Latest RSJ Awards

The 40th Best Paper Award (2026)

Awards ceremony: September 3, 2026

• Study and Experimental Verification of a Dynamical Model for the Jumping Performance of Parallel Wire-driven Leg
  (JRSJ Vol.42 No.3 pp. 274-282)
  Temma Suzuki (The University of Tokyo), Kento Kawaharazuka (The University of Tokyo), Kei Okada (The University of Tokyo), Masayuki Inaba (The University of Tokyo)
• Development of a Hardware-abstracted Device Control Platform that Enables Handling of a Variety of Robots while Providing High Responsivity
  (JRSJ Vol.43 No.1 pp. 75-86)
  Akihiro Miki (The University of Tokyo), Yuya Nagamatsu (The University of Tokyo), Masahiro Bando (The University of Tokyo), Kento Kawaharazuka (The University of Tokyo), Yasunori Toshimitsu (The University of Tokyo), Naoki Hiraoka (The University of Tokyo), Kei Okada (The University of Tokyo), Masayuki Inaba (The University of Tokyo)
• Compact Wire-Driven Joint Mechanism with Orthogonal 3 Axes
  (JRSJ Vol.43 No.5 pp. 541‐544)
  Koki Hagiwara (Ritsumeikan University), Mitsunori Uemura (Ritsumeikan University)
• Simple Force Calibration Method for Industrial Robots by Dual-axis Rotation
  (JRSJ Vol.43 No.6 pp. 595-602)
  Koji Shiratsuchi (Mitsubishi Electric Corp./Kobe University), Rintaro Haraguchi (Mitsubishi Electric Corp.), Yasuyoshi Yokokohji (Kobe University)

The 14th Advanced Robotics Paper Awards (2026)

Awards ceremony: September 3, 2026

Advanced Robotics Best Paper Award

• DM2RM: dual-mode multimodal ranking for target objects and receptacles based on open-vocabulary instructions
  (Advanced Robotics Vol.39 No.5，pp. 243-258)
  Ryosuke Korekata (Keio University), Kanta Kaneda (Keio University), Shunya Nagashima (Keio University), Yuto Imai (Keio University), Komei Sugiura (Keio University)

Advanced Robotics Best Survey Paper Award

• Decoding olfactory mechanisms: molecular functions and robotic applications for odor source localization
  (Advanced Robotics Vol.39 No.9，pp. 472-490)
  Yusuke Shiota (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology/The University of Electro-Communications/AIST), Shunsuke Shigaki (National Institute of Informatics)

Advanced Robotics Excellent Paper Award

• Reflectance estimation for proximity sensing by vision-language models: utilizing distributional semantics for low-level cognition in robotics
  (Advanced Robotics Vol.38 No.18，pp. 1287-1306)
  Masashi Osada (Ritsumeikan University), Gustavo A. Garcia Ricardez (Ritsumeikan University), Yosuke Suzuki (Kanazawa University), Tadahiro Taniguchi (Ritsumeikan University)
• Odor source localization behavior of an insect enhanced by intermittent intake strategy
  (Advanced Robotics Vol.39 No.9，pp. 491-502)
  Shunsuke Shigaki (National Institute of Informatics), Takumi Matsushita (Osaka University), Hirono Ohashi (Tokyo University of Agriculture), Noriyasu Ando (Maebashi Institute of Technology), Koh Hosoda (Kyoto University)

The 31st Technical Innovations Award (2026)

