IEEE ICMA 2026

Plenary Talks

Plenary Talk 1

Human Centered Autonomy

Henrik Christensen, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor and Director of Robotics

Contextual Robotics Institute

University of California, San Diego

https://cri.ucsd.edu

Plenary Talk 2

Industrial Exoskeletons: Health, Safety and Productivity in the Workplace of the Future

Prof. Darwin G Caldwell, FREng FIEEE MAE CEng

Founding Director

Italian Institute of Technology (IIT)

Vice President IEEE RAS (Robotics and Automation Society)

Director, Department of Advanced Robotic IIT

Via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy

Email: darwin.caldwell@iit.it

Plenary Talk 3

Robotics and Automation in the Microscopic World for Biomedical Innovations

Fumihito Arai

Professor

Department of Bioengineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

The University of Tokyo

http://www.biorobotics.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index_e.html

Keynote Speech

Keynote Speech 1

Energy Harvesting Mechanism of the Oscillating Hydrofoil Tidal Energy Harvesting Device

Xu Jianan, Ph.D.

Professor and Dean

College of Electromechanical Engineering

Harbin Engineering University, China

http://meec.hrbeu.edu.cn/