日本工业机器人协会JIRA(Japan Industrial Robot Association)于1994年5月25日的大会上决定,更改协会的名称并部分修改其章程。根据这一决定,JIRA向通产省申请批准其协会章程的修改草案。1994年6月29日经正式批准,JIRA扩展成为一个新的组织——日本机器人协会JARA (Japan Robot Association)。 日本工业机器人协会更名及修改章程的背景是:最近机器人领域的重大进展导致了对机器人需求的多样化,机器人由制造业扩展到了非制造业,例如 Japan Industrial Robot Association JIRA (Japan Industrial Robot Association) in May 25, 1994 the General Assembly decided to change the name of the association and partially modify its constitution. According to this decision, JIRA applied to the MITI for approval of the draft amendments to its association’s constitution. On June 29, 1994, JIRA was formally approved as a new organization, the Japan Robot Association (JARA). The background to the Japan Industrial Robot Association’s name change and charter amendment is that recent major advances in the robotics have led to a diversification in the demand for robots that have expanded from manufacturing to non-manufacturing industries such as