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

Antonio Bicchi

Members

University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
IIT Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy

E: antonio.bicchi@gmail.com

Torsten Kroeger

Members

Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT)
Karlsruhe, Germany

E: torsten@kit.edu

Raj Madhavan

Members

Humanitarian Robotics Technologies, LLC
Maryland, USA

E: raj.madhavan@ieee.org

Website:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajmadhavan

Max Meng

Members

Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China

E: qhmeng@ee.cuhk.edu.hk

Brad Nelson

Members

ETH Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland

E: bnelson@ethz.ch

Frank Park

Members

Seoul National University
Seoul, Republic of Korea

E: fcp@snu.ac.kr

Jindong Tan

Members

University of Tennessee
Knoxville (TN), USA

E: tan@utk.edu

Bram Vanderborght

Members

Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussel, Belgium

E: bram.vanderborght@vub.ac.be

Hesheng Wang

Members

Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China

E: wanghesheng@sjtu.edu.cn

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/

Jianwei Zhang

Members

University of Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany

E: zhang@informatik.uni-hamburg.de

RAS President

Seth Hutchinson

President

Georgia Tech
Atlanta (GA), USA

E: seth@gatech.edu