(The following topics include but are not limited to)
Track 1: Intelligent Materials and Bionic Structural Design
Stimuli-responsive Polymer and Network Materials
Liquid Crystal Elastomers and Artificial Muscle Materials
Bionic Hierarchical Structures and Multi-level Architectures Design
Origami/Origami-like Metamaterials and Programmable Structures
Mechanical Metamaterials and Mechanical Intelligence
Self-repairing, Self-regulating and Steady-state Materials
Biological Hybridization and Living Materials
Lightweight and Multi-stable Deployable Structures
Energy Harvesting and Self-powered Material Systems
4D Printing and Multi-material Additive Manufacturing
Optically/ Magnetically/Electromagnetically Controllable Deformation Actuating Materials
Flexible Electronics and Stretchable Conductive Materials
Bionic Surfaces and Interface Materials
Track 2: Bionic Machinery and Soft Robotics Systems
Bionic Motion Patterns and Structural Bionics
Design of Soft Actuators and Aerodynamic/Dielectric Elastic Body Drives
Multimodal Flexible Sensing and Proprioception (Sensory Perception)
Bionic Grippers and Non-destructive Operation Techniques
Biologically Inspired Neural Network Control and Synthetic Nervous System
Soft Robot Modeling and Control Strategies
Micro-nano Scale Soft Robots
Medical Rehabilitation and Biomedical Soft Robots
Multimodal Perception Based on Soft Tactile Sensors
Bionic Grips/Continuous Body Robot Design and Perception Fusion
System Integration and Packaging of Flexible Actuators
Wearable Assistive Devices and Rehabilitation Engineering
Track 3: Intelligent and Digital Manufacturing
3D and 4D Printing (Additive Manufacturing)
High Precision and Micro-scale Manufacturing
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Factories
Robots and Automation in Production
Digital Twinning and Virtual Factories
Green Energy-Efficient Production
Laser and Special Cutting Methods
Intelligent Factories Based on Internet of Things and Sensors
Connection, Coating and Surface Technologies
Fast and Flexible Manufacturing Systems
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