Micro/Nano Robotics and Automation: Committee Information
IEEE Robotics and Automation's Technical Committee
on:
Micro/Nano Robotics and Automation
Scope

The emerging field of robotics and automation at small spatial scales raises new scientific challenges and promises revolutionary advancements in such applications as biology, medicine, industry, micro and nanotechnologies and the environment. Phenomena at the micro and nanoscale are often markedly different from their macroscopic counterparts, and this has strong implications on robotic strategies, algorithms, software and hardware for manipulation, locomotion and control. Cells, biomolecules, and life processes all have characteristic dimensions in the nano and micro range. Artificial devices and systems at the nano and microscales will be able to interact intimately with biological ones, and are expected to lead to new scientific understanding and to new tools for such fundamental tasks as detection and treatment of disease. Moreover reliable and automatic manipulation of micro- and nanofabricated components is also a big challenge notably for the assembling of various kinds of new devices as MEMS and NEMS.

The Technical Committee for Micro/Nano Robotics and Automation serves as a focal point to promote interactions and communication and provides leadership for research in this new field.


Topics of interest include (all at the micro or nano scale):

Actuators
Sensors
Measurements
Manipulation
Locomotion
Fabrication
Assembly
Design and analysis
Control
Energy
Communications
Interfaces
Distributed systems
Emergent systems
Swarm intelligence
Simulation
Biomedical and other applications

Activities
  • Control Issues and Sensor Feedback in Nanohandling Systems   Organized Session    September 9, 2009 - Gifu, Japan
    Contact Information: Sergej Fatikow (fatikow at uni-oldenburg dot de)
  • Micro/Nano-Robotics   Organized Session    August 30, 2009 - San Diego, USA
    Contact Information: Dan Popa (popa at uta dot edu)
  • Robot-Based Nanohandling Automation   Tutorial    July 14, 2009 - Singapore
    Contact Information: Sergej Fatikow (fatikow at uni-oldenburg dot de)
  • Robot-Based Nanohandling Automation   Tutorial    July 14, 2009 - Singapore
    Contact Information: Sergej Fatikow (fatikow at uni-oldenburg dot de)
  • RoboCup Nanogram   Competition    July 5, 2009 - Garz, Austria
    Contact Information: Craig McGray (nanogram at nist dot gov)
  • Control issues in the micro/nano-world   Workshop    May 17, 2009 - Kobe, Japan
    Contact Information: Micky Rakotondrabe (micky dot rakotondrabe at femto-st dot fr)
  • Most Active Technical Committee Award   Award    May 15, 2009 - Kobe, Japan
    Contact Information: Nicolas Chaillet (nicolas dot chaillet at femto-st dot fr)
  • Nano Micro Robot & Mechatronics: System Development of Nano-Micro Applications   Workshop    May 12, 2009 - Kobe, Japan
    Contact Information: Akihiko Ichikawa (ichikawa-akihiko at nifty dot com)
  • Nanorobotics   Special Issue    April 1, 2009 - International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR)
    Contact Information: Antoine Ferreira (antoine dot ferreira at ensi-bourges dot fr), Constantinos Mavroidis (mavro at coe dot neu dot edu)
  • International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science   Conference    November 6, 2008 - Nagoya, Japan
    Contact Information: Fumihito Arai (arai at imech dot mech dot tohoku dot ac dot jp), Fukuda Toshio (fukuda at mein dot nagoya-u dot ac dot jp)
  • Microrobotic systems for biomedical applications   Organized Session    October 19, 2008 - Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
    Contact Information: Paolo Dario (dario at sssup dot it), Arianna Menciassi (arianna at sssup dot it)

    IEEE BIOROB 2008

  • Current State-of-the-art and Future Prospects in Nanorobotics   Workshop    September 22, 2008 - Nice, France
    Contact Information: Antoine Ferreira (antoine dot ferreira at ensi-bourges dot fr), Constantinos Mavroidis (mavro at coe dot neu dot edu)

    IEEE/RSJ IROS 2008

  • Grand Challenges in Microrobotics and Microassembly   Workshop    June 28, 2008 - Zürich, Switzerland
    Contact Information: Metin Sitti (sitti at cmu dot edu), Pierre Lambert (pierre dot lambert at ulb dot ac dot be), Stéphane Régnier (regnier at robot dot jussieu dot fr)

