JMR Best Paper for 2024
The 2024 Best Paper Award is given to the paper recognized by the Editor and Editorial Board for its outstanding contribution to the field of mechanisms and robotics published by JMR in 2024. The award includes a wall plaque for each author and announcements in an upcoming JMR Editorial, the companion website (asmejmr.org), and through the journal’s online social media channels.
O’Connor, S., Plecnik, M., Baskar, A., and Joo, J., 2024, “Complete Solutions for the Approximate Synthesis of Spherical Four-Bar Function Generators,” J Mech Robot, 16(11).
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4064835.
JMR Honorable Mentions for 2024
We would also like to acknowledge the meritorious contribution of the following paper whose authors will receive Honorable Mention certificates:
Wen, T., Hu, J., Zhang, J., Li, X., Kang, S., and Zhang, N., 2024, “Design, Performance Analysis, and Experiments of a Soft Robot for Rescue,” J Mech Robot, 16(7).
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4063669.
JMR would like to congratulate each of the awarded authors and thank all submitting authors for their contributions to the journal in 2024. The ongoing submission of your work is critical to keeping our community apprised of the latest research and maintaining the high quality of our publication.
Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to the members of the Awards Committee for their diligent and conscientious work in reviewing and evaluating the nominated papers: Ashis Banerjee, Irene Fassi, Guangbo Hao, Darwin Lau, and Giulio Reina.
Venkat Krovi
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics