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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang="EN-GB" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoPlainText"><b>[Apologies for multiple posting]<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">On behalf of the guest editors, I forward this <i>Call for Papers</i> that may be interesting for the I-RIM community.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Giovanni<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Call for Papers </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Focused Section on</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <b><i><span style="color:black">Compliant Mechanisms for Mechatronics</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">Paper Submission : 1 March, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Topic:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Compliant Mechanisms</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> (<i>CMs</i>), along with <i>Soft Robotic</i> devices formed therewith, may be defined as engineering systems achieving force and </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">motion<span style="color:black"> transmission via the deflection of flexible members. <i>CMs</i> have increasingly gained a strong foothold in the scientific arena owing to their hinge-less nature, shock resistance, potential single-piece manufacturability, safety in human-machine interaction, minimal maintenance requirements, and adaptability to work in unstructured environments. In parallel, current advances in the production of inherently compliant sensory-motor apparatus, as well as </span>progress<span style="color:black"> in the development of robust control methods, are paving the way to practical <i>CM</i> adoption in a large variety of engineering fields, </span>including<span style="color:black"> healthcare, manufacturing, inspection/maintenance, and agrifood. However, by embracing large deflections as a requirement rather than a design flaw, the conception and the subsequent physical prototyping of optimal <i>CMs</i> requires: <i>i) </i>material models capable of dealing with finite deformations, time-dependent phenomena, and uncertain constitutive parameters; <i>ii)</i> design tools allowing to simulate the behaviour of highly deformable structures; <i>iii)</i> reliable, possibly affordable, manufacturing methods; <i>iv) </i>more powerful adaptive learning and control techniques. Within this scenario, this focused section aims at providing an opportunity for material scientists, robotic</span>/control<span style="color:black"> engineers, and practitioners from academia or industry to present the latest theoretical and technological achievements in <i>Complaint Mechanisms for Mechatronics</i>. Particular focus shall be placed on transdisciplinary methodological frameworks, hardware development for real-world applications and out-of-lab experiments. Papers presenting newly emerging fields (such as robotic programmable materials) are also especially welcome. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Manuscripts should contain both theoretical and experimental results and they will be subject to the normal TMECH review procedures. The topics of interest within the scope of this Special Section include, but not limited to, the following:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Integrated design of compliant mechanisms for robotics & mechatronics; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Control methods for continuum & reconfigurable soft/compliant robots;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Computer-Aided </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">t<span style="color:black">ools for optimizing adaptive</span> systems;<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Manufacturing methods for soft intelligent machines (such as Additive Manufacturing and 4D Printing);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Optimization of programmable stiffness mechanisms & actuators;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Architected, functional and meta-materials for compliant/soft robotics;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Smart-material-based actuation & sensing systems;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Stretchable/flexible electronics & power sources;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Applications of compliant m</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">echanisms <span style="color:black">in </span>healthcare, manufacturing, inspection/maintenance, and agrifood.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Manuscript Preparation:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Papers must contain original contributions and be prepared in accordance with TMECH 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Herder</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:17.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Department of Precision and Microsystems Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands- Email: </span></i><i><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#4472C4">j.l.herder@tudelft.nl</span></u></i><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">● Jonathan B. Hopkins</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:17.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, USA - Email: </span></i><i><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#4472C4">hopkins@seas.ucla.edu</span></u></i><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="IT" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Prof. Giovanni BERSELLI, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Chair of Design Methods for Industrial Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Department of Mechanical, Energy, Management and Transportation Engineering (DIME)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Polytechnic School - University of Genoa<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Chair of ASME Italy Section<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Head of PhD School in Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>