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35TH ASME MECHANISMS AND ROBOTICS CONFERENCE (MECH)<br />

Michael Stanisic<br />

Conference Chair<br />

University of Notre Dame<br />

Welcome to the 35th ASME Mechanisms <strong>and</strong> Robotics Conference. The conference has its origin in 1953, as The Conference on<br />

Mechanisms, hosted biennially by Purdue University. In 1964, ASME took it over <strong>and</strong> formed the ASME Biennial Mechanisms<br />

Conference. The conference was renamed the ASME Biennial Mechanisms <strong>and</strong> Robotics Conference in 2000, <strong>and</strong> in 2005, it<br />

became an annual event as the ASME Mechanisms <strong>and</strong> Robotics Conference. Today the conference is a recognized international<br />

forum for the exchange of new ideas <strong>and</strong> the presentation of recent advances in the theory, design <strong>and</strong> application of mechanisms<br />

<strong>and</strong> robotic systems.<br />

This year, the conference presents 142 peer-reviewed technical papers organized into the following eight technical symposia, along<br />

with the Student Mechanism <strong>and</strong> Robot Design Competition. We thank the listed organizers for coordinating the reviews associated<br />

with each symposium.<br />

• MR-1 Compliant Mechanisms (Hai-Jun Su, Craig Lusk)<br />

• MR-2 Tensegrity <strong>and</strong> Cable Driven Systems (Phil Voglewede, Philippe Cardou)<br />

• MR-3 Mechanisms <strong>and</strong> Robots in Medicine (Carl Nelson, Joo Kim)<br />

• MR-4 Mobile Robots (Dennis Hong, Venkat Krovi)<br />

• MR-5 Parallel Manipulators (Andreas Müller, Dan Zhang)<br />

• MR-6 Mechanism Analysis <strong>and</strong> Synthesis (David Myszka, Xianwen Kong)<br />

• MR-7 Robot Dynamics <strong>and</strong> Control (Anurag Purwar, Nilesh Mankame)<br />

• MR-8 Mechanisms <strong>and</strong> Robotics Education (Robert Freeman, Alba Perez-Garcia)<br />

• MR-9 Student Mechanism <strong>and</strong> Robot Design Competition (David Cappelleri, Brian Trease)<br />

WELCOME MESSAGES<br />

We would like to thank Stephen Canfield, chair of the Awards Committee, for coordinating the selection of the M&R Best Paper<br />

Award, the GM/Freudenstein Young Investigator Award, the AT Yang Award for Best Paper in Theoretical Kinematics <strong>and</strong> the<br />

Compliant Mechanisms Theory <strong>and</strong> Application Awards. Please attend our Wednesday Luncheon for the presentation of these <strong>and</strong><br />

the awards to the winners of the Student Mechanism <strong>and</strong> Robot Design Competition.<br />

On Monday, our keynote address will be given by Dr. Sridhar Kota, professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan.<br />

Dr. Kota, the recipient of numerous awards <strong>and</strong> honors, is currently on leave <strong>from</strong> Michigan serving as the Assistant Director for<br />

Advanced Manufacturing at the White House Office of Science <strong>and</strong> Technology Policy. Dr. Kota coordinates Federal advanced<br />

manufacturing R&D <strong>and</strong> addresses issues related to innovation, manufacturing competitiveness <strong>and</strong> technology commercialization.<br />

A special thanks is owed to all the authors, reviewers, presenters, symposium organizers, session chairs <strong>and</strong> all the other volunteers<br />

who have contributed their efforts to the overall success of the conference. We hope that you enjoy the conference, <strong>and</strong> we look<br />

forward to your continued support <strong>and</strong> participation in future Mechanisms <strong>and</strong> Robotics Conferences.<br />

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Jim Schmiedeler<br />

Program Chair<br />

University of Notre Dame

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