Thank you for attending ISRM 2013!

Congratulations to the Young Delegates Program and the Highly Commended Paper Awardees!

Young Delegates Program Award

Danielle Cafolla
Rajeevlochana Chittawadigi
Pei Xu

Highly Commended Paper Awardees

Towards An Active Spine For Mobile Robot
Daniel Kuehn, Frank Beinersdorf, Marc Simnofske, Felix Bernhard and Frank Kirchner

Compliance Analysis Of 3-RPSR Parallel Mechanism For Movable-Die Drive Mechanism Of Pipe Bender
Yukio Takeda, Shohei Kawasumi, Daisuke Matsuura and Eduardo Castillo-Castaneda

Active Gaze Strategy For Reducing Map Uncertainty Along A Path
by Martim Brandao, Kenji Hashimoto and Atsuo Takanishi

An Active Joint Driven by Multiple Actuators with Hydraulic Skeleton Mechanism Made of Flexible Bags
by Hitoshi Kimura, Takuya Matsuzaki, Mokutaro Kataoka and Norio Inou

Uncalibrated Vision-Based Control for Optical Manipulation of Microscopic Particles
by Xiang Li and Chien Chern Cheah

Keynote Speaker I

Robotics and Community for Decommissioning and Safety of Nuclear Facilities

Yoshihiko Nakamura
Professor, University of Tokyo

ABSTRACT The technologies of robotics and automation are more demanded than ever for nuclear power plants and the other nuclear facilities, after the accidents at TEPCO’s Fukushima 1st Nuclear Power Plant following the earthquake and tsunami on March 11th, 2011. Technical Committee on Robotics and Automation in Nuclear Facilities was founded as a TC of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. This talk will cover the specific technical issues related to robotics for decommissioning TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The future possibility of robotics solutions in particular with the use of humanoid robots are also discussed.

BIOGRAPHY Yoshihiko Nakamura received Doctor of Engineering Degree from Kyoto University in 1985. He was Assistant Professor of Kyoto University, from 1982 to 1987, and then Assistant and Associate Professor of University of California, Santa Barbara from 1987 to 1991. Since 1991, he has been with University of Tokyo, Japan, and is currently Professor at Department of Mechano-Informatics. Humanoid robotics, cognitive robotics, neuro musculoskeletal human modeling, biomedical systems, and their computational algorithms are his current fields of research. He is Fellow of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fellow of Robotics Society of Japan, Fellow of IEEE, and Fellow of World Academy of Arts and Science. Dr. Nakamura currently (2012-2015) serves as President of International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM). He is Foreign Member of Academy of Engineering Science of Serbia, and TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professor of Technische Universität München. Dr. Nakamura is co-chairing IEEE-RAS Technical Committee on Robotics and Automation in Nuclear Facilities.

Keynote Speaker II

Enhanced Competitivenes through R&D in Manufacturing Technologies

Dr. Lim Ser Yong
Executive Director,
Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technologies (SIMTech)
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore

ABSTRACT Manufacturing is an important driver of Singapore’s economy, contributing to more than 20% of its GDP and employing more than 500,000 people. Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), a research institute under the Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) of Singapore, was established in 1993 as part of the national initiative to restructure Singapore into a knowledge-based and technology-driven economy. With its mission to develop high value manufacturing technologies to help the manufacturing industry move up the value chain, SIMTech has made great strides in the R&D of a wide spectrum of technologies for the manufacturing industry. This talk aims to give an overview of SIMTech R&D focus and describe the working models with the manufacturing companies in Singapore. In addition, the talk will give some examples of how R&D contributes to the competitiveness and productivity improvement of the manufacturing industry and present several research programmes that aim to transform future manufacturing industries in Singapore.

BIOGRAPHY Dr. Ser Yong Lim is the Executive Director and Senior Scientist of the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), a research institute under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) of Singapore. Dr Lim leads the institute in the research and development of technologies in manufacturing processes, manufacturing automation, and manufacturing systems to support the manufacturing industry in Singapore. Under his leadership, SIMTech has collaborated with many research organisations and universities around the world. With more than 350 research scientists and engineers, SIMTech works with manufacturing companies in Aerospace, Automotive, MedTech, Precision Engineering, Electronics, Marine, Oil and Gas, and Logistics industry. Dr Lim received his B.Eng. (1st Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore in 1984, and his Ph.D. from Clemson University, USA, in 1994. He has worked in the industry in Singapore and the US. Currently, Dr Lim is also an Adjunct Associate Professor with the National University of Singapore. His personal research interests are in Dynamics of Motion, Nonlinear Control of Robotic Manipulators, Ultra-precision Motion Systems, Automation, and Real-time Systems.