    Robotics: Science and Systems Conference

  • Underwater Robotics ... at the Microscale   Workshop    June 25, 2008 - Zürich, Switzerland
    Contact Information: Bradley Nelson (bradley dot nelson at iris dot mavt dot ethz dot ch), Metin Sitti (sitti at cmu dot edu), Vijay Kumar, Sylvain Martel (sylvain dot martel at polymtl dot ca), Lixin Dong (lixin dot dong at iris dot mavt dot ethz dot ch)

    Robotics: Science and Systems Conference

  • NIST Workshop on Microrobotics   Workshop    June 1, 2008 - Crowne Plaza Resort, Hilton Head Island, SC, USA
    Contact Information: Craig McGray (craig dot mcgray at nist dot gov)

    Open workshop on microrobotics in association with the Hilton Head Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop

  • RoboCup Nanogram Exhibition   Competition    May 25, 2008 - Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    Contact Information: Craig McGray (craig dot mcgray at nist dot gov)

    Exhibition of mobile microrobotic technologies in association with the RoboCup US Open

  • Fabrication of Functional Gel-Microbead for Local Environment Measurement in Microchip   Award    May 19, 2008 - Pasadena

    Hisataka Maruyama, Fumihito Arai, Toshio Fukuda, Proc. ICRA 2008, pp. 305-310, Best Automation Paper.

  • Automated Nanohandling by Microrobots   Book    January 1, 2008 - ISBN: 978-1-84628-977-4
    Contact Information: Sergej Fatikow (sergej dot fatikow at kisum dot uni-oldenburg dot de)

    Ed. Springer

  • Nanomanipulation with the Atomic Force Microscope   Tutorial    January 1, 2008 -
    Contact Information: Aristides Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    A. A. G. Requicha, in R. Waser, Ed., Nanotechnology, Volume 3: Information Technology. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH 2008, pp. 239-273

  • Pioneer in Robotics an Automation Award   Award    January 1, 2008 -
    Contact Information: Aristides Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    A. A. G. Requicha, RAS 2008.

  • International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science   Conference    November 11, 2007 - Nagoya, Japan
    Contact Information: Fumihito Arai (arai at imech dot mech dot tohoku dot ac dot jp), Toshio Fukuda (fukuda at mein dot nagoya-u dot ac dot jp)
  • Robotic Microassembly of 3D Hybrid MEMS   Workshop    November 2, 2007 - San Diego, USA
    Contact Information: Michaël Gauthier (michael dot gauthier at femto-st dot fr), Nicolas Chaillet (nicolas dot chaillet at femto-st dot fr)

    IEEE/RSJ IROS 2007

  • Bio-medical Micro-Nano Robotics: New trend and future aspects in the next decade   Workshop    October 29, 2007 - San Diego
    Contact Information: Fumihito Arai (arai at imech dot mech dot tohoku dot ac dot jp), Mamoru Mitsuishi (mamoru at nml dot t dot u-tokyo dot ac dot jp)

    IEEE/RSJ IROS 2007

  • Introduction to Nanorobotics   Tutorial    October 29, 2007 - San Diego, USA
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    IEEE/RSJ IROS 2007

  • Optomechatronic Micro/Nano Devices and Components III   Conference    October 8, 2007 - Lausanne, Switzerland
    Contact Information: Lixin Dong (lixin dot dong at iris dot mavt dot ethz dot ch)

    ISOT 2007

  • International Symposium on Optomechatronic Technologies   Conference    October 8, 2007 - Lausanne, Switzerland
    Contact Information: Jean-Marc Breguet

    ISOT 2007

  • Capillary Forces in Microassembly: Modeling, Simulation, Experiments and Case Study   Book    October 1, 2007 -
    Contact Information: Pierre Lambert (pierre dot lambert at ulb dot ac dot be)

    Ed. Springer

  • Robotics in the Small, Part II: Nanorobotics   Tutorial    September 1, 2007 - IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine
    Contact Information: Lixin Dong (lixin dot dong at iris dot mavt dot ethz dot ch)

    L. X. Dong and B. J. Nelson
    Vol. 14, No. 3, Page(s):111-121

  • Towards Nanotube Linear Servomotors   Award    September 1, 2007 - IEEE T-ASE Googol Best New Application Paper Award
    Contact Information: Dong Lixin (lixin dot dong at iris dot mavt dot ethz dot ch)

    Lixin Dong, Bradley J. Nelson, Toshio Fukuda and Fumihito Arai
    IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp.228-235, July 2006.

