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Committee Chairs

Honorary Advisors:
   Takeki Manabe (Governor, Kagawa Prefectural Government)
   Shozo Masuda (Mayor, City of Takamatsu)
   Hidetaka Anabuki (Chairman, Kagawa Intelligent Park Exchange Promotion Committee)
Koji Kondo (President, Kagawa University)
   Norihiko Kono (Director-General, Shikoku Bureau of International Trade and Industry)
   Yasuhiko Manabe (Chairman, Kagawa Association of Corporate Executives)
   Kyosuke Matsumoto (President, Kagawa Science and Technology Foundation)
   Hiroshi Nonaka (President, Shikoku Industry & Technology Promotion Center)

Advisory Council :
    Honorary Chair:
        Tzyh-Jong Tarn (Washington University)
        Fumio Harashima (Tokyo Metropolitan Instute of Tecnology.)
    Chair:
        Toshio Fukuda (Nagoya University)
    Vice Chair:
        Shin'ichi Yuta (Tsukuba Uniersity)

Organizing Committee Chair:
    Hiroshi Ishikawa (Kagawa University)

General Co-Chairs:
    Kazuo Tanie (Mechanical Engineering Laboratory)
    Guenther Schmidt (Technische Universitaet Muenchen)

Program Chair:
    Hideki Hashimoto (University of Tokyo)

Regional Program Co-Chairs:
    C.S. George Lee (Purdue University)
    Il Hong Suh (Hangyang University)
    Christian Laugier (INRIA)
    Ko-ichi Sugimoto (Kagawa University)

Local Arrangements Chair:
    Seiji Hata (Kagawa University)
  Vice-Chair:
    Akira Ishii (Kagawa University)

Finance Co-Chairs:
    Kazuyoshi Tsukamoto (Kagawa University)
    Xiaoping Yun (Naval Postgraduate School)

Organized Session Co-Chairs:
    Satoshi Tadokoro (Kobe University)
    Alex Zelinsky (Australian National University)

International Industry Liaison Committee Co-Chairs:
    Makoto Mizukawa (Shibaura Institute of Technology)
    Prasad N. Akella (CommerceOne)
    Sang-Rok Oh (KIST)
    Raymond Fournier (CEREM)

Tutorials/Workshops Co-Chairs:
    Shigeki Sugano (Waseda University)
    Ning Xi (Michigan State University)
    Martin Buss (Technische Universitaet Muenchen)

Exhibition Chair:
    Tsukasa Ogasawara (Nara Instute of Science and Technology)

Publication Chair:
    Takashi Tsubouchi (Tsukuba University)

Publicity Chair:
    Kazuhito Yokoi (Mechanical Engineering Laboratory)

Secretariats:
    Ei-ichi Horiuchi (Mechanical Engineering Laboratory)
    Hideyuki Hirata (Kagawa University)


