- IEEE ICRA Best Conference Paper Award (est. 1993)
- IEEE ICRA Best Student Paper Award (est. 1988)
- IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award in Automation (est. 1997)
- IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award in Cognitive Robotics (sponsored by KROS) (est. 2010)
- IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) (sponsored by ABB) (est. 2015)
- IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award in Robot Manipulation (sponsored by Ben Wegbreit) (est. 2000)
- IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award in Medical Robotics (sponsored by Intuitive Surgical) (est. 2009)
- IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award on Multi-Robot Systems (sponsored by Amazon Robotics) (est. 2017)
- IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award in Service Robotics (sponsored by KUKA) (est. 2008)
- IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award in Robot Vision (sponsored by Ben Wegbreit) (est. 2000)
- IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (sponsored by DST Group) (est. 2018)
- IEEE ICRA 2018 Award for the Most Influential Paper from 1988/1998/2008 (approved for one-time offering)
Award Finalists
Title | Authors | Award | Presentation slot | Affiliation |
Task-specific Sensor Planning for Robotic Assembly Tasks | Rosman, Guy; Choi, Changhyun; Dogar, Mehmet Remzi; Fisher III, John W.; Rus, Daniela | Conference | TuA | Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Leeds; MIT; MIT |
Design of an Autonomous Racecar: Perception, State Estimation and System Integration | de la Iglesia Valls, Miguel; Hendrikx, Hubertus Franciscus Cornelis; Reijgwart, Victor; Meier, Fabio Vito; Sa, Inkyu; Dubé, Renaud; Gawel, Abel Roman; Bürki, Mathias; Siegwart, Roland | Conference/Stu | TuA | ETH Zürich; ETH Zürich; ETH Zürich; ETH Zurich; ETH Zürich; ETH Zurich; ETH Zürich; Autonomous Systems Lab, ETH Zurich; Autonomous Systems Lab, ETH Zuerich; ETH Zurich |
A Modular Dielectric Elastomer Actuator to Drive Miniature Autonomous Underwater Vehicles | Berlinger, Florian; Duduta, Mihai; Gloria, Hudson; Clarke, David; Nagpal, Radhika; Wood, Robert | Conference/Stu | TuA | Harvard University; Harvard University; Harvard University; Harvard University; Harvard University; Harvard University; Harvard University |
Online Learning of a Memory for Learning Rates | Meier, Franziska; Kappler, Daniel; Schaal, Stefan | Conference | TuA | Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems; Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems; Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems; MPI Intelligent Systems & University of Southern California |
Contact Model Fusion for Event-Based Locomotion in Unstructured Terrains | Bledt, Gerardo; Wensing, Patrick; Ingersoll, Sam; Kim, Sangbae | Conference/Stu | TuA | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); University of Notre Dame; None; Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Power and control autonomy for high speed locomotion with an insect-scale legged microrobot | Goldberg, Benjamin; zufferey, Raphael; Doshi, Neel; Helbling, Elizabeth Farrell; Whittredge, Griffin; Kovac, Mirko; Wood, Robert | Conference | TuA | Harvard University; Harvard University; Imperial College of London; Harvard; Harvard University; Harvard University; Imperial College London; Harvard University |
A lightweight and efficient portable soft exosuit for paretic ankle assistance in walking after stroke | Bae, Jaehyun; Siviy, Christopher; Rouleau, Michael; Menard, Nicolas; O’Donnell, Kathleen; Galiana, Ignacio; Athanassiu, Maria; Ryan, Danielle; Bibeau, Christine; Sloot, Lizeth; Kudzia, Pawel; Ellis, Terry; Awad, Louis; Walsh, Conor James | Medical | TuA | Harvard University; Harvard University; Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Virginia Tech; Wyss Institute; Harvard University – Wyss Institute; Harvard University; The Wyss Institute; Harvard University, Wyss Institute; Harvard University; Harvard University; Simon Fraser University; Boston University; Harvard University; Harvard University |
