IEEE Fellow

About the award
Description: The grade of Fellow recognizes unusual distinction in the profession and shall be conferred by the Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. The accomplishments that are being honored shall have contributed importantly to the advancement or application of engineering, science and technology, bringing the realization of significant value to society. Note: Fellow nominations may be submitted online or by postal mail, using the current forms only. Fax or email nominations are not accepted. Before preparing your nomination see the Guide for IEEE Fellow Nominators at http://www.ieee-ras.org/secretary/documents.
Established: 1961
Prize: NA
Funding: NA
Eligibility: The nominee shall hold Senior Member grade at the time the nomination is submitted and shall have been a member in good standing in any grade for a period of five years or more preceding 1 January of the year of elevation. Note: IEEE affiliate membership does not apply.
Basis for judging: The Fellow Evaluation Process consists of two reviews. The first evaluation is completed by the IEEE Society/Council that the Nominator identified on the nomination form. The Society/Council committee members are IEEE Fellows and selected to represent the 10 IEEE Regions, and have expertise in the technical areas represented by IEEE societies/councils. See http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/fellows/fellow_steps.html for further details concerning the Fellow evaluation process.
Presentation: The year of elevation to the grade of Fellow is the year following approval by the Board of Directors conferring the grade of Fellow. Members elevated to the Fellow grade may use the title immediately following approval by the Board of Directors. All those elevated will receive a congratulatory letter, a certificate, and pin.
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Winners of this award

Year Winner and reason
2012 I-Ming Chen »
for contributions to reconfigurable robotic systems and actuators
2012 Mark Cutkosky »
for contributions to bio-inspired robotics, dexterous manipulation and haptics
2012 K Daniilidis »
for contributions to visual motion analysis, omni-directional vision, and three-dimensional robot vision
2012 Ruediger Dillmann »
for contributions to robot programming and human-centered technologies
2012 Masakatsu Fujie »
for contributions to medical robotics
2012 Robert Howe »
for contributions to haptic interfaces and robotic manipulation
2012 Lydia Kavraki »
for contributions to robot-motion planning and computational biology
2012 Tomas Lozano-Perez »
for contributions to robot motion planning
2012 Dinesh Manocha »
for contributions to robot motion planning, rapid prototyping, and virtual environments
2012 Hiroshi Okuno »
for contributions to robot audition technology
2012 Irfan Essa »
for contributions to computer vision and graphics
2012 Ming Lin »
for contributions to real-time physics-based interaction and simulation for virtual environments, robotics and haptics
2012 Harpreet Sawhney »
for contributions to video algorithms
2012 Gerard Dreyfus »
for contributions to machine learning and its applications
2012 Magnus Bertil Egerstedt »
for contributions to hybrid and networked control, with applications in robotics
2012 Lucy Pao »
for contributions to feedforward and feedback control systems
2012 Edward Tunstel »
for contributions to space robotic system applications on planetary missions
2011 Allison Okamura »
for contributions to the design and control of haptic systems and medical robotics
2011 Gaurav Sukhatme »
for contributions to multi-robot systems
2011 Masaru Uchiyama »
for contributions to design, modeling, and control of robotic structures
2011 Manuela Veloso »
for contributions to the development of cognition, perception, and action in autonomous robot teams
2011 Louis Whitcomb »
for contributions to the theory and application of robotics for intervention in extreme environments
2011 L Simar »
for leadership in digital signal processor architecture development
2011 Subhas Mukhopadhyay »
for development of low-cost smart sensors and sensing systems
2011 Wen Li »
for contributions in low-power integrated nanotube sensors and devices
2011 Karl Bohringer »
for contributions to microelectromechanical systems, parallel and distributed robotic manipulation, and self-assembly
2011 Bruce Donald »
for contributions in robotics, microelectromechanical systems, and computational molecular biology
2011 Pierre Dupont »
for contributions to modeling and control of frictional contact in robotics
2011 Maja Mataric »
for contributions to robot coordination and learning in human-robot systems
2011 Yoshihiko Nakamura »
for contributions to robotics
2011 Brad Nelson »
for contributions to nano- and micro-scale robots and systems
2011 Leyuan Shi »
for contributions to nested partitions optimization methodology
2010 Nancy Amato »
For contributions to the algorithmic foundations of motion planning in robotics and computational biology.
