NSF-JST-NIST Workshop on Rescue Robotics

该奖项旨在表彰美国参加将于2010年3月8日至11日在德克萨斯州农工大学S灾难城举办的美日救援机器人研讨会。研讨会将与国家标准与技术研究所(NIST)响应机器人评估练习#6一起组织，并以2008年8月美国和日本关于机器人安全、保障和更好生活质量的研讨会为基础。该奖项支持六个美国研究团队前往研讨会，每个团队有一名高级研究员和两名学生助理。东北大学信息科学系的Tadokoro教授是日本的主要合作者。TAMU会议为救援机器人(平台、传感器、人-机器人交互)的美国研究人员提供了一个难得的机会，通过在灾难城的独特设施中按照NIST标准测试他们的机器人和传感器，并从响应者那里获得反馈，来提高他们对现实世界领域的理解。研讨会有望为救援机器人理论做出贡献，并建立新的合作关系。它通过实地考察、演讲和信息互动促进美日合作。海地和智利最近发生的地震使研讨会特别及时。该奖项由信息与智能系统部计算机与信息科学与工程司共同资助。

This award supports U.S. participation in a U.S.-Japan workshop on rescue robots to be held at Texas A&M University?s Disaster City on March 8-11, 2010. The workshop will be organized in conjunction with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Response Robot Evaluation Exercise #6 and builds on an August 2008 U.S.-Japan workshop on robotics for safety, security and better quality of life. The award supports travel for six U.S. research teams, with one senior researcher and two student assistants per team, to the workshop. Professor Satoshi Tadokoro of Tohoku University Department of Information Sciences is the lead Japanese collaborator. The TAMU meeting offers U.S. researchers in rescue robots (platforms, sensors, human-robot interactions) an uncommon opportunity to improve their understanding of real-world domains by testing their robots and sensors with NIST standards at the unique facility at Disaster City and obtaining feedback from responders. The workshop is expected to contribute to the theory of rescue robots and establish new collaborations. It fosters U.S.-Japan collaborations through fieldwork, presentations and information interactions. Recent earthquakes in Haiti and Chile make the workshop especially timely. The Directorate for Computer and Information Science & Engineering Division of Information and Intelligent Systems cofunded this award.