Organization

	General Chair		Katsushi Ikeuchi, University of Tokyo, Japan
	General Co-Chairs		Rüdiger Dillmann, University of Karlsruhe, Germarny
			Ren C. Luo, National Chung Cheng University, R. O. C.
		.
	Steering Committee		H. Christensen (Europe)
			Th. Henderson (America)
			Y. Yamada (Asia)
		.
	Advisory Committee		M. Asada
			J. L. Crowley
			T. Fukuda
			G. Hirzinger
			A. Sanderson
			Y. Shirai
		.
	Programming Committee		A. Broggi
			A. Bicchi
			A. Takanishi
			A. Nakazawa
			A. Kak
			A. Erkmen
			B. Ghosh
			B. Bhanu
			B. Siciliano
			C. Couto
			D. M. Lyons
			E. E. Pissaloux
			H. Hashimoto
			H. Ishiguro
			J. R. Beveridge
			K. Sato
			M. Hebert
			M. Ejiri
			M. kagesawa
			M. G. Kay
			M. M. Trivedi
			M. A. Abidi
			N. Rao
			N. Xi
			P. K. Allen
			R. Chatila
			R. Jarvis
			R. Simmons
			R. Marc
			R. Oka
			S. Hutchinson
			S. Sugano
			S. Sasaki
			S. Yuta
			S. Hiura
			S. Arimoto
			S. Tachi
			S. Kamijo
			T. Oomichi
			T. Wada
			T. Kawashima
			T. J. Tarn
			W. Martin
			Y. Sato
			Y. Nakamura
			Y. Kuno
			Y. Ohta
	Involved Societies		IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) .
			IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) .
			The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan (SICE) .
			Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ) .