1. TAB ReportAdCom Fall Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society San Francisco, October 16, 2005 TAB Report 2-05 Roland Siegwart VP Technical Activities roland.siegwart@epfl.ch Period: ICRA 2005 – today OUTLINE 1. Recent actions and events 2. TC activities 3. Distinguished lecturer program 4. Budget 2006 5. Review 2004-05 6. Upcoming Actions and Events

2. TAB ReportAdCom Fall Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society San Francisco, October 16, 2005 1. Recent actions and events Ken Goldberg (VP elect) established a Web based TAB Database: http://thth.berkeley.edu/tab-db/

3. TAB ReportAdCom Fall Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society San Francisco, October 16, 2005 2. TC activities Updated TC list TC Report 2005 will be presented at ICRA 2006

4. TAB ReportAdCom Fall Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society San Francisco, October 16, 2005 DL List for 2004-05 DL 2006-2007 will be proposed by President elect 3. Distinguished Lecturers (1) 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)

5. TAB ReportAdCom Fall Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society San Francisco, October 16, 2005 3. Distinguished Lecturers (2) Lectures 2005 with financial support: Antonio Bicchi:  Visit of Spanish Chapter, April 5-7 €426  Visit of Mexican Chapter, August 25/26$ 1500 Mark Yim  Visit of IEEE Alaska Section, October 21/22$ 1500 Manuela Veloso:  Visit of UT Austin Chapter$ ?? Many other lectures without financial support

6. TAB ReportAdCom Fall Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society San Francisco, October 16, 2005 4. Budget 2006 Total budget 2006: $ 26.000 $ 5.000 Young Professional’s Lunch $ 1.000 for “Most Active TC Award” $ 9.000 for distinguished lectures $ 1.000 Administrative / Operational costs (flyer, …) $ 10.000 as support for improving the TC Webpages

7. TAB ReportAdCom Fall Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society San Francisco, October 16, 2005 5. Review 2004-05 Young Professional’s Lunch at ICRA 2005 Around 150 participants Good questions and manifestation of interest for our society $ 10 student registration fees for ICRA 2005 Workshops / Tutorials Financial support for improving visibility and Webpages of TCs Most Active TC Award at ICRA 2005 Networked Robots Ken Goldberg, Wolfram Burgard, Nak Young Chong Semiconductor Factory Automation MuDer Jeng, Mengchu Zhou, Thomas Wen-Yao Chen 6 new TCs and 8 TC closed

8. TAB ReportAdCom Fall Meeting IEEE Robotics and Automation Society San Francisco, October 16, 2005 6. Upcoming Actions Handing over the torch to Ken Goldberg Thanks for your collaboration and support