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

9813273Tarn这笔赠款为美国科学家和工程师提供资金，用于参加1998年10月22日至24日在北京举行的IARP微型机器人和系统研讨会。这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。申请的资金用于美国与会者的旅行和技术报告。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办。参加研讨会的主要目的将是让受邀的美国与会者和他们的外国同事确定长期研究中共同感兴趣的具体主题。拟议中的国际合作活动将给美国带来许多好处。它们包括：i)寻找微型机器人和系统研究的未来方向，ii)发现微型机器人和系统在水下环境、制造和医学中的潜在应用，iii)协调和整合美国和中国在微型机器人和系统方面的研究努力，iv)保持美国在微型机器人和系统领域作为研究领导者的主导地位，v)为未来的联合研讨会、研讨会、交流等发展基础，这增强了美国科学家和工程师的国际视野，vi)生成关于研讨会活动和协调分配的报告，Andvii)讨论美国/中国的潜在合作计划。最后，建议根据他们希望提交的论文的质量来选择参加会议的人员。加州大学戴维斯分校的史蒂夫·T·C·夏教授将主持一个委员会来挑选论文。这项提案要求美国国家科学基金会提供部分资金，以支持美国与会者的旅行和生活。*

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.***