Roboken's Research Awards

The following is a history of academic awards.(Since 2006)

Assoc. Prof. Ohya was commended for the teaching contribution by the Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering.

Assoc. Prof. Ohya won the educational contribution commendation in 2010 fiscal year, since he did a large contribution to the education in informatics and the information sciences as a research course teacher in 2009 fiscal year.

Assoc. Prof. Ohya and a Fuji soft team achieves the Tsukuba Challenge 2009.

In this year, Tsukuba challenge was held at the central of the Tsukuba city in November. 65 team participated in this challenge, and five robots ran the whole distance and achieved the challenge. Assoc. Prof. Ohya with Fuji soft team is one of them.

Prof. Yuta won the 2nd Japanese robot society service prize - To the establishment of the robotics symposia and the construction of the system of management

Prof. Yuta won the Japanese robot society science lecture meeting in September. He served chairman for ten years from the foundation of the symposia.

Prof. Yuta won IROS HARASHIMA AWARD (October,2009) - To a current lead in technical contribution and IROS with "Yamabico" platform

This prize is established to become a pioneer because of the activity in robotics and the intellectual system field, and to praise Prof. Harashima of the IROS conference. IROS is abbreviation of "Intelligent Robots and Systems" and it is one of the largest international conferences in the field of the robot in the world.

Prof. Yuta won JSME Medal for New Technology(April,2009) - Development of compact and lightweight laser range sensor for the application in service robot

A performance, applied possibility and the impact to industry of the SOKUIKI sensor series developed with cooperating in Hokuyo Electric Machinery were evaluated.

Prof. Tsubouchi won the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology commendation science and technology prize (understanding improvement section) in the science and technology field in 2009 fiscal year. (April,2009) - To understanding improvement of robotics through the writing activity

It was appraised that the writing that consisted of three work of "First robot creation design", "Robot creation design to know here" and "If it was this, design the robot creation it was possible to do" had contributed to the understanding improvement of people interested in robotics.

The study group including Prof. Tsubouchi won a director general of Fire Defense Agency prize special prize(June,2008) - About a joint research with the international rescue system research mechanism

This research is receiving of the international rescue system research mechanism of the research consignment from the Fire and Disaster Management Agency with "Development of the up-to-date search capital machine parts group of hydraulic and air pressure " as the theme. And it develops the advanced capital machine parts group for the rescue inquiry that each laboratory of Osaka prefectural Technical College, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Okayama University, and Tsukuba University unites the study group and of each takes charge of.

Prof. Tsubouchi won the science achievement prize and the Robomec commendation in Robomec 2008 (June, 2008).

It was evaluated to be engaged in the control of the mobile robot and the research of the planning, and to have contributed to the achievement of the navigation etc. that used the movement robot system and the sensor about the science achievement prize by this section. Moreover, the Robomec commendation was the one to the thesis that Dr. Takeuchi who had acquiring completed the doctor in this laboratory in March this year announced in the robotics symposia in March, 2007, and two authors of this thesis were commended.

Prof. Tsubouchi won the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers education prize (April,2008)

It was appraised that the writing that consisted of three work of "First robot creation design", "Robot creation design to know here" and "If it was this, design the robot creation it was possible to do". As for these books, it was evaluated that there were a lot of textbook adoptions in the university and Technical College, it was being supported by a lot of robotics education person in charge, and specification as the reference book of creating the educational practice subject also had a lot of practicing characters as a winning reason.

Hokuyo Electric Machinery won a Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers robotics mechatoronics section technological achievement prize in ROBOMEC2007 (May,2007)

Mr.Eijiro Takeuchi, the doctor's course student of this laboratory won the ROBOMEC commendation from the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers robotics mechatoronics section(May,2007)

The announcement, "High-speed scanning match that used making to the dimension for the environmental map generation for the mobile robot NDT three" in the robotics symposia 2006 was evaluated.

Prof. Tsubouchi won Best Paper Award in international construction robot symposium ISARC 2006 (Oct.4,2006)

The won thesis is "Development of Autonomous Systems for Loading Operation by Wheel Loader" written by S.Sarata, N.Koyachi, T.Tsubouchi, H.Osumi, M.Kurisu and K.Sugawara

Prof. Yuta and Dr. Kawata won the practical use technology prize from the robot society by developing SOKUIKI sensor (Sep.15,2006)

The practical use technology prize was given by "..measurement.. development of SOKUIKI sensor for the movement robot environment recognition" by Robotics Society of Japan. Prof. Yuta served as the project reader of a strategic, basic technology by the promotion of the small and medium-sized enterprise mechanism when developing. Mr. Kawada played a center role of the software development for this product.