Prof. Dr. Erwin Prassler elected vice president of IEEE RAS

Prof. Dr. Erwin Prassler was elected vice president of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society on June 1st 2015 in Seattle. During his term of office from 2016 to 2017, he will be responsible for Industrial Activities.

The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society is the largest professional association of robotics scientists and engineers worldwide with around 11,000 members. For the first time since its establishment 30 years ago, the society will have German members in the executive committee (Prof. Dr. Martin Buss from Technical University München has been appointed vice president for Conference Activities).