RAS Strategic Planning Meeting [Society News]

The application area of robotics is drastically expanding, and a wide variety of robotic services are being launched. The robot business is changing from a small market of industrial and military robots to a huge market of home, office, and outdoor field applications for robotics. Robotics was a singular technical curiosity before, but now it is becoming one of the most important fundamental technologies in day-to-day activities. Prior to a brainstorming session, an introduction was given where the goals of the meeting were outlined and the current activities and direction of the IEEE and RAS were shared. Entrepreneurship should be promoted to create and fund new business. Local IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation events should be held to invite local researchers and students to the RAS.