Committee Members

Organizing Committee
Chair:
Hiroshi Ishikawa, Kagawa University, Japan
Members:
Jorge Angeles, McGill University, Canada
Tamio Arai, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Suguru Arimoto, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Minoru Asada, Osaka University, Japan
Hajime Asama, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Japan
Kuniji Asano, Tohoku Institute of Technology, Japan
Antal K. Bejczy, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
George A. Bekey, University of Southern California, USA
Wayne J. Book, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Hendrik Van Brussel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Brian R. Carlisle, Adept Technology, Inc., USA
Joel Burdick, California Institute of Technology, USA
Norman. Caplan, John Hopkins University, USA
Hyung Suck Cho, KAIST, Korea
Philippe Coiffet, LRP/CNRS, France
Paolo Dario, Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Italy
Norihiko Egi, The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, Japan
Masakatsu Fujie, Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., Japan
Toshio Fukuda, Nagoya University, Japan
Katsuhisa Furuta, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
Cai He-Gao, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Georges Giralt, LAAS/CNRS, France
Valery Gradetsky, Institute for Problems in Mechanics, Russia
Volker Graefe, Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany
William A. Gruver, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Fumio Harashima, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Shigeoki Hirai, Electrotechnical Laboratory, Japan
Gerd Hirzinger, German Aerospace Research Establishment, Germany
John M. Hollerbach, University of Utah, USA
Takamasa Hori, Mie University, Japan
Katsushi Ikeuchi, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Hirochika Inoue, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Rokuya Ishii, Yokohama National University, Japan
Koji Ito, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Raymond A. Jarvis, Monash University, Australia
Yukinori Kakazu, Hokkaido University, Japan
Makoto Kaneko, Hiroshima University, Japan
Oussama Khatib, Stanford University, USA
Kou Kikuchi, Manufacturing Science and Technology Center, Japan
Genichiro Kinoshita, Robotics Society of Japan, Japan
Kenji Kogure, NTT Cyber Space Laboratories, Japan
Antti J. Koivo, Purdue University, USA
Heikki N. Koivo, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Kazuhiro Kosuge, Tohoku University, Japan
Q.-H. Max Meng, University of Alberta, Canada
Osamu Miki, Kawasaki Heavy Industry, Ltd., Japan
Okyay Kaynak, Bogazici University, Turkey
Hisato Kobayashi, Hosei University, Japan
Wook Hyun Kwon, Seoul National University, Korea
Chong-Won Lee, KIST, Korea
Ju-Jang Lee, KAIST, Korea
Vladimir Lumelsky, University of Wisconsin, USA
Ren C. Luo, Chung Chen University, Taiwan
Hirofumi Miura, Kogakuin University, Japan
Fumio Miyazaki, Osaka University, Japan
Tadashi Nagata, Institute of Systems & Information Technologies/KYUSHU, Japan
Masaya Nakamura, Namco Ltd., Japan
Eiji Nakano, Tohoku University, Japan
Shin Nakayama, Japan Robot Association, Japan
Eiichi Ohno, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan
Mignon Park, Yonsei University, Korea
Eugenio A. Puente, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Arthur C. Sanderson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Giulio Sandini, University of Genoa, Italy
Gerhard Schweitzer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Yoshiaki Shirai, Osaka University, Japan
Bruno Siciliano, Universita` degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Harry E. Stephanou, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Susumu Tachi, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Toshi Takamori, Kobe University, Japan
Atsuo Takanishi, Waseda University, Japan
Sei-ichi Takayanagi, Toshiba Corporation, Japan
Tzyh-Jong Tarn, Washington University, USA
Yoji Umetani, Toyota Technological Institute, Japan
Andrew K. Wong, University of Waterloo, Canada
Jing Xiao, National Science Foundation, USA
Tsuneo Yoshikawa, Kyoto University, Japan
Shin-ichi, Yuta, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Hong Zhang, University of Alberta, Canada

Program Committee
Chair:
Hideki Hashimoto (University of Tokyo)

Regional Program Co-Chairs:
America:             C.S. George Lee (Purdue University)
Asia:                    Il Hong Suh (Hangyang University)
Europe/Africa:   Christian Laugier (INRIA)
Japan:                 Ko-ichi Sugimoto (Kagawa University)

Members:
America:
Haruhiko Asada (MIT)
Antal K. Bejczy (Jet Propulsion Lab)
C. L. Philip Chen (Wright State University)
Rajiv V. Dubey (University of South Florida)
John T. Feddema (Sandia Nat'l Lab.)
William A. Gruver (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Kamal Gupta (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
William Hamel (University of Tennessee)
T.C. Steve Hsia (University of California, Davis)
John Hollerbach (University of Utah)
Ralph Hollis (Carnegie Mellon University)
Roberto Horowitz (University of California, Berkeley)
Avi Kak (Purdue University)
Oussama Khatib (Stanford University)
Pradeep Khosla (Carnegie Mellon University)
Vladimir J. Lumelsky (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Robin R. Murphy (University of South Florida)
Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos (University of Minnesota)
Lynne Parker (Oak Ridge National Lab)
Ari Requicha (University of Southern California)
Arthur Sanderson (RPI)
Homayoun Seraji (Jet Propulsion Lab)
T. J. Tarn (Washington University)
Ian Walker (Clemson University)
Peter Will (University of Southern California)
Andrew K.C. Wong (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Ning Xi (Michigan State University)
Jing Xiao (National Science Foundation)
Junku Yuh (University of Hawaii)
Xiaoping Yun (Naval Postgraduate School)
Yuan F. Zheng (Ohio State University)

Europe/Africa:
Rachid Alami (LAAS/CNRS)
Paolo Dario (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna)
Antonio Bicchi (Universita di Pisa)
Alicia  Casals (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya)
Raja CHATILA (LAAS-CNRS)
Jean-Paul Laumond (LAAS-CNRS)
James L. Crowley (INRIA Rhone-Alpes)
Joris D. Schutter (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Ruediger Dillmann (Universitat Karlsruhe)
Heinz Worn (Universitat Karlsruhe)
Gordon Doddos (The Queen’s University of Belfast)
Ayden Erkmen (Middle East Technical University)
Gerd Hirzinger (DLR)
Jean-Pierre Merlet (INRIA Sophia Antipolis)
Henrik I. Christensen (CVAP-CAS/NADA/KTH)
Bruno Siciliano (Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
Sergey M. Sokolov (Russian Academy of Sciences)
Paul Taylor (University of Newcastle upen Tyne)
Emmanuel Mazer (INRIA Rhone-Alpes)
Pierre Dauchez (LIRMM)
Jocelyne Troccaz (Universite Joseph Fourier)
Volker Graefe (Bundeswehr University Munich)

