NewsletterInternational Society of Bionic Engineering

Volume 6, Issue 2, 2017

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Chinese Scholar Representatives Participated in the Philippines Bionics Exchange for The Belt and Road

The Spanish biomimetic drones Project presented at European Parliament by Finnova Foundation

2017 International Workshop on Bionic Engineering (IWBE2017)

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4-Upcoming Activities

Iain A. Anderson

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Feedback Control of an Achiral Robotic Microswimmer

Molecular Imprinting Facilely Creates Artificial Receptors against Glycoproteins, Glycans and Monosaccharides

Biomimic-Skin Tactile Sensor Array for Human Physical Signal Detection

Zhiguang GUO

Contents

ISBE Specialist Short Courses 201716

The 1st International Youth Conference of Bionic Science and Engineering (ICBSE2017)

14-15

6th International Workshop on New Trends in Medical and Service Robotics

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Awardee of the Sino-German (CSC-DAAD) Postdoc Scholarship08

Prof. Mihai CHIRITA will teach a new course titled "Biomimetics and bio-inspired molecules and structures"

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Application on band saw teeth with low-friction AlMgB14–Ni60 coating and analysis of wear mechanisms

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ISBE 2017 International Bionic Innovation Competition17

18 The 6th International Conference of Bionic Engineering-ICBE2019

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• Biomimetics lab of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland• Department of Engineering Science, University of Auckland• StretchSense Ltd., Auckland

Iain A. Anderson

University of Auckland, New Zealand

M y career path to bionic engineering

has been a long and winding one.

An interest in sea creatures and

scuba diving in my teens, during the 1970s, took

me from my home in New Jersey to Australia and

the South Pacific. The tour of the Pacific finished

in New Zealand where I now live. I was also in-

terested in technology and when it came time for

me to enter University I studied engineering. In

my first engineering job, mid 1980s, I worked for

a New Zealand washing machine manufacturer.

This was followed by a job in a NZ science agency

where I worked on a variety of projects from vi-

bration troubleshooting through to orthopaedic

research. In 2000 I joined the Auckland Bioengi-

neering Institute and Department of Engineering

Science where I am now based as an Associate

Professor.

In 2006 I asked one of my grad students to

investigate an interesting new electroactive poly-

mer technology, the dielectric elastomer (DE). It

was known that DE could be used as the basis for

artificial muscle devices, energy harvesters and

sensors. We made good early progress building

DE energy harvesters with dedicated electron-

ics that were portable and wearable. My other

students explored how we could make our DE

muscles touch and stretch sensitive, like living

muscle. Around 2007 we foundedthe Biomimet-

ics Lab (www.biomimeticslab.com) where we

have focused on DE artificial muscle technology.

DE stretch sensors are soft and wearable and can

measure strain at large deformations. We be-

lieved there to be good commercial opportunities

for DE sensors, so in 2012, together with former

PhD students Ben O’Brien and Todd Gisby we

Taniwha under test in the Dive Pool at Orakei. Chris Walker is at the controls and Koray Atalag is launching. Photo: Iain Anderson

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The 2016 Taniwha New Zealand racing submarine team. L to R: Gerrit Becker, Stefan Jäger, Iain Anderson, Ben Pocock, Chris Walker, SanjaySurendran.See Taniwha in action at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKBIOe0t_Mc

founded StretchSense Ltd. I am a director and

Chief Scientist for this Auckland based company

that now employs about 80 people manufactur-

ing dielectric elastomer sensors (rubber bands

with Bluetooth). StretchSense also manufactures

DE energy harvesting kits, developed by the

Biomimetics Lab. The company provides an en-

Flapping wing dragonfly Jule, See Jule in action at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHtsRdHxAwg

gineering service to clients helping them to find

custom solutions for their sensing/energy har-

vesting needs.

The Biomimetics Lab is continuing with its

DE research. We can now operate three or more

sensors on a single input/output line. One of our

inventions: the piezoresistive DE switchturns

electr ic charge on and off with stretch.

Mechanically coupling DE switches to DE

actuators has enabled electronics-free crawling

and wing flapping soft animal-like robots.

We have also developed a fin-driven human-

powered racing submarine, the Taniwha,

that took the top trophy at the European

International Submarine Races, Gosport,

England in 2016. This latest chapter in my

career, exploring the use of fin propulsion, has

brought me full circle. I am underwater again!

