Conference: 2010 International Symposium on Flexible Automation; Tokyo; Japan; July 12 - 14, 2010

Northwestern University, Evanston IL

Investigators

Abstract

Support is provided to partially cover the travel expenses of selected US participants of the 2010 International Symposium on Flexible Automation, which will be held in Tokyo, Japan on July 12-14, 2010. The funds will support a total of about 20 researchers from the US to attend the symposium. The Symposium will consist of three days of technical presentations and keynote speeches, followed by post-symposium technical tours to major university research laboratories and industry production facilities in Japan. This grant will stimulate the technical discussion among researchers in the field and foster future collaborations. The benefits to the U.S. researchers attending the symposium will include the knowledge gained from the technical presentations and discussions on various processes and systems and underlying principles of flexible automation. Japan is one of the world leaders in nano-manipulation, nano-machining, robotics and control, sensors, system analysis and integration, the support will enable many researchers (faculty, post-doctoral fellows and graduate students), scientists and engineers from U.S. to gain the first-hand knowledge of research, development, and implementation of flexible automation technologies in Japan.