipulators
• Dynamics of machinery
• Dynamics of multi-body systems
• Control issues of mechanical systems
• Mechanisms for biomechanics
• Novel designs
• Mechanical transmissions and gears, Linkages and cams, Micro-mechanisms
• Teaching methods, History of mechanism science, Industrial and non-industrial applications

• Biomechanical Engineering
• Computational Kinematics
• Dynamics of Machinery, Multibody Dynamics and Rotor Dynamics
• Gearing and Transmissions
• History of Mechanism Science
• dustrial and Non-Industrial Applications
• Mechanism Design
• Mechatronics and Robotics
• Sustainable Development Goals
• Vehicle dynamics and control
• Tribology
• Vibrations

• Basic vector-space properties of twists and wrenches: physical interpretation of the linear operations; linear dependence and independence, subspaces; bases and coordinates.
• Geometry of screw systems. Classification of two- and three-systems of screws. Persistent screw systems: definition, conditions and examples.
• Scalar products, dual spaces, reciprocity. Constraint and freedom in mechanisms. Constraint analysis. Type synthesis of single-loop mechanisms and parallel manipulators.
• Velocity and singularity analysis of mechanisms. Derivation of input-output velocity equations and singularity conditions
• Formulation of the dynamics of individual rigid bodies and rigid-body systems. Equations of motion. Dynamics algorithms
• Basic Lie group theory, matrix representations of the group of rigid-body displacements. Lie algebras as related to screw theory. The exponential map and its applications in modern robotics

• General theory of machines and mechanisms
• Analysis and synthesis of planar and spatial mechanisms
• Dynamics of machines and mechanisms
• Linkages and cams
• Computational mechanics
• Biomechanics
• Mechatronics
• Vibration and noise in machines
• Optimization of mechanisms and machines
• Control and monitoring systems of machines

• Robots Mechanics
• Mechanism Design
• Mechatronic Designs
• Dynamics & Control of Machines & Robots
• New Constructive Solutions in Robotics
• Robots and Robotic Systems Intelligence
• Actuators and Sensors
• Computational Methods
• Vibration and Engineering Vibrations
• Rotordynamics
• Gears and Gearing Systems
• Machine Learning Methods

• Theoretical and Computational Kinematics
• Dynamics and Control
• Engines and Transmission Systems
• Parallel/Hybrid Mechanisms & Industrial Robotics
• Compliant Mechanisms, Origami Mechanisms & Soft Robotics
• Metamorphic Mechanisms and Robotics
• Deployable Structures and Mechanisms
• Aerospace Mechanisms and Environmental Effects
• Micro/Nano Mechanisms and Robotics
• Biologically Inspired Mechanisms and Robotics
• Medical and Rehabilitation Robotics
• Mobile Robotics and Heavy Nonroad Mobile Machines

• Mechanism design
• 3D printing in mechanism prototyping
• Mechanism simulation – kinematic and dynamic analysis
• Sensors and control system of manipulators and mobile robots
• Environment perception, control algorithms and applications of machines and robots

• ROBOT KINEMATICS ANALYSIS
• ROBOT KINEMATICS MODELLING AND SIMULATION
• KINEMATIC DESIGN AND KINEMATICS ROBOT CONTROL
• KINEMATICS THEORY AND METHODOLOGY
• INEMATICS IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND HUMANOID ROBOTICS
• KINEMATICS OF PARALLEL ROBOTS
• CABLE ROBOTS
• CONTINUUM ROBOTS
• OVERCONSTRAINED MECHANISMS
• COMPLIANT MECHANISMS
• REDUNDANT ROBOTS
• SYNGULARITY ANALISYS

• Mechanism design
• Mechanism education and history of MMS
• Theoretical and computational kinematics
• Experimental mechanics
• Mechanics of robots
• Control issues of mechanical systems
• Machine intelligence
• Linkages and manipulators
• Micro-mechanisms
• Dynamics of machinery and multi-body systems

• Computational kinematics
• Control issues of mechanical systems
• Dynamics of rotating machinery
• Engines and powertrains
• Gears and transmissions
• History of mechanism and machine science
• Mechanics of robots and manipulators
• Mechanism design
• Multibody dynamics
• Teaching methods
• Theoretical kinematics
• Vibrations

• Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots
• Planar and Spatial Deployable Mechanisms
• Metamorphic Mechanisms and Robots
• Kinematics and Dynamics of Reconfiguration
• Cable-Driven Parallel Robots
• Engineering Origami
• Variable Topology Modeling
• Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
• Application of Reconfigurable Systems
• Compliant Mechanisms and robots
• Soft Mechanisms and robots
• Morphing mechanisms and applications