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P rofessor Zhiguang GUO, received his

PhD from Lanzhou Institute of Chem-

ical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy

of Sciences (CAS) in 2007. After that, he joined

Hubei University. From Oct 2007 to Aug 2008,

he worked in University of Namur (FUNDP),

Belgium, as a post-doctor. From Sep 2008 to

Mar 2011, he worked in Funds of National Re-

search Science (FNRS), Belgium, as a “Charge

de Researcher”. During Feb 2009 to Feb 2010,

he worked in Department of Physics, University

of Oxford, UK, as a visiting scholar. Now he is a

full professor in LICP financed by “Top Hundred

Talents” program of CAS as a group leader.

Zhiguang GUOThe Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Prof Guo is now the associate editor of RSC

Advances and the editorial board’s member

of Journal of Bionic Engineering, Chemistry

Letters and Tribology. Meanwhile, Prof Guo is

the Chairman of the Youth Committee of Inter-

national Society of Bionic Engineering (ISBE)

and the Vice Chairman of The Youth Commit-

tee of Tribology Society of China, respectively.

In 2017, Prof Guo obtained the Youth Scholar

award of The Tribology Society of China, and in

2016, he obtained the outstanding Youth award

Figure 1. Wettability, water storage, water-holding capacity and thermal stability of prepared superhydrophobic sand. a) Wetting states of water droplets on raw sand, PFDS-sand@SiO2, ODT-sand@Ag and ODT-sand@Ag@Cu surface; b) Contact anglesof water on raw sand and PFDS-sand@SiO2 surface; c) Photos of liquid marbles formed by PFDS-sand@SiO2, ODT-sand@Ag and ODT-sand@Ag@Cu particles. The water droplet volumes are about 8 μL and 20 μL; d) Water storage simulated bymanmade sand pits. The water volume is about 5 mL; e)Sustainable liquid column height (H) upon different layer thickness (D) of superhydrophobic sand; f)Thermal stability of superhydrophobic sand PFDS-sand@SiO2.The sand pit is calcined in air for 30 min at different temperature, and then ~8 mL of water is poured into the hot sand pit. (Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2017, 5, 6416),

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of ISBE. In 2015, he obtained the Second Nation-

al Natural Science award (rank second). In 2014,

he obtained the Maple Leaf award of Shizhu Wen

Foundation.

Currently, his research interests mainly focus

on Surface and Interface behavior of bionic tri-

bological materials. He has published more than

150 papers about the interfaces of Materials,

which cited more than 3300 times and H factor

is about 30.

In recently, Prof Guo proposed the design

of“superhydrophobic sand”, aimed to address

issues associated with the desert environment

and sand resource utilization. Three kinds of

hydrophobic sands with different surface struc-

tures and wettability properties were successfully

prepared by cladding nonmetal (SiO2) and metal

(Ag and Cu)inorganic materials on sand grain

surfaces and then modifying them with low-sur-

face-energy chemicals (Fig 1).

Furthermore, Prof Guo fabricated presented

a simple procedure to fabricate underwatersu-

peroleophobic surfaces by spraying a titanium

dioxide suspension combined with aluminum

phosphate binder on stainless steel meshes

(Fig 2). The surfaces maintained their excellent

performance in regard to oilrepellency under

water, oil/water separation, and self-cleaning

Figure 2.(a) Photographs of the TiO2-AP treated SSM before (left) and after (right) 500 abrasion cycles with sandpaper, the circle (dash line) represents the weight place. (b) Plots of abrasion cycles with underwater OCA (solid circle) and mass loss (hollow square).m0 and mx are the mass of the TiO2-AP coatingbefore and after abrasion cycles, respectively.Insets showphotographs of dichloroethane droplet on the surface of the TiO2-AP treated SSM after 500 abrasion cycles with sandpaper at different positions. (ACS Nano 2017, 11, 1113)

properties after even 100 abrasion cycles with

sandpaper. Robust superwettingsurfaces favored

by inorganic adhesives can be extended to other-

nanoparticles and substrates, which are poten-

tially advantageous inpractical applications.

ISBE Secretariat is always calling for news and ideas among our members, if there is any

information you would like to include in a future edition of newsletter, please feel free to

contact us.

Email: gyue@isbe-online.org

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Send an email to ISBE Secretariat

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ISBE 2017 NewsletterNews and Events

2017 International Workshop on Bionic Engineering

T he 2017 International Workshop on

Bionic Engineering was held in Denk-

endorf, Germany on June 13-16, 2017.

It was organized by the International Society of

Bionic Engineering (ISBE) and sponsored by

German Institute for Textile and Fibre Research

Denkendorf (DITF Denkendorf). Over 30 repre-

sentatives from 8 different countries and regions

attended the workshop.

