Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines and Mechanisms

This is the proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms that was held in Beijing, China, in September 2018.  The Symposium provided an international forum for presenting and discussing historical developments in the field of Machine and Mechanism Science (MMS). Special sections focused on the following topics: .       modern reviews of past works        engineers in history, and their works        direct memories of the recent past        the development of theories        the history of the design of machines and mechanisms        development of automation and robots        the development of teaching of MMS        the schools and institutes of mechanical engineering       the heritage of machines and mechanisms