  • Automation in Micro- and Nanohandling   Organized Session    August 5, 2007 - Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
    Contact Information: Sergej Fatikow (sergej dot fatikow at kisum dot uni-oldenburg dot de), Quan Zhou (quan at ieee dot org)

    IEEE ICMA 2007

  • Micro-assembly   Organized Session    July 22, 2007 - Ann Arbor, MI
    Contact Information: Pierre Lambert

    Special seesion at IEEE/ASME ISAM (International Symposium on Assembly and Manufacturing, organized by Pierre Lambert, ULB, and Marcel Tichem,
    TU Delft

  • RoboCup Nanogram Demonstration Competition   Competition    July 7, 2007 - Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Contact Information: Craig McGray (craig dot mcgray at nist dot gov)
  • Towards Nanotube Linear Servomotors   Award    July 1, 2007 -

    Lixin Dong, Bradley J. Nelson, Toshio Fukuda and Fumihito Arai, IEEE T-ASE, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp.228-235, July 2006, Googol Best New Application Paper Award 2007.

  • Robotics in the Small, Part I: Microrobotics   Tutorial    June 1, 2007 - IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine
    Contact Information: Bradley Nelson (bradley dot nelson at iris dot mavt dot ethz dot ch)

    Abbott, J.J., Nagy, Z., Beyeler, F., Nelson, B.J.
    Volume 14, Issue 2, June 2007, Page(s):92 - 103

  • Nanorobotic Spot Welding by Attogram Precision from Copper-Filled Carbon Nanotubes   Award    April 14, 2007 - Roma

    Lixin Dong, Xinyong Tao, Li Zhang, Xiaobin Zhang, and Bradley J. Nelson, Proc. ICRA 2007, pp. 1425-1430, Finalist Best Automation Paper Award.

  • Nanorobotic Spot Welding by Attogram Precision from Copper-Filled Carbon Nanotubes   Award    April 10, 2007 - Roma, Italy
    Contact Information: Dong Lixin (lixin dot dong at iris dot mavt dot ethz dot ch)

    Best Automation Paper Award—Finalist at IEEE ICRA 2007
    Lixin Dong, Xinyong Tao, Li Zhang, Xiaobin Zhang, and Bradley J. Nelson

  • Microscale and nanoscale robotics systems (Grand Challenges of Robotics)   Publication - Article    March 1, 2007 - IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine
    Contact Information: Metin Sitti (sitti at cmu dot edu)

    Volume 14, Issue 1, March 2007 Page(s):53 - 60

  • Nanorobots   Talk to general audience    January 23, 2007 - Singapore
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    Science in the Cafe talk at Singapore Science Cneter

  • Nanorobotics   Tutorial    January 19, 2007 - Singapore
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    1-day tutorial following Singapore Robotic Games

  • Robotics at the molecular scale   Keynote    January 18, 2007 - Singapore
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    Distinguished Robotics, Mechatronics and Automation Lecture at Singapore Robotic Games

  • Editor in Chief   Editorial Board Membership    January 1, 2007 - Los Angeles
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha

    Ari Requicha becomes Editor in Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

  • Open Applied Physics Journal   Editorial Board Membership    January 1, 2007 - Pennington, NJ
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)
  • Micro-Nano Mechatronics and Human Science   Conference    November 8, 2006 - Nagoya, Japan
    Contact Information: Toshio Fukuda

    MHS 06

  • Int’l Workshop on Microfactories   Workshop    October 25, 2006 - Besancon, France
  • Workshop on Micro and Nano Robotics   Workshop    October 23, 2006 - Paris, France
    Contact Information: Sinan Haliyo

    Int’l Advanced Robotics Programme

  • Nanorobotics and nanosensor networks   Workshop    October 5, 2006 - Viña del Mar, Chile
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    National Workshop on Nanotechnology, advisory to Chilean government

  • Micro/Nano Handling   Special Issue    September 1, 2006 - Several
    Contact Information: Quan Zhou (quan at nwpu dot edu dot cn)

    Journal of Micromechatronics, issue 3/4, guest editors Quan Zhou, Anna Eisinberg and Arianna Menciassi.

  • Nanorobots and nanoassembly   Keynote    August 20, 2006 - Santiago de Chile
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    19th IFIP World Computer Congress

  • Workshop on Grand Challenges of Micro and Nanoscale Robotics, Robotics Science and Systems   Workshop    August 19, 2006 - Philadelphia, PA
    Contact Information: Metin and Brad Sitti and Nelso

    RSS 06

  • Nanorobotics   Tutorial    July 16, 2006 - Cincinnati, OH
    Contact Information: Toshio Fukuda

    Half-Day Tutorial, IEEE Int’l Conf. on Nanotechnology

  • IEEE T-ASE special issue   Publication - Journal special issue    July 1, 2006 - USA
    Contact Information: Ning and Wen Xi and Li

    IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering special issue on Nanoscale Automation and Assembly

  • The role of robotics research in micro and nanotechnologies   Workshop    May 15, 2006 - Orlando, FL
    Contact Information: Lixin and Brad Dong and Nelson

    Workshop at IEEE Int’l Conf. on Robotics & Automation (ICRA ‘06).

