Technical Innovations Awards

(1990)

• Development of Super-High-Speed Coordinate Transform LSI for Manipulator Control
  Michitaka Kameyama, Hideki Egami, Takao Matsumoto and Tatsuo Higushi
• WABOT - 2mk
  Shigeki Sugano, Ichiro Kato
• A Teleoperation System for Space Experiments
  Ichiro Watanabe and Takashi Uchiyama

(1991)

• Tele-existence Technology
  Susumu Tachi, Hirohiko Arai, Taro Maeda, Yuji Maeda, Eimei Oyama
• Development of Magnetically Supported Intelligent Hand for Automated Precision Assembly
  Toshiro Higuchi, Masahiro Tsuda and Shigeki Fujiwara

(1992)

• Flexible Micro Actuators
  Koichi Suzumori, Hirohisa Tanaka
• Design of Snake Like Vehicle : Articulated Body Mobile Robot KRII
  Shigeo Hirose, Akio Morishima, Shinichi Tsukagoshi, Toshimichi Tsumaki and Hiroki Monobe

(1993)

• Manipulators for Advanced Robots
  Takeo Oomichi, Ken Ohnishi

(1994)

• A Method of Piloting an Autonomous Mobile Robot in Dynamically Changing Environment Including Moving Obstacles
  Shigeki Ishikawa and Shun'ichi Asaka

(1995)

• Study on Face Robot for Active Human Interface(AHI)
  Hiroshi Kobayashi, Fumio Hara, Gou Uchida and Munehisa Ohno
• Development of a 6-DOF High-Speed Parallel Robot HEXA
  Masaru Uchiyama, Ken-ichi Iimura, Susumu Tarao, Francois Pierrot and Osamu Toyama

1st

(1996)

• Development of the hot-line work robot system
  Satoru Nio, Hiromichi Yamada, Hirobumi Inogushi, Yoshihiro Yurita, Fumiaki Kawai, Toshihide Tomiyama, Katsuhiko Hagino, Yoshinaga Maruyama, Kyoji Yano and Moriyuki Nakashima

(1997)

• Application of multi-robot control technology for sub-assembly in shipbuilding
  Takaaki Ogasawara, Kiyoshi Hashimoto, Masaru Tabata, Manabu Komatu, Susumu Hara, Isao Kotaka, Masayuki Shigeyoshi, Norimichi Mese, Nobuo Kimura and Yoshihiro Kanjo
• The developing of the method of initializing angle of the robot arm which has a reduction gear
  Tomokazu Hirabayashi, Hiroshi Miyazawa and Noriaki Kotani
• Development of a force controlled finishing robot "Valibo"
  Makoto Jinno, Fumio Ozaki, Takashi Yoshimi, Kyoichi Tatsuno, Masakazu Kanda, Yasuhiko Tamada, Shintaro Nagataki, Isamu Oguma and Mikio Takahashi
• Tracking Vision: A real-time motion tracking system
  Takashi Uchiyama, Toshihiko Morita, Naoyuki Sawasaki, Kazunori Asada, Masahiko Sato, Hirochika Inoue and Masayuki Inaba

(1998)

• A practical development of suspender controlled by gyroscopic moment
  Syuji Oyagi, Tatsuya Wakisaka, Fumihiro Inoue, Yuichi Ikeda, Koji Watanabe, Akira Wakabayashi, Yoshitsugu Nekomoto, Kenji Enomoto and Hiroshi Kanki
• Development of depalletizing robot vision system using stereo vision with random dot pattern projection
  Manabu Hashimoto, Kazuhiko Sumi, Shin-ichi Kuroda, Norio Kodaira and Shotaro Iwata

(1999)

• Development of walk training system with compliance control method for supporting independent elderly daily life
  Masakatsu Fujie, Akihiko Sakai, Toshihiko Wada, Tsutomu Fujimoto and Toru Uneta
• The development of the portable general-purpose intelligent arm
  Ken Ohnishi, Atsushi Tokioka, Noriko Oonishi, Kenji Hirotsu, Takeo Oomichi and Isao Shirasu

(2000)

• New automated assembly cell for small volume production
  Masayuki Takiguchi, Ichiro Suzuki, Masami Tanaka, Masahiko Sakai, Tetsuya Kominami and Manabu Ohkuma
• Development of walking robot for commercially available research platform
  Shigeo Hirose, Keisuke Arikawa, Fukushima.Edwardo Fumihiko and Masaharu Katagiri
• Small-size and high-precision robot with closed-loop mechanism
  Jiro Matsuyama, Kiyoshi Maekawa, Masahiro Fujita, Tomoyuki Kobayashi and Keisuke Sadao

6th

(2001)

