Opening Remarks: Prof. Anthony Tzes, New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Host-Prof. Farshad Khorrami, New York University, USA	KN-Prof. Ramesh K. Agarwal, Washington University in St. Louis, USA (IEEE Fellow)
KN-Prof. Ruqiang Yan (IEEE Fellow, ASME Fellow), Xi'an Jiaotong University, China	IS-Prof. Li Guo, Hunan University, China	IS-Dr. Yannick Verbelen, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

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Excellent presenters of each session:

Onsite session 1
Title: An Elastic Shoulder Joint for Humanoid Robotics Application
Authors：Sharafatdin Yessirkepov, Timur Umurzakov, Rassul Shaimerdenov and Michele Folgheraiter
Presenter: Sharafatdin Tanzipovich Yessirkepov, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan

Onsite session 2
Title:Efficient Real-Time Localization in Prior Indoor Maps Using Semantic SLAM
Authors：Raktim Gautam Goswami, Palacherla Venkat Amith, Jagennath Hari, Akanksha Dhaygude, Prashanth Krishnamurthy, Johnross Rizzo, Anthony Tzes and Farshad Khorrami
Presenter: Prashanth Krishnamurthy, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, USA

Onsite session 3
Title: Intelligent Power Management Control System Modelling for Battery/Supercapacitor Electric Vehicles using MBSE and SysML
Authors: Mohammed-Amine MOSSADAK, Ahmed Chebak, Abdelhafid AIT ELMAHJOUB
Presenter: Mohammed-Amine MOSSADAK, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco

Onsite session 4
Title: Impact Force Location and Intensity Identification Using Joint-Position Sensors in Humanoids
Authors: Samia Choueiri, Hassan Diab, Michel Owayjan, Roger Achkar
Presenter: Samia Choueiri, American University of Science and Technology, Lebanon

Onsite session 5
Title: Developing an agent-based simulation model for predicting technology acceptance at border crossing points
Authors: Sarang Shaikh, Sule Yildirim Yayilgan
Presenter: Sarang Shaikh, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway

Onsite session 6
Title: UAV-Navigation using Map Slicing and Safe Path Computation
Authors: Halil Utku Unlu, Dimitris Chaikalis, Athanasios Tsoukalas, Anthony Tzes
Presenter: Halil Utku Unlu, New York University, United Arab Emirates

Online session 1
Title: The Estimation of Ocean-current Velocity for AUV using Optimization-Based Alignment
Authors: Yongjiang Huang and Xixiang Liu
Presenter: Yongjiang Huang, Southeast University, China

Online session 2
Title: Hierarchical reinforcement learning for in-hand robotic manipulation using Davenport chained rotations
Authors: Francisco Roldan Sanchez, Qiang Wang, David Cordova Bulens, Kevin McGuinness, Stephen Redmond, Noel O'Connor
Presenter: Francisco Roldan Sanchez, Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics, Ireland

Online session 3
Title: RL-DWA Omnidirectional Motion Planning for Person Followingin Domestic Assistance and Monitoring
Authors: Andrea Eirale, Mauro Martini and Marcello Chiaberge
Presenter: Andrea Eirale, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Online session 4
Title: Robot-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery Bone Pose Identification Using Task-Specific Capability Maps
Authors: Jay Ryan U. Roldan, Min Yang Jung, Feimo Shen, Dejan Milutinović
Presenter: Jay Ryan U. Roldan, University of California, USA