IFToMM 2007 WORLD CONGRESS FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

1 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROGRAM-TOPICS The World Congress, which is held every 4 years and is the largest conference for mechanism and machine science, will cover the general areas of theory and practice of machines and mechanisms. The topics cover those of the IFToMM Technical Committees, some of the Permanent Commissions, and others not covered by these, that are of relevance to MMS, Mechanism and Machine Science, namely, ① Computational kinematics, Ck;② Gearing and transmissions, Gt;③ Human-machine systems, Hms;④ Linkages and cams, Lc;⑤ Mechatronics, Me; ⑥Micromechanisms, Mm; ⑦ Nonlinear oscillations, No;⑧ Robotics, Rb; ⑨ Rotor dynamics,