A3 Achievement Awards

Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Award

The World's Most Prestigious Robotics Honor

Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Award Winners

Year
Name
Country
Award
2025 Stuart "Stu" C. Shepherd USA Leadership
2025 Dr. Peter Corke Australia Education
2024 Joe Gemma USA Leadership
2024 Dr. Reymond Clavel France Technology
2024 Marc-Olivier Demaurex France Technology
2023 Jeffrey Burnstein USA Leadership
2023 Roberta Nelson Shea USA Application
2022 Michael P. Jacobs USA Leadership
2022 Oussama Khatib USA Education
2022 Marc Raibert USA Leadership
2022 Bruno Siciliano Italy Education
2022 Bertil Thorvaldsson Sweden Leadership
2022 Melonee Wise USA Technology
2019 Catherine Morris USA Leadership
2019 Howie Choset USA Education
2018 Gudrun Litzenberger Germany Leadership
2018 Esben Østergaard Denmark Technology
2017 Gil Pratt USA Leadership
2017 Daniela Rus USA Education
2016 Dean Elkins USA Leadership
2016 Chia Day USA Application
2015 Raffaello D'Andrea Switzerland Technology
2015 Dean Kamen USA Leadership
2014 Rodney A. Brooks USA Leadership
2014 Rory A. Cooper USA Application
2014 Vijay Kumar USA Education
2012 Martin Buehler USA Technology
2012 Richard O. Litt USA Leadership
2011 Henrik I. Christensen Denmark Education
2011 Åke Lindqvist Sweden Leadership
2010 Heinz-Dieter Schunk Germany Leadership
2010 Scott W. Deming USA Application
2009 Robin A. Felder USA Leadership
2009 Shigeo Hirose Japan Technology
2008 Kim Jin Oh Korea Leadership
2008 Hendrik Van Brussel Belgium Education
2007 Harvey Castner USA Application
2007 Martin Hägele Germany Education
2007 David Lavery USA Leadership
2007 Bala Krishnamurthy USA Technology
2006 Jean-Paul Boillot Canada Technology
2006 Hans Josef Haepp Germany Application
2006 Peter Kopacek Austria Education
2006 Kevin Ostby USA Leadership
2005 Arturo Baroncelli Italy Application
2005 Masakazu Ejiri Japan Technology
2005 Craig Jennings USA Leadership
2005 Delbert Tesar USA Education
2004 Robert G. Brown USA Leadership
2004 Renato Caretta Italy Application
2004 Pierre de Smet Belgium Technology
2004 Claude Laurgeau France Education
2003 Zeungnam Zenn Bien Korea Education
2003 Stefan Muller Germany Leadership
2003 George E. Munson USA Application
2003 William Townsend USA Technology
2002 John Burg USA Application
2002 Shimon Y. Nof USA Education
2002 Donald A. Vincent USA Leadership
2002 William "Red" Whittaker USA Technology
2001 George A. Bekey USA Education
2001 Sungkwun Kim Korea Application
2001 Anthony Stäubli Switzerland Leadership
2001 Kazuo Tanie Japan Technology
2000 Charlie Duncheon USA Leadership
2000 Kenneth Goldberg USA Education
2000 James McFarlane Canada Technology
2000 Klaus Woerner Canada Application
1999 Thomas H. Helzerman USA Application
1999 Hirochika Inoue Japan Technology
1999 Phillip V. Monnin USA Leadership
1999 Tzyh-Jong Tarn USA Education
1998 Steve Holland USA Application
1998 Guy Potok USA Leadership
1998 Marco Somalvico Italy Education
1998 Kenneth Stoddard USA Technology
1997 Patrick J. Eicker USA Leadership
1997 Georges Giralt France Technology
1997 John Rueping USA Application
1997 Kenneth J. Waldron USA Education
1996 William Bargar USA Application
1996 Paolo Dario Italy Technology
1996 Howard Paul USA Application
1996 Walter Reis Germany Leadership
1996 Miomir Vukobratovic Yugoslavia Education
1995 Takeo Kanade USA Technology
1995 Koh Kikuchi Japan Leadership
1995 Adam Morecki Poland Education
1995 Ronald Potter USA Application
1994 Gerhard Breu Switzerland Application
1994 Felix Buchi Switzerland Application
1994 Brian Carlisle USA Leadership
1994 Philippe Coiffet France Education
1994 Gerhard Hirzinger Germany Technology
1993 Stelio Demark Switzerland Leadership
1993 Richard R. Lefebvre USA Application
1993 Richard Paul USA Education
1993 James Trevelyan Australia Technology
1992 John Craig USA Education
1992 Eric Mittelstadt USA Leadership
1992 Lothar Rossol USA Technology
1992 Rolf D. Schraft Germany Application
1991 Richard C. Beecher USA Application
1991 Jack D. Lane USA Education
1991 Yoji Umetani Japan Technology
1990 Christof W. Burckhardt Switzerland Education
1990 John O'Hara USA Leadership
1990 Bruce E. Shimano USA Technology
1990 Walter K. Weisel USA Application
1989 Ichiro Kato Japan Technology
1989 Stanley J. Polcyn USA Leadership
1989 Peter Will USA Application
1989 Kanji Yonemoto Japan Education
1988 Hadi Abu-Akeel USA Technology
1988 Daniele Fabrizi Italy Education
1988 Bjorn Weichbrodt Sweden Application
1987 Anders Arnstrom Sweden Education
1987 Richard E. Dauch USA Application
1987 Seiuemon Inaba Japan Technology
1986 Bernard Roth USA Education
1986 Victor Scheinman USA Technology
1986 Claus G.J. Wagner-Bartak Canada Application
1985 Tom E. Brock England Education
1985 Frank A. Dipietro USA Application
1985 Hiroshi Makino Japan Technology
1984 James Albus USA Technology
1984 Cesare Bracco Italy Application
1984 William Tanner USA Education
1983 Vernon E. Estes USA Application
1983 Wilfred B. Heginbothan England Education
1983 Charles A. Rosen USA Technology
1982 George Devol USA Technology
1982 P. William Marshall USA Application
1982 Hans-Jurgen Warnecke Germany Education
1981 Tsuneo Ando Japan Education
1981 John Diponio USA Application
1981 Maurice Dunne USA Technology
1980 Richard E. Hohn USA  
1979 Ole Molaug Norway  
1978 Jerry Kirsch USA  
1977 Yukio Hasegawa Japan