ID: NEWS2023-No.5

Time: August 1, 2023

Place: Nanchang and Wuhu, China

Event: During the period from July 30th to August 1st, 2023, Prof. Qiquan Quan, Mr. Zhijun Yu, Mr. Kaijie Zhu, and Mr. Bo Tang conduct technical discussion at Jiangxi MAD Components Co., Ltd. in Nanchang and Anhui Xoar Aero Tech Ltd. in Wuhu. A technical seminar on motor light weighting is conducted at MAD, while a discussion on blade light weighting, dynamic balancing testing, and trimming is held at Xoar Aero Tech.

This article is contributed by Bo Tang.

ID: NEWS2020-No.4

Time: November 11, 2020

Place: Harbin

Event: Dr. Tingzhang Wang joins the AMT laboratory. He will be engaged in the research on Asteroid Anchoring & Sampling. Dr. Wang’s homepage is listed as follows.

http://www.amthit.org/en/member/tingzhang-wang/

ID: NEWS2020-No.1

Time: March 1, 2020

Place: Harbin

Event: Invited by IROS 2020 Editor-in-chief Prof. Hong Zhang and Editor Prof. Shugen Ma, Dr. Quan will continue to serve as an associate editor for IROS 2020 and handle the manuscripts in the fields of legged robots and mechanism design.

The homepage of IROS 2020: www.iros2020.org

October 25-29, 2020 convenes the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) at The Caesars Forum Conventional Center in Las Vegas, USA. The theme is “Consumer Robots and Our Future”. Innovative research results are invited but not limited to: robot kinematics/dynamics/control; system integration; robotics and AI; sensor/actuator networks; distributed and cloud robotics; bio-inspired systems, service robots, robotics in automation; biomedical applications; autonomous land, sea, and air vehicles; robot perception; manipulation and grasping; micro/nano systems; sensor information; multi-modal interfaces and human-robot interaction, and robot vision.

ID: NEWS2019-No.1

Time: March 1, 2019

Place: Harbin, China

Event: Invited by Prof. Shugen Ma, Dr. Quan will serve as an associate editor for the IROS 2019, which will be held in Macau, China. He will handle the manuscripts with the keywords such as Biologically-Inspired Robots, Compliant Joint/Mechanism, and Underactuated Robots.

The information about the conference is listed as follows, cited from the official website of the IROS 2019.

The 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2019) will be held on November 3 – 8, 2019 in The Venetian Macao, Macau, China. IROS is one of the largest and most impacting robotics research conferences worldwide. It brings an international community of researchers, educators and practitioners to explore the frontier of science and technology in intelligent robots and systems, and discuss the latest advancements in this fast growing and exciting field.

With the theme of “Robots Connecting People”, the program of IROS 2019 will consist of technical sessions and multi-media presentations, as well as panel discussions, workshops, tutorials and exhibits to enhance technical communications among the attendees.

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More info: https://iros2019.org/

ID: NEWS2018-No.4

Time: September 4–11, 2018

Place: Oxford, UK

Event: The 7th International Meeting on Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education (7OSME) took place in Oxford, the United Kingdom between 5th and 7th September 2018. The meeting was held in conjunction with the Autumn Convention of the British Origami Society, who have just reached their 50-year anniversary this year. Prof. Deng, Dr. Quan, and Dr. Guo went to Oxford to attend this conference. Prof. Sergio Pellegrino from Caltech gave a very impressive keynote speech on ultralight deployable spacecraft. 

ID: NEWS2018-No.1

Time: February 1, 2018

Place: Harbin, China

Event: Invited by Prof. Shugen Ma, Dr. Quan will serve as an associate editor for the IROS 2018, which will be held in Madrid, the capital city of Spain. He will handle the manuscripts with the keywords such as Biologically-Inspired Robots, Compliant Joint/Mechanism, Mechanism Design, and Underactuated Robots.

The information about the host city is listed as follows, cited from the official website of the IROS 2018.

The first historical record of Madrid dates to the year 865, when Emir Muhammad I commissioned the construction of a fortress in the village of Mayrit, on the banks of the river Manzanares. ‘Mayrit’ means ‘plenty of waterways’, which is why the city’s first records mentioned ´build in the water´. Madrid belonged to the Islamic world until 1083, when Alfonso VI of Castile took over the city.
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Nowadays Madrid, capital of Spain, is a cosmopolitan open city that combines the most modern infrastructures and the status as an economic, financial, administrative and service center of Southern Europe, with a large cultural and artistic heritage, a legacy of centuries of exciting history. Art, traditions, gastronomy and multicultural openness play a key role in Madrid’s cultural life.
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The capital has over 60 museums including the Prado Museum, a flagship art gallery with Goya, Velázquez, El Greco paintings, among others; the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, with paintings ranging from Flemish artists to the avant-garde movements; and the Reina Sofía National Art Centre, dedicated to contemporary art containing works by Picasso, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, etc.
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But if there is one thing that sets Madrid apart, it must be its deep and infectious passion for life that finds its outlet in the friendly and open character of its inhabitants. You will have the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of the best Spanish and international gastronomy, to savor the charms of its tapas bars and taverns. The lively nightlife is another key attraction of Madrid, due to its variety and the exciting atmosphere to be found in its bars, clubs and flamenco halls.
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More info: https://www.esmadrid.com/en.

ID: NEWS2017-No.5

Time: September 20, 2017

Place: Harbin, China

Event: As an important part of Research Center of Aerospace Mechanism and Control (RCAMC), the Aerospace Mechanism Testing (AMT) laboratory is founded on September 20, 2017. It is a new start. Our research focuses on the testing technologies for various aerospace mechanisms. A new domain “www.amthit.org” which is now being registered will replace the old one “www.rcamc502.org”. Furthermore, a new logo for AMT is designed jointly by Dr. Quan and Mr. Deen Bai. In the logo, “M” resembles a solar panel which is a typical space mechanism deployed on satellite. The logo can be used by all the current members of the AMT laboratory. The copyright of the following logo is owned by Aerospace Mechanism Testing (AMT) laboratory.

ID: NEWS2017-No.1

Time: February 28, 2017

Place: Harbin, China

Event: Dr. Quan is invited to serve as Associate Editor for IROS 2017 (the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems). Prof. Shugen Ma is an editor of IROS 2017, who will handle the papers with keywords, Biologically-Inspired Robots, Biomimetics, Climbing Robots, Legged Robots, Nonholonomic Mechanisms and Systems, Passive Walking, Robotics in Construction, Robotics in Hazardous Fields, Search and Rescue Robots.

Information for IROS Associate Editors

ID: NEWS2016-No.9

Time: October 9 to 14, 2016

Place: Daejeon, Korea

Event: Mr. Yinchao Wang attended the 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2016) which was held in city of Daejeon, Korea, October 9 to 14.

ID: NEWS2016-No.8

Time: September 24 to 29, 2016

Place: Munich, Germany; Toulouse, France

Event: Dr. Quan paid a visit to Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, German Aerospace Cener (DLR), which is located in Munich on 26th September, together with Prof. Zongquan Deng, Prof. Rongqiang Liu, and Dr. Hongwei Guo. Dr. Zhaopeng Chen introduced the ongoing research on robotics to us in detail. After the visit, they attended the European Conference on Spacecraft Structures, Materials and Environmental Testing (ECSSMET2016) which was held in a southern city of France, Toulouse, from 27 to 29 September.