Innovative Design and Performance Evaluation of Robot Mechanisms - Ⅱ -- Design and Analysis of a Novel Ring Truss Deployable Antenna Mechanism -- Model-based Performance Enhancement for Compound Twisted and Coiled Actuators -- Lightweight design method of stacker column structure based on multi-parameter sensitivity analysis -- Optimum Design of 3-UPS/S Parallel Humanoid Wrist Joint -- Kinematic Analysis of Overrunning on a Swing Arm Tracked Mobile Chassis -- Design and Implementation of a Modular Self-reconfigurable Spherical Robot Connected by Magnetic Force -- Graph Synthesis of Generalized Parallel Mechanisms with Coupling Sub-Chains -- Analysis of Mechanism Elastodynamic Performance in Automatic Excavating Process of Excavating Robot -- Measurement and Analysis of End Jitter of Six-axis Industrial Robots -- Description of configuration transformation matrix of reconfigurable mechanism and automatic retrieval and recognition of motionmode -- Design of a voice coil motor-driven multi-DOF parallel micropositioning stage -- Structural Design of a Multi mode Variable Coupling Multi axis Parallel Mobile Robot -- Design and Kinematic Analysis of DNA Nanomachines -- Design and analysis of a new type of solar panel -- Cutting-edge Research in Robotics -- Real-Time Monitoring System of Spray-Painting Robot Based on Five-Dimension Digital Twin Model -- A Methodology for Optimization Design of Parallel Manipulators with Similar Stiffness Performance Design -- Collaborative Robot-Oriented Joint Real-time Control Based on Heterogeneous Embedded Platform -- A Novel Sensitivity Analysis Method for Geometric Errors of a Parallel Spindle Head -- A Novel Prognostic Method for Wear of Sliding Bearing based on SFENN -- Accurate Interpolation Algorithm Based on Fir Filters with Local Dynamic Adjustment -- Investigation of Soft Acoustic Waveguide Dispersion for Wearable Strain Sensing in Human Motion Monitoring -- Design and Optimization of Compliant Rotational Hinge Based on Curved Beam -- A Visual-Inertial Fusion Mapping and Localization System Using AprilTag in GNSS-Denied Scenes -- An Orientation Measurement Method for Industry Robot Based on Laser Tracker -- Programming the Motion of Nanofiber Mat Actuator Through an Area Selective Epoxy Coating Method -- Design of a Multi-Robot Digital Twin System with Bidirectional Motion Synchronization Capabilities.

The 9-volume set LNAI 14267-14275 constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2023, which took place in Hangzhou, China, during July 5-7, 2023. The 413 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 630 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Human-Centric Technologies for Seamless Human-Robot Collaboration; Multimodal Collaborative Perception and Fusion; Intelligent Robot Perception in Unknown Environments; Vision-Based Human Robot Interaction and Application. Part II: Vision-Based Human Robot Interaction and Application; Reliable AI on Machine Human Reactions; Wearable Sensors and Robots; Wearable Robots for Assistance, Augmentation and Rehabilitation of Human Movements; Perception and Manipulation of Dexterous Hand for Humanoid Robot. Part III: Perception and Manipulation of DexterousHand for Humanoid Robot; Medical Imaging for Biomedical Robotics; Advanced Underwater Robot Technologies; Innovative Design and Performance Evaluation of Robot Mechanisms; Evaluation of Wearable Robots for Assistance and Rehabilitation; 3D Printing Soft Robots. Part IV: 3D Printing Soft Robots; Dielectric Elastomer Actuators for Soft Robotics; Human-like Locomotion and Manipulation; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning for Smart Robots. Part V: Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning for Smart Robots; Robotic Tactile Sensation, Perception, and Applications; Advanced Sensing and Control Technology for Human-Robot Interaction; Knowledge-Based Robot Decision-Making and Manipulation; Design and Control of Legged Robots. Part VI: Design and Control of Legged Robots; Robots in Tunnelling and Underground Space; Robotic Machining of Complex Components; Clinically Oriented Design inRobotic Surgery and Rehabilitation; Visual and Visual-Tactile Perception for Robotics. Part VII: Visual and Visual-Tactile Perception for Robotics; Perception, Interaction, and Control of Wearable Robots; Marine Robotics and Applications; Multi-Robot Systems for Real World Applications; Physical and Neurological Human-Robot Interaction. Part VIII: Physical and Neurological Human-Robot Interaction; Advanced Motion Control Technologies for Mobile Robots; Intelligent Inspection Robotics; Robotics in Sustainable Manufacturing for Carbon Neutrality; Innovative Design and Performance Evaluation of Robot Mechanisms. Part IX: Innovative Design and Performance Evaluation of Robot Mechanisms; Cutting-Edge Research in Robotics.