MSR 2026

The 2026 USCToMM Symposium on Mechanical Systems and Robotics (2026 USCToMM MSR Symposium) will be held on May 21-23, 2026 at the University of California, Irvine campus. The 2026 USCToMM Annual General Meeting will be held during the Symposium.

The symposium is designed to foster meaningful interactions and collaborations: single track, peer-reviewed papers, 20-minute presentations plus 10 minutes for Q & A allowing for substantial discussions, and a social program that fosters networking and collaborations among attendees including a Friday evening conference dinner. Papers should be submitted on-line through the paper management platform as PDF files formatted according to the provided Springer LaTeX template.

Topics: The MSR 2026 Symposium welcomes submissions that address: 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; and related topics.

Proceedings: Published by Springer and indexed in Scopus, Ei Compendex and Web of Science.