Purpose
The Robot Award of the Year (hosted by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry & The Japan Machinery Federation) is a program that selects and recognizes robots which provided outstanding services in the year and showed strong contributions to and have a high potential for creating future markets, in order to promote robotic technology innovations, expand the use of robots and stimulate demand for robots in Japan.This award program was established in fiscal 2006 aiming at further developing the robot industry and spreading the use of robots in daily life.
This symbol illustrates the concepts behind the Robot Award of the Year: intelligent machine systems incorporating the three technological elements of censors, knowledge and control, and operation.
Summary of honor 2008
In 2008, a total of 65 applications were sent and eight robots that had attracted attention and held high expectations of contributing to future market expansion were chosen to receive excellence awards after stringent examination by the judges (Hirofumi Miura, President of Kogakuin University, Chief judge). Refer to the press release.
Symbol of the Robot Award of the Year