Physical and Neurological Human-Robot Interaction -- Scene-level Surface Normal Estimation from Encoded Polarization Representation -- Configuration Synthesis of four DOF knee rehabilitation parallel mechanism based on multiset theory -- Design and Analysis of a Four-Finger Three-Joint Underactuated Hand Rehabilitation Mechanism -- Human-Computer Interactive Digital-Twin System Driven by Magnetic-Inertia Fusion Data -- Motion Planning for Pelvis-Assisted Walking Training Robot -- Advanced Motion Control Technologies for Mobile Robots -- Research on motion control of underwater robot based on improved active disturbance rejection control -- Autonomous Navigation of Tracked Robot in Uneven Terrains -- DR-Informed-RRT* Algorithm: Efficient Path Planning for Quadruped Robots in Complex Environments -- Game-Theoretic Motion Planning for Multiple Vehicles at Unsignalized Intersection -- To Improve the Energy Efficiency: Modeling andControl for Quadrotor with Tiltable Wing -- Balance Control for inverted pendulum system via SGCMG -- Robot Lateral Following Method with Adaptive Linear Quadratic Regulator -- Research on Outdoor AGV Localization Method based on Adaptive Square Root Cubature Kalman Filter -- Optimization-based Coordinated Motion Planning for Redundant Wheeled Mobile Manipulator -- Efficient and Hierarchical Quadrotor Planner for Fast Autonomous Flight -- Formation Control of Unmanned Ground Vehicles Based on Broad Learning System -- Equilibrium-Compensation-Based Sliding Mode Control for Accurate Steering Tracking of a Single-Track Two-Wheeled Robot -- Adaptive Attitude Controller for a Six Wheel-Legged Robot Based on Impedance Control -- Design and Simulation of a Reconfigurable Multimode Mobile Robot with Folding Platform -- RBSAC: Rolling Balance Controller Based on Soft Actor-Critic Algorithm of the Unicycle Air Robot -- Design and Control of a MobileCable-driven Manipulator with Experimental Validation -- Autonomous Exploration for Mobile Robot in Three Dimensional Multi-Layer Space -- Model Predictive Control-based Pursuit-Evasion Game for Unmanned Surface Vessels -- Accelerated Informed RRT*: Fast and Asymptotically Path Planning Method Combined with RRT*-Connect and APF -- Intelligent Inspection Robotics -- Design and Practice of Space Station Manipulator Inspecting for Berthing Manned Spacecraft -- Research on Chain Detection of Coke Oven Inspection Robot in Complex Environment -- Powerline Detection and Accurate Localization Method Based on the Depth Image -- Dexterity of Concentric Magnetic Continuum Robot with Multiple Stiffness -- Efficient and Accurate Detector with Global Feature Aggregation for Steel Surface Defect Detection -- A Novel Radius Measurement Method for Vertical Oil Tank Based on Laser Tracking and Wall-Climbing Robot -- Kinetostatic and Cable-Hole FrictionModeling for Cable-Driven Continuum Robots -- Measurement and Application of Industrial Robot Jitter -- Attitude Control of Flapping-wing Micro Air Vehicles Based on Hyperbolic Tangent Function Sliding Mode Control -- L-EfficientUNet： Lightweight End-to-end Monocular Depth Estimation for mobile robots -- Integrated Device for Controllable Droplet Generation and Detection on Open Array Chip -- Robotics in Sustainable Manufacturing for Carbon Neutrality -- Research on Energy Consumption Prediction of Pump Truck Based on LSTM-Transformer -- Magnetically Controllable Liquid Metal Droplet Robots -- Comparative Carbon Footprint and Environmental Impacts of Lifepo4 - Licoxniymn(1-x-y)O2 Hybrid Batteries Manufacturing -- Wiring Simulation of Electric Control Cabinet Based on Industrial Robot -- Intelligent Identification Approach of Vibratory Roller Working Stages Based on Multi-Dimensional CNN -- Research status and application prospects ofmagnetically driven micro- and nanorobots -- A Novel Transfer Learning Method for Robot Bearing Fault Diagnosis Based on Deep Convolutional Residual Wasserstein Adversarial Network -- Design and Implementation of a Multifunctional Screw Disassembly Workstation -- Inverse Kinematics Solver Based on Evolutionary Algorithm and Gradient Descent for Free-Floating Space Robot -- Research on Robotic Extractors Based on Potential Energy Recovery Technology for Low-Carbon Footprint -- Innovative Design and Performance Evaluation of Robot Mechanisms - Ⅱ -- Design of a Force-controlled End-effector with Slender Flexible Beams -- Development of an Integrated Grapple Chain for a Simultaneous Three-fingered End-effector -- Screw Dynamics of the Upper Limb of a Humanoid Robot -- Research on Selective Degradation Strategy of Redundant Degrees of Freedom for Planar 6R Parallel Mechanism -- Development and Analysis of a Wheel-legged Mobile Robot for Groundand Rail Inspection.

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 Dexterous Hand 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 in Robotic 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.