2010 Stefano Chiaverini »
For contributions to kinematics and control of robot manipulators and autonomous vehicles.
2010 Gregory Chirikjian »
For contributions to hyper-redundant manipulators.
2010 Kevin Lynch »
For contributions to robotic manipulation, motion planning, and control of mechanical systems.
2010 Larry Matthies »
For contributions to perception systems for autonomous navigation of unmanned vehicles.
2010 Robin Murphy »
For contributions to rescue robotics and insertion of robots into major disasters.
2010 Lynne Parker »
For contributions to distributed and heterogeneous multi-robot systems.
2010 Daniela Rus »
For contributions to distributed and modular robotics.
2010 Jeffrey Trinkle »
For contributions to analysis of robotic grasping and dexterous manipulation.
2010 Charles Wampler »
For developments in robotics for the automotive industry and for contributions in robot kinematics.
2010 Francesco Bullo »
For contributions to geometric and cooperative control with applications to mechanical and robotic systems.
2010 Raffaello DAndrea »
For contributions to control of multi-vehicle autonomous systems
2010 Rodolphe Sepulchre »
For contributions to energy efficient Adjustable Speed Drive Systems.
2010 Roger Lawrence »
For contributions to energy efficient Adjustable Speed Drive Systems.
2009 Paolo Fiorini »
for contributions to mobile robot navigation in dynamic environments.
2009 Yun-Hui Liu »
for contributions to robotic multi-fingered grasping and adaptive visual servo systems.
2009 Wesley Snyder »
for contributions to education in robotics and computer vision.
2009 Satoshi Tadokoro »
for leadership in the development and deployment of rescue robotics.
2009 Jong-Hwan Kim »
for contributions to evolutionary algorithms.
2009 George Pappas »
for contributions to design and analysis of hybrid control systems.
2009 Dawn Tilbury »
for leadership in networked and logic control systems.
2009 Zheng Zhang »
for contributions to the design of advanced variable speed drive systems for appliances.
2009 Bud Mishra »
for contributions to the mathematical modeling of robotic grasping.
2008 Max Qing Hu Meng »
For contributions to medical robotics
2008 Zexiang Li »
For contributions to robotic manipulation, nonholonomic motion planning and workpiece utilization
2008 Tian Chai »
For contributions to adapt intelligent decoupling control, and integrated automation of complex industrial processes
2008 Fan-Tien Cheng »
For contributions to to semiconductor manufacturing automation and force optimization in multiple-chain robotic mechanisms
2008 Yadati Narahari »
For contributions to the design of manufacturing systems, supply chain networks, and electronic markets
2008 Alex Zelinsky »
For contributions to vision-based robotics
2008 Peter Corke »
For contributions to visual-based robot control and its applications to field robotics
2008 Roy Featherstone »
For contributions to multibody dynamics
2008 Steve Holland »
For leadership in the industrial application of robotic technology
2008 Vincent Hayward »
For contributions to robot manipulator programming and the development of haptics interface technology
2008 Roland Siegwart »
For contributions to to mobile, networked, and micro-scale robots
2008 Dragan Nesic »
For contributions to the analysis and control of networked nonlinear sampled-data systems
2008 Karen Panetta »
For leadership in engineering education and curriculum development to attract, retain, and advance women in engineering
2008 Jujang Lee »
For contributions to intelligent robust control and robotics
2007 Mengchu Zhou »
For contributions to Petri nets and their applications
2007 Franz Leberl »
For contributions to the development of radargrammetry and the demonstration of the usefulness of aircraft and satellite radar imagery in mapping tropical; land, sea-ice, and planetary surfaces
2007 Nikos Papanikolopoulos »
For contributions to distributed robotics and the creation of the miniature scout robot
2007 Alessandro De Luca »
For contributions to modeling and control of robotic systems
2007 Seth Hutchinson »
For contributions to visual servo control and robot motion planning
2007 Michael Y Wang »
for leadership in research and development of vision-based autonomous outdoor vehicles
2007 Jean-Paul Laumond »
For contributions to robot motion planning and control
2007 Charles Thorpe »
for leadership in research and development of vision-based autonomous outdoor vehicles
2007 Shigeki Sugano »
for contributions to design, control and system integration of human symbiotic robots
2007 Zeungnam Bien »
For contributions to development of assistive robots and human-robot interaction systems
2007 Mo-Yuen Chow »
For contributions to diagnostics and control in mechatronics
2007 Xiaohong Guan »
For contributions to optimization of hydrothermal generation scheduling
2007 Mu-Der Jeng »
For applications of Petri nets to semiconductor manufacturing automation
2007 Brian Sadler »
For contributions to signal processing and sensor networks
2007 Toshiharu Sugie »
For contributions to tracking control and its application to mechanical systems
2007 Jun Wang »
For contributions to recurrent neural networks for optimization and engineering applications
2007 Ning Xi »
For contributions to nano-robotic manipulation and assembly
2006 Guenther Schmidt »
For contributions to theory and practice of sensor-guided locomotion in biped and mobile robotics.
