Abstract :
Since 2005, the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and International Federation of Robotics (IFR) have cooperated to host a joint Forum of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics and Automation to foster cooperation between the scientific community and industry. As part of the forum, an award for Invention and Entrepreneurship in Robotics and Automation (IERA) is made. This year the IEEE--IFR form was held in Kobe, Japan, in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2009.
