1. Industrial Activity Board (IAB) Sukhan Lee VP for IAB IEEE RAS AdCom. Sendai, Japan, 10-03-2004

2. Status Report RAS IAB launched in April 2004 in New Orleans AdCom. Major Thrusts (2004)  Set up IAB Regional Committees  Set up IAB Task Forces (in a Matrix Organization)  Set up an Industry Forum  IEEE/IFR Joint Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics and Automation to be held in conjunction with ICRA’05

3. Regional Committee IAB Organization AdvisoryBoard Italy France Germany USA Industry Forum Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum Networking Forum Task Force IEEE RAS Long Range Planning Membership TAB Education Sweden Finland Korea Japan SteeringCommittee IAB Standardization Roadmap Infra. Database 4 20 Matrix Organization IFR

4. Task Force Leaders Roadmap : Reijo Tuokko Standardization : Erwin Prassler Industry Forum Erwin Prassler Herman Verbrugge Jeanne Dietsch Don Vincent Paul Johnston Shinsuke Sakakibara Jeanne Dietsch Henrik Christensen Martin Haegele Ralf Koeppe Oussama Khatib Paolo Dario Kazuo Tanie Who’s Who Regional Committee Chairs USA: Paolo Pirjanian (Evolution Robotics, Inc) Germany : Ralf Koeppe/Rainer Bischoff (Kuka Inc.) France: Herman Verbrugge (Symap/IFR) Italy: Paolo Fiorini (Verona U.) Japan: Masakatsu Fujie (Hitachi/Waseda) Korea: Kyungchul Shin (Yujin Robotics Inc.) Finland: Mikko Veikkolainen (Kemppi Oy) /Reijo Tuokko Sweden: Daniesson Torbjorn (Delfoi AB)

5. 8 Countries have formed or initiated their Regional Committees (RCs): USA, Germany, France, Japan, Korea, Sweden, Finland, and Italy. The RCs of United Kingdom, China, and Taiwan are currently under Consideration or in Progress. To continue the Effort to establish new RCs, while expanding Activities of existing RCs. Establishment of Regional Committees

6. Formed IAB-USA with Leading Experts from Academia, Government, and Industry. A First Template for the Charter, Events and Activities proposed. 2 Annual Regional Meetings Planned: How IAB-USA can serve Technology Transfer by Linking Academia, Industry, and Government, etc. Newsletter to facilitate Better communication between Academia and Industry. Educational Outreach (Stewart Tansley) Regional Committee Report : USA Chair : Paolo Pirjanian

7. Complete IAB France with Members from CEA(French Atomic Energy Commission), Cybernetix, Staubli… A Major Project will be launched in France to promote Robotics and Automation in order to strengthen the Competitiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises in a Global Economy. A Promotional Campaign will be launched in France to motivate SME’s and individuals to present their Candidature at the first IEEE/IFR Industrial Forum at ICRA 2005. Information on the Industrial Forum will be regularly published on the website of the International Federation of Robotics IFR and on websites of the IFR Members. Regional Committee Report : France Chair: Herman Verbrugge

8. Efforts for IEEE R&A TExCRA 04 ( November 18-19, Tokyo) Possible Leverage with AICHI EXPO ’ 05 Robot Project (JARA supports this program with EXPO committee) Participation in IEEE/IFR Special Forum : (Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum in conjunction with ICRA’05) Sony, Hitachi, Toshiba, Daihen, Temzac, etc. Regional Committee Report : Japan Chair : Masakatsu Fujie

9. Formed Regional Committee : IAB-Korea Formed Robot Standardization Forum (August 2004) Korea International Robotics Technology Exhibition (March 2005 ) Korea Robotics Symposium/IAB Roadmap Worshop (The end of November 2004 ) Regional Committee Report : Korea Chair : Kyungchul Shin

10. Formed Regional Committee : IAB-Finland Promotion and Marketing of The First IAB Special Forum at ICRA’05 Newsletter and Website Publication of the cooperation arrangements between IEEE-RAS IAB and the Robotics Society in Finland. Regional Committee Report : Finland Chair : Mikko Veikkolainen / Reijo Tuokko

11. IEEE/IFR Joint Forum on “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics and Automation” to be held in conjunction with ICRA’05  R&A Innovation Award with Plenary Lectures  R&A Entrepreneurship (Contest and/or) Workshop  Concluding Panel  Workshop on Standardization (to be included later) Planned to be a Continuing Annual Event  To request for IEEE Initiation Fund in 2005 ICRA AdCom Industry Forum : Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum

12. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum : Theme Innovators who explore original, value- creating ideas and entrepreneurs who propel those ideas into world-class products and services are key to the continuing success of robotics and automation today. This Joint Forum will highlight and honor the achievements of these people with the clear objective of promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in our society.