The theme of the workshop was “Biological

Science and Bionic Transfer regarding Energy”.

The representatives shared their latest academic

achievements in bionic engineering and ex-

changed points of view on the topics of Energy

Harvesting, Energy Conversion, Energy Trans-

port and Heat Recovery Processes, Liquid Trans-

port Mechanisms

among others. Prof.

Thomas Stegmaier,

the Vice President

of the ISBE deliv-

ered the welcome

speech, while Prof.

Julian Vincent gave the opening speech and a

brief introduction to the society on behalf of the

ISBE.

The meeting of the Executive Board of Di-

rectors of the ISBE was held during the work-

shop; topics on the activities in 2018 were

discussed. This included the progress of the

2018 International Workshop on Bionic Engi-

neering, Specialist Short Courses, Nomination

and Evaluation of Fellow Members, and Estab-

lishment of the Awards Committee.

The success of the workshop not only

expressed current research achievements in

Bionic Engineering but also offered a com-

munication and cooperation platform for the

representatives. This should give a major push

towards the development of bionic engineering

worldwide.

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Chinese Scholar Representatives Participated in the Philippines Bionics Exchange for The Belt and Road

Ji Ke-Ju, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics , China

F rom 28-30th March 2017, the “2017

China-Philippines International Sym-

posium on Bionics and Biomimetics

- An Interdisciplinary Approach Towards Inno-

vations with Industry Application” initiated by

the Philippines’ Department of Science and Tech-

nology and hosted by the Philippines’ Industrial

Technology Development Institute was held in

Manila, Philippines. Prof. Dai Zhen-Dong and

Assoc. Prof. Ji Ke-Ju (College of Astronautics,

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronau-

tics), Dr. Tang Ye-Zhong (Research Scientist at

Chengdu Institute of Biology,Chinese Academy

of Sciences) and Prof. Feng Xi-Qiao (Tsinghua

University) participated in the symposium and

delivered their keynote speeches.

As a continuation from the “2016 Interna-

tional Symposium on Bionic Science and Tech-

nology for The Belt and Road”, this symposium

upheld the principle of mutually beneficial aca-

demic exchanges among ASEAN countries along

The Belt and Road and focused on contributing

to the collaboration and exchanges in the field

of bionics between China and ASEAN countries,

especially the Philippines.

This symposium has improved insights into

bionic-related fields of both parties and helps

to establish a long-term, mutually beneficial

international collaborative network in the field

of bionic research and technology transfer,

where both the parties make good use of their

respective advantages to build a

coordination relationship of bi-

onic research in Asia. This type

of cooperated will further pro-

mote mutual understanding and

coordination among countries

to lay the foundation for further

personnel exchanges and train-

ing, in order to catalyze the bion-

ic-related industrial development

among countries along The Belt

and Road. It will definitely cat-

alyze the rapid economic devel-

opment in countries along The

Belt and Road to bring peace and

prosperity to the world.

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T he student member of ISBE, Yun Ma,

who is a PhD candidate of Beijing

Institute of Technology, successfully

acquired a Sino-German Postdoc Scholarship in

April 2017, to pursue his study in Germany as

a postdoctoral researcher for 18 months. This

scholarship is a joint program to support Chi-

nese postdocs since 2013, aiming to intensify

German-Chinese research cooperation and im-

prove funding opportunities for young Chinese

scientists and academics. A selection committee

consisting of experts from both the China Schol-

arship Council (CSC)and Deutscher Akademis-

cher Austausch Dienst (DAAD)reviews applica-

tions, including initial materials application and

interview. The awardee was selected through a

rigid academic evaluation process organized by

CSC and DAAD in 2017. Yun Ma will start his

research in October 2017. His research subject

is functional morphology and biomechanics of

honeybee wings.

Introduction of Ma’s PhD supervisor, Prof JianGuo Ning

JianGuo Ning, is a full professor at the State

Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Tech-

nology, Beijing Institute of Technology, China.

In 2006, Prof. Ning was selected as the Distin-

guished Professor of Chang Jiang Scholars Pro-

gram and funded by the National Science Fund

for Distinguished Young Scholars. Prof. Ning’s

scientific interests focus on computational me-

chanics and structural design. Prof. Ning has

published more than 150 journal papers.

Introduction of Ma’s German host, Prof Stanislav Gorb

Stanislav Gorb is a full professor/director at

the Zoological Institute, Functional Morphology

and Biomechanics, Kiel University, Germany.

Prof. Gorb is a fellow of the German National

Academy of Sciences Leopoldinaand a fellow of

the Academy of Science and Literature in Mainz.