Asia/Oceania:
Han-Pang Huang (National Taiwan University)
Zexiang Li (Hongkong University of Science and Technology)
TeckSeng Low (National University of Singapore)
Shui-Shong Lu (National Taiwan University)
Brenen J. McCarragher (Australian National University)
Ting Chuen Pong (Hongkong University of Science and Technology)
Helen Shen (Hongkong University of Science and Technology)
S. K. Tso (City University of Hongkong)
Yangsheng Xu (The Chinese University of Honkong)
Alexander Zelinsky (Australian National University)
Ren Ruo (University Taiwan)
B. J. Yi (Hanyang University)
W. K. Chung (Postech)
S. R. Oh (KIST)
B. J. You (KIST)
B. H. Lee (Seoul National University)
M. J. Chung (KAIST)
J. J. Lee (KAIST)
Djitt Laowattana (KMITT)
Frank Chongwoo Park (Seoul National University)

Japan:
Koichi Osuka (Kyoto University)
Kazuo Kiguchi (Saga University)
Seiji Yamada (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Ken Yoneda  (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Teruo Fujii  (Univ. of Tokyo)
Hiroshi Kobayashi ( Science University of Tokyo)
Makoto Jinno  (Toshiba)
Hidenori Ishihara  (Kagawa University)
Yoshikazu Arai  (Iwate Prefecture University)
Kazuo Tanaka  (Univ. of Electro-Communications)
Takafumi Matsumaru  (Shizuoka University)
Toru Yamaguchi  (Utsunomiya University)
Toru Omata  (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Tomomi Hashimoto  (Nasu University)
Ken Oonishi  (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
Takanori Shibata  (MEL)
Yoji Yamada  (Toyota Technology Institute)
Toshio Tsuji  (Hiroshima University)
Yasuyoshi Yokokohji (Kyouto University)
Akihito Sano  (Nagoya Institute Technology)
Yoshinori Kuno  (Osaka University)
Sadao Kawamura  (Ritsumeikan University)
Joo-Ho Lee  (Univ. of Tokyo)
Tsutomu Hasegawa  (Kyushu University)
Koichi Hashimoto  (Okayama University)
Kiyoshi Komoriya  (MEL)
Hiroshi Ishiguro  (Wakayama University)
Kazuya Yoshida  (Tohoku University)
Hideyuki Sawada  (Kagawa University)
Isao Hara (ETL)


Local Arrangement Committee(Tentative)
Chair:
Seiji Hata(Kagawa Univ.)
Members:
Akira Ishii(Kagawa Univ.)
Kazuyoshi Tsukamoto(Kagawa Univ.)
Yutaka Mihara(Kagawa Univ.)
Hideyuki Hirata(Kagawa Univ.)
Hirohji Tsu(SNIRI)
Kiichiro Hirata(Futec)
Takeshi Inai(TADANO)
Hiroyuki Sumida(Ryusyo Ind.)
Takekatsu Goda(Kagawa Industrial Intelligent Center)
Fumio Shirai(Shikoku Instrumentation)
Ken'ichi Kaida(Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics Ind.)
Noriyuki Nakano(Oriental Motor)
Hideaki Takahashi(Tokai)
Kohji Sakai(Kagawa Univ.)
Fumio Yoshino(Kagawa Univ.)
Toshinori Yamasaki(Kagawa Univ.)
Hiroshi Ito(Kagawa Univ.)
Naoto Sumida(Kagawa Univ.)
Jun'ichi Yamaguchi(Kagawa Univ.)
Wu Jinglong (Kagawa Univ.)
Hideyuki Sawada(Kagawa Univ.)
Ichirou Ishimaru(Kagawa Univ.)
Kiichi Takamoto(Kagawa Univ.)
Shuxiang Guo(Kagawa Univ.)
Hidenori Ishihara(Kagawa Univ.)
Masahiro Noumi(Kagawa Univ.)
Takahiro Wada(Kagawa Univ.)
Fumikazu Ohira(Kagawa Univ.)
Gen Hashiguchi(Kagawa Univ.)
Yuji Ohue(Kagawa Univ.)
Hidenori Yoshimura(Kagawa Univ.)
Koichi Sugimoto(Kagawa Univ.)