6th IFToMM Symposium on

Mechanism Design for Robotics

MEDER 2024
Timişoara, Romania, June 27-29, 2024
Call for Papers
The aim of the Symposium on Mechanism Design for Robotics (MEDER 2024) is to bring together researchers, industry
professionals and students from a broad range of disciplines related to mechanisms and robotics to share the latest
developments and discuss the directions for the future of mechanism and robotics research. MEDER 2024 continues
a successful series of Symposiums that has been started in Mexico 2010, continued in China 2012, in Denmark 2015,
in Italy 2018 and in France 2021. The Conference will be held in Timişoara at the Conference Center and the buildings
of Mechanical Faculty of Politehnica University of Timişoara, Romania.
Topics Deadlines Yukio Takeda (Tokyo Inst Tech., Japan)
Papers are solicited on topics related with Full paper submission: January 31, 2024 Alba Perez (Tech. Univ. Barcelona, Spain)
mechanisms within aspects of theory, Acceptance notification: March 15, 2024 Yan Jin (Belfast Univ., UK)
design, practice and its applications for Final paper submission: April 01, 2024 Erwin-Chr. Lovasz (Poli. Univ. Timisoara, Romania)
robotics, including but not limited to: Submission link: Said Zeghloul (Poitiers Univ., France)
https://equinocs.springernature.com/service/MEDER2024 Chedli Bouzgarrou (SIGMA Clermont, France)
▪ Mechanism design Victor Petuya (Univ. of Basque Country, Spain)
▪ Mechanism education and history of MMS Registration
Early Registration (before April 15th, 2024): Kenji Hashimoto (Waseda University, Japan)
▪ Theoretical and computational kinematics Gao Huang (Beijing Tech. Univ., China)
▪ Experimental mechanics IFToMM Members 250 Euro
Non IFToMM Members 300 Euro Matteo Russo (Univ. of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)
▪ Mechanics of robots Rogério Sales Gonçalves (Uberlandia Uni, Brazil)
▪ Control issues of mechanical systems Regular Registration (after April 15th, 2024):
IFToMM Members 300 Euro Alexey Fomin (Mech. Eng. Research Inst.
▪ Machine intelligence IMASH-RAN, Russia)
▪ Innovative mechanisms and applications Non IFToMM Members 350 Euro
▪ Linkages and manipulators Students 150 Euro Technical Sponsors
▪ Micro-mechanisms Accompanying Persons 150 Euro IFToMM
▪ Dynamics of machinery and multi-body The registration fee includes the complete TC for Robotics and Mechatronics
systems program of the MEDER 2024 conference TC Linkages and Mechanical Controls
and paper publication. TC Computational Kinematics
Proceedings: Accomodation IFToMM MO Romania – ARoTMM
Authors are kindly asked to submit Timişoara provides accommodation in IFToMM MO Italy – IFToMM Italy
original full papers with recommended several hotels of different categories. Early IFToMM MO Japonia – Jc-IFToMM
length of 8 pages in Springer format. reservation is recommended by directly
Instructions will be available in the Organized by
contacting the Organising Committee Politehnica University of Timişoara
Symposium webpage. All accepted and Secretariat. A list of hotels will be soon on
presented papers will be published in a Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
the site of the conference available. Department of Mechatronics
Scopus indexed book of the Springer
Series Mechanisms and Machine Science, General Chairs: with organizing support of:
with the title: “Advances in Mechanism Erwin-Christian Lovasz (România) ARoTMM - Romanian Association of
Design for Robots – MEDER 2024”. For Marco Ceccarelli (Italy) Mechanism and Machine Science
each of the three categories (Research, ASTR - Technical Sciences Academy of Romania
National Organizing Committee SRR - Robotics Society of Romania
Applications, and Student) three awards Ioan Doroftei (România)
(Gold, Silver, and Bronze) will be given to Secretariat
Mircea Niţulescu (România) Website: https://meder2024.upt.ro
the best papers. Selected papers will be
invited with extended version for a Special Scientific Committee E-mail: meder2024@upt.ro
issue in MDPI Machines Journal and in Marco Ceccarelli (Univ. of Rome Tor Vergata, Correspondence Address:
MDPI Robotics Journal. IFToMM supports Italy, Chair) Prof.Dr.-Ing. Erwin-Christian Lovasz
three Young Delegates grants after Ding Xilun (Beihang Univ., China) Politehnica University of Timişoara
evaluating the applications. Mario Acevedo (Univ. Panamericana, Mexico) Bv.Mihai Viteazul nr.1
Shaoping Bai (Aalborg Univ., Denmark) RO-300222 Timişoara, Romania