Workshop: Group Travel Grant for Attending IARP Workshops and Meetings, held in Beijing, China in October 2009.

国际先进机器人项目(IARP)是一个国际组织，由14个国家和欧盟组成，致力于监测和促进机器人相关技术和应用。美国帮助制定了该组织，并一直是参与技术评估、研讨会和联合研究任务的积极成员。参与活动包括美国技术专家前往不同的职能部门，并与他们的同事互动，讨论正在进行的与智能机器相关的研究和开发技术。这笔赠款提供了一种机制，以确保遴选参与者的过程和程序公平、高效、在组织上可行。将采用的目标和方法由于IARP会议通常是特定于技术的，因此美国与会者的选择不仅必须反映此人-S的专业知识，还必须反映他或她与其他与会者沟通和互动的能力。遴选过程将由一个来自IEEE、机器人和自动化学会的特设委员会进行。旅行者将获得报销费用，但只有在特殊情况下才会提供酬金。这一规则也适用于出席作为管理、规划和政策规划机构的IARP，联合协调论坛(JCF)。成员国和观察员国的代表在东道国之一出席本次会议。主办国的详细介绍？S机器人项目是议程的重要组成部分。建议活动的智力价值研究领域被称为机器人，更广义地说？智能机器，？包括机器视觉、传感器、计算机科学、触觉、运动学、操纵、通信和控制以及其他科学和工程学科的基本问题。这些研究领域具有丰富的智力价值，研究机器人在医学和外科、水下探索、环境表征、人类互动、安全和安保等方面的应用。认识到支持智能机器发展将带来的社会效益，七个工业化国家的政府发起了国际先进机器人计划(IARP)。尽管每个国家在这些机器的应用上都有国家优先事项和利益，但基础科学和技术有许多共同的元素。形成信息交流、互动与合作机制，将造福各国和世界人民。这一概念的成功实施导致了更多对机器人感兴趣的国家加入该组织并分享其国家计划的细节。由于只有拥有机器人项目的国家才能加入IARP，它不同于IEEE等技术组织和其他主要对技术感兴趣的组织。拟议活动产生的更广泛影响这些智能机器的应用所产生的更广泛影响是国际退休人员方案国家的主要重点之一。尽管每个国家都有自己的优先事项，但IARP的研究为规划者提供了有关研究方向和机器人技术的社会影响的信息。IARP研究报告和研讨会报告发布在公共领域，供任何感兴趣的各方使用，无论是私人的、公共的还是工业的。支持IARP技术和科学研究的政府实体明白，分享这些信息最终将使世界各地的社会受益。

The International Advanced Robotics Project (IARP) is an international organization, consisting of 14 countries and the European Union, devoted to monitoring and promoting robotics related technology and utilization. The United States helped to formulate this organization and has been an active member participating in technology evaluations, workshops, and joint study missions. Participation involves US technical experts traveling to various functions, and interacting with their colleagues to discuss ongoing research and developing technology relating to intelligent machines. This grant provides the mechanism to insure that the selection process and procedure for selecting participants is fair, efficient, organizationally viable. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS TO BE EMPLOYED Since the IARP meetings are generally technology specific, the selection of US participants must not only reflect the person?s expertise but also his or her ability to communicate and interact with other participants. The selection process will be performed by an ad hoc committee drawn from the IEEE, Robotics and Automation Society. The traveler will receive reimbursement for expenses but an honorarium will only be provided in exceptional circumstances. This rule also applies to attendance at the IARP, Joint Coordinating Forum (JCF) which is the management, planning, and policy planning body. The representatives of member and observer countries attend this meeting in one of the host countries. A detailed description of the host country?s robotics program is an essential part of the agenda. INTELLECTUAL MERIT OF THE PROPOSAL ACTIVITY The research area referred to as robotics, more generally ?intelligent machines,? comprises fundamental questions about machine vision, sensors, computer science, haptics, kinematics, manipulation, communications and control, and other scientific and engineering disciplines. These research areas, rich in intellectual merit, investigating robotic applications in medicine and surgery, underwater exploration, environmental characterization, human interaction, safety and security and others. Recognizing the societal benefits to be gained by supporting the development of intelligent machines, the governments of the seven industrialized countries initiated the international advanced robotics program (IARP). Although each of these countries has national priorities and interests in the application of these machines, the basic science and technology has many common elements. Forming a mechanism for information exchange, interaction, and cooperation would benefit each country and the people of the world. The successful implementation of the concept has led to additional countries, interested in robotics, joining the organization and sharing the details of their national programs. Since only countries with robotics programs can join the IARP, it differs from technical organizations such as IEEE and others primarily interested in technology. BROADER IMPACT RESULTING FROM PROPOSED ACTIVITY The broader impact of the application of these intelligent machines is one of the primary focus points for the countries of IARP. Although each country has its own priorities, IARP studies provide planners with information about the direction that the research is taking and the societal impact of robotics. IARP studies and workshop reports are published in the public domain for the use of any interested party, private, public, or industrial. The government entities supporting the technical and scientific studies of IARP understand that sharing this information ultimately benefits society everywhere.