Prof. Gorb’s scientific interests focus on biolog-

ical attachment, functional biological surfaces,

functional morphology and biomechanics, bi-

omimetics and bionics. Since 1988, Prof. Gorb

has published 247 papers and book chapters,

which have been cited more than 4300 times

(H-value = 34).

B russels, March 2017. The general

director of Finnova and the StartUp

Europe Accelerator, Juan Manuel

Revuelta, has presented at the European Parlia-

The Spanish biomimetic drones project presented at

European Parliament by Finnova Foundation

Awardee of the Sino-German (CSC-DAAD) Postdoc Scholarship

ment the biomimetic drones control project de-

veloped by the Spanish company Kowat Control

Biomimetic. The presentation took place during

the event “Smart Farming and New Technolo-

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gies” organized by MEPs Victor Negrescu and

Franc Bogovic, with the support of EU40, the

platform of MEPs under 40.

Revuelta has been invited to present inno-

vative agricultural solution practices from the

StartUp Europe Accelerator program at this

event, in which he stated that “the biomimetic

drones developed by Kowat are an example of

how innovation can provide real solutions, and

how Spain is generating innova-

tions that push forward sectors

such as agriculture, at a global lev-

el “.

This conference was an ex-

cellent opportunity to learn more

about the future of agriculture

from experts working in the field

and award-winning entrepreneurs,

such as MEP Paolo De Castro,

Vice-Chair Committee on Agricul-

ture and Rural Development; MEP

Nicola Caputo, Member Committee

on Agriculture and Rural Development; Ana

Cuadrado Galvan, Research Programme Officer,

DG Agriculture and Rural Development; a start-

up that developed an APP capable of real time

monitoring farm exploitations; Cezar Nourescu,

Co-Founder, CBN IT winner of the Best New

Startup 2016 ANIS Prize, and Lenard Koschwitz,

Director EU Affairs Allied for Startups.

Prof. Mihai CHIRITA will teach a new course titled "Biomimetics and bio-inspired molecules and structures"

P rof. Mihai CHIRITA

will teach in 2017

in a Master of Bio-

medical engineering a new

course titled "Biomimetics

and bio-inspired molecules

and structures" which is the

only course in Romania in the single

Bio-engineering Faculty in this country.

MASTER PROGRAMME: Biomedical EngineeringSubject: Biomimetics and bio-inspired mole-

cules and structures

Nature has had time to make a large number

of experiments, the result of which is evolution,

providing continually adapted and characteristic

microstructures, assemblies and hierarchical

forms, mechanisms, living conditions. There-

fore, it is useful to understand natural laws on

ownership, architecture synergism of structur-

al mechanical strategy, natural interfaces and

imperfections of these materials, to design and

produce synthetic structures analogous, where

engineering, bioengineering, biotechnology and

biomimetics have a vast field of action.

Biomolecules and biological materials are

ubiquitous in the living world, with a variety of

functions (mechanical support and supportive

biocatalysts energy converters, ion storage etc.).

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M agnetic microswimmers are

u s e f u l f o r n a v i g a t i n g a n d

per forming tasks a t smal l

scales. To demonstrate effective control

over such microswimmers, we implemented

feedback control of the three-bead achiral

microswimmers in both simulation and

experiment. The achiral microswimmers

with the ability to swim in bulk fluid are

controlled wirelessly using magnetic fields

generated from electromagnetic coils. The

achirality of the microswimmers introduces

unknown handedness resulting in uncertainty

in swimming direction. We use a combination

Feedback Control of an Achiral Robotic Microswimmer

of rotating and static magnetic fields generated

from an approximate Helmholtz coil system

to overcome such uncertainty. There are also

movement uncertainties due to environmental

factors such as unsteady flow conditions. A

kinematic model based feedback controller was

created based on data fitting of experimental

data. However, the controller was unable to yield

satisfactory performance due to uncertainties

from environmental factors; i.e., the time to

reach target pose under adverse flow condition

is too long. Following the implementation of an

integral controller to control the microswimmers’

swimming velocity, the microswimmers were

able to reach the target in roughly half the time.

Through simulation and experiments, we show

that the feedback control law can move an achiral

microswimmer from any initial conditions to a

target pose.

The paper has published in the Journal of

Bionic Engineering in April 2017. For more

information please visit http://jbe.jlu.edu.cn/

EN/volumn/home.shtml.

