Technical Activities Board
The Technical Activities Board (TAB) focuses on the research content of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, tracking technical developments and encouraging innovation in: applications, theory, models, metrics, experiments, architectures, products, initiatives, and other technical areas. The TAB oversees the Technical Committees and the Distinguished Lecturer programs. The TAB is chaired by the Vice President for Technical Activities. Members of the TAB include all current Technical Committee Co-Chairs, and five members appointed by the RAS President.
Vice President - Technical Activities

Lianqing Liu
Vice President – Technical Activities
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Liaoning, China
Liaoning, China
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Associate Vice Presidents

Imad Elhajj
Associate Vice President
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon
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Yasuhisa Hirata
Associate Vice President
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
Sendai, Japan
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Aaron Ohta
Associate Vice President
University of Hawaii
Honolulu (HI), USA
Honolulu (HI), USA
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Members

Antonio Bicchi
Members
University of Pisa, Pisa (PI), Italy
IIT Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
IIT Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
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Torsten Kroeger
Members
Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT)
Karlsruhe, Germany
Karlsruhe, Germany
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Raj Madhavan
Members
Humanitarian Robotics Technologies, LLC
Maryland, USA
Maryland, USA
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Max Meng
Members
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong, China
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Brad Nelson
Members
ETH Zurich, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems
Zurich, Switzerland
Zurich, Switzerland
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Frank Park
Members
Seoul National University, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Jindong Tan
Members
University of Tennessee
Knoxville (TN), USA
Knoxville (TN), USA
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Bram Vanderborght
Members
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussel, Belgium
Brussel, Belgium
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Hesheng Wang
Members
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Shanghai, China
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Michael Yu Wang
Members
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Robotics Institute, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Jianwei Zhang
Members
University of Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg, Germany
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RAS President

Wolfram Burgard
President
University of Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
Freiburg, Germany
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