Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has been advancing efforts to develop technologies required for the commercialization of robots and to ensure their safety, with an eye to fostering the robot industry to become one of the leading industries in the world.
As part of such efforts, METI, together with co-organizers, presents “The Robot Award 2008” with the aim of promoting R&D and application of robotic technologies in the private sector, and promoting the creation of new markets for them. This award program was established in 2006.
From among the 65 entries submitted, eight robots were selected as First Prize-winners by the selection committee for their outstanding service this year and contribution to and potential for future market development.
Here are all winners:
Category: Service robots
Omnibot17µ i-sobot from Takara Tomy
“Booktime” from Nishizawa [JP], an automatic page turner
Rice-transplanting robot from Japan’s National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Robotics-based engineer training solution ZMP e-nuvo from ZMP
Category: Industrial robots
Small assembly conveyance robot XR-G from Denso Wave
10th generation LCD glass substrate processing robot MOTOMAN-CDL 3000D from Yaskawa Electric
Category: Other robots and parts
Hose-shaped rescue robot from Tohoku University
Ultra-small MEMS 3-axial touch sensor chip from the University of Tokyo and Panasonic
The METI will select winners of the Grand Prize and the Venture Award for SMEs from these robots and announce them December 18.
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