2006 Antonio Bicchi »
For contributions to automatic control of mechanisms and robots.
2006 Hugh Durrant-Whyte
For contributions with application to decentralized data fusion algorithms with application to simultaneous localization and navigation
2006 Michael Erdmann »
For contributions to robotic manipulation and perception of shape
2006 Gregory Hager »
For contributions to vision-based robotics
2006 Blake Hannaford »
For contributions to haptic interfaces and telerobotic systems
2006 Makoto Kaneko »
For contributions to design, sensing, and manipulation schemes for robotic hands
2006 Kazuhiro Kosuge »
For contributions to multiple robots coordination and human-robot interface
2006 Vijay Kumar »
For contributions to to the development of robotics and automation
2006 Marco Dorigo »
For contributions to ant colony optimization and swarm intelligence
2006 Shuzhi Ge »
For contributions to theory and analysis of stable adaptive neural networks for intelligent control systems
2006 F Groen »
For contributions to sensor data processing and shared dynamic world modeling for autonomous real-world multi-agents systems
2006 Hideki Hashimoto »
For contributions to mechatronics systems
2006 W. Dayawansa »
For contributions to analysis and applications of nonlinear control systems. to...
2006 Jorge Angeles »
For contributions to the kinematics, dynamics and design of robotic mechanical systems
2006 S Pookaiyaudom »
For contributions to circuits and systems and engineering education
2006 Ian Walker »
For contributions to under-constrained robot manipulator systems
2006 Nan-Ning Zheng »
For contributions to information processing
2005 Anthony Maciejewski »
For contributions to the design and control of kinematically redundant robots.
2005 Xiaoping Yun »
For contributions to robotic control and human body motion tracking systems
2005 Tim Salcudean »
For contributions to haptic interfaces, teleoperation systems and applications.
2005 Ronald Lumia »
For leadership in the development of open architecture control systems for applications in robotics
2005 Dr. Junku Yuh »
For contributions to autonomous underwater robots
2005 Beom Lee »
For contributions to the design and analysis of multiple robot systems
2005 Kok-Meng Lee »
For contributions toto actuator and vision-based sensor design for manufacturing automation
2005 Minoru Asada »
For contributions to robot learning and applications
2005 Ken Goldberg »
For contributions to networked telerobotics and geometric algorithms for automation.
