IEEE Robotics and Automation Technical Field Award (TFA)

About the award
Description: The award is presented for contributions in the field of robotics and automation. It can be presented to an individual or team of up to three in number. The contributions can include but is not limited to: manufacturing automation, Robotics and Automation in Unstructured Environments, Sensor Design, Integration and Fusion, Robot Design, Modeling, Planning and Control, Methodologies for Robotics and Automation.
Established: 2002
Prize: Bronze medal, certificate and $10,000 honorarium
Funding: IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
Eligibility: Any person may be nominated for a TFA or may nominate a candidate, regardless of IEEE member status. Certain exceptions, to avoid conflict of interest or multiple awards for the same work are stated in the <a href="http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/guidelines/mdltfaguide.html">award guidelines</a>.
Basis for judging: IEEE Technical Field Awards Council
Presentation: Presented by the President or member of the Board of Directors of the IEEE at an IEEE-RAS sponsored conference.
Nomination form: Click to download the form

Winners of this award

Year Winner and reason
2011 Hirochika Inoue
For original and continuous contributions to research in intelligent robotics, in particular to real-time vision and humanoid robotics.
2010 Toshio Fukuda »
For leadership and pioneering contributions to Intelligent Robotic Systems and Micro and Nano Robotic Systems.
2009 Antal Bejczy »
For leadership and sustained contributions to a broad set of innovative robotic and automation techniques applicable to space research and on Earth.
2008 Paul G. Backes, Eric T. Baumgartner, Larry H. Matthies
For contributions to robotics enabling effective autonomous operations of science investigations under extreme conditions on the planet Mars
2007 Gerhard Hirzinger »
For contributions in robot mechatronics, telerobotics, man-machine interface research, and space robotics
2006 George Bekey »
For contributions to research and education in biologically inspired and intelligent robots.
2005 Seiuemon Inaba »
For long-standing leadership and technical contributions to the development of Numerical Control machines, industrial robots, and flexible factory automation
2004 Joseph Engelberger »
For a lifetime of achievement in establishing and advancing the field of robotics and automation worldwide.