M o l e c u l a r l y i m -

printed polymers

(MIPs) are syn-

thetic receptors with predesigned

specificity towards target mole-

cules. They are prepared through

a biomimetic synthesis method

called molecular imprinting,

which polymerizes functional

monomers and cross-linker in

the presence of a template (the Figure 1.Schematic of boronate affinity controllable-oriented surface imprinting

Molecular Imprinting Facilely Creates Artificial Receptors against Glycoproteins, Glycans and Monosaccharides

Dr. Zhen Liu, Nanjing University, China

U Kei Cheang, Hoyeon Kim, Min Jun Kim, USA

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Application on band saw teeth with low-friction AlMgB14–Ni60 coating and analysis of wear mechanisms

Yunhai Ma, Jilin University, China

S awing is traditionally seen as a quite

cheap and simple parting-off method

as the focus on efficiency and quality

for all machining processes. As the cutting

part, the band saw teeth should possess high

hardness, high wear resistance, high strength

and rationality of the design. For the design of

the tooth type to the diversity of raw materials,

some researchers or technicians had developed

many kinds of products by virtue of experience

or simulation. However, the strength and

wear resistance of band saw teeth still perplex

customers with fatigue fracture, blade cracking

and breaking.

Plasma-sprayed cast iron coatings maturely

are successfully used for depositing powders

as coating with splat-splat adhesion, coating-

substrate adhesion and dense structure.

AlMgB14– wt%Ni60 powders (see Fig. 1) were

mixed as the starting powder and M42 tool steel

as the substrate. From the morphology (see

Fig. 2) we can observe that shape small peaks

connect a network surface and that structure

can enhance the adhesion. The friction and

wear results show that the AlMgB14– 10%Ni60

possess low mean friction coefficient (see Fig. 3).

Fig.1 Morphologies ofAlMgB14– 10%Ni60 (a) and Ni60 (b)

Fig. 2 Surface morphologies of the coating

Fig. 3 Mean friction coefficient of the AlMgB14– 10%Ni60 sample

target) that is extracted afterwards, thereby

leaving complementary cavities in the polymer

matrix. As compared with receptors, MIPs are

easy to prepare, cost-efficient and more stable.

MIPs have found important applications such

as chemical sensing, separation,and disease

diagnostics.Facile and general imprinting ap-

proaches are of significance but have been lim-

ited. Recently, a research team at Nanjing Uni-

versity led by Dr. Zhen Liu established a general

approach called boronate affinity controlla-

ble-oriented surface imprinting, which permits

facile preparation MIPs specific to glycoproteins,

glycans and monosaccharides. Applications of

the prepared MIPs in affinity separation, disease

diagnosis and cancer cell-targeting were demon-

strated. The entire protocol,including prepara-

tion, property characterization and performance

evaluation, takes ~3–8 d.This approach was pub-

lished in Nature Protocols,2017, 12, 964-987.

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Biomimic-Skin Tactile Sensor Array for Human Physical Signal Detection

U tilizing surface acoustic waves

(SAW) and ultraviolet (UV)

polymerization, a biomimic-

skin capacitive tactile sensor array has

been developed. The sensor has 6×6

sensing elements, each containing a 2×2

capacitance array, involving a flexible

dielectric layer with undulating microarray,

which apparently promotes sensitivity of the

sensor. The microstructure is obtained by

standing SAWs-induced acoustic pressure

on photosensitive polymer films, and the

spacing among microstructure can be

adjusted by altering the wavelength of SAW.

UV polymerization is performed afterwards

to solidify the undulate microarray.

With different types of SAWs, one-

dimensional (1D) linear undulate microarray

is fabricated to serve as the surface texture,

imitating the fingerprint of human hands;

two-dimensional (2D) latticed undulate

microarrays is fabricated to serve as the

dielectric layer (Fig.1), enhancing sensitivity

of the sensor like Meissner's Corpuscles

in human skin. The typical spacing of

both 1D and 2D microarrays is 70μm. The

biomimetic-skin tactile sensor is utilized

for human physical sign signal measure-

ment, like joint movement and laryngeal

prominence vibration (Fig.2). Experiments

have been performed in vitro with a high

speed scanning circuit based on a four-

CDC (Capacitance-to-Digital Converter)

structure. The results have effectively

proved the sensor’s capability to function as

biomimetic skin.

Figure 1.Biomimic-skin capacitive tactile sensor with undulate microstructured surface and dielectric layer.

