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Awards


IROS Harashima Award
To honor Professor Fumio Harashima, the Honorary Founding Chair of the IROS conferences, by recognizing outstanding contributions of an individual of the IROS community, who has pioneered activities in robotics and intelligent systems.
NTF Award for Entertainment Robots and Systems
Started in 2007, this award is to encourage research and development of "entertainment robots and systems", and new technologies for future entertainment (sponsored by the New Technology Foundation; Certificate + USD 1,000).
JTCF Novel Technology Paper Award for Amusement Culture
This award recognizes practical technology contributing to toys, toy models, and amusement culture (sponsored by the Japan Toy Culture Foundation; Certificate + JPY 100,000).
RoboCup Best Paper Award
Sponsored by The RoboCup Federation; Certificate + USD 500.
IROS CoTeSys Cognitive Robotics Best Paper Award
Started in 2010, this award is to promote interdisciplinary research on cognition for technical systems (CoTeSys) and advancements of cognitive robotics in industry, home applications, and daily life (sponsored by the German Cluster of Excellence, CoTeSys; Certificate + USD 1,000).
Best Application Paper Award
Sponsored by the Institute of Control, Robotics, and Systems (ICROS); Certificate + USD 1,000.
IROS 2011 Best Paper Award
To recognize the most outstanding paper presented at the Conference, based on the quality of the contribution, of the written paper and of the oral presentation. Sponsored by RSJ and SICE; Certificate + USD 2,000.
IROS 2011 Best Student Paper Award
To recognize the most outstanding paper authored primarily and presented by a student at the Conference, based on the quality of the contribution, of the written paper and of the oral presentation. Sponsored by the IROS 2011 Conference (Certificate + USD 1,000).

All award winners will be announced during the Awards Ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 29.
[ updated 2011-09-15 ]
 
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