The Technical Committee on Surgical Robotics will aim at fostering the exchanges among surgical robotics researchers, through scientific events and publications, at favoring the discussion on the technical and applicative problems, through meetings and Internet forums, and at providing researchers with helpful tools for their activity. The Technical Committee will actively work to organize Workshops and Tutorials at RAS Conferences, such as ICRA and IROS, and at other RAS-sponsored meetings; to organize dedicated conferences, and to promote special conference sessions and special issues of international Journals.