Mechanical Rubbing of Blood Clots using Helical Robots under Ultrasound Guidance | Khalil, Islam S.M.; Mahdy, Dalia; El-Sharkawy, Ahmed; Moustafa, Ramez; Tabak, Ahmet Fatih; Mitwally, Mohamed; Hesham El Feshawy, Sarah; Hamdi, Nabila; Klingner, Anke; Mohamed, Abdelrahman; Sitti, Metin | Medical | TuA | German University in Cairo; German University in Cairo; German University in Cairo; German University in Cairo; Ain Shams University; Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems – Stuttgart; Assistant professor at the German university in Cairo; German University in Cairo (GUC); The German University in Cairo; German University in Cairo; Ain SHams University; Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems |
Compact Design of a Hydraulic Driving Robot for Intra-operative MRI-guided Bilateral Stereotactic Neurosurgery | Guo, Ziyan; Dong, Ziyang; Lee, Kit-Hang; Cheung, Chim Lee; Fu, Hing Choi; Ho, Justin Di-Lang; He, Haokun; Poon, Wai Sang; Chan, Tat-Ming; Kwok, Ka-Wai | Medical | TuA | The University of Hong Kong; The University of Hong Kong; The University of Hong Kong; The University of Hong Kong; The University of Hong Kong; The University of Hong Kong; The University of Hong Kong; the University of Hong Kong; The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Prince of Wales Hospital; The University of Hong Kong |
Learning Modes of Within-hand Manipulation | Calli, Berk; Srinivasan, Krishnan; Morgan, Andrew; Dollar, Aaron | Manipulation | TuP | Yale University; Yale University; Yale University; Yale University; Yale University |
Learning Object Grasping for Soft Robot Hands | Choi, Changhyun; Schwarting, Wilko; DelPreto, Joseph; Rus, Daniela | Manipulation | TuP | Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MIT |
Decentralized Adaptive Control for Collaborative Manipulation | Culbertson, Preston; Schwager, Mac | Manipulation, Multi-robot | TuP | Stanford University; Stanford University; Stanford University |
Pairwise Consistent Measurement Set Maximization for Robust Multi-robot Map Merging | Mangelson, Joshua; Dominic, Derrick; Eustice, Ryan; Vasudevan, Ram | Multi-robot | TuP | University of Michigan; University of Michigan; University of Michigan; University of Michigan; University of Michigan |
Voronoi-Based Coverage Control of Pan/Tilt/Zoom Camera Networks | Arslan, Omur; Min, Hancheng; Koditschek, Daniel | Multi-robot | TuP | University of Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania |
Talk Resource-Efficiently to Me: Optimal Communication Planning for Distributed SLAM Front-Ends | Giamou, Matthew; Khosoussi, Kasra; How, Jonathan Patrick | Multi-robot | TuP | University of Toronto; University of Toronto; MIT; Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
LabelFusion: A Pipeline for Generating Ground Truth Labels for Real RGBD Data of Cluttered Scenes | Marion, Pat; Florence, Peter; Manuelli, Lucas; Tedrake, Russ | Vision | TuP | Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Optimization Beyond the Convolution: Generalizing Spatial Relations with End-to-End Metric Learning | Jund, Philipp; Eitel, Andreas; Abdo, Nichola; Burgard, Wolfram | Vision | TuP | University of Freiburg; University of Freiburg; University of Freiburg; University of Freiburg; University of Freiburg |
Online Photometric Calibration of Auto Exposure Video for Realtime Visual Odometry and SLAM | Bergmann, Paul; Wang, Rui; Cremers, Daniel | Vision | TuP | Technical University Munich; Technical University Munich; Technical University of Munich; Technical University of Munich |
Negotiating with a robot: Analysis of Regulatory Focus Behavior | Cruz-Maya, Arturo; Tapus, Adriana | Cognitive | WeA | ENSTA-ParisTech; ENSTA-ParisTech; ENSTA-ParisTech |
Social Attention: Modeling Attention in Human Crowds | Vemula, Anirudh; Muelling, Katharina; Oh, Jean | Cognitive | WeA | Carnegie Mellon University; Carnegie Mellon University; Carnegie Mellon University; Carnegie Mellon University |
Temporal Spatial Inverse Semantics for Robots Communicating with Humans | Gong, Ze; Zhang, Yu | Cognitive | WeA | Arizona State University; Arizona State University; ASU |
The Exchange of Knowledge using Cloud Robotics | Bozcuoglu, Asil Kaan; Kazhoyan, Gayane; Furuta, Yuki; Stelter, Simon; Beetz, Michael; Okada, Kei; Inaba, Masayuki | Cognitive, Service | WeA | University of Bremen; University of Bremen; University of Bremen; The University of Tokyo; Universität Bremen; University of Bremen; The University of Tokyo; The University of Tokyo |
