Technology Developments: the Role of Mechanism and Machine Science and IFToMM

<p>Preface.- 1. General Considerations.- Activity and trends in MMS from  IFToMM community, by Marco Ceccarelli.- Promoting novel approaches of MMS for sustainable energy Applications,   by  Ion Visa.- Role of MMS and IFToMM in Iberomaerican community and open perspectives,  by Emilio Bautista Paz  and  Justo Nieto Nieto.-  India's contributions over the last 40 years in Turbine Blade dynamics,  by Jammi S. Rao.- A brief history of legged Robotics, by P.J. Csonka and Kenneth J. Waldron.- 2. Viewpoints by Chairs of IFToMM Technical Committees and Permanent Commissions.- The History of Mechanism and Machine Science (HMMS) and </p><p>IFToMM’s Permanent Commission for HMMS, by Teun Koetsier, Hanfried Kerle, Hong-Sen Yan.- On the development of an electronic dictionary for IFToMM  by Antonius J Klein-Breteler.-  The role of mechanism models for motion generation in mechanical engineering,   by Hanfried Kerle,  Burkhard Corves, Klaus Mauersberger, Karl-Heinz Modler.- Development of Computational Kinematics within the IFToMM Community,  by Doina Pisla and Manfred L. Husty.-  Theory and practice of gearing in MMS,  by Veniamin I. Goldfarb.-  ThinkMOTION: Digital Mechanism and Gear Library goes Europeana,  by Burkhard CORVES, Torsten BRIX, Ulf Döring.- Micromachines: the role of the mechanisms community, by G.K. Ananthasuresh.-  Role of MMS and IFToMM in Multibody Dynamics, by Javier Cuadrado, Jose Escalona, Werner Schiehlen, Robert Seifried.- State-of-the-art and trends of development of reliability of  machines and mechanisms, by Irina V. Demiyanushko.- Role of MMS and IFToMM in Robotics and Mechatronics,  by I-Ming Chen.-  Role of MMS and IFToMM in the creation of novel automotive transmissions and hybrids,  by Madhusudan Raghavan .-  Advancements and future of Tribology from IFToMM, by Jianbin Luo.- 3. Experiences and views by IFToMM Member Organizations.-  MMS and IFToMM in Armenia: History, Present Trends and Perspectives, by Yuri Sargsyan.- Role of MMS and IFToMM in Belarus by Vladimir Algin.-  The Role of ABCM on Engineering and Mechanical Sciences in Brazil and its Relationship with IFToMM, by João Carlos Mendes Carvalho.-  Contributions to the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science  by the IFToMM Canadian Community (CCToMM), by M.J.D. Hayes, R. Boudreau, J.A. Carretero, R.P. Podhorodesk.- Some Recent Advances in Mechanisms and Robotics in China-Beijing,  by Tian Huang.-  Role of Mechanism and Machine Science in Taiwan, </p><p>by Hong-Sen Yan Zhang Hua Fong,Ying Chien Tsai, Cheng Kuo Sung, Jao Hwa Kuang, Chung Biau Tsay, Shyi Jeng Tsai, Dar Zen Chen, Tyng Liu, Jyh Jone Lee Shuo Hung Chang.- Czech contribution to the role of mechanism and machine science and IFToMM, by Miroslav Václavík, Ladislav Půst, Jaromír Horáček, Jiří Mrázek, Štefan Sega.-  Role of MMS in the development of Mechanical Engineering Research in Georgia,  by Nodar Davitashvili.-  The Role of MMS (Mechanism and Machine Science) and  IFToMM in Greece, by Thomas G. Chondros.- MMS at University level in Hungary  within the IFToMM Community,  by  Elisabeth Filemon.- Developments in the field of Machines and Mechanisms in India over the ages,  by C. Amarnath.-  Role of MMS and IFToMM in Italy: The influence of IFToMM and MMS in Italian culture of presence by Alberto Rovetta.- Achievements in Machine Mechanism Science in Lithuania, by Vytautas Ostasevicius.- The Mexican Contribution to Mechanism and Machine Science and Technology,  by Ricardo Chicurel-Uziel, Alberto Caballero-Ruiz, Leopoldo Ruiz-Huerta,  Alfonso  Pámanes-García.-  The Significance and Role of IFToMM Poland in the Creative Development of Mechanism and Machine Science, by Józef Wojnarowki.-  The Romanian Association for the Mechanisms and Machines Science – Past, Present and Future, by Ion Visa.- Formation and development of MMS in Russia with participation of Russia in IFToMM activity, by Nikolay V. Umnov and Victor A. Glazunov.- Role of MMS and IFToMM in Slovakia by S. Segla, P. Solek.-  The role of MMS and IFToMM influence in Spain, by Fernando Viadero, Vicente Díaz, A. Fernández and A. Gauchía.-  Ultra High Precision Robotics: a potential attractive area of  interest for MM and IFToMM,  by Reymond Clavel, Bérangère Le Gall, Mohamed Bouri.- Teaching and research in mechanism theory and robotics in Tunisia, by Lotfi Romdhane. A. Mlika.- Contributions to MMS and IFToMM from USA, by Kenneth J. Waldron.- Name index.    </p><p> </p><p>