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Jian Dai

Professor Jian Dai

Emeritus Professor of Mechanisms and Robotics

  • Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), the IEEE (FIEEE), the ASME (FASME) and the IMechE (FIMechE)
  • Editor-in-Cheif of Robotica
  • Subject Editor of Mechanism and Machine Theory
  • Associate Editor of Transactions of ASME, Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics
  • Associate Editor of Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Proc of IMechE
  • Vice-Chair of IFToMM UK Board
  • Editor-in-Cheif of ROBOTICA
  • Subject Editor of Mechanism and Machine Theory

Research interests

  • Engineering

Biography

About

  • FREng, FRSA, FIEEE, FASME, FIMechE
  • Chair of IFToMM UK Board
  • Past Chair of ASME UK & Ireland Section

Research interests

  • Kinematics and screw algebra
  • Mechanism theory and development
  • Reconfigurable mechanisms and robots
  • Manipulation theory and multifingered hands
  • Rehabilitation and medical robotics
  • Robotised packaging and industrial robotics

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    Research

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    Design & Mechatronics

    Fusing mechanical, electrical and control engineering.

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    Manufacturing, Materials & Systems

    Design, manufacturing and processing

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    Centre for Robotics Research

    The group develops solutions to critical challenges faced in society where robot-centric approaches can improve outcomes.

    News

    King's reconfigurable robot wins prestigious best paper award

    Based on a novel design harnessing the power of nature, ‘Origaker’ was awarded ‘Best Paper’ by the ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics.

    Origaker robot

    King's academics elected to Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering

    Professors Ourselin and Dai elected Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering

    RAEng fellows 2021

    King's Professor receives international award

    Professor Jian Dai awarded the 2020 Machine Design Award by ASME

    Professor Jian Dai

    King's Engineer wins lifelong achievement award

    Professor Jian S Dai wins prestigious award from the American Society of Machine Engineers (ASME).

    Professor Jian S Dai

    Informatics Professor named as IEEE Fellow

    Professor Jian Dai, Department of Informatics, has been named as a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). IEEE has over...

    Professor Jian Dai

    Robots of the Future Shaped by Arts and Nature

    On 3 November 2016, in King’s College London’s Great Hall, Professor Jian S Dai, ASME Fellow and IMechE Fellow, was invited to give a Distinguished Lecture to...

    Professor Jian S Dai

    Spotlight

    Rehabilitation using robots

    How robots can help with physical rehabilitation

    robot

      Research

      kickstarter-robot-image
      Design & Mechatronics

      Fusing mechanical, electrical and control engineering.

      Cogs orange
      Manufacturing, Materials & Systems

      Design, manufacturing and processing

      main-article-metamorphic-hand new 7 (final new)
      Centre for Robotics Research

      The group develops solutions to critical challenges faced in society where robot-centric approaches can improve outcomes.

      News

      King's reconfigurable robot wins prestigious best paper award

      Based on a novel design harnessing the power of nature, ‘Origaker’ was awarded ‘Best Paper’ by the ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics.

      Origaker robot

      King's academics elected to Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering

      Professors Ourselin and Dai elected Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering

      RAEng fellows 2021

      King's Professor receives international award

      Professor Jian Dai awarded the 2020 Machine Design Award by ASME

      Professor Jian Dai

      King's Engineer wins lifelong achievement award

      Professor Jian S Dai wins prestigious award from the American Society of Machine Engineers (ASME).

      Professor Jian S Dai

      Informatics Professor named as IEEE Fellow

      Professor Jian Dai, Department of Informatics, has been named as a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). IEEE has over...

      Professor Jian Dai

      Robots of the Future Shaped by Arts and Nature

      On 3 November 2016, in King’s College London’s Great Hall, Professor Jian S Dai, ASME Fellow and IMechE Fellow, was invited to give a Distinguished Lecture to...

      Professor Jian S Dai

      Spotlight

      Rehabilitation using robots

      How robots can help with physical rehabilitation

      robot