Special Issue on Selected Papers from IDETC-CIE 2021: Published August 2022

In the August 2022 issue, the ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics published a Special Issue drawing on papers from the 45th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference (MR), held as part of IDETC-CIE 2021.
Invitation to IDETC-CIE 2022 JMR Journal Spotlights

During IDETC-CIE 2022 in St. Louis, JMR’s Journal Spotlight session on August 16, 4:10-5:50 PM (Central Time) will feature presentations by Ruiyu Bai, Yaobin Tian, and Just L. Herder.
Announcing the 2021 Best Paper Award and Honorable Mention

Together with the Editorial Board, I am pleased to announce the winner of JMR’s 2021 Best Paper Award: P. Reinier Kuppens, Miguel A. Bessa, Just L. Herder, and Jonathan B. Hopkins, “Compliant Mechanisms That Use Static Balancing to Achieve Dramatically Different States of Stiffness,” ASME J. Mechanisms Robotics, April 2021; 13(2): 021010.
Top 10 Downloads in 2021

The following papers published by the ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics had the most downloads and views in 2021.
Call for Papers: Joint Special Issue on Design and Control of Responsive Robots

This Joint Special Issue (published over two volumes, one in JCND and the other in JMR) aims to bring together the latest research on robot kinematics and dynamics as well as intelligent control and data-driven methods for perception, planning, model identification and control.
Submission deadline extended to: June 13, 2022
2021 Reviewer Recognition

The Editor and Editorial Board of the Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics would like to thank all of the reviewers for volunteering their expertise and time reviewing manuscripts in 2021. Serving as a reviewer for the journal is a critical service necessary to maintain the quality of our publication and to provide the authors with a valuable […]
Welcome to New Associate Editors

JMR welcomes Ashis Banerjee, Lionel Birglen, Giulio Reina, Nina Robson, Anupam Saxena, Hao Su, and Asokan Thondiyath to the Editorial Board.
Congratulations to Jian Dai for his election to the Royal Academy of Engineering

Congratulations to Jian S. Dai for his recent election to the Royal Academy of Engineering as a fellow (FREng).
Special Section on Mobile Robots and Unmanned Ground Vehicles: Published October 2021

In October 2021, JMR published a Special Section sharing and presenting new research and solutions for Mobile Robots (MRs) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) in field and service applications.
2021 IDETC-CIE Journal Spotlights

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.