Figure 2.Human laryngeal prominence vibration measurement utilizing the biomimic-skin tactile sensor. (b)-(f): Detected signals of different points at typical location in the sensor

Yancheng Wang, Deqing Mei Zhejiang University, China

Upcoming ActivitiesISBE 2017 Newsletter

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T o meet the bionic scientists’ demand of academic communication, the 1st International Youth

Conference of Bionic Science and Engineering (ICBSE2017) will be held in Lanzhou, 28-

31, July 2017. This conference will be sponsored by the Youth Committee of International

Society of Bionic Engineering (ISBE), organized by Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP),

Chinese Academy of Science. This conference aims to provide an international forum for youth or

outstanding scientists and engineers around the world who are interested in the field of bionic science

and engineering. Conference details as below.

Conference Theme

Biological interface and functionalization

Biomimetic Materials;

Biomimetic Structures and Mechanics;

Artificial Intelligence and Sensors;

Biomimetic Engineering

PhD Special Session

Chair and Committee of the Conference

The Honorary Chair of Conference: Professor Julian Vincent

The Chair of Academic Conference: Academician Luquan Ren (Jilin University)

Academician Weimin Liu (LICP)

Scientific Committee: Carlo Menon, Huilin Duan, Zhendong Dai, Zhiwu Han, Yinan Lai, Jianqiao Li,

Michael R. Kin, Chengxin Pei, Thomas Stegmaier, Shutao Wang, Wenjian Wu, Fengyuan Yan, Yuying.

Yan, Deyuan Zhang, Yongmei Zheng, Feng Zhou Conference Chair: Dr. Zhiguang Guo (LICP)

Organizing Committee: Jun Cai, Cristian Copolusi, Daniel Tinello, Jie Feng, Giuseppe Carbone, Yue Gao,

Halim Kovaci, Hamed Rajabi, Xu Hou, Lei Liu, Zhenning Liu, Jian Li, Jing Li, Shichao Niu, Poramate

Manoonpong, Zhuhui Qiao, Haojie Song, Feng Shi, Lei Shi, Limei Tian, Ximei Tian, Daoai Wang,

Runmao Wang, Zuankai Wang, Jun Yang, Peng Yang, Dingguo Zhang, Hongyu Zhang, Junping Zhang,

Rui Zhang, Youfa Zhang

The 1st International Youth Conference of Bionic Science and Engineering (ICBSE2017)

July 28-31, 2017, Lanzhou, China

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Contact UsDr. Jing Li (LICP)

Address: Tianshui Middle Road 18, Lanzhou 730000, China

Tel: +86 (0)931 4968173

E-mail: jli@licp.cas.cn

Website: http://www.licp.cas.cn/

Cooperating Organizations Sponsor: International Society of Bionic Engineering (ISBE)

Organizers: Youth Committee of ISBE, LICP and State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrications

Collaborators: Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), National Natural Science Foundation of China

(NSFC), Jilin University, Northwest Normal University, Zhejiang University of Technology, Southeast

University, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics , Beijing University of Aeronautics and

Astronautics , Tsinghua University

Submissions The abstract submissions in English should be original, succinct, credible and valuable. It should

contain about 500 words in a format of Word (doc). All the normative abstract submissions will be

included in conference proceedings. We encourage faculty and students to jointly submit full papers that

significantly advance the development of bionic science and engineering. These excellent papers will be

recommended to publish on “Journal of Bionic Engineering”, “RSC Advances” and “Chemistry Letters”.

Important DatesAbstract submission deadline/ acceptance: 25.01.2017/25.03.2017

Full text submission deadline/ acceptance: 25.03.2017/25.05.2017

Early bird registration deadline: 25.05.2017

Conference date: 28.07.2017/31.07.2017

Registration and ChargeConference Address: Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Tianshui Middle Road 18#, Lanzhou,

Gansu Province of China

Early Registration: 1000 RMB/500 RMB (Privilege for PhD student);

Normal Registration: 1200 RMB/600 RMB (Privilege for PhD student)

Conference Hotel: Feitian Hotel, Yujian Hotel, Huayu Hotel

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THEME: Inspiring Bionic Innovations

OBJECTIVE: The competition is geared to en-

gage more awareness and commitment in Bion-

ics, to spread the spirit, idea and methodology of

bionic research, and to inspire innovative science

and technology for the human future.

QUALIFICATIONS:Only Student Members of ISBE are eligible

(Non-members are advised to register at the

ISBE website to join the Society, http://isbe-on-

line.org/), submissions from non-registered stu-

dents will not be accepted.

Both individual and group participations are wel-

come.

Each student member is allowed to submit only

one entry.

ENTRIES REQUESTED:Form: Poster, please visit the submission system

http://tgxt.isbe-online.org:7080/btts/index.

html to download the template.

