Program

August 28-31, 2023

Paradise Hotel, Busan, Korea

Awards

Name of Award Prize Remarks

Name of Award

Best Paper Award

Prize

USD 1,000

Remarks

3 nominees will be listed up before the conference and then the winner will be announced at the Closing Ceremony, which will take place at the 31st of August, 11:50AM-12:10PM.

Name of Award

Best Student Paper Award

Prize

USD 500

Remarks

3 nominees will be listed up before the conference and then the winner will be announced at the Closing Ceremony, which will take place at the 31st of August, 11:50AM-12:10PM.

Name of Award

KROS Interdisciplinary Research Award in Social Human-Robot Interaction

Prize

USD 1,000

Remarks

Winner will be nominated by KROS and announced at the Closing Ceremony, which will take place at the 31st of August, 11:50AM-12:10PM.

Name of Award

RSJ Pioneering Research Award in Robot and Human Interactive Communication

Prize

USD 1,000

Remarks

Winner will be nominated by RSJ and announced at the Closing Ceremony, which will take place at the 31st of August, 11:50AM-12:10PM.

Name of Award

Robot Design Competition Award
- Best Robot Design Process
- Best Robot Design Artifact
- Honorable Mention Robot Design Process
- Honorable Mention Robot Design Artifact

Prize

 
USD 500
USD 500
Certification
Certification

Remarks

 
Winner in 4 categories will be nominated by a jury of RO-MAN community luminaries, and the winner will be announced at the Closing Ceremony, which will take place at the 31st of August, 11:50AM-12:10PM.

Awards Finalists

Best Paper Award

Finalists:

  • Single Actuator Tendon Driven Two Finger Linkage Gripper with Strong Pinch and Adaptable Cylindrical Grasp (WINNER)
    Jayant Unde, Jacinto Colan, Yaonan Zhu, Tadayoshi Aoyama, Yasuhisa Hasegawa
  • To Cross or Not-to-Cross: A Robotic Object for Mediating Interactions Between Autonomous Vehicles and Pedestrians
    Srivatsan Chakravarthi Kumaran, Agam Oberlender, Andrey Grishko, Benny Megidish, Hadas Erel
  • An HMM-based Real-time Intervention Methodology for a Social Robot Supporting Learning
    Jauwairia Nasir, Mortadha Abderrahim, Barbara Bruno, Pierre Dillenbourg

Best Student Paper Award

Finalists:

  • Victims and Observers: How Gender, Victimization Experience, and Biases Shape Perceptions of Robot Abuse (WINNER)
    Hideki Garcia Goo, Katie Winkle, Tom Williams, Megan K. Strait
  • To Cross or Not-to-Cross: A Robotic Object for Mediating Interactions Between Autonomous Vehicles and Pedestrians
    Srivatsan Chakravarthi Kumaran, Agam Oberlender, Andrey Grishko, Benny Megidish, Hadas Erel
  • Models and Algorithms for Human-Aware Task Planning with Integrated Theory of Mind
    Anthony Favier, Shashank Shekhar, Rachid Alami
  • Single Actuator Tendon Driven Two Finger Linkage Gripper with Strong Pinch and Adaptable Cylindrical Grasp
    Jayant Unde, Jacinto Colan, Yaonan Zhu, Tadayoshi Aoyama, Yasuhisa Hasegawa

KROS Interdisciplinary Research Award in Social Human-Robot Interaction

Finalists:

  • Feeding the Coffee Habit: A Longitudinal Study of a Robo-Barista (WINNER)
    Mei Yii Lim, David A. Robb, Bruce W. Wilson, and Helen Hastie
  • Show Me What To Pick: Pointing Versus Spatial Gestures for Conveying Intent
    Vidullan Surendran, Alan R. Wagner
  • Come Closer: The Effects of Robot Personality on Human Proxemics Behaviours
    Meriam Moujahid, David A. Robb, Christian Dondrup, Helen Hastie

RSJ Pioneering Research Award in Robot and Human Interactive Communication

Finalists:

  • An HMM-based Real-time Intervention Methodology for a Social Robot Supporting Learning (WINNER)
    Jauwairia Nasir, Mortadha Abderrahim, Barbara Bruno, Pierre Dillenbourg
  • Child’s Personality and Self-Disclosures to a Robot Persona “In-The-Wild”
    Anouk Neerincx, Yanzhe Li, Kelvin van de Sande, Frank Broz, Mark Neerincx, Maartje de Graaf

Robot Design Competition Award – Robot Design Process

Nominee:

  • Petting Pen for Stress Awareness and Management in Children (WINNER)
    Jing Li, Pinhao Wang, Emilia Barakova, Jun Hu
  • Yachabot: Interactive Blocks for Learning Math (Honorable Mention)
    Adrian Anhuaman, Carlos Granados, Itala Latorre, Sebastian Chion, William Meza

Robot Design Competition Award – Robot Design Artifact

Nominee:

  • Book Toki : Interactive Reading Mate Robot (WINNER)
    Wooin Jang, Dabin Lee, Huisung Lee
  • Yōkobo - A behavioural object to strengthen human-human relationships (Honorable Mention)
    Dominique Deuff, Ioana Ocnarescu, Isabelle Milleville, Pablo Felipe Osorio Marin, Gentiane Venture