AIM 2020 will soon take place virtually in Zoom. For this year’s conference, the conference organizers are offering additional resources to enrich the attendee experience. Post-presentation discussions and attendee-to-attendee communication will be supplemented by Slack, whereas a digital alternative to physical posters will be provided by a virtual poster gallery on Mozilla Hubs. We hope that these tools will help you connect with other attendees and allow richer discussions. For more details, please visit:

Navigating AIM 2020: https://aim2020.org/navigating-aim-2020/

Information for Chairs and Co-Chairs: https://aim2020.org/information-for-chairs-and-co-chairs/

Information for presenters: https://aim2020.org/information-for-presenters/

1. Best Conference Paper Award: the winner will receive a cash prize of $800, and other finalists will receive $400 each, along with certificates;
2. Best Student Paper Award: the winner will receive a cash prize of $800, and other finalists will receive $400 each, along with certificates;
3. Student Design Competition: Cash prizes will be given out to three winners (first place – $800, second place $500, third place $300) as well as three honorable mentions ($200 each). For the teams working with the Nvidia TX2 platform, one additional winner ($500) and one additional honorable mention ($200) will be selected. All winners and participants will receive certificates.
4. Best Poster Award: Authors of the best poster from Late Breaking Results Posters will receive $400 cash prize along with a certificate.

All of the above awards will be given at the Conference Award Ceremony on July 9, 2020. The cash prizes are sponsored jointly by the State Key Lab of Fluid Power & Mechatronic Systems at Zhejiang University (China), Shanghai Guimu Robot Co. Ltd, School of Engineering of Rutgers University, the University of Texas at Arlington, and AIAA Intelligent Systems. We greatly appreciate their generosity.

As IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2020) will be held fully online, we will be offering you different options to prepare and present your paper, poster, design competition, etc. Please submit your participation files to Papercept by June 17, 2020. Read more here.

Additional information on participation links to the conference in July will be communicated to you through Papercept in the near future.

The safety and well-being of all conference participants is our priority. IEEE has been monitoring the developing COVID-19 pandemic (Coronavirus). 

The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 (Coronavirus) to be a pandemic. Many governments have enacted travel bans and numerous states and local governments are prohibiting large or even moderately sized public gatherings. Such bans on travel and public gatherings are likely to increase in number and scope in the coming weeks. 

After studying and evaluating the announcements, guidance, and news released by relevant national departments, we are sorry to announce that the in-person gathering of The 2020 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2020), scheduled to be held July 6-10, 2020 in Sheraton Boston Hotel at Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts, USA has been canceled. 

AIM 2020 will now be held as a virtual conference, to be held July 6 – 10, 2020. 

Information on the virtual conference will be confirmed in the coming days.  

Again, we apologize for any inconvenience this has caused and please contact aim2020@soe.rutgers.edu with any questions you may have.

Kind regards, 

Jingang Yi

As you are likely already aware, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic, and now there are many restrictions on travel and in-person convening.

The health and safety of our event participants are of paramount importance to IEEE. We will continue to monitor travel advisories issued by WHO and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as well as heed the guidance of local and regional authorities.  We will continue to work with our partners at Sheraton Boston Hotel at Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts, USA to remain current on the city’s preparedness to deal with any needs.

Additionally, at this time, the Organizing Committee of The 2020 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2020) scheduled for 6 – 10 July 2020 is discussing the potential to postpone this year’s event, or hold a virtual meeting event should that become a necessity.  This decision will be reached after carefully considering all available information and consulting with the event’s sponsors.  At this time, we expect to be able to provide an update on our plans on or before 5 May 2020.

Travel Booking Guidance

At this time, we encourage you to book a flight that offers a refund or no change fee, or to hold off until a decision is reached. Some airlines may offer refunds if travel is canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please check with your airline provider for details.

It is unlikely that travel insurance coverage will apply to the cancellation of your trip due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please read all travel insurance policies thoroughly.

Travel Guidelines

We urge all travelers to keep informed on risks, precautions, and symptoms to make educated decisions. Travelers can check for updated information on the following sites:

• World Health Organization’s website on the COVID-19 pandemic: (https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus)
• Centers for Disease Control’s reference materials: (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html)
• S. Department of State COVID-19 Travel Advisories: (https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/ea/covid-19-information.html)

As things evolve, the AIM’2020 organizers will continue to closely monitor the situation and development of COVID-19. At this point, we are planning to hold the conference as planned.

1. All types of submissions are currently under review and the scheduled timelines are still held as planned. 
2. We are currently developing contingency plans, in case that travel restrictions continue. We may consider a purely virtual conference, a hybrid conference with some attendees on-site and others remote, or any other alternative plans. 

Further information will be posted on this website when available.

• Contributed and Invited Papers: March 8, 2020
• Invited Session Proposal: March 1, 2020
• Workshop Proposal: March 1, 2020
• Student Design Competition Entry: April 15, 2020

*All deadlines are 23:59pm US PDT

Submission instructions

Looking forward to your contributions!

For details, please see https://aim2020.org/sponsorship/ and the Call for Sponsorship.

The goal of the TMech paper submission with AIM presentation option (i.e., TMech/AIM concurrent submission) is to integrate timely peer-reviewed journal articles with the AIM venue to bring broader impacts on mechatronics research. Please find here the detailed submission procedure and download the Call for Paper here: TMech-AIM-CFP.