Activities
2026
ICRA 2026 - Workshops
Unconventional Robots III: From Concept to Real-World Systems. Stay with us after the workshop to have some drink and chat together!
Robosoft 2026 - Workshops
2025
ICRA 2025 - Workshops
Mechanisms for Manipulation
2024
ICRA 2024 - Workshops
Agile Movements II: Animal Behavior, Biomechanics, and Robot Devices
Unconventional Robots: Universal Lessons for Designing Unique Systems
Loco-Manipulation: Algorithms, Challenges & Applications
Impulsive Motion in Soft Robotic and Microrobotic Systems
Mechanism & Design Webinar
Enhancing through-life servicing of aerospace products through industrial and academic collaborative research, Dr Andres Gameros, Rolls-Royce plc
2023
ICRA 2023 - Workshops
Agile Movements: Animal Behavior, Biomechanics, and Robot Devices
Geometric Representations – The Roles of Modern Screw Theory, Lie algebra, and Geometric Algebra in Robotics
Origami-Based Structures for Designing Robots with New Capabilities
ICRA 2023 - TC Lunch
IROS 2023 - Workshops
No More Slow Flexible Robots: Discussions on advancements in design and control of compliant robotic systems
2021
ICRA 2021 - Best Paper Award in Robot Mechanisms and Design
This award was presented at ICRA 2021 to Xuan Li, Jessica McWilliams, Minchen Li, Cynthia Sung and Chenfanfu Jiang, for their paper titled, "Soft Hybrid Aerial Vehicle Via Bistable Mechanism". Thanks to Moog Inc., the sponsor of the award.
IROS 2021 - Best Robot Mechanisms and Design Award
This award was presented at IROS 2021 to Elangovan, Lucas Gerez, Geng Gao, and Minas Liarokapis., for their paper titled, “Multi-Modal Robotic Gripper with a Reconfigurable Base:Improving Dexterous Manipulation without Compromising Grasping Efficiency.” Thanks to ROBOTIS, the sponsor of the award.
2020
IROS 2020 - Workshops
ICRA 2020 - Best Paper Award in Robot Mechanisms and Design
This award was presented at ICRA 2020 to Shenli Yuan, Austin Epps, Jerome Nowak, and Kenneth Salisbury, for their paper titled, "Design of a Roller-Based Dexterous Hand for Object Grasping and Within-Hand Manipulation." Thanks to Moog Inc., the sponsor of the award.
IROS 2020 - Best Robot Mechanisms and Design Award
This award was presented at IROS 2020 to Guanqi Liang, Haobo Luo, Ming Li, Huihuan Qian and Tin Lun Lam, for their paper titled, “FreeBOT: A Freeform Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robot with Arbitrary Connection Point - Design and Implementation.” Thanks to ROBOTIS, the sponsor of the award.
2019
ICRA 2019 - Best Paper Award in Robot Mechanisms and Design
This award was presented at ICRA 2019 to Carl John Salaan, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Yoshito Okada, Yusuke Sakai, Kazunori Ohno, and Satoshi Tadokoro, for their paper titled "Development and Experimental Validation of Aerial Vehicle with Passive Rotating Shell on Each Rotor". Thanks to Moog Inc., the sponsor of the award.
2015
Special issue - IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
Focused Section on Design and Control of Hydraulic Robots
ICRA 2015 - Social event
Industry Mixer (iRobot, Barrett Technology, MOOG, Kiva, and Optoforce, among others)
ICAR 2015 - Workshops
ICRA 2015 - Workshops and Tutorials
Benchmarking in Manipulation Research: The YCB Object and Model Set
Challenges and Strategies in the Design and Control of Upper Extremity Exoskeletons
2014
IROS 2014 - TC Kick-off social event
TC Kickoff social event with dinner (Chicago-style deep-dish pizza)
Deep-dish design competition: groups of up to four were given 15 minutes and two slices of pizza (with a few additional materials) to construct the best mechanism they could.