4th International Symposium on Mechanical Systems and Robotics

2026 MSR - Irvine

Irvine, CA, May 21-23, 2026

The 2026 MSR-Irvine is organized by USCToMM under the patronage of IFToMM, and will be held Thursday through Saturday, May 21-23, 2026 at the University of California, Irvine Campus. The symposium is designed to foster interactions and collaborations. Single track, peer-reviewed papers; 20-minute presentations plus 10 minutes for questions allow for substantial discussions; and a social program that fosters networking and collaborations among attendees including an excursion to a local site.

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2026 MSR-Irvine welcomes papers on Specialized Robotic Systems; Soft, Wearable & Origami Robotic Systems; Applications to Walking, Flying, Climbing, Ground, Underground, Swimming & Space Systems, Human Rehabilitation & Performance Augmentation; Design and Analysis of Mechanisms & Machines; Human-Robot Collaborative Systems; Service Robotics; Mechanical Systems & Robotics Education; Commercialization of Mechanical Systems & Robotics; and related topics.

Accepted papers will be published in a proceedings book by Springer and available at the symposium.

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Invited Speakers and Keynote

Magnus Egerstedt, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will provide a Keynote Lecture: Robot Design for Long-Duration Autonomy.

Dr. Magnus Egerstedt is the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He previously served as the Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering in the Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. Prior to UCI, Dr. Egerstedt was at the Georgia Institute of Technology where he introduced the Robot Terrarium, or Robotarium, for testing robot team activities. His lecture will discus his work on the design of robots for long duration independent activities, such as health monitoring for forests.

In addition, we highlight the work of colleagues, who are exploring Generative AI in the areas of Engineering Education and in Kinematics Research.

Pierre Larochelle, Department Head of Mechanical Engineering, South Dakota Mines,

Keynote Lecture 2: AI in Engineering Education.

Pierre Larochelle is the Department Head and Professor in the Leslie A. Rose Department of Mechanical Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. His research focuses on kinematics for the design of complex robotic mechanical systems and enabling creativity and innovation in design. He currently serves as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Senior Vice President for Public Affairs & Outreach and as an ABET accreditation review team chair and program evaluator. His presentation will describe what he has learned about the impact of AI on Engineering Education.

HaiJun Su, Professor, Ohio State University, will organize a

Hands-on Workshop: The Use of AI in Kinematics.

Dr. Haijun Su is a Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at The Ohio State University. His research interests include AI for robotics and mechanism design, soft robotics, virtual reality simulations, DNA origami nanotechnology. His work has received awards such the NSF Faculty Early Career Award, the Compliant Mechanism Theory best paper award in 2009 and 2014, Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship and ASME M&R Freudenstein/GM Young Investigator award in 2010, and many others. He is an Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Mechanism and Machine Theory. His workshop will provide direct experience with the use of AI systems in the analysis and design robotic systems.