Group Travel Grant to 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

这笔资金将用于支持来自美国的大约40名与会者出席将于2005年4月18日至22日在西班牙巴塞罗那举行的2005年IEEE机器人和自动化国际会议（ICRA'05）。 这个由IEEE机器人与自动化学会主办的年度IEEE活动已成为全球机器人与自动化领域最大的年度会议，并成为聚集国际研究人员就技术问题及其解决方案以及新兴技术交换意见的首要论坛。 美国国家科学基金会的资金将有助于确保美国在ICRA'05的高存在，通过提供部分机票报销选定的美国研究人员谁已经接受了论文，但谁由于经济困难，否则将无法参加会议，介绍他们的工作。 更广泛的影响：PI成立了一个由4名成员组成的遴选委员会，从NSF基金中选择受益人。 委员会将特别注意使学生（共同）作者和传统上代表性不足的群体和机构的成员能够参与。 这笔资金将使参与者接触到最新的研究成果，同时也使他们能够建立和/或加强他们在研究界的同行和导师的社会网络，这将在未来使他们和整个国家受益。

This is funding to support attendance by approximately 40 participants from the United States in the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'05), which will be held in Barcelona, Spain, on April 18-22, 2005. This annual IEEE event, sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, has become the largest annual conference in robotics and automation worldwide, and serves as the premier forum for gathering international researchers together for the exchange of ideas on technical problems and their solutions, and on emerging technologies. NSF funds will help ensure a high U.S. presence at ICRA'05, by providing partial airfare reimbursement to selected U.S. researchers who have had papers accepted but who due to financial hardship would otherwise be unable to attend the conference to present their work. Broader Impacts: The PI has established a 4-member Selection Committee to choose the beneficiaries from the NSF funds. The committee will pay special attention to enabling participation by student (co)authors and by members of traditionally under-represented groups and institutions. This funding will expose participants to the latest research results while also enabling them to build and/or enhance their social network of peers and mentors within the research community, which will in the future benefit them and the country as a whole.