Winners and finalists

There were three finalists for each of the six ICRA'07 award categories. The winner was chosen by the relative Award Committee after taking into account also the presentations at the conference.

ICRA'07 Best Conference Paper

Winner:
Design of a Biomimetic Controlled-Curvature Robotic Pectoral Fin
John Palmisano, Ravi Ramamurti, Naval Research Laboratory; Kerr-Jia Lu, George Washington University; Jonah Brett Cohen, William Sandberg, Banahalli Ratna, Naval Research Laboratory

Finalists:
Whole Body Adhesion: Hierarchical, Directional and Distributed Control of Adhesive Forces for a Climbing Robot
Sangbae Kim, Matthew Spenko, Salomon Trujillo, Barrett Heyneman, Stanford University; Virgilio Mattoli, Scuola Superiore S. Anna; Mark Cutkosky, Stanford University

Tactile Imaging System for Localizing Lung Nodules During Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
Andrew Miller, William Peine, Purdue University; Jae S. Son, Medical Tactile Inc.; Zane T. Hammoud, Indiana University

ICRA'07 Best Student Paper

Winner:
Whole Body Adhesion: Hierarchical, Directional and Distributed Control of Adhesive Forces for a Climbing Robot
Sangbae Kim, Matthew Spenko, Salomon Trujillo, Barrett Heyneman, Stanford University; Virgilio Mattoli, Scuola Superiore S. Anna; Mark Cutkosky, Stanford University

Finalists:
Where's Waldo? Sensor-Based Temporal Logic Motion Planning
Hadas Kress-Gazit, Georgios Fainekos, George Pappas, University of Pennsylvania

Real-Time High-Accuracy Micropipette Aspiration for Characterizing Mechanical Properties of Biological Cells
Xinyu Liu, Yifei Wang, Yu Sun, University of Toronto

ICRA'07 Best Automation Paper

Winner:
Vibration-Induced Frictional Force Fields on a Rigid Plate
Thomas Vose, Kevin M. Lynch, Paul Umbanhowar, Northwestern University

Finalists:
Automated Handling, Assembly and Packaging of Highly Variable Compliant Food Products - Making a Sandwich
Steven Davis, John O. Gray, Martin G. King, John W. Salford, University of Salford; Darwin G. Caldwell, Italian Institute of Technology

Nanorobotic Spot Welding by Attogram Precision Metal Deposition from Copper-Filled Carbon Nanotubes
Lixin Dong, ETH Zurich; Xinyong Tao, Zhejiang University; Li Zhang, ETH Zurich; Xiaobin Zhang, Zhejiang University; Bradley J. Nelson, ETH Zurich

ICRA'07 Best Manipulation Paper

Winner:
Adaptive Control for Human-Robot Skilltransfer: Trajectory Planning Based on Fluid Dynamics
Hermann Georg Mayer, Istvan Nagy, Alois Knoll, Technische Universitt Munchen; Eva U. Braun, Robert Bauernschmitt, Rdiger Lange, Deutsches Herzzentrum Munchen

Finalists:
Force Sensing Robot Fingers Using Embedded Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors and Shape Deposition Manufacturing
Yong-Lae Park, Stanford University; Kelvin Chau, Richard J. Black, Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corp.; Mark Cutkosky, Stanford University

On Control for ''Blind Touching'' by Human-Like Thumb Robots
Kenji Tahara, RIKEN; Suguru Arimoto, Ritsumeikan University; Zhi-Wei Luo, Kobe University; Morio Yoshida, Ritsumeikan University

ICRA'07 Best Vision Paper

Winner:
Marker-Less Human Motion Estimation Using Articulated Deformable Model
Koichi Ogawara, Kyushu University; Xiaolu Li, Katsushi Ikeuchi, University of Tokyo

Finalists:
Accurate Quadrifocal Tracking for Robust 3D Visual Odometry
Andrew I. Comport, Ezio Malis, Patrick Rives, INRIA

Space-Time a Contrario Clustering for Detecting Coherent Motions
Thomas Veit, Patrick Bouthemy, Frèdèric Cao, IRISA/INRIA

ICRA'07 Best Video

Winner:
A Humanoid Upper Body System for Two-Handed Manipulation
Christoph Borst, Christian Ott, Thomas Wimböck, Bernhard Brunner, Franziska Zacharias, Berthold Bäuml, Ulrich Hillenbrand, Sami Haddadin, Alin Albu-Schaäfffer, Gerd Hirzinger, DLR

Finalists:
Autonomous Hot Metal Carrier - Navigation and Manipulation with a 20 Tonne Industrial Vehicle
Jonathan M. Roberts, Ashley D. Tews, Cedric Pradalier, Kane Usher, CSIRO

Integrating Vision and Walking to Increase Humanoid Robot Autonomy
Olivier Stasse, JRL CNRS-AIST ISRI; Bjrn Verrelst, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Andrew J. Davison, Imperial College; Nicolas Mansard, IRISA-INRIA; Bram Vanderborght, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Claudia Esteves, JRL AIST-CNRS LAAS; Francois Saidi, JRL CNRS-AIST; Kazuhito Yokoi, AIST

Oussama Khatib, Awards Chair