Content: innovative materials, devices or instru-

ments designed with bionic concepts; products

with potential practical applications are highly

encouraged.

All entrants must warrant that their entry is en-

tirely their own work.

WINNING PRIZE:Grand Prizes:

Premier Prizes: 3 persons, RMB 5,000 and a

Certificate.

Secondary Prizes: 10 persons, RMB 3,000 and a

Certificate.

Tertiary Prizes: 20 persons, RMB 1,000 and a

Certificate.

Special Awards:

The Best Design Awards: 5 persons, RMB 500

for each and a Certificate.

The Best Creativity Awards: 5 persons, RMB 500

for each and a Certificate.

The Best Popularity Awards: 5 persons, RMB

500 for each and a Certificate.

DATES TO REMERBER:September 15: Deadline for Work Submission

September 16 - September 30: Preliminary Eval-

uation

October 1 - October 15: Online Display and Bal-

lots by ISBE Members

October 15-October 31: Final Evaluation Based

on the Ballot Results and the Committee Evalua-

tion

TBA November: Winners Announced

SPONSOR: International Society of Bionic En-

gineering (ISBE)

ORGANIZERS:Youth Commission of ISBE

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, Jilin Uni-

versity

National-Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of

Bionic Engineering, Jilin University

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:Zhenning LIU, Key Laboratory of Bionic Engi-

neering, Jilin University

Limei TIAN, Youth Commission of ISBE

Runmao WANG, Office of Secretariat, ISBE

Dan WANG, Editorial Office of JBE

Contact: Dr. Jie ZHAO: office@isbe-online.org

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works http://tgxt.isbe-online.org:7080/btts/

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The 6th International Conference of Bionic Engineering-ICBE2019

T he 6th International Conference of Bionic Engineering (ICBE2019) organized by the ISBE

will be held at Jilin University in Changchun on September 6-9, 2019. This conference aims

to establish a closer relationship between scientists and engineers worldwide in the field of

bionic engineering. The theme of ICBE2019 is Advanced Bionics and Sustainable Development, which

is geared towards exploring new ideas and accomplishments for the practice of bio-inspired design and

manufacture, while offering innovative solutions. Attendees of this conference are invited to present

papers related to the combination of biological information and mechanical engineering, materials

science, agriculture engineering, rehabilitation engineering, and robotics etc. A broad range of topics and

application areas will be devised to reflect the interdisciplinary nature of ICBE.

Conference Topics:* Bionic/biological functional structures and

surfaces

* Biomaterials & bionic materials

* Bionic mechanics

* Coupling bionics

* Biomechanics and rehabilitation engineering

* Biosensors and signal processing

* Robotics, motion systems and artificial

intelligence

* Nature inspired energy system

* Industrial applications in bionics

* Bio-inspired fabrication and bio-

manufacturing

Honorary Chair:Julian F V VINCENT, Oxford University, UK

Yuanyuan LI, Jilin University, China

General Chair:Luquan REN, Jilin University, China

Co-Chair:Thomas STEGMAIER, ITV Denkendorf, Germany

Youhong SUN, Jilin University, China

Michael R. KING, Cornell University, USA

Zhiwu HAN, Jilin University, China

Secretary: Ximei TIAN, Jilin University

Hang SUN, Jilin University

Li GUO, Jilin University

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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

6-th International Workshop on New Trends in Medical and Service Robotics

MESROB 20183-5 July 2018: Cassino, Italy

The aim of the Conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners dealing with multi-disciplinary aspects of medical and service robotics and applications in an intimate, collegial and stimulating environment.

MESROB 20108 continues a successful series of workshops that has been started in 2012.The Conference will be held at the School of Engineering of the University of Cassino and South Latium in Cassino, Italy.

TOPICSPapers are solicited on topics including (but not limited to): • Design of medical devices • Kinematics and Dynamics for medical robotics • Exoskeletons and prostheses • Anthropomorphic hands • Therapeutic robots and rehabilitation • Cognitive robots • Humanoid & Service robots • Assistive robots and elderly assistance • Surgical robots • Human-robot interfaces • Haptic devices • Medical treatments The Scientific Committee will select papers for presentation at the conference.

