Student Travel Support for 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

该提案要求NSF提供差旅费，以帮助50名美国学生参加2012年ICRA，该活动将于2012年5月14日至18日在明尼苏达州圣保罗举行。这个团体旅行资助提案的目的是使美国学生和博士后能够参加会议，展示他们的工作，并与来自世界各地的同事建立联系。今年是机器人技术诞生50周年。除了常规会议外，ICRA 2012还将举办互动演示、机器人演示、设计、生物机器人和智能交通专题全体会议，以及庆祝会议主题“创新满足未来需求”的专题研讨会。作为该奖项的一部分，学生还将有机会参加特别活动，并了解更多关于机器人领域的知识。旅行资金将以部分机票报销和学生注册的全额报销的形式提供给计划在会议上发表至少一篇论文的大约50名美国学生。更广泛的影响：过去一年，大多数主要的国际机器人会议都在北美以外的地区举行，因此美国学生和教授参加这一重大机器人活动的需求应该非常高。通过直接的金钱手段鼓励学生出勤，对学生学习和指导的好处是在学生的信心、知识和专长方面带来了巨大的红利。

This proposal requests travel funds from NSF to assist 50 US students to participate in ICRA 2012, which will be held in St. Paul, MN, May 14-18, 2012. The purpose of this Group Travel Grant Proposal is to make it possible for US students and postdocs to attend the conference, present their work, and forge connections with colleagues from around the world. This year marks the 50th anniversary of robotics. In addition to the regular conference, ICRA 2012 will feature interactive presentations, robot demonstrations, thematic plenary sessions on design, bio-robotics, and intelligent transportation, and special-topic symposia celebrating the conference theme of "Innovation for Tomorrow's Needs." As part of this award, students will also have the opportunity to participate in special events and learn more about the field of robotics. Travel funding will be in the form of partial airfare reimbursement and full reimbursement for student registration to approximately 50 U.S. students who plan to present at least one paper at the Conference.Broader Impacts: Most major international robotics conferences were outside of North America this past year, so demand should be very high from American students and professors to attend this major robotics event. The benefit to student learning and mentorship by encouraging attendance of students by direct monetary means brings large dividends in student confidence, knowledge and expertise.