IEEE SMC: Systems, Man, & Cybernetics Society

Bio-mechatronics and Bio-robotics Systems

Our Goal

The Technical Committee on Bio-mechatronics and Bio-robotics Systems (B2S) aims at increasing the knowledge on how biological systems work, when analyzed from a “bio-mechatronic” point of view, and at exploiting such knowledge to develop innovative methodologies and technologies usable for designing and building high performance, bio inspired machines, and systems (at the macro, micro, and nano scale), mimicking humans, animals, and other living beings (bio-mimetics). Developing robot technology in conjunction with detailed knowledge of biomedical sciences is also essential for devices for biomedical applications, for example, in minimally invasive surgery, neurorehabilitation, and new industrial products.

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Long-term Goals:

  1. Organize annual international symposium or conferences in bio-mechatronics and bio-robotics systems;
  2. Organize special sessions/workshops on related topics at IEEE SMC conferences;
  3. Organize joint forums with industrial sectors;
  4. Edit special issues or focused special sections for SMC IEEE Transactions or other related journals.

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These topics are of interest to our technical committee.

  • Biomimetic context awareness, expectation and intention understanding in B2S systems
  • Multimodal sensor fusion and communication, feedback and actuation in B2S systems
  • Knowledge representation, information acquisition, and decision making in B2S systems Modelling of sensory and motor systems
  • Systematic approach of brain inspired learning and adaptation
  • Locomotion and manipulation in biological and robot systems
  • Biomimetic modeling and control design in B2S systems
  • Artificial intelligence for bio-mechatronics/robot systems
  • Coordination and cooperation of multi-robots systems
  • Fault detection, identification, optimization of bio-mechatronics/robotic systems
  • Biologically-inspired systems and applications
  • Affective and cognitive sciences for bio-mechatronics, augmented cognitive robot systems, computational intelligence, neuro-mechanical systems
  • Rehabilitation robot system, medical healthcare robot system, neuro-robotics system, prosthetic device system, assistive robot system, wearable robot system for personal assistance

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Our TC plans to:

  • Organize annual international symposium or conferences in bio-mechatronics and bio-robotics systems
  • Organize special sessions/workshops on related topics at IEEE SMC conferences
  • Organize joint forums with industrial sectors
  • Edit special issues or focused special sections for SMC IEEE Transactions or other related journals