STEERING COMMITTEEBernard Bayle (University of Strasbourg) Hannes Bleuler (EPFL)Branislav Borovac (University of Novi Sad) Marco Ceccarelli (University of Cassino) Christine Chevallereau (IRCCyN) Carlo Ferraresi (TU of Turin) Paolo Fiorini (University of Verona) Michael Hofbaur (Joanneum Research) Manfred Husty (University Innsbruck)Tim Lueth (TU München)Juana Mayo (University of Seville) Jean-Pierre Merlet (INRIA)Francesco Mondada (EPFL) Donia Pisla (TU of Cluj-Napoca) Annika Raatz (Leibniz Universität, Hannover) Georg Rauter (ETH Zürich) Aleksandar Rodic (Institute Mihajlo Pupin) Daniela Tarnita (University of Craiova) Philippe Wenger (IRCCyN) Akio Yamamoto (University of Tokyo) Teresa Zielinska (Warsaw University)

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEEat University of Cassino and South Latium Giuseppe Carbone (Chair) Marco Ceccarelli (Co-Chair) Secretariat e-mail: carbone@unicas.it

PAPER ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION Full paper should be sent in PDF format by e-mail before April 15th, 2018 though EasyChair. Only papers with at least one author as registered participant will be included in theProceedings that will be pubblished as aSpringer book.

PRESENTATION AND PROCEEDINGS The official language of the Workshop will be English. Overhead projectors will be available for presentation. Registered participants will receive one copy of the Proceedings.

REGISTRATION FEE The registration fee includes the complete program of the Conference and Proceedings. From IFToMM Member Organizations €400 (before 15 April 2018)/ €450 (after 15 June 2018) Others: €450 (before 15 April 2018)/ €500 (after15 June 2018) Students: €200 (before 15 April 2018)/ €250 (after 15 June 2018) Payment through the account of IFToMM Italy(see webpage for details)

Web Page http://www.larmlaboratory.net/mesrob2018/

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS Guidelines for the manuscript format will be available in the web page. The papers will be written by referring to Springer book template.

LOCATION Cassino is a modern town since it has been completely rebuilt after the destruction during the World War II and it is well known for the Montecassino Abbey. Cassino is located just below the mountain where the Montecassino Abbey is situated. In July the weather is fine, sunny temperatures often above 25°C.

ACCOMMODATION In Cassino there are several hotels in all the categories. The average cost for a 3-star hotel is about 70 Euro. Early reservation is recommended by contacting directly hotels. A list of hotels will be sent to the authors and to registered persons.

TRAVEL INFORMATION Cassino can be reached easily both by train and by car. There are hourly trains from Rome to Cassino; the trip takes approximately two hours. An exit of the Highway A1 is located at Cassino and a car trip from Rome may take one hour and a half.

Organized byLARM at DiCEM, University of Cassino and

South Latium, Italy

Supported byUniversity of Cassino and South Latium

IFToMM TC of Biomechanical EngineeringIFToMM TC of Robotics and Mechatronics

The aim of the Conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners dealing with multi-disciplinary aspects of medical and service robotics and applications in an intimate, collegial and

stimulating environment.MESROB 2018 continues a successful series of workshops that has been started in 2012.

The Conference will be held at the School of Engineering of the University of Cassino and South Latium in Cassino, Italy.

TOPICSPapers are solicited on topics including (but not

limited to):

• Design of medical devices

• Kinematics and Dynamics for medical robotics

• Exoskeletons and prostheses

• Anthropomorphic hands

• Therapeutic robots and rehabilitation

• Cognitive robots

• Humanoid & Service robots

• Assistive robots and elderly assistance

• Surgical robots

• Human-robot interfaces

• Haptic devices

• Medical treatments

The Scientific Committee will select papers for

presentation at the conference.

PAPER ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONFull paper should be sent in PDF format by e-mail

before April 15th, 2018 though EasyChair.

Only papers with at least one author as registered

participant will be included in the Proceedings

that will be pubblished as a Springer book.

PRESENTATION AND PROCEEDINGS The official language of the Workshop will be

English. Overhead projectors will be available for

presentation. Registered participants will receive

one copy of the Proceedings.

Web Pagehttp://www.larmlaboratory.net/mesrob2018/

LOCATIONCassino is a modern town since it has been

completely rebuilt after the destruction during

the World War II and it is well known for the

Montecassino Abbey. Cassino is located just

below the mountain where the Montecassino

Abbey is situated.

In July the weather is fine, sunny temperatures

often above 25°C.

Organized byLARM at DiCEM, University of Cassino and

South Latium, Italy

Supported byUniversity of Cassino and South Latium

IFToMM TC of Biomechanical Engineering

IFToMM TC of Robotics and Mechatronics

ISBE Newsletter

Editor in ChiefLuquan REN

Associate Editors in ChiefJianqiao LIRunmao WANG

Assistant Editor in ChiefXimei TIAN

Executive EditorYue GAO

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