Awards & Recognition

Robot Design Competition Awards

Best Context Design Award

Winner: Minwoo Lee, Peter Cheong, Joey Sehan Back, Junhu Song, Ho Seok Ahn
Project: ''ChatBox: An Emotion-Aware Companion Robot for Therapeutic, Long-Term Engagement with Children''

Best Technical Design Award

Winner: Matevž Zorec, Farnaz Baksh, Ali Badshah
Project: "Say Hi to the RSC (v4.1), the study buddy you (can) build (and fix)!"

Best Demonstration Award

Winner: Changhee Seo, Jeongmin Lee, Soobin Park, Yoonseob Lim, Sonya S. Kwak
Project: "OnOBOT: Modular Robotic Furniture for Human–Nature Interaction in Tiny House on Wheels"

Special Recognition Awards

Kazue Tanie Award

Winner: Thamaraiselvan, Vishwaak Chandran; Salunkhe, Param Dhairyasheel; Theofanidis, Michail; Gans, Nicholas (Nick)
Project: "Field Testing an Assistive Robot Teleoperation System for People who are Legally Blind"

Finalists:

Tejwani, Ravi; Bell, John; Elliott, Drake; Wright, Cameron; Wayne, Peter; Bonato, Paolo; Asada, Harry - "Spring-Loaded Double Pantograph: A Robotic Mechanism for Safe Balance Training"
Thamaraiselvan, Vishwaak Chandran; Salunkhe, Param Dhairyasheel; Theofanidis, Michail; Gans, Nicholas (Nick) - "Field Testing an Assistive Robot Teleoperation System for People who are Legally Blind"
Tanjim, Tauhid; St George, Jonathan; Ching, Kevin; Taylor, Angelique - "Help or Hinderance: Understanding the Impact of Robot Communication in Action Teams"

KROS Interdisciplinary Research Award in Social Human-Robot Interaction

Winner: Abbasi, Nida Itrat; Dogan, Fethiye Irmak; Laban, Guy; Anderson, Joanna; Ford, Tamsin; Jones, Peter B.; Gunes, Hatice
Project: "Robot-Led Vision Language Model Wellbeing Assessment of Children"

Finalists:

Shippy, Madison; Zhang, Brian John; Fitter, Naomi T. - "How Do People Feel about Robots That Leverage Profanity?"
Abbasi, Nida Itrat; Dogan, Fethiye Irmak; Laban, Guy; Anderson, Joanna; Ford, Tamsin; Jones, Peter B.; Gunes, Hatice - "Robot-Led Vision Language Model Wellbeing Assessment of Children"
Ramnauth, Rebecca; Brscic, Drazen; Scassellati, Brian - "From Fidgeting to Focused: Developing Robot-Enhanced Social-Emotional Therapy (RESET) for School De-Escalation Rooms"

RSJ Pioneering Research Award in Robot and Human Interactive Communication

Winner: Shippy, Madison; Zhang, Brian John; Fitter, Naomi T.
Project: "How Do People Feel about Robots That Leverage Profanity?"

Finalists:

Wessels, Marlene; de Heuvel, Jorge; Müller, Leon; Maier, Anna Luisa; Bennewitz, Maren; Kraus, Johanne - "Auditory Localization and Assessment of Consequential Robot Sounds"
Grasso, Maria Antonietta; PARK, JISUN; Willamowski, Jutta - "Designing Multi-Touchpoint Privacy Conversations for Service Robots"
Shippy, Madison; Zhang, Brian John; Fitter, Naomi T. - "How Do People Feel about Robots That Leverage Profanity?"

IEEE Best Paper Award

Winner: Ramnauth, Rebecca; Brscic, Drazen; Scassellati, Brian
Project: "From Fidgeting to Focused: Developing Robot-Enhanced Social-Emotional Therapy (RESET) for School De-Escalation Rooms"

Finalists:

Ramnauth, Rebecca; Brscic, Drazen; Scassellati, Brian - "From Fidgeting to Focused: Developing Robot-Enhanced Social-Emotional Therapy (RESET) for School De-Escalation Rooms"
Orhan, Zeynep Özge; Ijspeert, Auke; Bouri, Mohamed - "3D Path Control: Can We Use Lower Limb Inter-Joint Coordination to Assist Gait and Balance?"
Abbasi, Nida Itrat; Dogan, Fethiye Irmak; Laban, Guy; Anderson, Joanna; Ford, Tamsin; Jones, Peter B.; Gunes, Hatice - "Robot-Led Vision Language Model Wellbeing Assessment of Children"

IEEE Best Student Paper Award

Winner: Orhan, Zeynep Özge; Ijspeert, Auke; Bouri, Mohamed
Project: "3D Path Control: Can we use lower limb inter-joint coordination to assist gait and balance?"

Finalists:

Abbasi, Nida Itrat; Dogan, Fethiye Irmak; Laban, Guy; Anderson, Joanna; Ford, Tamsin; Jones, Peter B.; Gunes, Hatice - "Robot-Led Vision Language Model Wellbeing Assessment of Children"
Orhan, Zeynep Özge; Ijspeert, Auke; Bouri, Mohamed - "3D Path Control: Can We Use Lower Limb Inter-Joint Coordination to Assist Gait and Balance?"
Ramnauth, Rebecca; Brscic, Drazen; Scassellati, Brian - "From Fidgeting to Focused: Developing Robot-Enhanced Social-Emotional Therapy (RESET) for School De-Escalation Rooms"