Call for Papers
The Third Edition of Focused Section on TMECH/AIM Emerging Topics
Submissions are called for the Third Edition of Focused Section (FS) on TMECH/AIM Emerging Topics. This Focused
Section is intended to expedite publication of novel and significant research results, technology and/or conceptual
breakthrough of emerging topics within the scopes of TMECH (www.ieee-asme-mechatronics.org). It also provides therapid access to the state-of-the-art of TMECH publications within the mechatronics community.
The submitted paper must not exceed 8 TMECH published manuscript pages, excluding photos and bios of authors, andwill be subject to a peer review process in the standard of TMECH. All final accepted papers from submissions to theFocused Section will be published in August Issue of TMECH in 2022 and will be presented in the 2022 IEEE/ASME
International Conference on AIM (AIM 2022, aim2022.org). The rejected papers from submissions will be transferred tothe Program Committee of AIM 2022 for further review and consideration as contributed conference papers.
The review process for submissions to this Focused Section will be conducted in up to two rounds with one Major/Minor
Revision allowed, and the final decision falls into one of the following two categories:
1. Accept for publication in Focused Section. In this case, the paper will be accepted by AIM 2022 concurrently forpresentation only with full information of the paper to be included in the preprinted proceeding of AIM 2022. The
final publication in TMECH, however, will be subject to the completion of presentation in AIM 2022 with paid fullregistration fee.
2. Reject for publication in Focused Section (after the first or second round). In this case, the paper, as well as all
review comments, will be forwarded to the Program Committee of AIM 2022 for further consideration. A finalAccept/Reject decision will then be made by the Committee as a contributed conference paper for AIM 2022.
Manuscript preparation
Papers must contain original contributions and be prepared in accordance with the journal standards. Instructions forauthors are available online on the TMECH website.
Manuscript submission
Manuscripts should be submitted to TMECH online at: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tmech-ieee, selecting the track‘TMECH/AIM Emerging Topics’. The cover letter should include the following statement: This paper is submitted to theThird Edition of Focused Section on TMECH/AIM Emerging Topics. The full information of the paper should be uploaded
concurrently to AIM 2022 online at: ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl., noted with the given TMECH
manuscript number in the designated area.
Submission/Review/Decision Timeline (tentative):
Opening Date of TMECH/AIM FS Submission Site (first submission):
Closing Date of TMECH/AIM FS Submission Site (first submission):Full Information of TMECH/AIM FS Paper Submitted to AIM Site:
First Decision for TMECH/AIM FS Submission:
Revised TMECH/AIM FS Submission Due by:
Final Decision for TMECH/AIM FS Submission:
Final Version of TMECH/AIM FS Submission Due by:
Publication of Focused Section in TMECH:

November 1, 2021
January 5, 2022 (open to January 20)
January 5, 2022 (open to January 20)
March 1, 2022
March 26, 2022
May 2, 2022
May 15, 2022
August 2022

Contacts: For any questions related to this Call for Paper, please contact:
Xiang Chen, xchen@uwindsor.ca, Senior Editor of TMECH,
Toshiaki Tsuji, tsuji@ees.saitama-u.ac.jp, Program Chair of AIM 2022.