MTM & ROBOTICS 2026

The joint conference MTM & ROBOTICS 2026 brought together researchers, scientists, industry experts and PhD students involved in the general area of mechanisms, mechanical transmissions, robotics and mechatronics. The results reported in the papers have been discussed at MTM & ROBOTICS 2026 Conference, hosted by the Conference Center of the Politehnica University of Timişoara, Romania, in October 15–17, 2026.

The proceedings of MTM & ROBOTICS 2026 Conference contain 46 accepted papers from 51 received papers, from which 44 papers were oral presented from the 49 participants. The authors are coming mainly from the IFToMM community and represent 14 countries: Japan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey, Siria, Greece, Romania, Serbia, Italy, Czeck Republic, Germany, France, Spain and Mexico.

The keynotes speakers Prof. Marco Ceccarelli (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy), Prof. Burkhard Corves (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) and Prof. Med Amine Laribi (University of Poitiers, France) presented very interesting and valuable keynote lectures about integration of AI in Mechanism Science, Robotics and Biomedical Robotics.

All the accepted papers were reevaluated by an Award Committee composed of Assoc. Prof. Cristian-Emil Moldovan, As. Prof. Maria Garrosa Solana and PhD Nursultan Zhetenbayev and recommended to be awarded 7 Best Student Paper Awards, 3 Best Application Papers Awards and 3 Best Regular Papers. Also, Springer Awards were offered for 4 Best Papers Winners in the same three categories.

The social program included a memorable event by Wine Tasting by Thesaurus Winery in vineyards of Buziaș. During the wine testing the Best Paper Awards were provided.

From the historical point of view the previous editions of the two conferences were held separately in Romania until 2012, MTM (Mechanism and Mechanical Transmission) beginning with 1972, every four years and ROBOTICS since 1981, every two years. In 2012, the two conferences have been organized as joint international conferences at Pascal Institute, Clermont-Ferrand, France, and then, in 2016, at RWTH Aachen, Germany, in 2020 at Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania and in 2024 at “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iaşi, Romania. The organizer of MTM & ROBOTICS 2026 Conference from the Department of Mechatronics, Faculty of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems of Politehnica University of Timişoara and the Technical Sciences Academy of Romania-ASTR thanks for the support of International Federation for Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science – IFToMM (TC for Linkages and Mechanical Controls, TC for Robotics and Mechatronics), Romanian Association of Mechanism and Machine Science – ARoTMM, Italian Association for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science – IFToMM ITALY and Robotics Society of Romania – SRR, as well as our sponsors Robcon TM SRL, S.C. Corax Metal SRL and Sam Robotics SRL.

Organized by Department of Mechatronics at University Politehnica Timisoara (UPT) and Technical Sciences Academy of Romania – ASTR with organizing support of:

IFToMM TC for Robotics and Mechatronics

IFToMM TC for Linkages and Mechanical Controls

IFToMM MO Romania – ARoTMM

Robotics Society of Romania– SRR

IFToMM MO Italy – IFToMM Italy

Under the Patronage of IFTOMM International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science

Number of received papers:  51

Number of accepted papers: 46

Number of presented papers: 44

Number of the registered authors: 55

Number of the participants: 49

Number of countries represented: 14

Japan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey, Siria, Greece, Romania, Serbia, Italy, Czeck Republic, Germany, France, Spain and Mexico