Awards ceremony: September 3, 2026

• Automation of Daily Toothbrushing with the Oral Care Robot “g.eN”
  Gen Sakaeda (Genics Co., Ltd. ), Atsuo Takanishi (Waseda University), Hiroyuki Ishii (Waseda University)
• Automatic system for mouse tail vein injection "AUTiv®"
  Yusuke Tanaka (Preferred Networks, Inc.), Hideyoshi Igata (Preferred Networks, Inc.), Yuta Tokuoka (Preferred Networks, Inc.), Kazue Mizuno (Preferred Networks, Inc.), Takuya Inoue (Preferred Networks, Inc.)
• Layout marking robot "SUMIDAS"
  Takehiro Tsuruta (TAKENAKA CORPORATION), Mikita Miyaguchi (TAKENAKA CORPORATION), Shoki Hayashi (TAKENAKA CORPORATION), Teruya Ieshita (TAKENAKA CORPORATION), Mizuki Takahashi (TAKENAKA CORPORATION), Jiro Ken (NIKKEN CORPORATION), Yuta Hagoromo (NIKKEN CORPORATION), Toru Miyake (MiraiKikai,Inc.), Satoru Miwa (MiraiKikai,Inc.), Kazuhiro Tada (MiraiKikai,Inc.)

The 7th Excellent Research and Technology Award (2026)

Awards ceremony: September 3, 2026

• (RSJ2025 1B1-02)
  Yutaka Okamoto (HERO Lab.), Satoshi Takatsuno (HERO Lab.), Shigeo Hirose (HERO Lab.)
• (RSJ2025 1B3-05)
  Ryohei Michikawa (Kyoto University), Kiona Hosotani (Kyoto University), Xixun Wang (Osaka Institute of Technology), Yuki Takagi (Osaka Institute of Technology), Haruho Mitsunaga (Osaka Institute of Technology), Mihiro Nakabayashi (University of Toyama ), Guang Yang (Osaka Institute of Technology), Ryusuke Fujisawa (The University of Kitakyushu), Akio Noda (Osaka Institute of Technology), Tomohiro Hayakawa (Shizuoka University), Hiroshi Oku (Osaka Institute of Technology), Fumitoshi Matsuno (Osaka Institute of Technology)
• (RSJ2025 1F1-05)
  Nguyen Ngoc Huy (Nara Institute of Science and Technology), Shibata Kazuki (Nara Institute of Science and Technology), Takamitsu Matsubara (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
• (RSJ2025 1H1-04)
  Feiyue Wang (Hiroshima University), Takuto Ogata (Hiroshima University), Kohei Shimasaki (Hiroshima University), Idaku Ishii (Hiroshima University)
• (RSJ2025 1M5-05)
  Motonari Kambara (Keio University), Koki Seno (Keio University), Tomoya Kaichi (KDDI Research, Inc.), Yanan Wang (KDDI Research, Inc.), Komei Sugiura (Keio University)
• (RSJ2025 2A3-04)
  Ren Tanaka (Kyushu University), Hikaru Arita (Kyushu University), Kazuto Nakashima (Kyushu University), Kenji Tahara (Kyushu University)
• (RSJ2025 2B3-05)
  Ibuki Ono (Institute of Science Tokyo), Hideyuki Tsukagoshi (Institute of Science Tokyo), Yuki Origane (Institute of Science Tokyo), Natsuki Ito (NITTOC CONSTRUCTION CO.,LTD.)
• (RSJ2025 3A1-02)
  Taiki Ishigaki (Tokyo University of Science), Ko Ayusawa (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Ko Yamamoto (The University of Tokyo), Eiichi Yoshida (Tokyo University of Science)
• (RSJ2025 3E4-01)
  Mitsuo Komagata (OMRON Corporation), Kiyomasa Kawagoe (OMRON Corporation), Kenta Imanishi (OMRON Corporation), Tomomichi Sugihara (OMRON Corporation), Takumi Kamioka (OMRON Corporation)
• (RSJ2025 3N2-02)
  Kazuki Sugihara (The University of Tokyo), Moju Zhao (The University of Tokyo), Kei Okada (The University of Tokyo)
• (RSJ2025 3N4-04)
  Moju Zhao (The University of Tokyo)

The 7th Excellent Presentation Award (2026)

