FIRA

Frontier

FIRA President

Prof. Jacky Baltes

National Taiwan Normal University

Taiwan

FIRA Vice Presidents

Prof. Soroush Sadegh Nejad

Amirkabir University of technology

Iran

Prof. Kuo-Yang Tu

National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology

Taiwan

Executive Committees

Presidents, vice-presidents, chairs, and co-chairs are selected for a three-year term. There is a term limit of a maximum of two consecutive terms for each position. At the end of the second term, the position must be re-assigned through election by the FIRA Executive Committee and FIRA Chapters Assembly, and the previous holder must take a one year break from that position.

FIRA Executive Committee

Executive Secretary : Ms. Christine Kim, Korea

Treasurer : Prof. John Anderson, University of Manitoba University of Manitoba, Canada

FIRA Air

Amirali Setayeshi, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

FIRA Challenge

Prof. Soroush Sadeghnejad, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

FIRA Sports

Prof. Kuo-Yang Tu, National Kaohsiung FIrst University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

FIRA Youth

Hossein Mahdipour, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Autonomous Race

Co-Chair

Amirali Setayeshi, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Farzad Ahmadinejad, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Alireza Athari, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Autonomous Cars

Co-Chairs

Amirmohammad Zarif, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Amirmahdi Zarif, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Technical committee

Seyed Mohammad Hossein Tayebzade, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

Mikhail Granatov, Russia

Innovation and Business

Chair

Soroush Sadeghenjad, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran

Co-Chairs

Arya Saboury, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Pourya Shahverdi, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Christine Kim, FIRA HQ, Seoul, South Korea.

Warehouse Robots

Chair

Soroush Sadeghenjad, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran

Co-Chair

Parsa Yarahmadi, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran

AndroSot

Chair

Prof. Tzuu-Hseng Steve Li, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Co-Chairs

Prof. Tae Koo Kang, Sang Myung University, Taiwan

Prof. Ming-Yuan Shieh, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

HuroCup

Chair

Meng Cheng Lau, University of Manitoba, Canada.

Co-Chairs

Karla Camarillo, Instituto Tecnologico Celaya, Mexico.

Kevin Lim, Nanyang Politechnic, Singapore.

Young Jae Ryoo, Mokpo University, Sout Korea.

RoboSot

Chair

Zhongwen Luo; China University of Geoscience, China.

Co-chairs

Lingquan Yang; China University of Geoscience, China.

Gonzalo Mon; Entertainment & Education Technolog, Argentina.

Rafidah Ab Rahman; Polyteknik Muazam Shah, Malaysia.

Mohammadmahdi Rahimi, Amirkabir Univeristy of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Iran.

Sports Robots

Chair

Hossein Mahdipour, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Iran.

City Racer

Chair

Yi-Ching Chen, Taipei Municipal Government, Taiwan.

League Technical and Organizing Committee

Hossein Mahdipour, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Iran, (Co-Chair).

Handson Lee, FIRA Youth China, (Co-Chair).

Cliff Hanger

Chair

Yi-Ching Chen, Taipei Municipal Government, Taiwan.

League Technical and Organizing Committee

Hossein Mahdipour, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Iran, (Co-Chair).

Handson Lee, FIRA Youth China, (Co-Chair).

DRC-Explorer

Chair

Hossein Mahdipour, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Iran, (Co-Chair).

Mission Impossible

Chair

Jacky Baltes, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan.

HuroCup Junior

Chair

Meng Cheng Lau, University of Manitoba, Canada.

Co-Chair

Karla Camarillo, Instituto Tecnologico Celaya, Mexico.

FIRA Advisory Committee

United Kingdom

University of Plymouth

Prof. Paul Robinson

Singapore

National University of Singapore

Prof. Prahlad Vadakkepat

Austria

Vienna University of Technology

Prof. Peter Kopacek

China

Harbin Institute of Technology

Prof. Bing Rong Hong

Germany

University of Dortmund

Prof. Norbert Jesse

United Kingdom

University of Bristol

Prof. Guido Herrmann

New Zealand

Massey University

Prof. Gourab Sengupta

Australia

University of Western Australia

Prof. Thomas Braunl

Iran

Amirkabir University of Technology

Prof. Mohammadreza Razfar

FIRA Regional Chapters

A sufficiently large number of teams, researchers and teachers from any nation, group of nations, or nation-sized region (henceforth “region”) with significant past and current FIRA participation is invited to form a “FIRA Regional Chapters.”

The purposes of Regional chapters are to

1. Act as communication link between FIRA participants in their region and FIRA Executive Committee. This includes distributing information from FIRA Executive Committee to the FIRA participants in their area of influence as well as bringing concerns and issues in their area to the attention of the FIRA Executive Committee,

2. Promote FIRA and its associated events in their area,

3. Support existing participants and recruit new ones,

4. Organize local FIRA events in their region

5. Select teams for participation at the FIRA Robot World Cup,

6. Deal with organizational matters (e.g., travel, registration, payment of fees, and accommodation) for the participants from their region)

7. Maintain an English website to be linked to the main FIRA website describing the FIRA activities in your region.

For details, please refer to FIRA Regional Chapters

Current FIRA Regional Chapters are listed below.

European FIRA Regional Chapter

Involved countries:

Germany Regional Chapter, Since 2019
Russia Regional Chapter, Since 2018
Turkey Regional Chapter, Since 2019
Bulgaria Regional Chapter, Since 2002
Czechia Regional Chapter, Since
Hungary Regional Chapter, Since
Poland Regional Chapter, Since
Romania Regional Chapter, Since
Slovakia Regional Chapter, Since
Slovenia Regional Chapter, Since

Asian FIRA Regional Chapter

Involved countries:

China Regional Chapter, Since
India Regional Chapter, Since
Indonesia Regional Chapter, Since
Japan Regional Chapter, Since
South Korea Regional Chapter, Since
Philippines Regional Chapter, Since
Singapore Regional Chapter, Since
Taiwan Regional Chapter, Since 2010
Islamic Republic of Iran Regional Chapter, Since 2014
Malaysia Regional Chapter, Since 2017
Thailand Regional Chapter, Since 2015

America FIRA Regional Chapter

Involved countries:

Canada Regional Chapter, Since
Mexico Regional Chapter, Since
Brazil Regional Chapter, Since
US Regional Chapter, Since

Oceania FIRA Regional Chapter

Involved countries:

Australia Regional Chapter, Since