Awards and Award Finalists

At the Senior Program Committee (SPC) meeting, the Awards Chairs and the SPC intersected the set of highly-reviewed papers with the criteria for each of the seven paper awards. Papers were eligible to be considered in more than one category. Based on this intersection, a set of semifinalist papers for each award was chosen. These papers were then sent to subcommittees, one for each award. These subcommittees independently reviewed the papers to arrive at a set of finalists for each award. Award winners will be chosen by the subcommittees based on the quality of the paper and the presentation at IROS 2014.

 

NTF Award for Entertainment Robots and Systems Finalists

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.
 
A Gesture Recognition System for Mobile Robots that Learns Online
Alan Hamlet; Emami, Patrick
TuB2.2
 
A Solution to Pose Ambiguity of Visual Markers Using Moire Patterns
Tanaka, Hideyuki; Sumi, Yasushi; Matsumoto, Yoshio
TuD3.15
 

JTCF Novel Technology Paper Award for Amusement Culture Finalists

This award recognizes practical technology contributing to toys, toy models, and amusement culture. Sponsored by the Japan Toy Culture Foundation.
 
Multi-arm Robotic Swimming with Octopus-inspired Compliant Web
Sfakiotakis, Michael; Kazakidi, Asimina; Chatzidaki, Avgousta; Evdaimon, Theodoros; Tsakiris, Dimitris
MoA3.7
 
Winner:  Design of paper mechatronics: Towards a fully printed robot
Shigemune, Hiroki; Maeda, Shingo; Hara, Yusuke; Hashimoto, Shuji
MoB2.3
 
An Untethered Jumping Soft Robot
Tolley, Michael Thomas; Shepherd, Robert; Karpelson, Michael; Bartlett, Nicholas; Galloway, Kevin; Wehner, Michael; Nunes, Rui; Whitesides, George; Wood, Robert
MoB2.7
 

RoboCup Best Paper Award Finalists

For work in localization, navigation, mobility, and teamwork technologies, with applications to areas such as team sports, search and rescue, personal and home robotics, education, and others. Sponsored by the RoboCup Federation.
 
Winner:  Environment-independent Formation Flight for Micro Aerial Vehicles
Naegeli, Tobias; Conte, Christian; domahidi, alexander; Morari, Manfred; Hilliges, Otmar
MoC3.13
 
The Response Robotics Summer School 2013: Bringing Responders and Researchers Together to Advance Response Robotics
Sheh, Raymond Ka-Man; Collidge, Bill; Lazarescu, Mihai; Komsuoglu, Haldun; Jacoff, Adam
TuA3.2
 
Finding and Navigating to Household Objects with UHF RFID Tags by Optimizing RF Signal Strength
Deyle, Travis; Reynolds, Matthew; Kemp, Charlie
TuC2.12
 

CoTeSys Cognitive Robotics Best Paper Award Finalists

This award is for interdisciplinary research on cognition for technical systems (CoTeSys) and advancements of cognitive robots in industry, home applications, and daily life. Sponsored by the German Cluster of Excellence CoTeSys.
 
Winner:  Learning Haptic Representation for Manipulating Deformable Food Objects
Gemici, Mevlana Celaleddin; Saxena, Ashutosh
MoB2.18
 
Online Interactive Perception of Articulated Objects with Multi-Level Recursive Estimation Based on Task-Specific Priors
Martin Martin, Roberto; Brock, Oliver
TuC1.19
 
Combining Top-down Spatial Reasoning and Bottom-up Object Class Recognition for Scene Understanding
Kunze, Lars; Burbridge, Christopher; Alberti, Marina; Thippur, Akshaya; Folkesson, John; Jensfelt, Patric; Hawes, Nick
TuD2.3
 

ICROS Best Application Paper Award Finalists

Sponsored by the Institute of Control, Robotics, and Systems (ICROS).
 
Workspace Characterization for Concentric Tube Continuum Robots
Burgner-Kahrs, Jessica; Gilbert, Hunter B.; Granna, Josephine; Swaney, Philip J.; Webster III, Robert James
MoD1.12
 
Winner:  Toward Automated Intraocular Laser Surgery Using Handheld Micromanipulator
Yang, Sungwook; MacLachlan, Robert A.; Riviere, Cameron N.
MoD1.17
 
Study of Reconfigurable Suspended Cable-Driven Parallel Robots for Airplane Maintenance
Nguyen, Dinh Quan; Gouttefarde, Marc
TuA1.14
 
Preliminary Evaluation of a New Control Approach to Achieve Speed Adaptation in Robotic Transfemoral Prosthesis
Lenzi, Tommaso; Hargrove, Levi; Sensinger, Jonathon
TuB1.12
 
Soft Landing of Capsule by Casting Manipulator System
Arisumi, Hitoshi; Otsuki, Masatsugu; Nishida, Shin-Ichiro
TuB3.18
 

ABB Best Student Paper Award Finalists

This award recognizes the most outstanding paper authored primarily by, and presented by, a student. Sponsored by ABB.
 
Winner:  Visual Localization within LIDAR Maps for Automated Urban Driving
Wolcott, Ryan; Eustice, Ryan
MoA2.8
 
Non-vector Space Stochastic Control for Nano Robotic Manipulations
Zhao, Jianguo; Song, Bo; Xi, Ning
MoC1.11
 
Remote Vertical Exploration by Active Scope Camera into Collapsed Buildings
Fukuda, Junichi; Konyo, Masashi; Takeuchi, Eijiro; Tadokoro, Satoshi
TuA3.5
 
An Estimation Model for Footstep Modifications of Biped Robots
Wittmann, Robert; Hildebrandt, Arne-Christoph; Ewald, Alexander; Buschmann, Thomas
TuC2.11
 
Online Interactive Perception of Articulated Objects with Multi-Level Recursive Estimation Based on Task-Specific Priors
Martin Martin, Roberto; Brock, Oliver
TuC1.19
 

Best Paper Award Finalists

This award recognizes the most outstanding paper presented at the conference.
 
Multi-arm Robotic Swimming with Octopus-inspired Compliant Web
Sfakiotakis, Michael; Kazakidi, Asimina; Chatzidaki, Avgousta; Evdaimon, Theodoros; Tsakiris, Dimitris
MoA3.7
 
Remote Vertical Exploration by Active Scope Camera into Collapsed Buildings
Fukuda, Junichi; Konyo, Masashi; Takeuchi, Eijiro; Tadokoro, Satoshi
TuA3.5
 
Co-winner:  Simultaneously Powering and Controlling Many Actuators With a Clinical MRI Scanner
Becker, Aaron; Felfoul, Ouajdi; Dupont, Pierre
TuB1.7
 
An Estimation Model for Footstep Modifications of Biped Robots
Wittmann, Robert; Hildebrandt, Arne-Christoph; Ewald, Alexander; Buschmann, Thomas
TuC2.11
 
Online Interactive Perception of Articulated Objects with Multi-Level Recursive Estimation Based on Task-Specific Priors
Martin Martin, Roberto; Brock, Oliver
TuC1.19
 
Co-winner:  Cogeneration of Mechanical, Electrical, and Software Designs for Printable Robots from Structural Specifications
Mehta, Ankur; DelPreto, Joseph; Shaya, Benjamin; Rus, Daniela
TuD1.19