2005 Yoichi Hori »
For contributions to to advanced motion control
2005 Mohamed Kamel »
For contributions to pattern recognition and intelligent systems
2005 Deirdre Meldrum »
For contributions to genome automation
2004 Mel Siegel »
For contributions to the field of sensors, measurement and robotics
2004 Tieniu Tan »
For contributions to pattern recognition research and applications
2004 Yilin Zhao »
For contributions to location and navigation technologies and systems
2004 Li-Chen Fu »
For contributions to robotic control and computer-integrated manufacturing
2004 Ralph Hollis »
For contributions to multi-degree-of-freedom robotic devices
2004 Dan Koditschek »
For contributions to the theory and practice of robotics and intelligent systems
2004 Friedri Pfeiffer »
For contributions to for contributions to multibody dynamics and control with application to complex mechanical systems
2004 Toshi Takamori »
For contributions to robotic and mechatronic systems
2004 Kazuo Tanie † »
For contributions to humanoid and human friendly robotics
2004 Richard Murray »
For contributions to the theory of nonlinear control and its applications to robotics, flight control, and fluid systems
2003 Ronald Arkin »
For contributions to behavior-based robotic control, multi-robot systems, and hybrid deliberative/reactive software architectures
2003 Paolo Dario »
For contributions to development of biomedical robotics
2003 Thomas Henderson »
For contributions to sensor systems, discrete relaxation algorithms, and CAD-based computer vision
2003 Shigeo Hirose »
For contributions to the design and control of mobile robots
2003 Dong-Seok Hyun »
For contributions to the design, analysis, and implementation of high performance power conversion systems and for leadership in power electronics education
2003 Oussama Khatib »
For contributions to planning and control of complex robotic systems
2003 Andreas Varga »
For contributions to the development of numerical methods for computer aided analysis and design of control systems
2003 D Whitney »
For contributions to robot control, robot assembly, and fundamentals of mechanical assembly
2003 Yangsheng Xu »
For contributions to the design and control of space robot and dynamically stabilized systems
2003 Jean Ponce »
For contributions to geometric shape representation in computer vision
2002 Atsuo Kawamura »
For contributions to real-time digital feedback control of PWM inverters and its application to UPS
2002 Kazuhiko Kawamura »
For contributions to the understanding, the modeling, and the realization of human-robot symbiotic systems
2002 Imre Rudas »
For contributions to the theory and applications of computational intelligence for the control of electro-mechanical and robotic systems
2002 Hisato Kobayashi »
for contributions to the research field of human-robot interactive communication
2002 Georges Giralt »
For research in robot autonomy and intelligence
2001 Steven Dubowsky »
For contributions to the dynamics and control of flexible and rigid manipulators and robotic vehicles
2001 Moshe Kam »
For contributions to the theory of decision fusion and distributed detection
2001 Kouhei Ohnishi »
For contributions to the development of disturbance observer and its applications to motion control
2001 Emil Petriu »
For contributions to the development of pseudorandom encoding techniques for absolute position measurement
2001 Bertram Shi »
For contributions to the analysis, implementation and applications of cellular neural networks
2001 John Wen »
For contributions to the control of nonlinear electro-magnetic systems and robotic manipulation
2001 Anders Rantzer »
For contributions to the theory and computational analysis of uncertain and nonlinear systems
2000 Matthew Mason »
For contributions to robotics manipulation and graduate education in robotics
2000 Hendrik Nijmeijer »
For contributions to the theory and application of nonlinear control system design
2000 Soo-Chang Pei »
For contributions to the development of digital eigenfilter design, color image coding and signal compression, and to electrical engineering education in Taiwan
2000 Rejean Plamondon »
For contributions to signature verification, hand writing recognition, assisted learning and biosignal analysis
2000 Bruno Siciliano »
For contributions to dynamic modeling and control of robotic systems and for leadership in robotics education
2000 Tsuneo Yoshikawa »
For contributions to the analysis and control of robotic mechanisms
2000 Shinichi Yuta »
For contributions to navigation, programming, and architectures of sensor-based mobile robots
1999 Yilong Chen »
For contributions to integrated robotics and CAD systems with application to the automotive industry
1999 Howard Chizeck »
For contributions to the use of control system theory in biomedical engineering
1999 Gerard Gaynor »
For contributions to engineering and technology management
1999 William Hamel »
For leadership in the developments and utilization of robotics and remote technologies in nuclear, space, and military applications
1999 Benjamin Kuipers »
For contributions to qualitative reasoning and representation
1999 Adel Razek »
for contributions to 3D electromagnetic field modeling and coupled phenomena analysis in electromagnetic systems
1999 Janos Bito »
For leadership in the application of robotics and automation technology.
