Exploring how animals and humans excel in adaptive movements, particularly locomotion, provides valuable insights for engineers seeking to enhance the adaptive capabilities of robots. In turn, robots serve as scientific tools to investigate the fundamental principles of biological systems, especially the neuromechanical mechanisms behind their remarkable motor abilities. This “adaptive intelligence” can be harnessed to design robots that improve our lives by assisting with locomotion. To comprehensively address the understanding of biological movement, the design of bioinspired robots, and their applications in assisting both humans and animals, we have merged the 12th AMAM symposium with the 2nd LokoAssist symposium, forming the AMAM/LokoAssist 2025 Symposium.

This event is dedicated to fostering fruitful interactions among biologists, engineers, and other researchers interested in adaptive motion. Previous AMAM symposia have been held in locations including Montreal, Canada (2000); Kyoto, Japan (2003); Ilmenau, Germany (2005); Cleveland, USA (2008); Awaji, Japan (2011); Darmstadt, Germany (2013); Cambridge, USA (2015); Sapporo, Japan (2017); Lausanne, Switzerland (2019); Virtual Platform (2021); and Kobe, Japan (2023).

By addressing the interdisciplinary challenge of integrating active locomotion devices—such as orthoses, exoskeletons, and prostheses—into the daily movement experience of users, LokoAssist will extend AMAM's focus on locomotion assistance applications. The first LokoAssist Symposium was held in Darmstadt (2023).

This AMAM/LokoAssist 2025 Symposium aims to bring together researchers from fields such as robotics, biomechanics, neuroscience, sports science, neurophysiology, brain science, prosthetics, and other disciplines related to adaptive behavior in both biological and artificial systems.

Extended Abstract Submission (Closed)

The submission system is now open and will remain available until February 28th (extended to March 10th).

To submit your extended abstract, please use the following link:

OpenReview Submission Portal (Closed)

Please note that you will need an institutional email to submit via the OpenReview portal.

Format:

The Manuscripts should not exceed three pagesin total. One page is allocated for references, and the main content of the abstract should not exceed two pages. Please use the provided templates for submission: LaTeX (preferred) or Word. Download links for both templates are available below. Manuscripts that significantly deviate from the provided templates will be returned to the authors for reformatting.

Review procedure:

Submitted abstracts will undergo a peer-review process. Accepted abstracts will be published online on the conference website and in the TU Darmstadt scientific publication database.

Presentation Format:

Accepted abstracts will be presented in two formats: poster or oral. Authors can select their preferred format during the submission process. However, the editorial committee reserves the right to change the presentation format from oral to poster due to limitations in the number of oral presentations or based on reviewer evaluations.

At least one coauthor must register and present the accepted abstract at the conference for it to be included in the proceedings.

If you have any questions during the submission process, please contact us at: amamlokoassist@gmail.com.