Keynote Speakers

Prof. Jianrong Tan

Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering

School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University

Mechanical engineering experts, master of engineering and doctor of science, distinguished professor of Zhejiang University. Mainly engaged in mechanical design and digital manufacturing research, and put forward the combination of batch and custom mass customization design technology, engineering transition state, fuzzy state, random state model and digital prototype integrated simulation technology, combination of numerical and geometric complicated equipment multi-unit association, multi-level configuration and parameter matching analysis technology, won 7 national awards, including national science and technology progress second prize 4 items, the national outstanding teaching achievements first prize 1 item, second prize 2 items, awarded provincial scientific and technological progress first prize seven items; Put into use the proposed technique in software, develop and access 12 computer software copyright which have successful applications in a number of manufacturing enterprises. Published 8 books, 142 papers in SCI/EI.

Prof. Bing Xu

School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University

Professor, doctoral supervisor, director of the State Key Laboratory of fluid power and electromechanical system and director of the Department of mechanical and electronic engineering. As the project leader, he has successively obtained more than 20 national, provincial and ministerial level vertical topics such as 973, 863, National Science and technology support plan and National Natural Science Foundation of China. His research results have published on over 80 SCI papers, more than 80 EI papers (excluding papers indexed in SCI at the same time), and applied for more than 50 invention patents in international journals such as IEEE / ASME transactions on mechatronics, with more than 40 national invention patents  authorized. He has won second prize of national scientific and technological progress award once, first prizes of provincial and ministerial scientific and technological progress awards four times and second prize once. 

At present, he is the council member of China Society of Mechanical Engineering, council member of China Construction Machinery Association , standing member of Robot Branch of China Mechanical Engineering Society, vice chairman of the seventh Committee of Fluid Power Transmission and Control Branch of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, director of hydraulic professional committee, member of Professional Committee of China Hydraulics pneumatics and Seals Industry Association, vice chairman of Oversize Construction Transport Vehicle Branch of China Construction Machinery Association, member of Fluid Power Transmission and Control Committee of Chinese Aeronautical Society, member of National Technical Committee on Hydraulic and Pneumatic of Standardization Administration, member of ISO-TC131 international standard expert group, etc.

Prof. Jing Na

Mechanical and Electrical Engineering College, Kunming University of Science and Technology

Jing Na is currently Professor at the Kunming University of Science and Technology (KUST), one of the Reserve Talents of Young and Middle-aged Academic and Technical Leaders in Yunnan Province.  From 2015 to 2016, he was a Marie Curie Fellow, hosted at the University of Bristol. Prof. Na's main research interests are intelligent modeling and control, adaptive parameter estimation, nonlinear control and application. He has presided over 4 NSFC projects (including 2 general funds) , more than 10 EU funded projects and provincial and ministerial funded projects. He has published one English book in Elsevier, more than 60 SCI journal papers and more than 10 authorized patents. At present, he is the editorial board member of three international journals. He served as the chairman of ICMIC2017 Program Committee and the Co-chair of DDCLS' 2019.

Prof. Xiaokang Liu

Vice-Principal of Chongqing University of Science and Technology

Xiaokang Liu (Member, IEEE) received the B.S., M.S., and the Ph.D. degrees in mechanical and electronic engineering from Chongqing University, Chongqing, China, in 1999, 2002, and 2005, respectively.,He is a Senior Professor and the Director of the Engineering Research Center of Mechanical Testing Technology and Equipment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing. Since 2009, he has been responsible for more than 30 research programs including three key programs supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), as a Project Leader. He has published more than 60 technical articles in peer-reviewed journals and 30 invention patents including five international patent cooperation treaty (PCT) patents. His research activity mainly includes micronano sensing theory and technology, mechatronic system, and intelligent instrumentation.,Dr. Liu was a recipient of the Chongqing Award for Technological Invention 1st Prize in 2006, the Gold Award for Outstanding Chinese Patented Invention in 2008, and the National Award for Technological Invention 2nd Prize in 2010.

Prof. Yinshui Liu

School of Mechanical and Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Yinshui Liu received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, China, in 1995 and 1998, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2002, where he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the College of Materials Science and Engineering, from 2002 to 2004. In 2004, he joined the School of the Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, where he has been a Professor, since 2009. He is currently the Director of the Department of Fluid Power Control Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His current research interests include water hydraulics components and system, water mist technology, marine mechatronic systems, and hydraulic systems.

Prof. Fumiya Iida

Bio-inspired Robotics, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge

Fumiya Iida is Professor of Robotics at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.  Previously he was an assistant professor for bio-inspired robotics at ETH Zurich (2009-2014) and a lecturer at Cambridge (2014-2018).  He received his bachelor and master degrees in mechanical engineering at Tokyo University of Science (Japan, 1999), and Dr. sc. nat. in Informatics at University of Zurich (2006).  In 2004 and 2005 he was also engaged in biomechanics research of human locomotion at Locomotion Laboratory, University of Jena (Germany).  From 2006 to 2009 he worked as a postdoctoral associate at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in USA.  In 2006 he was awarded the Fellowship for Prospective Researchers from the Swiss National Science Foundation and, in 2009, the Swiss National Science Foundation Professorship. He was a recipient of the IROS2016 Fukuda Young Professional Award, Royal Society Translation Award in 2017, Tokyo University of Science Award in 2021. His research interests include biologically inspired robotics, embodied artificial intelligence, and biomechanics of human locomotion and manipulation, where he was involved in a number of research projects related to dynamic legged locomotion, navigation of autonomous robots, and human-machine interactions.