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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">This
is the second Call for Papers of the ASME/IEEE International Conference on
Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots (ReMAR 2009) to be held at King's College
London, University of London, UK in 22-24 June 2009.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">With
the development of science and technology and with space exploration, hazardous
environment work, and production requirements of small batch, short run and
quick change-over, traditional concepts of mechanisms and robots development are
facing a challenge in the 21st century for adaptability and reconfigurability.
Since 1990s, researchers are generating new ideas and concepts for new
mechanisms and machines including robots for
reconfigurability.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Of
particular interest for rehabilitation is the concept of adaptability of robots
to individual patients, and reconfiguration for different
therapies.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The
ASME/IEEE International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots
(ReMAR 2009) is to provide an international forum for presenting and discussing
new mechanisms and robots developed in the past decade for their new properties
in changing the topological structure and therefore the mobility of a mechanism
or a robot and for discussing their uses for domestic, hazardous, out-space and
manufacturing environments for adaptability and reconfiguration. The main areas
of this conference include, but not limited to, following
subjects:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Novel
Mechanism Design<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Metamorphic
Robotics<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Reconfigurable
Manufacturing<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Reconfiguration
and adaptability<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Bio-design
Technics<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Bio-metamorphic
Robotics<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Reconfigurable
Robots<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Kinematics
and Dynamics of Reconfiguration<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Bio-reconfiguration
Engineering<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Metamorphic
Mechanisms<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Reconfigurable
Mechanisms<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Reconfigurable
Topology<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Various
Topology Modeling<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Modular
Devices<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Biological
Self-Assembly Mechanisms<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Biomimetics<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Artiomimetics<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The
ReMAR 2009 will be held at King's College London, University of London, which is
situated at the heart of London, UK, in conjuction to the celebration of 171
Years of Engineering at King's College London. King's is one of the oldest and
most prestigious UK universities with 13,000 undergraduate students and 9,200
graduates in nine schools of study with 2,700 academic staff and 2,700 other
staff. The Engineering was established at King's in 1838 and is arguably the
oldest established engineering school in England.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">You
are very welcome to submit your work to this conference. Your submission will be
reviewed by members of our Programme Committee and selected external reviewers.
The accepted papers will be indexed by EI and the special issues of Robotica and
Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science will be followed. More detailed
information about this event can be found in conference official website:
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><A href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/cmms/remar2009"><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
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important dates are<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">1
December 2008, Proposal for the Special Sessions and
Workshops<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">1
December 2008, Final Paper Submission Due<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">2
February 2009, Acceptance Notification<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">2
March 2009, Final Manuscript Submission Due<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">I
will look forward to your attendance with us!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Sincerely
yours,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Professor
Jian S Dai<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">General
Chair<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">ASME/IEEE
International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots (ReMAR
2009)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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