Distinguished Special Session

AIM Commemorative Forum – Open Up to the Future

The 1st global rotation of the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM) was inaugurated in Tokyo, Japan (1997), then in Atlanta, USA (1999), and completed in Como, Italy (2001). In 2022, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of 1st AIM edition in Sapporo, Japan. Now in 2024, we take this opportunity to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the AIM global rotation held in North America with an AIM Commemorative Forum in AIM 2024 in Boston. We will invite past AIM conference chairpersons to share their reflections, insights, and visions for mechatronics in the years to come. We also wish to take the opportunity to discuss the open-up for the future of AIM conference through this Commemorative Forum. Mechatronics is an interdisciplinary subject contributing to enabling technology for manufacturing, automation, robotics, IoT, and many domain-specific applications like healthcare, environment, sustainability, and energy. AIM, as an offspring flagship conference of IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMech), will continue to promote emerging research topics in mechatronics and play a crucial role in shaping the future industry in the age of AI & Robotics.

Key Milestones for AIM Conference:
AIM 1997 – Inaugural edition of AIM in Tokyo, Japan
AIM 1999 – First edition held in North America and full conference proceedings published (Atlanta, USA)
AIM 2001 – First edition held in Europe (Como, Italy)
AIM 2005 – Full web based conference management in Papercept (Monterey, USA)
AIM 2008 – First edition since changing from bi-annual event to annual event (Xi’An, China)
AIM 2018 – First edition with installation of Conference Editorial Board (CEB) (Auckland, New Zealand)
AIM 2020 – Inaugural edition with TMECH/AIM Emerging Technology Focused Section & Presentation
AIM 2022 – 25th Anniversary Celebration of AIM (Sapporo, Japan)