Yu Haibin, professor and director of Shenyang Institute of Automation (SIA), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was elected   first convenor of Advisory Committee on Applications of Robot Technology under the International Electronical Commission (IEC ACART), at the first committee meeting during March 10th to 11th, 2016. The election result has been reported to the Standardization Management Board (SMB) of IEC for approval.

IEC ACART gathered top robotic experts from the world, to reframe the standardization of robot for facilitating innovation, regulating robot industry and promoting applications.. The tasks of ACART include: coordinating common aspects of robotic technology such as vocabulary and symbols; preparing a guideline that outlines the critical aspects (as described in the report) of preparing a standard for products that incorporate robotic technology; promoting collaboration between IEC and ISO as it relates to robotic technologies; resolving current overlaps and developing a process to prevent future overlaps, both within the IEC and between IEC and ISO, and strong collaboration with the IEC CAB.