Real-time Semantic Segmentation of Crop and Weed for Precision Agriculture Robots Leveraging Background Knowledge in CNNs | Milioto, Andres; Lottes, Philipp; Stachniss, Cyrill | Service | WeA | University of Bonn; University of Bonn; University of Bonn; University of Bonn |
PRM-RL: Long-range Robotic Navigation Tasks by Combining Reinforcement Learning and Sampling-based Planning | Faust, Aleksandra; Ramirez, Oscar Alejandro; Fiser, Marek; Oslund, Kenneth; Francis, Anthony; Davidson, James; Tapia, Lydia | Service | WeA | Google Brain; Google Brain; Google; Google; Google; Google; Google Inc.; University of New Mexico |
Where to Look? Predictive Perception with Applications to Planetary Exploration | Otsu, Kyohei; Agha-mohammadi, Ali-akbar; Paton, Michael | Service | WeA | California Institute of Technology; California Institute of Technology; NASA-JPL, Caltech; University of Toronto |
Accurate and Adaptive In situ Fabrication of an Undulated Wall using an On-Board Visual Sensing System | Lussi, Manuel; Sandy, Timothy; Doerfler, Kathrin; Hack, Norman; Gramazio, Fabio; Kohler, Matthias Daniel; Buchli, Jonas | Automation | WeP | ETH Zürich; ETH Zurich; ETH Zürich; ETH Zurich, Institute for Technology in Architecture; ETH Zurich; ETH Zurich; ETH Zurich; Deepmind |
Learning Robotic Assembly from CAD | Chien, Melissa; Thomas, Garrett; Tamar, Aviv; Aparicio Ojea, Juan; Abbeel, Pieter | Automation | WeP | UC Berkeley; University of California, Berkeley; UC Berkeley; UC Berkeley; Siemens; UC Berkeley |
A Novel Automated Construction Scheme for Efficiently Developing Cloud Manufacturing Services | Chen, Chao-Chun; Hung, Min-Hsiung; LI, PO-YI; Lin, Yu-Chuan; Liu, Yu-Yang; Cheng, Fan-Tien | Automation | WeP | Chinese Culture University; National Cheng Kung University; Chinese Culture University; National Cheng Kung University; National Cheng Kung University; National Cheng Kung University; National Cheng Kung University |
Scaling inertial forces to alter weight perception in virtual reality | Suchoski, Jacob; Martinez, Susana; Okamura, Allison M. | HRI | WeP | Stanford University; Stanford University; Stanford University; Stanford University |
Interactively Picking Real-World Objects with Unconstrained Spoken Language Instructions | Hatori, Jun; Kikuchi, Yuta; Kobayashi, Sosuke; Takahashi, Kuniyuki; Tsuboi, Yuta; Unno, Yuya; Ko, Wilson Kien Ho; Tan, Jethro | HRI | WeP | Preferred Networks; Preferred Networks; Preferred Networks; Preferred Networks; Preferred Networks; Preferred Networks; Preferred Networks; Preferred Networks, Inc.; Preferred Networks, Inc. |
Safety Map: A Unified Representation for Biomechanics Impact Data and Robot Instantaneous Dynamic Properties | Mansfeld, Nico; Hamad, Mazin; Becker, Marvin; Gonzales Marin, Antonio; Haddadin, Sami | HRI | WeP | German Aerospace Center (DLR); German Aerospace Center (DLR); Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Leibniz University Hanover (LUH); Leibniz Universität Hannover; Robotics and Mechatronics Center (DLR); Leibniz University Hanover |
Towards a wind-powered UAV for ocean monitoring: performance, control and validation | Bousquet, Gabriel D; Triantafyllou, Michael; Slotine, Jean-Jacques E. | UAV | WeP | Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MIT; Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Control Inspired Design of a Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial-Aquatic Vehicle | Moore, Joseph; Fein, Andrew; Setzler, William | UAV | WeP | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab; Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab; University of Maryland; Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab |
Onboard Vision-based Control of Agile Suspended Payload Maneuvers | Tang, Sarah; Wueest, Valentin; Kumar, Vijay | UAV | WeP | University of Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania; ETH Zurich; University of Pennsylvania |
Design, Modeling and Control of Aerial Robot DRAGON: Dual-rotor-embedded-multilink Robot with the Ability of Multi-deGree-of-freedom Aerial TransformatiON | ZHAO, MOJU; Anzai, Tomoki; Shi, Fan; Chen, Xiangyu; Okada, Kei; Inaba, Masayuki | UAV | WeP | The University of Tokyo; The University of Tokyo; The University of Tokyo; The University of Tokyo; The University of Tokyo; The University of Tokyo; The University of Tokyo |