• Robotics and Mechatronics
• Linkages and Mechanical Controls
• Computational Kinematics
• Multibody Dynamics
• Gearing and Transmissions
• Tribology
• Vibrations
• Rotordynamics
• Micromachines
• Biomechanical Engineering
• Sustainable Energy Systems
• Other fields related to IFToMM

• Applications, Multidisciplinary Methods, and Other Topics
• Biomechanics
• Computational Methods and Real-Time Applications
• Contact, Impact, and Constraints
• Control, Mechatronics, and Robotics
• Data-driven & ML-based
• Dynamics of Vehicles
• Flexible Multibody Systems
• Modelling, Formalisms, and Theoretical Methods
• Optimization, Sensitivity Analysis, and Parameter Identification

• Novel design and applications of robotic systems.
• Dexterous grasping, handling, and intelligent manipulation.
• Intelligent collaborative robots and service robots.
• Advanced robot control.
• Human-robot interfaces.
• Robot vision systems and visual servoing techniques.
• Mobile robots.
• Humanoid and walking robots.
• Bio-inspired and swarm robot systems.
• Micro- and nanoscale robots.
• Aerial, underwater and space robots.
• Integration of robots in holonic manufacturing.

• Design, Manufacturing and Management of Machine Elements, Equipment and Systems
• Management and Monitoring of Manufacturing Processes
• Applied Modelling, Industrial Design and Virtual Engineering
• Mechatronics and Robotics: Design, Kinematics and Dynamics
• Quality Engineering and Management
• Economical Aspects of Construction of Technological Equipment and Systems
• Ecology, Ergonomics, Energy Efficiency, Environment Protection, Safety and Health at Work
• Academic and Mechanism Education and History of MMS

• Specialized Robotic Systems
• Soft, Wearable & Origami Robotic Systems
• Applications to Walking, Flying, Climbing, Ground, Underground, Swimming, & Space Systems
• Human Rehabilitation & Performance Augmentation
• Design and Analysis of Mechanisms & Machines
• Human-Robot Collaborative Systems
• Service Robotics
• Mechanical Systems & Robotics Education
• Commercialization of Mechanical Systems & Robotics
• Related topics

• Friction
• Wear
• Lubrication
• Contact Mechanics
• Tribotesting
• Computational Tribology
• Micro/nano Tribology
• Superlubricity
• Biotribology
• Tribotronics
• Tribology in Manufacturing
• Surface Engineering

• Modern reviews of past works.
• People, history, and their works.
• Direct memories of the recent past.
• Historic development of theories.
• History of the design of machines and mechanisms.
• Developments of mechanical design and automation.
• The historic development of teaching, of schoolsof engineering and the education of engineers.

• Mechanism design
• Modelling and simulation
• Kinematics and dynamics of multibody systems
• Control methods
• Navigation and motion planning
• Sensors and actuators
• Bio-robotics
• Micro/nano-robotics
• Complex robotic systems
• Walking machines, humanoids
• Parallel kinematic structures: analysis and synthesis
• Smart devices ▪ New design ▪ Application and prototypes

• Biomechanical Systems
• Kinematic analysis and synthesis
• Transmission engineering
• Control of mechanisms and machines
• Micromechanical systems
• Multibody systems
• Safety and Reliability
• Robotics and Mechatronics
• Rotordynamics
• Sustainability, resource and energy efficiency
• Vibration engineering and machine dynamics
• Compliant mechanisms

• Biomechanical engineering, Computational kinematics
• Design methodology, Dynamics of machinery
• Education, Engines and power trains
• Gearing and transmissions, History of MMS
• Linkage and mechanical control, Micromechanisms
• Multibody dynamics, Reliability of machines and mechanisms
• Robotics and mechatronics, Rotor dynamics
• Standardization of terminology, Sustainable energy systems
• Transportation machinery, Tribology
• Vibration, Securing Future Environment

• Active Components and Vibration Control
• Balancing
• Bearings: Fluid Film Bearings, Magnetic Bearings, Rolling Bearings and Seals
• Blades, Bladed Systems and Impellers
• Condition Monitoring, Fault Diagnostics and Prognostics
• Dynamic Analysis and Stability
• Electromechanical Interactions in Rotordynamics
• Fluid Structure Interactions in Rotordynamics
• Modal Testing and Identification
• Nonlinear Phenomena in Rotordynamics
• Numerical and Analytical Methods in Nonlinear Rotordynamics
• Parametric and Self-excitation in Rotordynamics

• Definition and Classification
• Singularity Identification
• Singularity Avoidance
• Local and global topology of the Singularity Set and Configuration-Space
• Mathematical Tools and Formalisms

