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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">Dear Colleagues,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">I am pleased to invite you to participate in the ASME/IFToMM International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms
and Robots (ReMAR 2009) to be held at King’s College London on 22-24 June 2009. The organizing committee highly encourage researchers and engineers in the areas of robotics, mechatronics, mechanisms, manufacturing and automation to attend the ReMAR 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">The conference will have 7 symposia and 23 sessions with 108 presentations from 22 countries and regions and over
130 delegates (today’s figure) being registered. Ten keynote speakers will present the research and topics on reconfigurable mechanisms, origami-inspired mechanisms, reconfigurable machines, reconfigurable robots, humanoid robots and reconfigurable manufacturing
systems. The speeches will no doubt interest audience with their colorful background including current development and future research direction and ancient Chinese mechanisms. A reception will be held on Sunday and a banquet is to be held on Monday night.
On Tuesday we shall have conference luncheon and cruising at River Thames and touring and listening to the debates at Houses of Parliaments. The conference shall conclude on Wednesday at noon time. A colorful social event has also been arranged by our event
chair and the local arrangement team. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">The registration fee shall have different levels and registration on daily basis is also available in the conference
website at </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.remar2009.com/"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">www.remar2009.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">.
Since late June and July are the eventful months in London, please book your accommodation as early as possible. The detailed accommodation information can be found from the ReMAR 2009 website. If you need further help in booking the accommodation, please
contact </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:remar2009@kcl.ac.uk"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">remar2009@kcl.ac.uk</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">
and copy to </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:guowu.wei@kcl.ac.uk"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">guowu.wei@kcl.ac.uk</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">The hardcover book and CDROM proceedings are to be ready by mid-June. The Conference has received the overwhelming
response with 168 full submissions and 108 papers were selected after the rigorous peer-review process. Each paper has at least three reviewers to make the recommendation and the acceptance rate is 64.3%. The final submissions have also been carefully prepared
by all the authors of the accepted papers. These 108 papers are given from professionals who are working in this leading field of reconfigurable mechanisms, machines, robots and manufacturing systems
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">The conference is sponsored by the ASME Control Group, Design Division and Mechanisms and Robotics Committee, by
the IFToMM (International Federation of the Promotion of Mechanisms and Machines), and by the Automation and Robotics Society of the IEEE.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">The conference is a high-level review of the past ten-year development in reconfigurable mechanisms, machines, robots
and manufacturing systems and their applications to domestic use, production, health, rescue and outer space exploration. In particular, the conference provides an international forum for presenting and discussing new mechanisms and robots developed in the
past decade with their new properties of changing topological structure, therefore the mobility and for discussing their uses for domestic, hazardous, out-space and manufacturing environments with adaptability and reconfiguration. The conference also provides
a forum to discuss the future direction of research in this leading field in both academic and industrial communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">The 7 symposia and 23 sessions are listed as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast"><strong>1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Reconfiguration Theory</strong> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">1.1. Reconfiguration Principles and Reviews<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">1.2. Variable Geometry and Characteristics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">1.3. Reconfigurable Truss and Foldable Mechanisms
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast"><strong>2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Reconfigurable Mechanism Topology and Design</strong> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">2.1. Topology and Transformation
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">2.2. Synthesis Based on Reconfiguration Principles
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">2.3. Design of Reconfigurable Mechanisms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">2.4. Type Synthesis of Multiple Operational Modes
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast"><strong>3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Kinematics and Dynamics of Reconfigurable Mechanisms</strong> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">3.1. Kinematic Analysis of Reconfigurable Mechanisms
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">3.2. Dynamic Analysis of Reconfigurable Mechanisms
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">3.3. Force and Torque Modelling of Reconfigurable Mechanisms
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast"><strong>4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Bio-Reconfiguration Techniques and Biomedical Devices</strong> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">4.1. Bio-Reconfiguration and Analysis
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">4.2. Biomedical Devices and Bio-Design
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">4.3. Bio-System
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast"><strong>5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Origami-Inspired Reconfigurable Mechanisms</strong> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">5.1. Artmimetic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">5.2. Anatomy and Configuration<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast"><strong>6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Analysis, Design and Control of Reconfigurable Robots</strong> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">6.1. Modular Robots
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">6.2. Analysis and Design of Reconfigurable Robots
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">6.3. Metamorphic Robots and Applications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">6.4. Reconfigurable Parallel Mechanisms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">6.5. Control
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast"><strong>7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">7.1. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">7.2. Reconfigurable Fixtures and Manufacturing Devices<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast"><strong>Workshop 1</strong> : Climbing and Modular Robots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast"><strong>Workshop 2</strong> : Automatic Feeding and Transmission<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">Professor Jian S Dai,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">Conference Chair of the ASME/IFToMM International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots (ReMAR 2009),
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.remar2009.com/"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">www.remar2009.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">Chair in Mechanisms and Robotics
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">CEng, IMechE Fellow, CertEd(HE)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">King's College London
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast">University of London
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