U.S. Participation in the IARP Workshop on Micro Robotics and Systems to be held in Beijing, China, October 22-24, 1998

9813273 tarn这笔拨款为参加将于1998年10月22日至24日在中国北京举行的IARP微型机器人和系统研讨会的美国科学家和工程师提供资金。本次研讨会由中国主办，德国、法国、意大利、奥地利、日本、俄罗斯和美国联合主办，所需经费用于美方参会人员的差旅和技术报道。本次研讨会将由中国国家科学技术委员会国家高技术研发计划机器人专家组主持。参加研讨会的主要目的是让受邀的美国与会者和他们的外国同事确定共同感兴趣的长期研究的具体主题。拟议中的国际合作活动将给美国带来很多好处。它们包括：i)寻找微型机器人和系统的未来研究方向，ii)寻找微型机器人和系统在水下环境，制造业和医学中的潜在应用，iii)协调和整合美中两国在微型机器人和系统方面的研究工作，iv)保持美国在微型机器人和系统领域的研究领导地位，v)为未来的联合研讨会，研讨会，交流，等，以提高美国科学家和工程师的国际视野，vi)生成研讨会活动和协调分发的报告，以及vii)讨论潜在的美中合作项目。最后，建议参加会议的与会者将根据他们希望发表的论文的质量来选择。加州大学戴维斯分校的Steve T.C. Hsia教授将主持一个委员会来挑选这些论文。本提案要求美国国家科学基金会提供部分资金，以支持美国参与者的旅行和生活

9813273TarnThis grant provides funding for U.S. scientists and engineers to participate in the IARP Workshop on Micro Robotics and Systems to be held in Beijing, China, October 22-24, 1998. This workshop has been offered by China and is jointly sponsored by Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Japan, Russia and the U.S.A. The funds requested is for travel by U.S. participants and technical reporting.The workshop will be hosted by the Expert Group of Robotics, National High-Technology R&D Program of the National Committee of Science and Technology of China. The main objective for attending the workshop will be to allow the invited U.S. participants and their foreign colleagues to identify specific topics of common interest for long-term research.The benefits of the proposed international cooperative activities for the U.S. will be many. They include:i) Finding the future directions of research in micro robotics and systems,ii) Finding potential applications of micro robotics and systems in the underwater environment, manufacturing and medicine,iii) Coordination and integration of research efforts in micro robotics and systems between the U.S. and China,iv) Maintenance of the U.S. dominance as a research leader in the area of micro robotics and systems,v) Developing the basis for future joint seminars, workshops, exchanges, etc., which enhance the international perspectives of U.S. scientists and engineers,vi) Generating reports on workshop activities and coordination for distribution, andvii) Discussing a potential U.S./China cooperative program.Finally, it is proposed that participants attending the conference will be selected based on the quality of the paper that they wish to present. Professor Steve T.C. Hsia of the University of California at Davis will chair a committee to select the papers. Partial funding from the NSF is requested in this proposal to support travel and subsistence for U.S. participants.***