Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technologies (SIGHT)

This committee shall report to the President of the Society. The mission of RAS-SIGHT is the application of robotics and automation technologies for promoting humanitarian causes around the globe, and to leverage existing and emerging technologies for the benefit of humanity and towards increasing the quality of life in underserved, underdeveloped areas in collaboration with existing global communities and organizations.

IEEE RAS-SIGHT was approved by the Society's Administrative Committee at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in St. Paul in May 2012. In September 2012, the IEEE Humanitarian Ad Hoc Committee (HAHC) approved the formation of RAS-SIGHT. IEEE RAS is the first Society to have a SIGHT!

Chair

Members

Megan Emmons

Members

Sandia National Labs
Albuquerque (NM), USA

E: memmons14k@gmail.com

Lamia Iftekhar

Members

North South University
Bashundhara, Bangladesh

E: lamia.iftekhar@northsouth.edu

G. Ayorkor Korsah

Members

Ashesi University
Ga East, Ghana

E: akorsah@ashesi.edu.gh

Cecilia Laschi

Members

National University of Singapore
Singapore

E: mpeclc@nus.edu.sg

Raj Madhavan

Members

Founding & Immediate Past Chair

U.S Department of State
Washington DC, USA

E: raj.madhavan@ieee.org

Robin Murphy

Members

Texas A&M University
College Station (TX), USA

E: robin.r.murphy@tamu.edu

Edson Prestes

Members

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre, Brazil

E: edsonprestesufrgs@gmail.com

Satoshi Tadokoro

Members

Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan

E: tadokoro@rm.is.tohoku.ac.jp

Justin Werfel

Members

Wyss Institute
Boston (MA), USA

E: justin.werfel@wyss.harvard.edu

Geert de Cubber

Members

Royal Military Academy of Belgium
Brussels, Belgium

E: Geert.Decubber@mil.be