[3] Robotics Organizations

Has interests and promotes robotics, particularly in remote applications in nuclear and other hazardous environments. Has robotics and remote systems sessions at ANS meetings in June and November. Has a Topical Meeting on Robotics and Remote Systems in spring of odd numbered years (i.e., 1997). Typically, there are well over 100 papers presented at topicals and attendance is around 400. Membership includes monthly Nuclear News magazine as well as division newsletter twice a year

Mechanical Engineering magazine, like the IEEE's Spectrum, is an excellent general publication on aspects of mechanical engineering. There are often publications on robotics and the ASME sponsors a number of other publications and conferences that are relevant to robotics. The ASME also has a BBS service, MechEng, with an email server. send email to with 'send info' in the body.

One of the several Robotic Industries Association Organizations. See RIA. The Association for Robotics in Hazardous Environments is committed to promoting the global commercialization of robotic systems for use in hazardous environments by:

• Improving operational capabilities and minimizing human exposure.
• Defining common terminology and promoting performance standards.
• Gathering and disseminating industry information.
• Influencing public policy.
• Bringing users, developers and suppliers together with the common goal of advancing U.S. industry in the global marketplace.

Promoting worldwide advancement of unmanned vehicle systems. Membership includes subscription to Unmanned Systems magazine, AUVS News Bulletin, regional seminars, annual symposium and trade show, and other opportunities. AUVS also sponsors an annual aerial Robotics Competition. See Conference announcements for more details. or see: http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/robotics/other/auvsarc/auvsarc.html and ftp://usc.edu/pub/nn_robotics/other/auvsarc/ Student membership: $15/year, Educational Institutions/Libraries $100/year, Individual: $40/year, Corporate memberships also available.

One of the several Robotic Industries Association Organizations. See RIA.

The AIA promotes the use of industrial machine vision and scientific image analysis technology through programs that provide value to members. AIA programs help members identify and/or enhance their market position, establish their technology, and promote their products.

Member companies include: Ball Aerospace, Coulter Electronics, ERIM, Fairchild, Ford Aerospace, Geospectra, Grumman, Industrial Technology Institute, KMS Fusion, Michigan State, UofM.

Conferences and publications, several cover automation technologies for servicing on the ground and in space as well as exploration.

A large organization with hundreds of publications including journals, transactions, Spectrum, sponsoring conferences, workshops and meetings.

   IEEE membership is $95 regular ($23 students)
   For membership in the IEEE Computer Society, add $22.
   $20 for IEEE Expert (Intelligent Systems and their Applications)
   $12 for Transactions on Neural Networks
   $12 for Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
   $15 for Transactions on Robotics and Automation
   $19 for Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
   $24 for Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine IntelligenceIEEE 

One of the several Robotic Industries Association Organizations. See RIA.

ISRA is an individual and corporate member association dedicated to providing information on the emerging field of service robots in applications such as health care, education, security, education, and space exploration. Key activities include publication of a quarterly newsletter, sponsorship of conferences, exhibits, and distribution of market studies, books, and related resources.

SPIE has publications, meetings and conferences in the field of intelligent robots, mobile robots, teleoperation, machine vision, etc.

The SPIE is a nonprofit society dedicated to advancing engineering and scientific applications of optical, electro-optical, and optoelectronic instrumentation, systems and technology. Its members are scientists, engineers, and users interested in the reduction to practice of these technologies. SPIE provides the means for communicating new developments and applications to the scientific, engineering, and user communities through its publications, symposia, and short courses.

The SPIE has listservers, covering robotics, fiber optics, optical computing and processing, and optomechanical engineering/instrument design.

SPIE maintains several e-mail Listserver Groups dedicated to various technical specialties. These groups are a way for colleagues to share information, solve problems, and discuss issues related to their interests. While the topics are tied to the various International Technical Working Groups of SPIE, membership is not required to join a listserver group.

Currently available e-mail listservers maintained by SPIE:

• Listname Group
• -------- -----
• info-bios BIOS (Biomedical Optics Society)
• info-ei Electronic Imaging
• info-holo Holography
• info-adopt Adaptive Optics
• info-fibers Fiber Optics
• info-opcom Optical Computing and Processing
• info-robo Robotics
• info-optomech Optomechanical and Instrument Design

To subscribe to one of these groups, send an e-mail message to info-optolink-request@mom.spie.org and include the words: subscribe info-listname in the message body area, where listname matches one of the names listed above. For a complete set of instructions, send a message to info-optolink-request@mom.spie.org with the word HELP in the message body. For an up-to-date list of SPIE listserver groups at any time, send the word LISTS to the same address.

Primary robotics related focus of MHI is on AGV's.

Robotic Industries Association is the umbrella organization to four specialty associations. See the RIA homepage for more details.

• Automated Imaging Association (AIA)
• The Association for Robotics in Hazardous Environments (RHE)
• International Service Robot Association (ISRA)
• Global Automation Information Network (GAIN)

Utility/Manufacturer Robot Users group (UMRUG)

Robotics Society in Finland

Fachgemeinschaft MHI im VDMA

IPA

Association Francaise de Robotique

Associazione Robotica Italiana

Government of India

SIRI - Associazione Italiana di Robotica

Japan Industrial Robot Association

KIST - Korea Institute of Science and Technology

Meininger Automation bv

Federation of Norwegian Engineering Industries (TBL)

Polish Federation of Engineering Associations (NOT)

Singapore Industrial Automation Association (SIAA)

MVVZ Robot

"J. Stefan" Institute

Asociacion Espanola de Robotica

Swedish Industrial Robot Association (SWIRA)

Schweizerische Gesellschaft fur

British Robot Association (BRA)

Robotic Industries Assoc (RIA)

Secretariat of IFR

Connecticut Robotics Society

Computers, Robotics and Artists Society of Houston [CRASH]

The Dallas Personal Robotics Group

ICT Robotic Team

Northern New Mexico Robotics Group

Palo Alto Homebrew Robotics Club

Portland Area Robotics Society (PARTS)

Meet 1st Saturday of month at Mount Hood Community College.

The purpose of the Portland Area Robotics Society is to support and promote the development of personal robotics, and to facilitate the exchange of information between robot enthusiasts. P.A.R.T.S will help provide practical and technical assistance to its members, by promoting experimentation, construction, discussions, seminars, exhibitions, and contests, in the field of hobby robotics.

Membership to P.A.R.T.S shall be open to all persons, who are interested in learning more about robotics, and furthering the objectives of the club. To get the most from P.A.R.T.S, active participation is wholeheartedly encouraged. After all, you only get out of it what you put into it. Membership is $20 a year and includes the PARTS newsletter.

PARTS also has a newsletter that focuses on robotics for the hobbyist. Each issue contains valuable information on electronics, microcontrollers, sensors, hardware construction and software for robotics. You can obtain a set of twelve newsletters for only $9.95. This includes shipping and handling.

Robotics Club of Maryland

Robotics Group

The Robotics Society of America

Robotics Society of Southern California

Rochester Institute of Technology

San Francisco Robotics Society of America

Seattle Robotics Society

Triangle Amateur Robotics Club

Twin Cities Robotics/AI Group

University of North Carolina Asheville Robotics Club

MicroMechanics Information Clearinghouse

Since 1979, SRL has staged over 45 mechanized presentations in the United States and Europe. Each performance consists of a unique set of ritualized interactions between machines, robots, and special effects devices, employed in developing themes of socio-political satire. Humans are present only as audience or operators.

• #v112a The Pleasures Of Unihibited Excess ($30)
• #v112b The Will To Provoke ($25)