This book highlights the latest innovations and applications in robotics, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at ROMANSY 2026, the 26th CISM IFToMM Symposium on Theory and Practice of Robots and Manipulators, held in İzmir, Türkiye on September 14–17, 2026. The ROMANSY symposium is the first established conference that focuses on robotics theory and research, rather than industrial aspects. Bringing together researchers from a broad range of countries, the symposium is held bi-annually and plays a vital role in the development of the theory and practice of robotics, as well as the mechanical sciences.
This volume contains the proceedings of MeTrApp 2017, the 4th Conference on Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications, that was held in Trabzon, Turkey, July 3-5, 2017. The topics treated in this volume are Mechanism Design, Parallel Manipulators, Control Applications, Mechanical Transmissions, Cam Mechanisms, and Dynamics of Machinery. The conference was organised by the IFToMM Technical Committees for “Linkages and Mechanical Controls” and “Gearing and Transmissions” under the patronage of the IFToMM and sponsorship of Karadeniz Technical University, Izmir Institute of Technology and IFToMM Turkey (MAKTED). The aim of the conference was to bring together researchers, scientists, industry experts and students to provide, in a friendly and stimulating environment, the opportunity to exchange know-how and promote collaboration in the field of Mechanism and Machine Science.
This volume contains the proceedings of MeTrApp 2017, the 4th Conference on Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications, that was held in Trabzon, Turkey, July 3-5, 2017. The topics treated in this volume are Mechanism Design, Parallel Manipulators, Control Applications, Mechanical Transmissions, Cam Mechanisms, and Dynamics of Machinery. The conference was organised by the IFToMM Technical Committees for “Linkages and Mechanical Controls” and “Gearing and Transmissions” under the patronage of the IFToMM and sponsorship of Karadeniz Technical University, Izmir Institute of Technology and IFToMM Turkey (MAKTED). The aim of the conference was to bring together researchers, scientists, industry experts and students to provide, in a friendly and stimulating environment, the opportunity to exchange know-how and promote collaboration in the field of Mechanism and Machine Science.
This book includes the proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Computational Kinematics (CK2025) held in Chennai, India, during November 25-26, 2025. Computational Kinematics is the science of analysis and synthesis of motions in mechanisms and robots, covering both the theoretical as well as computational aspects of these. The 23 research papers presented here cover a range of the topics from computational geometry and theoretical kinematics, analysis and synthesis of mechanisms, to motion planning and control of robots, to kinematic aspects of biomechanics. These research contributions have been received from 11 different countries, and were selected via a rigorous process of peer review by globally renowned experts in the field. This book can be of interest to researchers in the field, as well as students and engineers working on design and analysis of mechanisms and robots, biomechanics and many other applications of computational kinematics.