Technical Committees

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.

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. Encompassing aerial, agricultural, marine, space, and rescue robotics, as well as mobile manipulation and multi‑robot systems, the Cluster focuses on the fundamental challenges of field deployment, including robust perception and state estimation, resilient autonomy and control, scalable coordination, human–robot interaction, and safety‑critical operation. By unifying these Technical Committees, the Cluster promotes cross‑domain transfer of methods and technologies and provides a strong community foundation aligned with the IEEE Transactions on Field Robotics. Our vision is to accelerate the development and deployment of field‑ready robotic systems with real‑world impact in domains such as food production, resource extraction, environmental monitoring, infrastructure inspection, disaster response, and space exploration, while supporting education and student engagement.

Field Robotics Cluster Leadership

Cluster - Field Robotics - Chair
Joshua Marshall

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