Please join us on August 18, 2021, from 1:00-3:00 pm (Eastern US Time), for the 20121 IDETC/CIE journal spotlight sessions featuring 7 featured talks from authors of ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics. Each presentation will be approximately 10 minutes, followed by a 5 minute Q&A.
1:00 PM: Introduction by Dr. Venkat Krovi (Clemson University), Editor-in-Chief of JMR
1:05 PM: On the Optimal Resolution of Inverse Kinematics for Redundant Manipulators Using a Topological Analysis (Speaker: Dr. Enrico Ferrentino, University of Salerno, Italy)
1:20 PM: A Lumped-Mass Model for Large Deformation Continuum Surfaces Actuated by Continuum Robotic Arms (Speaker: Dr. Hossein Habibi, Teesside University, UK)
1:35 PM: Design and Modeling of a Continuously Tunable Stiffness Arm for Safe Physical Human–Robot Interaction (Speaker: Dr. Yu She, Purdue University, USA)
2:00 PM: Forward Kinematic Analysis of Kinematically Redundant Hybrid Parallel Robots (Speaker: Dr. Clément Gosselin, Université Laval, Québec, Canada)
2:15 PM: Bio-Inspired Locomotion of Circular Robots With Diametrically Translating Legs (Speaker: Dr. Tuhin Das, University of Central Florida, USA)
2:30 PM: A Mechanically Intelligent Crawling Robot Driven by Shape Memory Alloy and Compliant Bistable Mechanism (Speaker: Dr. Rongjie Kang, Tianjin University, China)
2:45 PM: Wrench-Feasible Workspace of Mobile Cable-Driven Parallel Robots (Speaker: Dr. Stéphane Caro, Laboratoire des Sciences du Numérique de Nantes, France)