Awards ceremony: September 3, 2026

• (RSJ2025 1D4-04)
  Toshihiro Nishimura (Kanazawa University)
• (RSJ2025 1F1-04)
  Qin Liang (The University of Osaka)
• (RSJ2025 1N2-03)
  Yuki Satake (Ritsumeikan University)
• (RSJ2025 1N3-05)
  Hisataka Maruyama (Nagoya University)
• (RSJ2025 3I2-01)
  Koki Seno (Keio University)
• (RSJ2025 3I2-05)
  Takumi Nakao (University of Tsukuba)
• (RSJ2025 3L3-04)
  Ryosuke Nishida (Chitose Robotics Inc.)
• (RSJ2025 3Q1-01)
  Shinya Korekane (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• (RSJ2025 3Q1-02)
  Seiga Kiribayashi (SEQSENSE Inc.)
• (RSJ2025 3Q1-03)
  Naotaka Hatao (SEQSENSE Inc.)

The 5th Young Researcher Excellent Presentation Award (2026)

Awards ceremony: September 3, 2026

• (JRSJ2025 1B4-03)
  Haruho　Mitsunaga (Osaka Institute of Technology)
• (JRSJ2025 1H5-04)
  Shuhei Asaka (Institute of Science Tokyo)
• (JRSJ2025 2F2-03)
  Isume Vitor Hideyo (The University of Osaka)
• (JRSJ2025 3E1-04)
  Yuki Tomita (Kyushu University)
• (JRSJ2025 3M1-05)
  Kento Kawaharazuka (The University of Tokyo)
• (JRSJ2025 3M2-02)
  Ayumu Iwata (The University of Tokyo)

The 41st Young Investigation Excellence Award (2026)

Awards ceremony: September 3, 2026

• Kazashi Nakano (The University of Tokyo)
• Takuya Kiyokawa (The University of Osaka)
• Masato Kobayashi (The University of Osaka)
• Kazuki Abe (The University of Osaka)
• Takuto Akiyoshi (Nara Institute of Science and Technology / Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International)

The 16th Robotics Symposia Young Investigation Excellence Award (2026)

Awards ceremony: September 3, 2026

• (The 31st Robotics Symposia 3A3)
  Taiki Ishigaki (Tokyo University of Science)

The 6th Robotics Symposia Excellent Research and Technology Award (2026)

Awards ceremony: September 3, 2026

• (The 31st Robotics Symposia 1A3)
  Yang LIU (Panasonic Advanced Technology Development Co.,Ltd.), Kazushige YAMAMOTO (Panasonic Advanced Technology Development Co.,Ltd.), Atsushi MATSUI (Panasonic Advanced Technology Development Co.,Ltd.), Saburo TAKAHASHI (Panasonic Advanced Technology Development Co.,Ltd.), Toshihisa ABE (Panasonic Advanced Technology Development Co.,Ltd.)

The 8th International Session Best Presentation Award (2026)

Awards ceremony: September 3, 2026

Winner

• Scene2Act: Manipulation Perception Module for Human Unconstrained Videos via Semantic Scene Graphs
  (RSJ2026 1E4-01)
  Radwa Ali (The University of Osaka)

Finalist

• Geometry-Aware Binaural Echo Depth Estimation with Virtual Normal Supervision A Study on 3D Scene Understanding from Binaural Echoes
  (RSJ2026 1E1-04)
  Jiahui Li (Institute of Science Tokyo)
• Hearing Sirens Early: Prior-Informed Lightweight Emergency Vehicles Siren Detection for Autonomous Driving
  (RSJ2026 1E1-03)
  Jiang Wang (Institute of Science Tokyo)
• Scene2Act: Manipulation Perception Module for Human Unconstrained Videos via Semantic Scene Graphs
  (RSJ2026 1E4-01)
  Radwa Ali (The University of Osaka)

The 18th Robots and Society Award (2026)

Awards ceremony: September 3, 2026

• Kenzo Nonami
• Shigeo Hirose
• Construction Machinery Automation and Autonomy Council

The 19th Distinguished Service Award (2026)

Awards ceremony: September 3, 2026

• Minoru Asada (International Professional University of Technology in Osaka/The University of Osaka)