• Development of marking-cutting and welding robot systems
  Masami Kobayashi, Takashi Kuboyama, Satoru Yamasumi, Masashi Koike and Mikio Murakami
• omni-directional cart with power assist system
  Shigeki Fujiwara, Hitoshi Kitano, Hideke Yamashita, Hiroshi Maeda and Hideo Fukunaga

7th

(2002)

• A development of entertainment robot AIBO
  Masahiro Fujita, Koji Kageyama, Tadashi Otsuki, Satoshi Amagai and Toshitada Doi
• Skill-Assist:Assisting device for automobile final assembly
  Hitoshi Konosu, Isamu Araki and Youji Yamada
• RoboQ(Portable tele-operated robot)
  Kazuhiro Chayama, Osamu Suzuki, Masahiko Minamoto, Akira Fujioka, Hidemi Kawasaki and Katsuhiko Yoshinaga

8th

(2003)

• Anthropomorphic robots hand : Gifu Hand III
  Haruhisa Kawasaki, Tetsuya Mouri, Satoshi Ito, Hisayuki Shimomura, Toshinori Matsunami Noburu Hanada and Teruaki Azuma
• Manipulator technologies for supporting minimally invasive surgery
  Kazutoshi Kan, Kouji Nishizawa, Toshikazu Kawai, Yasuyuki Momoi, Shio Miyamoto, Kintomo Takakura, Shigeaki Kobayashi, Hashizume Makoto, Takeyoshi Dohi and Masakatsu Fujie

9th

(2004)

• Development of a High-speed Vision Robot System Suitable for Many Product Models
  Hiroshi Kimura, Hiroshi Matsuoka, Yoshihiro Mori, Yoshiki Kondo and Satoshi Sakakibara
• Small Sized Humanoid Robot Platform: HOAP-1, -2, and NeuROMA
  Yuichi Murase, Fumio Nagashima, Yusuke Yasukawa, Zaier Riadh, Katsushi Sakai, Koichi Kimura, Shigeo Tateno, Hiyoshi Ishikawa and Keita Ogino

10th

(2005)

• Development of an Autonomous Mobile Surveillance System using High Accuracy GPS
  Junichi Takiguchi, Rui Hirokawa, Naoyuki Kajiwara, Yoshihiro Shima, Ryujiro Kurosaki, Junichi Meguro, Kiichiro Ishikawa, Yoshiharu Amano and Takumi Hashizume
• Development of the automatic welding system for Lattice-Booms
  Hida Masatoshi, Nishimura Toshihiko, Okamoto Akira, Fujiwara Akiyoshi, Kamikado Toshio and Tamada Yoshifumi

11st

(2006)

• Development of "SOKUIKI" sensor (Optical range-sensor) for Mobile Robot's Environment Recognition
  Toshihiro Mori, Naohiro Shimaji, Masanori Hino, Masayuki Maeda, Hiroyuki Izumi,Hiroshi Kidukuri, Itsuo Murata, Makoto Yamashita, Shin'ichi Yuta and Hirohiko Kawata
  
• Development and Practical Use of FSJ (Friction Spot Joining) Robot System
  Yoshitaka Seta, Mitsuo Fujimoto, Hajime Kashiki, Yasunori Takeuchiand Kazumi Fukuhara
  

12nd

(2007)

• MotionMedia Contents Sharing via Audio
  Akira Nakayama,Tamotsu Machino,Satoshi Iwaki,Ikuo Kitagishi and Masashi Okudaira
  
• Miuro, the robot that plays your favorite music at your favorite place
  Hisashi Taniguchi,Akihiro Nishimura,Shinichi Hara,Junichi Hayakawa and Shinichi Okamoto

13rd

(2008)

• Robot Conveying Medicine Container by Connect
  Hajime Aoyama, Kazuyoshi Ishikawa, Junya Seki, Saori Ishimura, Yuichi Satsumi (Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd), Shuji Hashigaya, Yoshiaki Ohishi (Tsumura & Co. )
  
• High Speed Handing System of M-430iA$B!G(Js Combined with Visual Tracking
  Yoshiharu Inaba, Ryo Nihei, Toshinari Tamura, Hidenori Kurebayashi, Yasuyoshi Tanaka (FANUC LTD)
  

14th

(2009)

• Force-controlled metal spinning machine for forming non-axisymmetric shapes
  Hirohiko Arai(National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Shozo Fujimura, Isao Okazaki, Shigehiro Anzai(Daito Spinning Co., Ltd), Keiichi Osada, Kazuhisa Morita(Techny Co., Ltd), Hiromi Oyama, Hirofumi Mitsunaga(Yaskawa Electric Engineering Co.), Saburo Kageyama(Nozato Electrical Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.)
• Blood Sample Courier System with Autonomous Mobile Robots
  Ryosuke Murai, Tatsuo Sakai, Koichi Mitani, Hisato Nakajima, Hiroyuki Uematsu(Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.)