The 15th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2022) was held in Harbin from August 1 to 3. Master student Mr. Hao Xu from Institute of Design and Control Engineering for Heavy Equipment at School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University guided by Professor Weizhong Guo, made an oral presentation entitled“Design and Analysis of a Novel Magnetic Adhesion Robot with Passive Suspension”and won the Best Student Paper Award.

The paper focused on the special task of inspecting the steel lining welds of the nuclear power plant, and proposed a novel design of a magnetic adhesion wheeled robot (called NuBot) with passive suspension. Based on the kinematic model, the global suspension parameters are obtained utilizing the performance atlas method and the combination of several performance indicators (e.g., the global stiffness). Considering the slip and overturning conditions, its safety adhesion capacity under various typical working conditions is analyzed and verified by the prototype. The research has been applied for 2 national invention patents, which provide a new technical approach for unmanned inspection process of nuclear power plant and reducing labor intensity and safety risk. The research work is supported by Shanghai Nuclear Star Nuclear Power Technology Co., Ltd. and the State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration. The authors of the paper includes Hao Xu, Youcheng Han, Weizhong Guo, Mingda He and Li Yinghui.

The International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA) is one of the world-renowned conferences in the field of robotics, and an academic conference with great influence in the field of robotics, which is held once a year. The theme of this year conference is "Smart Robotics for Society", which aims to promote the development of global robotics technology and applications, and shows the latest international researches in robotics, automation, mechatronics and robot applications. A total of 287 papers were received this time, and 2 best student paper awards and 10 nomination awards were delivered.

Paper Link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-13822-5_33