IROS 2022 Committee

Advisory Committee

Chair

  • Fumio Harashima, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

Members

  • Tzyh-Jong Tarn, Washington University, USA
  • Toshio Fukuda, Nagoya University, Japan
  • Shigeo Hirose, Hibot Corporation, Japan
  • Kazuhiro Kosuge, Tohoku University, Japan
  • C. S. George Lee, Purdue University, USA
  • Shigeki Sugano, Waseda University, Japan
  • Minoru Asada, Osaka University, Japan
  • Yoshio Nakatani, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

General Chair

  • Shugen Ma, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

General Co-Chairs

  • Allison M. Okamura, Stanford University, USA
  • Satoshi Tadokoro, Tohoku University, Japan
  • Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University, USA
  • Stefano Chiaverini, Universita` degli Studi di Cassino, Italy

Program Chair

  • Yasushi Nakauchi, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Program Co-Chairs

  • Tamim Asfour, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
  • Hong Zhang, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
  • Dong-Soo Kwon, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
  • Marcia K. O’Malley, Rice University, USA

IROS Conference Paper Review Board Editor-in-Chief (2020-2022 appointed)

  • Hong Zhang, Southern University of Science and Technology, China

Financial Co-Chairs

  • Hiromi Mochiyama, University of Tsukuba, Japan
  • Noriyuki Tejima, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Registration Committee

Chair

  • Weiwei Wan, Osaka University, Japan

Co-Chairs

  • Aiguo Ming, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
  • Guoteng Zhang, Shandong University, China

Awards Committee

Chair

  • Eiichi Yoshida, Tokyo University of Science, Japan

Co-Chairs

  • Kristin Y. Pettersen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
  • Yunhui Liu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
  • Tim Lueth, The Technical University of Munich, Germany
  • Han Ding, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
  • Seth Hutchinson, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Workshops & Tutorial Committee

Chair

  • Gregory S. Chirikjian, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Co-Chairs

  • Shinichi Hirai, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
  • Kanako Harada, The University of Tokyo, Japan
  • Kyu-jin Cho, Seoul National University, Korea
  • Jinguo Liu, Shenyang Institute of Automation, CAS, China
  • Ming Liu, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China

Special Sessions Committee

Chair

  • Chi Zhu, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan

Co-Chairs

  • Bradley Nelson, ETH; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, Switerland
  • Rong Xiong, Zhejiang University, China
  • Nabil Simaan, Vanderbilt University, USA
  • Nancy Amato, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, USA
  • Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Nagoya University, Japan

Special Forum Co-Chairs

  • Kazuhito Yokoi, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
  • Stefano Stramigioli, University of Twente, Netherlands
  • Tetsuya Ogata, Waseda University, Japan

Competition Co-Chairs

  • Hiroyuki Okada, Tamagawa University, Japan
  • Jian Huang, Kindai University, Japan
  • Fanny Ficuciello, University of Naples, Italy
  • Mihoko Niitsuma, Chuo University, Japan
  • Te Li, Dalian University of Technology, China

Local Arrangement Committee

Chair

  • Kazuhiro Shimonomura, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Co-Chair

  • Fumitoshi Matsuno, Kyoto University, Japan

Members

  • Takahiro Endo, Kyoto University, Japan
  • Mitsunori Uemura, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
  • Takayuki Kanda, Kyoto University, Japan
  • Kazushi Ikeda, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
  • Akio Noda, Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan
  • Shinya Aoi, Kyoto University, Japan
  • Hiroaki Nakanishi, Kyoto University, Japan
  • Tatsuro Terakawa, Kyoto University, Japan
  • Zhongkui Wang, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
  • Lin Meng, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
  • Makoto Nokata, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
  • Shima Okada, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Exhibition Committee

Chair

  • Kensuke Harada, Osaka University, Japan

Co-Chairs

  • Jianjun Yuan, Shanghai University, China
  • Yantao Shen, University of Nevada, USA
  • Ryuta Ozawa, Meiji University, Japan
  • Chao Ren, Tianjin University, China

Publicity Committee

Chair

  • Yumi Iwashita, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

Co-Chairs

  • Qiang Li, Bielefeld University, Germany
  • Hesheng Wang, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
  • Emel Demircan, California State University – Long Beach, USA

Publications Committee

Chair

  • Zhidong Wang, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan

Co-Chairs

  • Noriaki Ando, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
  • Natsuki Yamanobe, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

E-Media Committee

Chair

  • Atsushi Kakogawa, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Co-Chairs

  • Ryo Kurazume, Kyusyu University, Japan
  • Dongbin Kim, University of Nevada, USA
  • Dinh Tuan Tran, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
  • Paul Oh, University of Nevada, USA

IROS@35 Committee

Co-Chairs

  • C. S. George Lee, Purdue University, USA
  • Minoru Asada, Osaka University, Japan
  • Shugen Ma, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Members

  • Tamim Asfour, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
  • Aude Billard, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Ayanna Howard, The Ohio State University, USA
  • Cecilia Laschi, NaKonal University of Singapore, Singapore
  • ChrisKan Laugier, INRIA/CNRS, France
  • Yunhui Liu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
  • Junku Yuh, Korea Institute of Robotics & Technology Convergence, South Korea
  • Kazuhito Yokoi, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
  • Yasushi Nakauchi, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Secretariat

  • Joo-Ho Lee, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
  • Yang Tian, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
  • Longchuan Li, Ritsumeikan University, Japan