20th International Symposium on

ADVANCES IN ROBOT KINEMATICS

(ARK2026)

Barcelona, June 28 – July 2, 2026

ARK 2026
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CO-CHAIRS

Federico Thomas, Spanish National Research Council, Spain
Alba Pérez, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain



HONORARY STEERING COMMITTEE


Jorge Angeles, McGill University, Canada
Manfred Husty, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Oussama Khatib, Stanford University, USA
Jadran Lenarčič, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Jean-Pierre Merlet, INRIA, France
J. Michael McCarthy, University of California at Irvine, USA
Vincenzo Parenti-Castelli, University of Bologna, Italy
Frank Park, Seoul National University, Korea
Bernard Roth, Stanford University, USA
Bruno Siciliano, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Oscar Altuzarra
, University of the Basc Country, Spain
Marco Carricato
, University of Bologna, Italy
Damien Chablat
, LS2N-CNRS Nantes, France
Andrés Kecskeméthy
, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Gökhan Kiper
, İzmir Institute of Technology, Turkey
Pierre Larochelle
, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, USA
Andreas Müller
, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
Georg Rauter
, University of Basel, Switzerland
Jon Selig
, London South Bank University, UK
Gim Song Soh
, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Aleš Ude
, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Philippe Wenger
, LS2N-CNRS Nantes, France

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Jaume Franch, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
Victor Vilchez, Spanish National Research Council, Spain
Lluis Ros, Spanish National Research Council, Spain
Albert Català, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, Spain


PUBLISHING CHAIR

 Josep M. Porta, Spanish National Research Council, Spain




  Graphic art courtesy of Jadran Lenarčič, ARK Alma Mater