• Collaborative Robotics
• Mobile Collaborative Robotics
• Sensing for Human-Robot Collaboration
• Exoskeletons and Haptic Interfaces
• Motion Planning
• Robotic Hands and Soft Robotics
• Ergonomics
• Safety and Regulation
• AI for Robotics
• Rehabilitation Robotics
• Assistive Robotics

• Kinematics and Singularity Analysis
• Workspace Analysis and Synthesis
• Statics and Dynamics
• Cable Modeling and Cable Technology
• Motion Planning and Control
• Calibration and Parameter Identification
• Multi-link Cable-driven Manipulators
• Design Methodology
• Hardware Development

• Sustainable Development Goals related activities in IFToMM

• Basic vector-space properties of twists and wrenches: physical interpretation of the linear operations; linear dependence and independence, subspaces; bases and coordinates.
• Scalar products, dual spaces, reciprocity. Constraint and freedom in mechanisms. Constraint analysis. Type synthesis of single-loop mechanisms and parallel manipulators.
• Velocity and singularity analysis of parallel and interconnected-chain mechanisms. Derivation of input-output velocity equations and singularity conditions.
• Mappings between screw spaces, stiffness, and inertia. Structure of robot compliance. Eigenvalue problems and eigenscrews. Synthesis with springs.
• 6D formulation of the dynamics of individual rigid bodies and rigid-body systems. Equations of motion. Dynamics algorithms.
• Basic Lie group theory, matrix representations of the group of rigid-body displacements. Lie algebras as related to screw theory. The exponential map and its applications in modern robotics.

• Novel design and applications of robotic systems
• Dexterous grasping, handling, and intelligent manipulation
• ntelligent collaborative robots and service robots
• Advanced robot control
• Humanoid and walking robots
• Robot vision systems and visual servoing techniques
• Mobile robots, autonomous navigation, simultaneous localization and mapping
• Bioinspired and swarm robot systems
• Medical robots and bionic prosthetics
• Intelligent information technologies for cognitive robots
• Aerial, underwater and space robots
• Education in robotics

• Design of medical devices
• Kinematics and dynamics for medical robotics
• Exoskeletons and prostheses
• Anthropomorphic hands
• Therapeutic robots and rehabilitation
• Cognitive robots
• Humanoid & Service robots
• Assistive robots and elderly assistance
• Surgical robots
• Human – robot interfaces
• Haptic devices
• Biomechanics

• Mechanism and Machine Design
• Biomechanics and Medical Engineering
• Gears and Mechanical Transmissions
• Mechatronics and Robotics
• Computational and Experimental Methods
• Dynamics of Mechanisms and Machines
• Micromechanisms and Microactuators
• History of mechanisms and transmissions
• Education and Teaching on Theory of Mechanisms and Machine

• Robotics and Mechatronics
• Linkages and Mechanical Controls
• Computational Kinematics
• Multibody Dynamics
• Gearing and Transmissions
• Tribology
• Vibrations
• Rotordynamics
• Micromachines
• Biomechanical Engineering
• Engines and Powertrains
• Others(Sustainable Energy Systems, Transportation Machinery, Reliability, Securing Future Environment )

• Cam design and analysis
• Linkages
• Robotics
• Any related topic

• Biomechanische Systeme
• Kinematische Analyse und Synthese
• Getriebetechnik
• Regelung von Mechanismen und Maschinen
• Mikromechanische Systeme
• Mehrkörpersysteme
• Sicherheit und Zuverlässigkeit
• Robotik und Mechatronik
• Rotordynamik
• Nachhaltigkeit, Ressourcen- und Energieeffizienz
• Fahrzeug- und Transportsysteme
• Tribologie

• Microactuators, microsensors and micromechanisms
• Compliant mechanisms and actuators
• Microscale power generation, Micro-opto-mechanical devices
• Miniaturized energy harvesting
• Miniature manufacturing machines
• Mechatronics and control issues in micromachines
• Smart circuits for micromachines
• Micromechanical devices and robotics for life science, Computation and theoretical methods in microsystems designs
• Biomechatronics at small scale, Micromechanics and nonlinear coupling in MEMS oscillators
• Micro-scale flight and swimming, Mechanic Diagnostic of diseases
• Smart materials, metamaterials, lead free materials for microsystems,
• 3D and 4D printings and microfabrication techniques for microactuators and micromechanisms

• Education during/after pandemic
• Mechanical Engineering education: new trends and experiences.
• Mechanism and machine science in the mechanical engineer curricula
• MMS in the engineer program: methodology, virtual labs and others

• Structural analysis and synthesis of mechanisms
• Kinematics of flat mechanisms
• Force analysis of mechanisms
• Kinematic analysis of cam mechanisms
• Gearings (kinematics, geometry, efficiency)
• Adjustment of dynamic characteristics, mechanical governors
• Balancing of rotating masses

• Theoretical and computationalkinematics; Mechanism design.
• Dynamics of machinery; Dynamics of multi-bodysystems; Experimental mechanics.
• Linkages and mechanical controls; Mechanical transmissions.
• Mechanisms for biomechanics
• History of mechanism science; Industrial and non-industrial applications.
• Serial and parallel robots.
• Mobile robots; Collaborative robots. Micro and Nano robots.
• Sensors andactuators; Advanced control.
• Artificial intelligence.
• Medical robots; Teleoperation, haptics, virtual reality.

