Virtual Prototyping in Mechatronics

 

Objectives:

• VP-based design methods for mechatronics products and robotics

• Immersive modeling systems for mechatronics
• Advanced VP toolkits based on mechatronics solutions
• Application of VR/MR/AR in mechatronics and robotics
• Multimodal and multisensory interaction: advanced haptics, tactile, visual and audio displays
• Internet-based platforms based on AR/MR for mechatronics
• Tools and methods for multi-disciplinary and cooperative design in mechatronics
• Advanced applications of VP tools in mechatronics and robotics
• VP technologies for manufacturing plant and processes simulation
• Early testing, HiL and verification of mechatronics products
• VP for Human-System interaction
• Multi user virtual environments
• Virtual Prototyping oriented to create inclusive and adaptive smart objects
• VP-based innovative applications: bio-robotics, rehabilitation, Ambient Assisted Living, Smart Home simulation

 

Organizer’s Contact Information:

Prof. Michele Germani

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e Scienze Matematiche

Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

m.germani@univpm.it

Prof. Maura Mengoni

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e Scienze Matematiche
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
m.mengoni@univpm.it

 

SPECIAL ISSUE on Mechatronics International Journal of Intelligent Engineering Informatics

Selected high quality papers on the symposium topics will be published on a post-conference Special Issue of the International Journal of Intelligent Engineering Informatics, edited by Michele Germani and Maura Mengoni, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

 

 

International Scientific Committee

 

• Prof. Carlos Andujar, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, SPAIN, Professor at the Department of Software
• Prof. Nikos Aspragathos, University of Patras, GREECE, Professor and Head of the Robotics Group Mechanical and Aeronautics Engineering Department
• Prof. Alain Bernard, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, FRANCE, Professor and Director of research IRCCyN laboratory
• Dr. Ronan Boulic, Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne, SWITZERLAND, Senior Scientist and Head of the Immersive Interaction Research Group (IIG).
• Prof. Fabio Bruno, Università della Calabria, ITALY, Professor at the DIMEG
• Prof. Darwin Caldwell, Sheffield University and Italian Institute of Technology, UK, Research Director at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa, Italy and visiting Professor in the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering University of Sheffield.
• Dr. Filippo Cavallo, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa, ITALY, Assistant Professor at the Biorobotics Institute
• Prof. Daniel Coutellier, Universitè de Valenciennes et du Hainaut Cambrésis, FRANCE, Professor and Director of ENSIAME (School of Engineering)
• Prof. Richard Curran, TU Delft, NETHERLANDS, Professor at the Aerospace Engineering Faculty
• Prof. Giuseppe di Gironimo, Università di Napoli, ITALY, Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering
• Prof. Francesco Ferrise, Politecnico di Milano, ITALY, Professor at the Department of Mechanics
• Prof. Michele Fiorentino, Politecnico di Bari, ITALY, Professor at the DIMEG
• Prof. Antonio Frisoli, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Pisa, ITALY, Professor at ICT and Perception Institute and Head of Human Robot Interaction Area
• Prof. Imre Horvath, TU Delft, NETHERLANDS, Professor at the Industrial Engineering Faculty and Head of section Computer Aided Design Engineering
• Prof. Roy Kalawsky, Loughborough University, UK, Professor of Systems Engineering and Human Computer Integration. He is the Director of the Research School of Systems Engineering and Technical Head of the Systems Engineering Innovation Centre
• Prof. Torsten Kuhlen, University of Aachen, GERMANY, Professor and Head of the Virtual Reality group at the Center for Computing and Communication
• Prof. Chris McMahon, University of Bristol, UK, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering
• Prof. Frédéric Noël, Grenoble INP, FRANCE, Professor at the faculty of Engineering and Researcher at the G-SCOP laboratory
• Dr. Nikos Papakostas, University of Patras, GREECE, Project Manager at the Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation
• Prof. Fabio Paternò, National Research Council (CNR-ISTI), ITALY, Research Director at C.N.R.-ISTI and Head of the Laboratory on Human Interfaces in Information Systems.
• Prof. Marcello Pellicciari, Università di Modena, ITALY, Professor athe the Engineering Department
• Dr. Margherita Peruzzini, Università Politecnica delle Marche, ITALY, Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Mathematical Sciences.
• Prof. Nickolas Sapidis, University of Western Macedonia, GREECE, Professor of Computational Design and Analysis of Machine Elements at the Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Prof. Dr. Ing. Dieter Schramm, University of Duisburg-Essen, GERMANY, Professor and Head of Mechatronics Department.
• Prof. Maarten Steinbuch, Eindhoven University of Technology, NETHERLANDS, Professor in Systems and Control, Head of the Control Systems Technology group of the Mechanical Engineering Department
• Prof. Dr. Andrè Stork, Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung IGD, GERMANY, Professor and Head of Interactive Engineering Technologies group
• Dr. Herman Van Der Auweraer, LMS International, BELGIUM, Corporate Research Director at LMS International
• Prof. Valerio Villa, Università di Brescia, ITALY, Professor at the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.
• Prof. Kamal Youcef-Toumi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, USA, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head of Mechatronics Research Laboratory