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

Tony Maciejewski

Vice President – Technical Activities

Colorado State University
Fort Collins (CO), USA

E: aam@colostate.edu

Associate Vice President

Yasuhisa Hirata

Associate Vice President

Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan

E: hirata@srd.mech.tohoku.ac.jp

Biyun Xie

Associate Vice President

University of Kentucky
Lexington (KY), USA

E: Biyun.Xie@uky.edu

Members

Robert Ambrose

Members

NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston (TX), USA

E: robert.o.ambrose@nasa.gov

Marcelo Ang

Members

National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore

E: mpeangh@nus.edu.sg

Fumihito Arai

Members

Nagoya University
Nagoya, Japan

E: arai@mech.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Maria Pia Fanti

Members

Polytechnic of Bari
Bari, Italy

E: mariapia.fanti@poliba.it

Torsten Kroeger

Members

Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT)
Karlsruhe, Germany

E: torsten@kit.edu

Cecilia Laschi

Members

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSA)
Pisa, Italy

E: cecilia.laschi@santannapisa.it

Kevin Lynch

Members

Northwestern University
Evanston (IL), United States

E: ieee-tro@northwestern.edu

Allison Okamura

Members

Stanford University
Stanford (CA), USA

E: aokamura@stanford.edu

Bram Vanderborght

Members

Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussel, Belgium

E: bram.vanderborght@vub.ac.be

Richard Voyles

Members

Purdue University
West Lafayette (IN), USA

E: rvoyles@purdue.edu

Michael Yu Wang

Members

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong

E: mywang@ust.hk

Website:
http://ri.ust.hk/

Past VP- Senior Advisor

Lianqing Liu

Past Vice President - Senior Advisor

Chinese Academy of Sciences
Liaoning, China

E: lqliu@sia.cn

RAS President

Seth Hutchinson

President

Georgia Tech
Atlanta (GA), USA

E: seth@gatech.edu