1998 Yasuo Matsuyama »
For contributions to learning algorithms with competition
1998 Jeffrey Lang »
For contributions to the design, analysis, estimation, and control of electromechanical energy conversion and motion control systems, including novel micro-electromechanical systems
1998 Homayoun Seraji »
For contributions to the control of robotic systems for space applications
1998 Sukhan Lee »
For contributions to human machine systems and intelligent robots through development of teleoperator control systems and neural networks
1998 Howard Moraff »
For technical leadership in fostering basic research in robotics and computer vision
1998 Hooshang Hemami »
For contributions to the dynamics, control and computer modeling of robotic and human bipedal locomotion systems
1998 Katsushi Ikeuchi »
For contributions to advancement of robot vision technology
1997 C L Philip Chen »
For contributions to intelligent manufacturing systems design and integration
1997 Jessy Grizzle »
For contributions to the theory and practice of nonlinear control systems design
1997 Masayos Tomizuka »
For contributions to the analysis and design of mechanical control systems and for leadership in control education
1997 Tsutomu Ohmae »
For contributions to microprocessor controlled motor drives and their industrial applications
1997 W Trybula »
For contributions in developing and advancing electronics manufacturing technology
1997 Stanley Gershwin »
For leadership in the development and implementation of systems and control approaches to manufacturing
1997 Gerhard Hirzinger »
For contributions in robot mechatronics, telerobotics, man-machine interface research and pioneering of space robotics
1997 Tsu-Tian Lee »
For contributions to the analysis and control of walking robots and leadership in robotics engineering education
1997 Richard Volz »
For contributions in robot and manufacturing software, model driven manufacturing systems and tele-autonomous systems
1996 Bir Bhanu »
For contributions to sensor-based navigation, automatic object recognition and closed-loop adaptive techniques for developing robust algorithms
1996 Nikolaos Bourbakis »
For contributions to digital image scanning algorithms
1996 Katsuhisa Furuta »
For contributions to digital control theory and its applications to robotics and industrial processes
1996 Andrew Goldenberg »
For contributions to the theory of robot control and development of advanced flexible automation systems for industrial applications
1996 Bill Gruver »
For leadership of major systems engineering programs in robotics and manufacturing automation
1996 Enrique Ruspini »
For contributions to the understanding of fuzzy logic concepts and their application to pattern recognition and numerical classification
1996 Linda Shapiro »
For contributions to the theory of relational matching and its application to model-based computer vision
1996 Mark Spong »
For contributions to the control of robot systems using nonlinear control techniques
1996 Wayne Book »
For seminal contributions to the modeling analysis and control of robotic arms and other flexible multibody systems and the leadership in the develoment of a multidisciplinary c
1996 John Hollerbach »
For contributions to autonomous robot calibration, novel robot systems and human motor control
1996 Richard Klafter »
For contributions to robotics education and graduate training in electrical and computer engineering
1996 Yuan-Fang Zheng »
For contributions to the development of mechanisms for coordination of multiple robots and manipulators
1995 Sosale Sastry »
For contributions to the theory of nonlinear circuits, nonlinear control systems, and robotics
1995 Toshio Fukuda »
For the development of distributed intelligent robotics and system control with neuron-fuzzy-genetic-algorithms based computational intelligence.
1995 Hendrik Van Brussel »
For contributions to research and teaching in robotics, mechatronics and flexible automation
1995 Alan Desrochers »
For contributions to modeling, synthesis, and performance analysis of discrete event dynamic systems and for contributions to manufacturing systems engineering education
1995 Peter Luh »
For contributions to the development of near-optimal and efficient manufacturing scheduling methodologies
1995 Pradeep Khosla »
For contributions to reconfigurable manipulators and reconfigurable software for sensor-based control, and for leadership in curriculum development
1994 Ahmed ElSerafi »
For contributions to the understanding of the cross-magnetizing effect in synchronous machines
1994 Norman Caplan »
For leadership in engineering research in robotics
1994 Vladimir Lumelsky »
For contributions to the field of robotics and automation, particularly for developing the theory of sensor-based motion planning in an uncertain environment
1994 Russell Taylor »
For contributions and leadership in the theory and implementation of programmable sensor-based robot systems and in their application to surgery and manufacturing
1993 Irving Engelson »
For management leadership of IEEE technical activities worldwide
1993 J. T. Cain »
For leadership and contributions to computer science and engineering education.
1993 C.S. George Lee »
For contributions to computational algorithms and architectures in robot kinematics and dynamics and for leadership in robotics education
1993 N Viswanadham »
For contributions to the modeling and performance of analysis of flexible manufacturing systems.
