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Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Interests: surgical robotics; control; soft robotics; haptics; capsule endoscopy; artificial muscles; wearable devices; functional materials; soft sensors; soft actuators
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Device Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Namiki 1-2-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Interests: MEMS/NEMS; sensors; piezoelectric film; FEM simulations; wireless sensor networks; system integration; micro processes
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College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
Interests: guidance and control; cooperative guidance; nonlinear control; trajectory planning
Institute of Automatic Control, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 16, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Interests: adaptive control; active noise control; active vibration control; mathematical modelling; optimization; acoustics; inertial actuators; piezoelectric actuators
Department of Power Mechanical Engineering and NEMS institute, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Interests: micromachining; sensor; actuator; piezoelectric film; ultrasonic device; smart manufacturing
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Department of Computational Mechanics and Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
Interests: multi-criteria optimization; metaheuristic optimization methods; numerical modeling of coupled problems; application of CAE systems in identification and optimization tasks
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Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Interests: applied mechanics; robotics; design engineering; physical rehabilitation; engineering; mechatronics
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Mechanical Engineering Area, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Interests: electromagnetic actuators; MEMS; magnetorquers; superconducting actuators; magneto-mechanical systems; geared motors; electromagnetic medical devices
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Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, School of Integrated Technology, Korea
Interests: medical robots; magnetic actuations; haptic devices; rehabilitation robots


Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio al. 11, Vilnius LT-10223, Lithuania
Interests: piezoelectric actuators; ultrasonic motors; energy harvesting
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Department of Biomechatronics, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technol ogy (SUT), Akademicka 2A, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Interests: biomechanics; biomechatronics; numerical methods (CAE); biomedical engineering; computer-aided design (CAD)
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Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Interests: modelling and control of nonlinear systems; motion control; soft pneumatic actuators
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
Interests: mechatronics; Scanning Probe Microscopy; nano measurement and instrumentation; mechanical design; robotics; origami
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Department of Engineering Science & Ocean Engineering, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan
Interests: dynamic co-simulation and control of wind turbines; opto-Mechatronic system design and control; advanced fluid power servo control; advanced actuators
Institute of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK
Interests: soft robotics; soft sensors; soft actuators; wearable medical devices; functional nanomaterials; composite materials
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Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Interests: composite material; pressure vessel; design multilayer cylindrical components; experimental tests; applied composite material; dynamic load; load movement; impulse loading; structural vibration;dynamic behaviour; dynamic analyses; lifting equipment; crane; finite element analyses
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Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
Interests: soft robotics; robotics for food engineering; tactile sensing and perception; optimization, modeling and simulation

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Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, University of Southern Denmark, Slagelse, Copenhagen, Denmark
Interests: control systems; fault diagnosis; fault-tolerant control; sensor fusion, drones; UAVs; mobile robotics
Centre of Medical Engineering and Technology (CMET), Division of Imaging Science and Technology, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
Interests: endoscopic robots; shape memory alloy actuators; soft robots; control hardware; bio-inspired robots
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Department of Systems and Naval Mechatronics Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
Interests: nonlinear optimal and robust control of nonlinear systems; intelligent robot design; nonlinear estimation
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Humanoids & Human Centred Mechatronics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, Italy
Interests: compliant actuators; variable impedance mechanisms; force/torque sensors; dynamics and control; mechatronics; automation and robotics
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University of Waikato, New Zealand
Interests: Soft robotics; machine learning; farm automation
Polytechnic Institute School of Engineering Technology, Purdue University, 401 N. Grant St., West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Interests: electroactive polymers; sensors; actuators; additive manufacturing; flexible circuits
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ASML, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Interests: vibration control and damping; piezoelectric and electromagnetic transducers; precision mechatronics
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Systems Design Engineering Department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Interests: applied electromagnetic; microwave; mm-wave circuits; RF MEMS; RF MEMS/CMOS integration; energy harvesting
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Department of Applied Mechanics, University of Craiova, Romania
Interests: biomechanics; human gait analysis; nonlinear dynamics in biomechanics; optimization of orthopedic implants; rehabilitation devices; FEA of human musculoskeletal system; intelligent materials applied in medical field
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Department of Automatic Control and Applied Informatics, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Str. Prof. D. Mangeron, No. 26, 700050 Iasi, Romania
Interests: model predictive control; networked/distributed control systems; automotive control systems; vehicle dynamics and control; cooperative systems; connected and automated mobility; vehicle connectivity; 5G applications
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INRIA Rennes Research Center, University of Rennes 1 and IRISA, 35000 Rennes, France
Interests: embedded systems; real-time systems; mixed–critical systems; design space exploration; fault tolerance; scheduling/mapping techniques; software/hardware co-design; low power design; wireless sensor networks
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
Interests: fluid power; digital hydraulics; motion control; soft actuators; soft robotics
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