Membership Activities Board (MAB) Committee

1. Membership Activities Board　(MAB) Committee Makoto Kaneko VP for MAB

2. Items: (1) Current Status of Membership Summary (2) Bundle Registration (motion) (3) To Find More Chapter Activity (motion) (4) RAS-IFRR School of Robotics Science (motion) (5) RAS Virtual Community (6) Educational Committee Report

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5. (1) Current Status of Membership Summary (2) Bundle Registration (motion) (3) To Find More Chapter Activity (motion) (4) RAS-IFRR School of Robotics Science (motion) (5) RAS Virtual Community (6) Educational Committee Report

6. Registration for ICRA + Joining RAS and IEEE at ICRA Bundle Registration for non member student at ICRA Providing a reduced rate

7. 2004 ICRA Data () # of registration

8. Simulation for 2004 Data ():# of participants. RAS subscription fee $11($21:actual cost), IEEE membership fee $15 ($30 annual fee) Financial impact $4K

9. Motion:Bundle Registration for Student at ICRA Allow student to join IEEE and RAS at a reduced rate when registering for ICRA starting in 2005 ICRA.

10. (1) Current Status of Membership Summary (2) Bundle Registration (motion) (3) To Find More Chapter Activity (motion) (4) RAS-IFRR School of Robotics Science (motion) (5) RAS Virtual Community (6) Educational Committee Report

11. Background ・Chapters start with much activity. ・But their activities are gradually slow down. ・So, each chapter should be re-vitalized 　periodically.

12. To Find More Chapter Activity ・DutyVisibility of Chapter Activity, e.g. www, Annual Report ・EncouragementFinancial Support by RAS ・WarningFollow-up for Submitting Report

13. Support for Chapter Activities (Motion) • $10K per year for two years. • Chapters can submit proposal with up to a 1K budget for support of technical activities, e.g. mini-symposium, or mini-WS.

14. (1) Current Status of Membership Summary (2) Bundle Registration (motion) (3) To Find More Chapter Activity (motion) (4) RAS-IFRR School of Robotics Science (motion) (5) RAS Virtual Community (6) Educational Committee Report

15. IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) IFRR – International Foundation of Robotics Research IEEE RAS - Robotics & Automation Society IEEE-RAS / IFRR School of Robotics Science (SRS) Paolo Dario, IEEE-RAS Past-President Oussama Khatib, IFRR President

16. Aims • Providing a selected number of robotics students and young researchers with an educational opportunity of the highest scientific level, which shall represent a fundamental milestone in their careers and will enable them to feed and grow their potential to become the top robotics scientists world-wide. • The focuson robotics research of the IFRR, combined with the large membership and qualified experience in education of the IEEE-RAS, provides a unique opportunity for a full coverage of the robotics community, in terms of theoretical and experimental topics, researchers, and geographical spreading.

17. IEEE-RAS: Ronald Arkin George Bekey Paolo Dario Ruediger Dillmann Makoto Kaneko David E. Orin IFRR: Henrik Christensen Shigeo Hirose Gerd Hirzinger Oussama Khatib Yoshihiko Nakamura Shree Nayar Scientific Board

18. SRS 2004 • Attendance: 35 students • Venue: Centro Studi Santa Maria Maddalena • Accomodation: Hotel San Lino (negotiated price) • Fee: 1000$ (including luncheons and coffee-breaks) • Additional activities: • Optional tour of the Robotics Labs of the Scuola Superiore Sant’ Anna • Introduction and presentation of participants • Guided Tours of Volterra and Siena (Tuscany) • Evening Social Event • Evaluation • Local SRS Committee:Paolo Dario, Cecilia Laschi, Claudia Carnevali, Lisa Puzella • Co-sponsored by Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy

19. SRS 2004Lectures and hands-on lessons

20. School of Robotics Science • First summer school was held July 19-23, 2004. • Students taking part could form a great international channel through SRS. • SRS will not be located at the same area. Motion : IEEE Initiative for $10K per year for three years ($10K per year will be also solicited from IFRR)

21. (1) Current Status of Membership Summary (2) Bundle Registration (motion) (3) To Find More Chapter Activity (motion) (4) RAS-IFRR School of Robotics Science (motion) (5) RAS Virtual Community (6) Educational Committee Report

22. RAS Virtual Community(VC) ・Dr. Aydan Erkman, the former VP of MAB is still taking care of VC. ・The content is almost same as that she presented in AdCom in the ICRA03.

23. (1) Current Status of Membership Summary (2) Bundle Registration (motion) (3) To Find More Chapter Activity (motion) (4) RAS-IFRR School of Robotics Science (motion) (5) RAS Virtual Community (6) Educational Committee Report

24. Educational Committee Report • Curricula, teaching and pedagogical methods, teaching material, web initatives. • Conference support, workshops and tutorials, • Hardware (robots), • Visibility to educational activities, • Organization and support to our projects.

25. Concluding Remarks • More new member in RAS. • Keeping (or increasing) chapter activities. • Education, especially for young researchers including student member.

26. Bundled Registration for Students at ICRA • Allow students to join IEEE and RAS at a reduced rate when registering for ICRA (starting in 2005). • Proposed advance student registration fees: • Member : $ X • Non-member: $ X+15 • Instant RAS Member: $ X+25 • IEEE membership is $15; RAS retains $10 (half of the cost of providing the magazine) • Estimated financial impact: $4K

27. School of Robotics Science • First summer school was held July 19-23, 2004 • Approved budget from RAS was not used due to financial support from SAIC and EURON • Propose IEEE Initiative for $10K/year for three years • ($10K/year will also be solicited from IFRR)