Support for Meetings Associated with the International Advanced Robotics Programme will be held in San Diego, CA, on October 28-30, 2007

自1982年作为凡尔赛经济峰会的一部分成立以来，美国代表参加国际先进机器人计划（IARP）已有20多年了。IARP的总体目标是：？鼓励发展先进的机器人系统，使人类在恶劣、苛刻或危险的环境中从事困难的活动。目前有16个IARP成员。作为其参与的一部分，美国定期支持与IARP活动有关的会议和讲习班。建议美国在2007年10月28日至11月2日在圣地亚哥举行的IEEE/RJS智能机器人和系统国际会议（IROS）的同时主办IARP会议和研讨会。IROS由IEEE机器人自动化学会和日本机器人学会赞助。研讨会将是为期一天（2007年10月28日）的技术研讨会，题为“机器人超操作中的共享控制”，会议将是第26届国际先进机器人计划联合协调论坛（JCF）（2007年10月29日至30日），美国是该计划的成员。知识价值：技术研讨会将包括来自共享控制领域的世界专家的演讲和论文。来自美国和其他国家的研究人员将听取报告，并参与关于当前最重要的结果和剩余研究挑战的分组讨论。集体结果将在国际社会的一个代表性子集之间就机器人超操作共享控制的关键问题达成共识。联合合作论坛会议将包括每个成员国的详细报告，总结关键的研究活动。更广泛的影响：技术研讨会和JCF会议将提供重点平台，供来自政府、工业界和学术界的主要国际研究人员就关键研究挑战进行公开讨论。由于成员国家和成员附属机构数量众多，这些会议的结果将影响全球的研究议程。这些会议将为每个参与者提供机器人和智能系统研究兴趣和优先事项的全球视图，特别强调机器人超操作中的共享控制。

US representatives have been participating in the International Advanced Robotics Programme (IARP) for over 20 years since its inception in 1982 as part of the Versailles Economic Summit. The general objective of the IARP is: ?To encourage development of advanced robotic systems that can dispense with human work for difficult activities in harsh, demanding, or dangerous environments.? There are currently 16 IARP members. As part of its participation, the United States periodically supports meetings and workshops associated with IARP activities. It is proposed that the United States host an IARP meeting and workshop in conjunction with the 2007 IEEE/RJS International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), to be held in San Diego, October 28 - November 2, 2007. The IEEE Robotics & Automation Society and the Robotics Society of Japan sponsor IROS. The workshop will be a one-day (October 28, 2007) technical workshop entitled, "Shared Control in Robotic Ultra-operations," and the meeting will be the 26-th Joint Coordinating Forum (JCF) of the International Advanced Robotics Programme (October 29 - 30, 2007), of which the United States is a member. Intellectual Merit: The technical workshop will include presentations and papers from world experts in shared control. Researchers from the US and other countries will hear the presentations and participate in breakout discussions about the most important current results and remaining research challenges. The collective result will be consensus amongst a representative subset of the international community as to the key issues in shared control in robotic ultra-operations. The JCF meeting will involve detailed presentations from each member country that summarize key research activities. Broader Impacts: The technical workshop and the JCF meeting will provide focused platforms for open discussion on key research challenges as viewed by a cross-section of leading international researchers from government, industry and academia. By virtue of the large number of member countries and member affiliates, the results of these meetings will influence research agendas across the globe. These meetings will provide each participant with a global view of robotics and intelligent systems research interests and priorities with particular emphasis on shared control in robotic ultra-operations.