  • Micro/nano robotics sessions   ICRA2006 Sessions    May 15, 2006 - Orlando, FL
    Contact Information: Fumihito Arai

    Five sessions on micro/nano robotics at IEEE Int’l Conf. on Robotics & Automation (ICRA ‘06).

  • Assembly at the nanoscale   Talk    April 14, 2006 - College Park, MD
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    Distinguished Lecture Series, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Maryland at College Park

  • International Nanotechnology Laboratory   Advisory Board    January 1, 2006 - Braga, Portugal
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    International Advisory Board for the Iberian International Nanotechnology Laboratory

  • Nanorobotics   Talk    November 11, 2005 - Bogota, Colombia
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    Distinguished Lecture Series, Santo Tomás University

  • Nanomanipulation, building nanorobots and programming swarms of nanorobots   Tutorial    November 11, 2005 - Bogota, Colombia
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    Half-day tutorial, Santo Tomás University

  • Nanorobotics   Talk    November 10, 2005 - Bogota, Colombia
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    Distinguished Lecture Series, Nueva Granada University

  • Nanomanipulation, building nanorobots and programming swarms of nanorobots   Tutorial    November 10, 2005 - Bogota, Colombia
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    half-day tutorial, San Buenaventura University

  • Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science   Conference    November 9, 2005 - Nagoya, Japan
    Contact Information: Fumihito Arai (arai at imech dot mech dot tohoku dot ac dot jp)
  • Robotic nanoassembly   Talk    July 17, 2005 - Perth, Western Australia
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    Plenary talk, Nanotechnology International Workshop, University of Western Australia

  • Nanorobotics   Tutorial    July 11, 2005 - Nagoya, Japan
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    Half-Day Tutorial, IEEE Int’l Conf. on Nanotechnology

  • Nanoassembly and nanorobots   Talk    October 21, 2004 - Washington, DC
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    Plenary talk, 1st Conf. on Advanced Nanotechnology: Research, Applications and Policy

  • Nanorobotics   Tutorial    September 28, 2004 - Sendai, Japan
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    Half-Day Tutorial, IEEE/RSJ Int’l Conf. on Intelligent Robots & Systems (IROS ’04)

  • Building shapes by self-assembly   Keynote    June 7, 2004 - Genova, Italy
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    Joint session of ACM Symp. on Solid Modeling and Applications, and Shape Modeling Int’l Conf.

  • BioNEMS Symposium   Conference    May 22, 2004 - Los Angeles, CA
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    A joint symposium of USC’s Center for Interdisciplinary Research and the National Cancer Institute

  • Editorial Board   Journal board membership    January 1, 2004 - USA
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    AANM American Journal of Nanomedicine (ongoing)

  • Nanorobots, NEMS and Nanoassembly   Publication - Journal    November 1, 2003 - USA
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    Invited rreview paper, Proc. IEEE special issue on nanoelectronics and nanoscale processing, Vol. 91, No. 11, pp. 1922-1933, November 2003.

  • Nanorobotics   Tutorial    September 14, 2003 - Taipei, Taiwan
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    Half-Day Tutorial, IEEE Int’l Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA ’03)

  • Nanorobotics   Tutorial    August 11, 2003 - S. Francisco, CA
    Contact Information: Ari Requicha (requicha at usc dot edu)

    Half-Day Tutorial, IEEE Int’l Conf. on Nanotechnology

Background
  • URL:http://rastc-mnra.in2p3.fr
  • Founding Date: January 1, 1997
  • Member Count: 30
  • Spring 2010 Committee Chairs:
    • Requicha, Ari (requicha at usc dot edu)
      • University of Southern California
    • Arai, Fumihito (arai at mein dot nagoya-u dot ac dot jp)
      • Nagoya University
    • CHAILLET, Nicolas (nicolas dot chaillet at femto-st dot fr)
      • University of Franche-Comté
      • corresponding chair - send email to join committee
    • Martel, Sylvain (sylvain dot martel at polymtl dot ca)
      • Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal (EPM)
      • corresponding chair - send email to join committee
  • Committee Chairs Emeritus:
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