2005 SOCIETY AWARDS

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2005 SOCIETY AWARDS

• Steve Hsia
• RAS Awards Committee Chair
• Barcelona
• April 20, 2005

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RAS Distinguished Service Award

• To recognize an individual who has performed
  outstanding service for the benefit and
  advancement of the Robotics and Automation
  Society.

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Evaluation Committee

• George Lee (Chair)
• David Orin
• Richard Volz

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RAS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD2005 Recipients

• Norman Caplan
• Citation For outstanding service to the RAS
  as President and as Vice President for Conference
  Activities.
• Toshio Fukuda
• Citation For his outstanding contributions
  to the RAS Society and Conference Activities and
  his leadership in establishing and coordinating
  IROS conferences.
• Steve Hsia
• Citiation For his outstanding contributions
  to the RAS Society Activities and his leadership
  in establishing the Society's IEEE Technical
  Field Award and coordinating other Society
  Awards.

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Early Academic and Industry or Government Career
Award in Robotics and Automation

• To recognize persons within 7 years of earning
  his/hers Highest academic degree who have made an
  identifiable contribution or contributions which
  have had a major impact on the robotics and/or
  automation fields.

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Evaluation Committee

• Ken Goldberg (Chair)
• Antonio Bicchi
• Peter Corke
• Maja Mataric
• Elon Rimon
• Katsu Yamane

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EARLEY INDUSTRY CAREER AWARD IN ROBOTICS AND
AUTOMATION 2005 Recipient

• Ayanna Howard
• Citation For contributions to soft-computing
  techniques for robot reasoning and learning in
  space applications.

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EARLY ACADEMIC CAREER AWARD IN ROBOTICS AND
AUTOMATION 2005 Co-Recipients

• Yoky Matsuoka
• Citation For contributions to the design of new
  robotic devices that facilitate neuromuscular
  assistance, learning, and rehabilitation.
• Allison Okamura
• Citation For contributions to the design and
  control of haptic devices and to teleoperated and
  needle-based robot-assisted surgery.

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PIONEER IN ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION AWARD

• To recognize individuals who by virtue of
  initiating new areas of research, development or
  engineering have had a significant impact on
  development of the robotics and/or automation
  fields. The award is intended for people who are
  in the mid or late portions of their careers,
  i.e., at least 10 years beyond his or her highest
  earned academic degree.

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Evaluation Committee

• Georges Giralt (Chair)
• Georges Bekey
• Shigeo Hirose
• John Hollerback
• Bruno Siciliano
• Kazuo Tanie

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PIONEER IN ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION AWARD 2005
Co-Recipients

• Gerd Hirzinger
• Citation For his pioneering research in
  mechatronic devices, teleoperation, articulated
  hands, and lightweight robots, and his leadership
  in space robotics programs in Europe.
• Hirochika  Inoue
• Citation For his life long commitment to
  innovation and excellence in robotics research in
  Japan and in the world.

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2005 IEEE Fellow

• Fellow grade is an honor bestowed upon a person
  of outstanding and extraordinary qualifications
  in IEEE designated fields who has made important
  individual contributions to one or more of these
  fields.

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Fellow Evaluation Committee

• Steve Hsia (Chair)
• Art Sanderson
• Kazuo Tanie
• George Lee
• Dave Orin
• Gerd Hirzinger
• Bruno Siciliano
• Toshio Fukuda

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2005 IEEE Fellows

• Anthony Maciejewski
• Xiaoping Yun
• Tim Salcudean
• Ronald Lumia
• Junku Yuh

• Beom Hee Lee
• Kok-Meng Lee
• Minoru Asada
• Kenneth Goldberg

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2006 IEEE Fellow Evaluation Committee Report

• Steve Hsia
• April 20, 2005
• Barcelona

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Fellow Evaluation Committee Membership

• Chair Steve Hsia
• Members
• Dick Volz Bruno Siciliano
• Gerd Hirzinger George Lee
• Toshio Fukuda
• Dave Orin

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Committee Progress Report

• Nomination Deadline was March 1, 2005.
• Evaluation Committee reports back to IEEE by June
  15, 2005.
• There are 19 candidates to be evaluated.
• The committee has met on April 20.

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2005 IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION AWARD

• ICRA2005
• Barcelona
• April 20, 2005

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IEEE Robotics and Automation Award

• An IEEE Technical Field Award to honor an
  individual for outstanding contributions to
  robotics and automation
• Sponsored by Robotics and Automation Society
• Prize
• Certificate, Bronze medal, 10,000 Honorarium

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Selection Committee

• Chair Steve Hsia
• Members
• Georges Giralt Enrique Ruspini (NNS)
• Peter Luh
• Toshio Fukuda John Vig (SC)
• Tony Bejczy

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2005 Award Recipient

• Seiuemon Inaba
• Honorary Chairman, FANUC. Ltd
• Citation
• For long-standing leadership and technical
  contributions to the development of Numerical
  Control machines, industrial robots, and flexible
  factory automation.

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2006 Award selection Committee Status

• Tony Bejczy is the new chair
• There is a new committee
• Selection Committee has held two teleconference
  meetings, a candidate and an alternate have been
  nominated to the IEEE Board of Directors for
  their approval in June of 2005