Five finalists have been nominated by the IERA Award Committee to present their story of the genesis of a successful innovative product in robotics and automation at a special session on May 23 at Automatica in Munich. The Award ceremony will take place the same day during the IERA Award Networking Dinner.
The nominees finalised are Mario E. Munich, Evolution Robotics, USA – “Mint – The First Intelligent Mopper and Sweeper Robot”; Dr. Michele Guarnieri, HiBot Corporation, Japan – “Expliner – Robot for Inspection of very high Voltage Transmission Lines”; Torsten Kroeger, Reflexxes GmbH, Germany – “The Reflexxes Motion Libraries”; Gino De-Gol, RoboCoaster Ltd., UK – “Passenger Carrying Industrial Robotics”; and Thomas Visti, Universal Robots Aps, Denmark – “UR5 – a flexible and eco-friendly robot arm”.
The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) and the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE/RAS) are the sponsors of the Invention and Entrepreneurship in Robotics and Automation Award. The purpose of the Award is to highlight and honor the achievements of the inventors with value creating ideas and entrepreneurs who propel those ideas into world-class products. At the same time, the joint disposition of the award underlines the determination of both the organizations to promote stronger collaboration between robotics science and robotics industry. The selected finalists must verify their products in terms of innovative and entrepreneurial aspects.
The ultimate winner will be chosen by the Awards Committee, and a prestigious plaque and a $2,000 prize will be awarded to the winner during the Award Networking Dinner.