13. Forum : Innovation Award with Plenary Lecture Innovations in Robotics and Automation that led to a Success in Commercialization, Business Creation, and ROI are recognized with Award and Plenary Lecture. Lectures will cover the details of the Motivation behind the said Innovation, the way the Original Idea is formulated, the Approach and Process taken in order to move an initial idea to Commercial Products or to Business Opportunities, as well as Lessons learned from the experience To be published in IEEE RAS Magazine as Special Feature

14. Forum : Entrepreneurship Contest Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneur Potentials will present their Ideas on Application and Business Opportunities in Robotics and Automation, IPR Portfolios they have, Business Plans with Market Opportunities in a Poster/Meeting Session Format. This Entrepreneurship Contest aims at promoting dynamic yet sociable Interactions among researchers, practitioners, as well as investors visiting individual posters/booths in search of creative collaborators and new business opportunities in Robotics and Automation. To be introduced later with sufficient time for preparation.

15. Forum : Entrepreneurship Workshop To provide Researchers and Practitioners with an Opportunity to learn a full cycle of developing Businesses from Ideas and Technologies, including - Overview - R&D Strategies and Methodologies - IP Strategy - How to Commercialize and Manufacture - Business Plan Requirements - How to Market - How to Raise Money - Case Studies

16. The Date : April 20 (Wednesday), 2005  Innovation Award with Plenary Lecture : 3 Hour Event with 4 Awards with Plenary Lectures  Entrepreneurship Workshop : 3 Hour Event with Emphasis on Interactions with Instructors  Concluding Panel : 1 Hour Event with the Theme : Promotion of Proposal- IEEE-IFR Joint Forum.docInnovation, Entrepreneurship, and Business Opportunities in Robotics and Automation Forum : Program Schedule (Tentative)

17. IEEE RAS IAB : Sukhan Lee (VP for IAB), Erwin Prassler (Coordinator), Jeanne Dietsch, Henrik Christensen, Ken Goldberg, Peter Luh, Oussama Khatib, Paolo Dario, Rosalyn Snyder IEEE RAS IAB Regional Chairs : Paolo Pirzanian (USA), Ralf Koeppe/Rainer Bischoff (Germany), Herman Verbrugge (France), Paolo Fiorini (Italy), Mikko Veikkolainen/Reijo Tuokko (Finland), Danielsson Torbjorn (Sweden), Masagatsu Fujie (Japan), Kyungchul Shin (Korea) IFR : Donald Vincent(VP for IFR), Paul Johnston(VP for IFR), Herman Verbrugge(Secretariat), Shinsuke Sakakibara, Martin Haegele, Ralf Koeppe, Forum : Organizing Committee

18. Task Force : Roadmap Long-Term Goal : ITRRA (International Technology Roadmap for Robotics and Automation) To be Built on the Existing Roadmaps  The First IAB Roadmap Workshop on Intelligent Service Robot Technologies and Commercialization.  December 1-2, 2004 in Seoul, Korea  IAB Regional Chairs and Related Experts are invited Planned to be a Continuing Event with Updates  To request for IEEE Initiation Fund in 2005 ICRA AdCom Chair : Reijo Tuokko

19. Task Force : Standardization Incorporation of the Standardization Activities into Industry Forum as well as Part of Regional Committee Activities - Standardization Workshop in Industry Forum  Motion : Moving the Standardization Standing Committee from TAB to IAB Partnership with International Standardization Organizations : e.g., Working with IFR, with OMG for Robotic Middleware - Common Effort to Push Benchmarking and Standards To request for IEEE Initiation Fund Chair: Erwin Prassler

20. Others Request : List the Names of Regional Chairs and Task Force Committee Chairs in appropriate publications and media.