IEEE Robotics & Automation Society

For over 20 years, the cutting edge research that drives technology development has been presented in RAS sponsored conferences and journals. The IEEE Transactions on Robotics is consistently one of the two most highly ranked journals in the field, and the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering and the EEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering are leaders in rigorous scientific examination in of problems and issues in Automation. RAS committees are also working in the area of standards development and roadmapping for R&A. RAS Technical Committees focus on 23 different emerging areas of robotics and automation. Half of RAS members reside outside North America,and the society has local chapters in 24 countries.