Technical Committees (TC) focus on the research content of the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society by tracking technical developments and encouraging innovation in: applications, theory, models, metrics, experiments, architectures, products, initiatives, and other technical areas.
With 47 Technical Committees, research in specific areas is encouraged. New Technical Committees are added as a topic area is grows, becomes increasingly relevant, sufficiently outside the scope of existing TCs.
Technical Committees are an important benefit of membership, allowing for further collaboration and communication within subsets of the field.
To enhance collaboration and synergy among Technical Committees (TCs), they are organized into five clusters. These clusters will hold regular meetings to facilitate interaction and discuss their respective activities. The aim is to foster collaboration between TCs, enabling them to work together effectively and broaden the scope of their endeavors.
The Robotics Foundation Cluster of IEEE RAS (Robotics and Automation Society) is a collaborative platform that fosters advancements in fundamental aspects of robotics research and technology.
The Automation Cluster promotes community inclusion in developing interconnected automation systems. Spanning from digital manufacturing to sustainable production automation, it emphasizes the essential links between academic research and industry applications.
The Human-Centered Robotics cluster focuses on developing physically interactive robots and integrating human-robot cognitive capabilities. By uniting multiple IEEE RAS technical committees, it fosters interdisciplinary collaborations to advance human-centered robotics for an intelligent and connected society.
The RAS Field Robotics Cluster advances the science and engineering of robotic systems that operate autonomously and reliably in unstructured, uncertain, and often hazardous real‑world environments.
The Health and Medical Robotics Cluster is a collaborative initiative that brings together various Technical Committees (TCs) with specific expertise in different areas of health and medical robotics.
For successful TCs with well-established communities and either a related RAS Conference or Journal, they can apply to become a Gold Ribbon Technical Committee. This will provide them with a mechanism for further growth, improved visibility, and support from RAS.
TCs that have a conference and/or journal that is at least 50% RAS can be considered to become a gold ribbon Technical Committee.
Growing and Active TCs can apply to become a Blue Ribbon TC. This will provide them with a mechanism for further growth, improved visibility, and support from RAS. TCs that do not have a conference/journal can be considered to become an ‘Blue Ribbon TC’ which means they can be awarded.
To learn more about the technical committees and their activities, visit their sections
