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IEEE Transactions on Robotics King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Paper Award

About the Award

Description: To recognize the best paper published annually in the IEEE Transactions on Robotics
Established: 2004
Prize: $1,000 and Certificate
Funding: Funded by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
Eligibility: Authors of papers published in the IEEE Transactions on Robotics during the calendar year of the award
Basis for Judging: Technical merit, originality, potential impact on the field, clarity of presentation, and practical significance for applications
Presentation: At the annual IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in the calendar year following publication of the paper

Award Winners

2011
C. Yang, G. Ganesh, S. Haddadin, S. Parusel, A. Albu-Schaeffer, and E. Burdet
"Human-Like Adaptation of Force and Impedance in Stable and Unstable Interactions," vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 918-930, 2011.

2010
P.E. Dupont, J. Lock, B. Itkowitz, and E. Butler
"Design and Control of Concentric-Tube Robots," vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 209-225, 2010.

2009
A.I. Mourikis, N. Trawny, S.I. Roumeliotis, A.E. Johnson, A. Ansar, and L. Matthies
"Vision-Aided Inertial Navigation for Spacecraft Entry, Descent, and Landing," vol. 25, no, 2, pp. 264-280, 2009.

2008
S. Kim, M. Spenko, S. Trujillo, B. Heyneman, D. Santos, and M.R. Cutkosky
"Smooth Vertical Surface Climbing with Directional Adhesion," vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 65-74, 2008.

2007
M. Saha and P. Isto
"Manipulation Planning for Deformable Linear Objects," vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 1141-1150, 2007.

2006
R.M. Eustice, H. Singh, and J.J. Leonard
"Exactly Sparse Delayed-State Filters for View-Based SLAM, " vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 1100-1114, 2006.

2005
R. Ginhoux, J. Gangloff, M. de Mathelin, L. Soler, M.M. Arenas Sanchez, and J. Marescaux
"Active Filtering of Physiological Motion in Robotized Surgery Using Predictive Control," vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 67-79, 2005.

2004
F. Lamiraux, D. Bonnafous, and O. Lefebvre
"Reactive Path Deformation for Nonholonomic Mobile Robots," vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 967-977, 2004.