Goals

Goals within 3 and 6 years

As a TC, we have the following near-term (within 3 years) goals: 

• Create an informative webpage for the TC 

• Form the TC community through email solicitations 

• Develop close relationships with industry by co-sponsoring events with the TC Industry Co-Chairs and developing new types of mutually-beneficial activities such as “Technology Tutorials” (industry representatives teaching academic researchers how to utilize new products/technologies). 

• Write a RAM Tutorial/Editorial on “Writing an Effective Robot Design Paper” 

• Special Issues in Robotics Journals 

• Workshops/Invited Sessions at ICRA/IROS

Longer-term Goals (6+ years): 

• Form connections with the IFToMM and ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Community 

• Co-sponsored IEEE RAS/ASME M&R workshops/conferences 

• Establish editorial representation of the topic in major RAS publications (appropriate keywords, editors with background in the area) 

• Next generation of TC Chairs identified and integrated