Special Issue: Selected Papers From IDETC-CIE 2020

Abstract

This special issue of the ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics is a compendium of 25 of the best papers submitted and presented at the 44th ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference during the 2020 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2020).The ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference provides researchers an international platform to present their latest work in the theory, design, and applications of mechanical and robotic systems. In recent years, the conference has also seen an unprecedented number of papers on contemporary topics, such as soft- and human-safe robots, origami-mechanisms, rehabilitation and medical robots, exoskeleton/prosthesis, and mechanism-based metamaterials. This special issue represents exciting topics including, compliant- and origami-mechanisms, parallel robots, rehabilitation and wearable robotics, mechanism design, robotic joints, bio-inspired robotic mechanisms, cable-driven robots and actuators, and control methods for robotics.