The presentations of the technical papers in this volume have been grouped in accordance to specialized areas of robotics and manufacturing for easy access to the reader. The 145 technical papers cover topics in these important areas: Kinematics and Dynamics, Path and Task Planning, Sensors, Magnetic Levitation and Control Architectures, Robotic Control, Robots in Unstructured Environments, Redundant and Flexible Robots, Automated and Flexible Manufacturing, AI and Simulation, Dual and Mobile Robots, Education and Research, and Neural Networks and Learning.