• Future of Mechanism and Machine Science
• Kinematics and Dynamics of Mechanisms and Multibody Systems
• Novel Mechanism Application in Robotics
• Advanced Mechanisms for Future Vehicles

• Biomechanical engineering
• Computational kinematics
• Dynamics of machinery
• Gearing and transmission
• History of mechanism Science
• Mechatronics
• Multibody dynamics
• Robotics
• Rotor dynamics
• Tribology
• Vibrations
• Industrial and non-Industrial applications

• Improved simulation methods
• Lubrication for enhanced efficiency
• Condition monitoring with smart gear system
• Multi-body simulation and NVH prediction
• Improved calculation methods for strength and efficiency
• Optimization of gear design and geometry
• Quality assurance and measurement

• Mechanism synthesis & analysis
• Theoretical & computational kinematics
• Dynamics of mechanisms and machines
• Novel mechanisms and robots and their applications
• Parallel & hybrid mechanisms
• Compliant mechanisms and micro/nano mechanisms
• Reconfigurable and metamorphic mechanisms
• Morphing and shape adaptable mechanisms
• Mechanisms and mechanical design
• Biologically inspired mechanisms and robotics
• Motion planning, dynamics, and control
• Mobile robotics

• Robotics and Mechatronics
• Linkages and Mechanical Controls
• Computational Kinematics
• Multibody Dynamics
• Gearing and Transmissions
• Tribology
• Vibrations
• Rotordynamics
• Micromachines
• Biomechanical Engineering
• Engines and Powertrains
• Others(Sustainable Energy Systems, Transportation Machinery, Reliability, Securing Future Environment )

• Novel robot design and robot modules/components
• Personal, service, medical, space and rescue robots
• Humanoid robots, bio-robotics, multi-robot, embodied multi-agent systems
• Challenges in control, modeling, kinematical and dynamical analysis of robotic systems
• Innovations in sensor systems for robots and perception
• Biomechanics
• Educational issues

• Piezomechanic applications in machining technologies, healthcare, microstructure dynamics
• Dimensional synthesis of linkages
• Dynamic simulation and analysis of geared transmissions with presentation of a case study in wind turbines
• Hybrid metal-composite gears with improved NVH performance: design, manufacturing and testing
• Designing of suspension systems for mobile robot
• Pneumotronic devices for biomedical applications
• The touch stimulation technologies: new possibility for human-machine interactions
• Methodologies for increasing the positioning accuracy of high-acceleration parallel robots used in industrial applications
• Design of a haptic system with improved performance via developing its new sub-systems
• Motion analysis of the left ventricle of a human heart

• Analysis of robot kinematics
• Modeling and simulation of robot kinematics
• Kinematic design of robots
• Kinematics in robot control
• Theories and methods in kinematics, singularity analysis
• Kinematics in biological systems and humanoid robots
• Kinematics in parallel robots
• Cable robots
• Redundant robots
• Overconstrained mechanisms
• Kinematics of compliant mechanisms
• Continuum robots, and parallel continuum Rrobots

• Novel design and applications of robotic systems, advanced robot control
• Dexterous grasping, handling and intelligent manipulation
• Intelligent cooperating and service robots, antelligent information technologies for cognitive robots
• Human-robot interfaces
• Robot vision systems and visual servoing techniques
• Mobile robots, aerial, underwater and spatial robots
• Humanoid and walking robots
• Bio-inspired and swarm robotic systems
• Personal robots for ambient assisted living, medical robots and bionic prostheses
• Education in robotics
• History of automation and robotics
• Cognitive robots and emotional intelligence, ethical, legal and social issues of robotic.

• Robotic systems
• Soft, wearable, and origami robotic systems
• Walking, flying, climbing, underground, ground, swimming, and space robotics systems
• Human rehabilitation and performance augmentation robotic systems
• Design and analysis of mechanisms and machines
• Human-robot collaborative systems
• Service robotics
• Mechanical systems and robotics education
• Commercialization of mechanical systems and robotics

• Modern reviews of past works
• People, history, and their works
• Direct memories of the recent past
• Historic development of theories
• History of the design of machines and mechanisms
• Developments of mechanical design and automation
• The historic development of teaching, of schools of engineering and the education of engineers