Society Awards

Nomination deadline for all Society awards: August 1 of the year preceding the award (see nominations form).

Pioneer in Robotics and Automation Award (est. 1998)
IEEE RAS George Saridis Leadership Award in Robotics and Automation (est. 2008)
IEEE RAS Distinguished Service Award (est. 2001)
IEEE RAS Early Academic Career Award in Robotics and Automation (est. 1999)
IEEE RAS Early Government or Industry Career Award in Robotics and Automation (est. 1999)
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation Most Influential Paper Award (est. 2021)
IEEE Inaba Technical Award for Innovation Leading to Production (est. 2007)
IEEE Robotics and Automation Award for Product Innovation (est. 2010)
IEEE RAS Most Active Technical Committee Award (est. 2003)
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Section Chapter of the Year Award (est. 2002)
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Student Branch Chapter of the Year Award (est. 2021)

In addition, nominations for the joint award with the International Federation of Robotics are due the 15th of March of the same year:

IEEE/IFR Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award (est. 2005)

Further to the above Society awards, the

RAS Most Active Distinguished Lecturer Award (est. 2007)

was discontinued in 2011 when the Distinguished Lecturer program was reorganized (see the distinguished lecturer program)