Energy, Environment, and Safety Issues in Robotics and Automation : Committee Information
IEEE Robotics and Automation's Technical Committee
on:
Energy, Environment, and Safety Issues in Robotics and Automation
Scope

Energy, Environment, and Safety Issues in Robotics and Automation


Co-Chairs
Toshio Fukuda and TJ Tarn

Vice-Chairs
Anibal de Almeida and Jean-Pierre Merlet


Scope:


To meet growing demands in areas of energy conservation and the creation of alternate and new energy sources, such as hybrid systems and fuel cell systems. This TC deals with, but is not limited to, the following issues:


1. New energy sources and applications for energy conservation for robotics
and automation
2. Environmentally friendly design and carbon deduction (TLCD and TLCA)
3. Environmentally friendly control
4. Inspection and maintenance of robotics and automation systems
in the interests of safety
5. Environmentally friendly operations of systems
6. Hybrid systems and plug-in systems
7. Total evaluation systems to address safety and environmental concerns
8. Others issues related to the Environment/Energy and Safety
(Micro/nanotechnology)


Motivation:


Recent trends of the world show that it is very important to develop new systems for the energy saving and creating alternative/new energy sources for many sectors of the technical systems, in particular, in the field of robotics and automation, which include control system for the traffic systems and automotive systems in the wide sense in both manned and unmanned system. RAS should encourage "green robotics and Automation" for the future technology. Today this field attracts many industries, governments and academia in the world, so that RAS should take the leadership and give service to the members of the society to have such opportunity as much as possible.

Activities
  • CLAWAR’2008   Conference    September 10, 2008 - Coimbra
    Contact Information: Anibal De Almeida (adealmeida at isr dot uc dot pt)


    11th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots
    and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines
    08 – 10 September, 2008, Coimbra, Portugal

    Robotics has already
    made important widespread contributions and impact in industrial robots for tasks such
    as assembly, welding, painting, and material handling. In parallel, we have also witnessed
    the emergence of special service robots which perform valuable jobs, in new environments
    such as search and rescue, surveillance, exploration and security missions as well as provide
    assistance to a variety of users. The emergence of mobile machines, such as the climbing and
    walking robots, for these missions in un-structured environments, has significantly broadened
    challenges that must be considered by robotics research.

  • The International Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Symposium   Conference    December 0, 0 - Stavanger, Norway
    Contact Information: Anibal De Almeida (adealmeida at isr dot uc dot pt)

    The International Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Symposium

    The International Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition (EVS) series, organized by the World Electric Vehicle Association (WEVA), is recognized as the premier event for academic, government and industry professionals involved in electric drive technologies.

    Mobile robotic technologies can be used to improve electric vehicle performance and outdoor robotic applications can benefits from new energy storage technologies

  • Energy Harvesting for Powering Sensor Applications   Organized Session    December 0, 0 - Rosemont, Illinois, USA
    Contact Information: Anibal De Almeida (adealmeida at isr dot uc dot pt)

    Symposium 1: Energy Harvesting for Powering Sensor Applications

    Session Organizer: Randy Frank, President, Randy Frank & Associates, Ltd.

    Energy harvesting, or scavenging as it is frequently called, provides new opportunities for sensor manufacturers in applications that would otherwise have difficulty obtaining a reliable power source or require batteries and the associated replacement effort and costs. Several techniques exist for converting mechanical or electrical energy, light, or temperature differences into energy for powering sensors including piezoelectric, radio frequency, inductive coupling, wind and solar power. In addition to exploring the various energy harvesting technologies, other system aspects that will be addressed in the session include high efficiency, low-power microcontrollers, wireless connectivity and advanced batteries. By focusing on existing energy harvesting products with real-world experience, attendees will have new tools to consider in the design of next-generation sensor systems.

Background
  • URL:www.isr.uc.pt/IEEE/RAS/EES
  • Founding Date: December 0, 0
  • Member Count: 0
  • Fall 2010 Committee Chairs:
    • Tarn, Tzyh Jong (tarn at wuauto dot wustl dot edu)
      • Washington University
    • Fukuda, Toshio (fukuda at mein dot nagoya-u dot ac dot jp)
      • Nagoya University
      • corresponding chair - send email to join committee
    • Merlet, Jean-Pierre (Jean-Pierre dot Merlet at inria dot fr)
      • INRIA
    • Fukuda, Toshio (tofukuda at attglobal dot net)
      • Nagoya University
      • corresponding chair - send email to join committee
    • De Almeida, Anibal (adealmeida at isr dot uc dot pt)
      • ISR-University of Coimbra
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