ID: NEWS2017-No.9

Time: December 29, 2017

Place: Harbin, China

Event: At two o’clock in the afternoon, AMT laboratory held the 2017 year-end party on time. Firstly everyone reviewed and summed up his or her achievements in 2017, and talked about his or her plan of 2018. Then the best photo of the 2017 Photography Contest was elected by secret ballot. After two rounds of competition, Mr. Pengyue Zhao won the best photo award and a bonus of ￥1000. The photo—China’s Snow Town—will be set as a cover photo of the AMT laboratory homepage forever. AMT will hold the annual photography contest at every end of the year from 2017. Mr. Deen Bai read AMT’s annual summary report of 2017. We have a fruitful and pleasant 2017. At night, all members of AMT laboratory gathered together in Golden Hans cafeteria to greet the arrival of the new year 2018.

ID: NEWS2017-No.8

Time: December 12 to 18, 2017

Place: Harbin, China

Event: Prof. Zdravko Terze and Mr. Viktor Pandza paid a visit to Research Center for Aerospace Mechanism and Control at Harbin Institute of Technology, China and exchanged on the issue of scientific cooperation with Prof. Zongquan Deng and Dr. Qiquan Quan. He gave two talks on “Multibody System Dynamics/time Integration” and “Mechanical System on Lie Group”, respectively. Dr. Quan signed a collaboration research agreement on Mars UAV with Prof. Terze.

ID: NEWS2017-No.7

Time: December 5 to 8, 2017

Place: Macau, China

Event: Mr. Deen Bai paid a visit to attend the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (IEEE-ROBIO 2017) at the Hotel of Parisian Macao in Macau, China. The paper—Experimental Investigation on Drilling Efficiency of a Percussive Ultrasonic Drill—has been accepted for oral presentation. Mr. Deen Bai gave an oral presentation regarding his ongoing research. The ROBIO 2017 attracted many researchers around the world in robotics to share their ideas and latest results.

ID: NEWS2017-No.6

Time: October 26, 2017

Place: Harbin, China

Event: Yuntao Li, a member of the AMT, has been awarded the Ph.D. successfully. The title of his dissertation is “Analysis and experimental study of dynamic characteristics of air rudder transmission mechanism.” During the period of pursuing the Ph.D., he has published several papers in journals and international conferences, such as Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Journal of Harbin Engineering University. He will join Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology in November 2017.

ID: NEWS2017-No.4

Time: September 6 to 9, 2017

Place: Washington, D.C., USA

Event: Dr. Quan, together with Mr. He Li and Mr. Deen Bai, paid a visit to attend the 2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS 2017). This international conference took place in Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C. The paper—Development of a Rotary-Percussive Ultrasonic Drill for Extraterrestrial Rock Sampling—has been accepted for poster presentation during the IUS 2017. Moreover, another paper—Development of a Novel Noncontact Ultrasonic Bearing Actuated by Piezoelectric Transducers—has been accepted for oral presentation. Mr. He Li gave an oral presentation regarding his ongoing research. Mr. Deen Bai gave a poster presentation to introduce his ultrasonic drill research during the conference.