TC Leadership

Zhijun Li

Zhijun Li

TC Chair

Tongji University, China

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C. L. Philip Chen

C. L. Philip Chen

TC Co-Chair

The University of Macau, Macau SAR, China

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Okyay Kaynak

Okyay Kaynak

TC Co-Chair

Bogazici University, Turkey

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Chenguang Yang

Chenguang Yang

TC Co-Chair

University of Liverpool, UK

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About This TC

  • 2024 9th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, Tokyo, Japan, July 9-11, 2024.
  • 2023 8th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, Hainan, China, July 8-10, 2023.
  • 2022 7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, Guilin, China, July 9-11, 2022.
  • 2021 6th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, Chongqing, China, July 3-6, 2021.
  • 2020 5th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, Shenzhen, China, July 3-6, 2020.
  • Special Issues:
  • IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Special Issue on “Fuzzy Intelligence for Flexible Electronics and Systems”, Guest Editors: Haisheng Xia, Jonathan Garibaldi, Guanglin Li, Zhijun Li.
  • Robotica, Special Issue on “Intelligence in Robotics”, Guest Editors: Hong Qiao, Zhijun Li, Haisheng Xia, Guang Chen, Jian S Dai.
  • IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Special Issue on “Cyborg Intelligence: Human Enhancement with Fuzzy Sets”, Guest Editors: Zhijun Li, Jian Huang, Hang Su, Zhaojie Ju.
  • The special issues on “Biomedical Robotics and Bio-mechatronics Systems and Application”, IEEE Trans. Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems, Volume:46 , Issue: 7, 2016, Guest Editors: Zhijun Li, Chenguang Yang, and Etienne Burdet
  • 2016 1st IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, Macau, China, 2016.8.18-8.20, Sponsored by IEEE SMC society and TC on Bio-mechatronics and Bio-robotics Systems.
  • 2017 2nd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, Hefei, China, 2017.8.28-8.31, Sponsored by IEEE SMC & RAS society and TC on Bio-mechatronics and Bio-robotics Systems.
  • 2018 3rd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, Hefei, China, 2018.7.18-7.20, Sponsored by IEEE SMC & RAS society and TC on Bio-mechatronics and Bio-robotics Systems.
  • IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica Special Issue on Human-Centered Intelligent Robots: Issues and Challenges, Guest Editors: Zhijun Li, Philip Chen, and Wei He.
  • 2019 4th IEEE International conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, Osaka, Japan, July 3-5, Sponsored by IEEE SMC & RAS society and TC on Bio-mechatronics and Bio-robotics Systems.
  • The special issue on “Neuro-Robotics Systems: Sensing, Cognition, Learning and Control”, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, Guest Editors: Zhijun Li, Fei Chen, Antonio Bicchi, Yu Sun and Toshio Fukuda.
  • The special issue on “Human-Robot Hybrid Intelligence: Dynamics, Control and Applications”, SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences, Guest Editors: Zhijun Li, Guangming Shi, Chenguang Yang, Antonio Bicchi.
  • The special issue on “Active Perception for Industrial Intelligence”, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Guest Editors: Huaping Liu, Nathan Lepora, Andrea Cherubini.
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, special Section on “Bio-inspired Embodiment for Intelligent Sensing and Dexterity in Fine Manipulation”, , Guest Editors: Zhijun Li, Huaping Liu, Fanny Ficuciello.
  • Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Special Issue on Skill Transfer Learning for Autonomous Robots and Human-Robot Cooperation, Guest Editors: Huaping Liu, Zhijun Li, Fuchun Sun, approved and will be online.
  • Advanced Robotics Special Issue on Neuro-Robotics: From Brain Machine Interfaces to Rehabilitation Robotics, Guest Editors: Zhijun Li, Huaping Liu, Weiwei Wan, Chun-Yi Su.  SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences Special Issue on Bio-Robotic Systems: Modeling, Design, Control and Perception, Guest Editors: Wei He, Rongxin Cui, Choon Ki Ahn, Zhijun Li.
  • Industrial Robot Journal, special issue on “Cross-Modal Perception for Industrial Robots”, Guest Editors: Dr. Huaping Liu, Dr. Yuan Yuan.
  • Arash Ajoudani Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
  • Paul Baxter University of Lincoln, U.K.
  • Stjepan Bogdan University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Etienne Burdet Imperial College London, U.K.
  • Fei Chen Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
  • Mou Chen Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
  • Cheng Siong Chin Newcastle University, UK
  • Yang Cong Shengyang Institute of Automation, China
  • Rongxin Cui Northwest Polytechnic University, China
  • Alessandro Di Nuovo Sheffield Hallam University, U.K.
  • Liang Ding Harbin Institute of Technology, China
  • Quanbo Ge, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China
  • Sami Haddadin Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
  • Wei He University of Science and Technology of Beijing, China
  • Jian Huang Huazhong Univ. of Sci. and Tech., China
  • Zhaojie Ju University of Portsmouth, U.K.
  • Yu Kang University of Science and Technology of China, China
  • Guang Li Queen Mary University of London, UK
  • Guanglin Li Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, China
  • Yanan Li Imperial College London, U.K.
  • Huaping Liu Tsinghua University, China
  • Davide Marocco Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
  • Dong Ming Tianjing University, China
  • Saeid Nahavandi Deakin University, Australia
  • Christian Ott German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
  • Yan Peng Shanghai University, China
  • Jiahu Qin University of Science and Technology of China, China
  • Aiguo Song Southeast University, China
  • Rong Song Sun Yat-Sen University, China
  • Chun-Yi Su Concordia University, Canada
  • Eileen Lee Ming Su Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Fuchun Sun Tsinghua University, China
  • Yu Sun University of Toronto, Canada
  • Weiwei Wan National Inst. of AIST, Japan
  • Xin Wang Shenzhen Academy of Aerospace Technology, China
  • Xinyu Wu Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, CAS, China
  • Shaorong Xie Shanghai University, China
  • Bin Xu Northwest Polytechnic University, China
  • Qingsong Xu University of Macau, China
  • Peijiang Yuan Beihang University, China
  • Hongmiao Zhang Soochow University, China
  • Tong Zhang South China University of Tech., China
  • Weidong Zhang Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
  • Xingang Zhao Shengyang Institute of Automation, China