1993 Robert Stengel »
For contributions to the analysis and design of aerospace control systems
1993 John Baillieul »
For contributions to nonlinear control theory, robotics, and control of complex mechanical systems
1993 David Orin »
For contributions to the computation of robot kinematics and dynamics
1993 David Grossman »
For contributions to Robotics and Automation
1992 Warren Grobman »
For contributions to electron-beam and X-ray microlithography and their practical applications
1992 Takamasa Hori »
For contributions to the development of speed control systems for industrial alternating current motors
1992 Raymond Jarvis »
For leadership in and contributions to the fields of computer vision and intelligent robotics
1992 Ren-Chyuan Luo »
For contributions to intelligent sensors and robotics
1992 Rajnikant Patel »
For contributions to the numerical analysis and design of control systems
1992 H Rauch »
For pioneering contributions to and leadership in the field of optimal estimation and control
1992 A Koivo »
For contributions to the modeling and adaptive control of robotic manipulator systems with sensory feedback
1992 Takeo Kanade »
For contributions to vision, manipulators, autonomous mobile robots, and sensors
1992 Aristides Requicha »
For contributions to to the theory and practice of three dimensional geometric modeling, and to its applications in programmable automation.
1991 Tien Hsia »
For research contributions to control and robotics, and for leadership in applied control and robotics education
1991 Charles Robinson »
For leadership in the field of rehabilitation engineering research and development
1991 James Tien »
For contributions to systems engineering as applied to public systems
1991 Arthur Sanderson »
for contributions to the theory of sensor-based robotic systems and its application to flexible manufacturing automation
1990 Madan Gupta »
For contributions to the theory of fuzzy sets and adaptive control systems and to the advancement of the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease
1990 P Krishnaprasad »
For contributions to geometric and nonlinear control and to engineering education
1989 Masakazu Ejiri »
For contributions to the development and application of robotics and machine vision technology
1988 George Cook »
For contributions to industrial automation and electric arc welding
1988 Fumio Harashima »
For contributions to motion control systems and industrial electronics
1988 Spyridon Tzafestas »
For contributions to distributed parameter multivariable, and multidimensional systems theory
1987 Antal Bejczy »
For contributions to the advancement of the theory and application of robots
1985 Tzyh-Jong Tarn »
For contributions to system theory and applications which have substantially advanced the field, especially in nonlinear and quantum mechanical systems
1984 A Morse »
For contributions to the theory of multivariable control systems
1983 Suguru Arimoto »
For contributions to information theory and linear systems theory
1983 R Bernstein »
For contributions to digital image processing techniques of earth observation sensor data and applications to operational systems
1983 George Lendaris »
For conceiving, developing and implementing the use of sampled optical diffraction patterns for image analysis
1983 Thomas Sheridan »
For contributions to engineering education and man-machine systems
1982 A Haddad »
For contributions to stochastic systems analysis and electrical engineering education
1982 James Palmer »
For contributions to applying systems engineering and systems sciences techniques to the study of large-scale socio-economic systems
1979 K Narendra »
For contributions to stability theory and its application to adaptive control systems
1979 Elmer Gilbert »
For contributions to multivariable and optimal control systems
1978 Ching Li »
For contributions to to biocybernetics
1978 K Smith »
For contributions to digital circuit design
1977 M Bachynski »
For contributions to the fields of electromagnetic waves and plasmas
1976 J Aggarwal »
For contributions to time delay systems and digital filters
1976 F Kohli »
for leadership, planning, control technology, and management of efficient and reliable power systems
1976 Bernard Widrow »
For contributions to adaptive antenna systems and to the theory of quantization error
1975 John Tegopoulos »
For contributions to electric machine design and in the investigation of eddy currents in conducting media
1973 Yu-Chi Ho »
For contributions to control theory and differential games
1972 George Bekey »
For contributions in the areas of hybrid computation, man-machine systems, and biomedical engineering
1972 R Newcomb »
For contributions to network synthesis, time-varying systems, and engineering education
1969 C.T. Leondes »
For contributions to the theory and application of computer and control systems technology, and to the advancement of education in the field
1967 Herbert Freeman »
For contributions to the theory of multivariable discrete-time systems and digital computer graphics
1967 H Marcy »
1. for leadership in feedback control, in professional society activities and significant contributions to management of engineering enterprises
1961 Gustave Shapiro »
for contributions to the development of electronic miniaturization techniques and components