1. TAB ReportAdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) April 23, 2005 TAB Report 1-05 Roland Siegwart VP Technical Activities roland.siegwart@epfl.ch Period: IROS 2004 – ICRA 2005 OUTLINE 1. Recent actions and events 2. TC activities 3. Distinguished lecturer program 4. Running Budget 5. Upcoming Actions and Events 6. Other business

2. TAB ReportAdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) April 23, 2005 1. Recent actions and events Most Active TC Award at ICRA 2005 Young Professional’s Lunch at ICRA 2005 Around 150 participants Good questions and manifestation of interest for our society Only around 10% of the participants know about TCs $10 student registration fees for ICRA 2005 Workshops / Tutorials Was very appreciated by all our members

3. TAB ReportAdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) April 23, 2005 2. TC activities

4. TAB ReportAdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) April 23, 2005 2. TC activities Report 2004 Workshops / Tutorials / Invited Sessions41 Journal / Special Issue / Book chapter 14 Books 1 Conference Services 7 Total 2004: 63 Total 2000 – 2004: 63

5. TAB ReportAdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) April 23, 2005 2. TC activities Most Active TC award The winners were Networked Robots Ken Goldberg, Wolfram Burgard, Nak Young Chong Semiconductor Factory Automation MuDer Jeng, Mengchu Zhou, Thomas Wen-Yao Chen They were announced at ICRA 2005 banquet Networked Robots9 333332 2 2 324 Semiconductor Factory Automation8 1 2 2333333225 Computer and Robot Vision5 1 1 2 Rehabilitation Robotics5 22 1 1 1 7 Bio-Robotics4 1 1 Micro/Nano Robotics2 12 3 Votes from 12 TC chairs

6. TAB ReportAdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) April 23, 2005 2. TC activities Dissolution of non-active TCs Discrete Event Dynamic Systems (S 00) Multisensor Fusion and Integration (F 00) Robot Motion and Path Planning (S 00) Some others need new chairs and activities Approved by TAB at ICRA 05

7. TAB ReportAdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) April 23, 2005 2. TC activities Initiative: Financial support for TCs for improving the Webpage Goals:  TCs should be recognized as the place to go for information and contacts in a field  Google-search should bring TCs on the first line  TCs should have a strong visibility outside robotics community  Web is a central element Budget:  $ 10 000 per year for three years Approved by TAB and Financial Board at ICRA 05 Needs Approval by AdCom

8. TAB ReportAdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) April 23, 2005 DL List for 2004-05 3. Distinguished Lecturers (2) Minoru Asada (04) Antonio Bicchi (04) Zenn Bien (04) Joel Burdick (04) Raja Chatila (04) Henrik Christensen (04) Peter Corke (04) Li-Chen Fu (04) Ken Goldberg (04) Shigeo Hirose (04) Brad Nelson (04) Oussama Khatib (02) Daniela Rus (04) Bruno Siciliano (04) Manuela Veloso (04) Mark Yim (04)

9. TAB ReportAdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) April 23, 2005 3. Distinguished Lecturers (1) Lectures 2004: Ken Goldberg: 11 lectures, two of them to high school students … Lectures 2005: Antonio Bicchi: Visit of Spanish Chapter on April 5-7. Manuela Veloso: Visit of UT Austin Chapter …

10. TAB ReportAdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) April 23, 2005 4. Budget 2005 Total budget 2005: $ 16.000Status $ 5.000 Young Professional’s Lunch~ used $ 1.000 for “Most Active TC Award” 2 x $500 used $ 9.000 for distinguished lectures ~$1600 allocated $ 1.000 Administrative / Operational costs (flyer, …)0

11. TAB ReportAdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) April 23, 2005 5. Upcoming Actions Collection of DL Report Election of DL (fall 2005)

12. TAB ReportAdCom Spring Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Barcelona, (Spain) April 23, 2005 6. Other business …