Awards – KURAZUME AND KAWAMURA LABORATORY : REAL-WORLD INFORMATIVE ROBOTICS Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University

Awards and Activities

SI2023 Excellent Presentation Award
Ryo KURAZUME, Yuuki NISHIURA, Development of Dementia Care Training System using AR and LLM,
SI2023, 2A4-09, 2023.12.14-16

SI2023 Excellent Presentation Award
Mitsuki UNO, Ryo KURAZUME, Development of garbage collecting robot for marine microplastics,
SI2023, 1H6-02, 2023.12.14-16

SI2023 Excellent Presentation Award
Yuki HYODO, Kouhei MATSUMOTO, Ryo KURAZUME, Mobile Robot Navigation with Switching Learning-Based and Rule-Based Method in Dynamic Environments,
SI2023, 1B4-02, 2023.12.14-16

SI2022 Excellent Presentation Award
Mitsuki UNO, and Ryo KURAZUME, Development of garbage collecting robot for marine microplastics,
SI2022, 1A2-D04, 2022.12.14-16

SI2022 Excellent Presentation Award
Takato NAKASHIMA, Akihiro KAWAMURA, and Ryo KURAZUME, Bolt Type Force Sensor using Strain Gauges for Sport Climbing -Verification by Measurement of Climbing Movement-,
SI2022, 3P3-C01, 2022.12.14-16

SI2022 Excellent Presentation Award
Masakado DANJYO and Ryo KURAZUME, Development of Outdoor Surveillance Robot System using Crawlers -Remote Surveillance and Control using Public 5G-,
SI2022, 3P2-B02, 2022.12.14-16

Best Promotion Award
Yuki Nishiura, retrofit type construction machine sensing system, 2021 Sensing Solution University Program (SSUP), 2022.03.07

SI2020 Excellent Presentation Award
Shuhei KAWASAKI, Kouhei MATSUMOTO, Akihiro KAWAMURA, Ryouta YAMASHINA, Junki AOKI, and Ryo KURAZUME, Development of Outdoor-Surveillance Robot System Using Crawler Robot,
SI2020, 2E1-08, 2020.12.16-18

SI2019 Excellent Presentation Award
Takuma HAYASHI, Akihiro KAWAMURA, Ryo KURAZUME, Visualization System of Informationally StructuredEnvironment by Smartphone,
SI2019, 2C2-01, 2019.12.12-14

SI2019 Excellent Presentation Award
Hitomi IGUMA, Akihiro KAWAMURA, Ryo KURAZUME, 3D Motion and Force Measurement System using MultipleForce Sensors for Sport Climbing,
SI2019, 2D2-05, 2019.12.12-14

The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), Education Award
Yoonseok Pyo, Yuuta Watanabe, Ryo Kurazume, Controbution for spread of robot middleware ROS

The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), Robotics and Mechatronics Division, Certificate of Merit for ROBOMECH Outstanding Research Activity
Tomoki Hiramatsu, Masato Imai, Hiroyuki Yamada, Akihiro Kawamura, Ryo Kurazume, Development of Automatic Driving System for Personal Mobility Vehiclesusing Small Sensor Terminal, JSME ROBOMECH 2018, pp.1A1-L10, 2018.6.2-5

The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), young fellow award
Tomoki Hiramatsu, Masato Imai, Hiroyuki Yamada, Akihiro Kawamura, Ryo Kurazume, Development of Automatic Driving System for Personal Mobility Vehiclesusing Small Sensor Terminal, JSME ROBOMECH 2018, pp.1A1-L10, 2018.6.2-5

The 14th Joint Workshop on Machine Perception and Robotics (MPR18) Best Poster Session Award
Kazuto Nakashima and Ryo Kurazume, Describing Daily Events in Intelligent Space via Fourth-person Perspective Images, Proc. The 14th Joint Workshop on Machine Perception and Robotics (MPR18), PS2-1, Fukuoka, 2018.10.16-17

SICE System Integration Division Academic Achievement Award
Ryo Kurazume

Finalist of Best Service Robotics Paper Award at ICRA 2017
Ryo Kurazume, Yoonseok Pyo, Kazuto Nakashima, Tokuo Tsuji, Akihiro Kawamura, Feasibility study of IoRT platform “Big Sensor Box”, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2017), pp.3664-3671, 2017.6.2

SI2016 Excellent Presentation Award
Asuka EGASHIRA, Akihiro KAWAMURA, Doyon KIM, Hyejong KIM, Sadao KAWAMURA, and Ryo KURAZUME, Development of Simulation Model of In atable Robot Arm, SI2016, pp.901-903, 2016.12.15

NISTEP Award (The Researchers with Nice Step)
Dr. Yumi Iwashita (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, former associate professor) received NISTEP Award (The Researchers with Nice Step) from National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP).

SI2014 Excellent Presentation Award
Shohei Koyama, Yumi Iwashita, Ryo Kurazume, Measurement of Land Surface using BaySAC by Camera and LRF on Quadcopter, SI2014, 1M2-2, 2014.12.15

The Fourth Symposium on Biometrics, Recognition and Authentication (SBRA) Best Paper Award
Makoto Shinzaki, Yumi Iwashita, Ogawara Koichi, Ryo Kurazume, Gait recognition robust to appearance changes, The Fourth Symposium on Biometrics, Recognition and Authentication (SBRA), Tokyo, 2014.11.25-26

The Tenth Joint Workshop on Machine Perception and Robotics (MPR14) Best Poster Session Award
Asamichi Takanime, Yumi Iwashita, Ryo Kurazume, M. S. Ryoo, First-person activity recognition from DogCentric videos, Proc. The Tenth Joint Workshop on Machine Perception and Robotics (MPR14), K-P-06, Beijing, 2014.10.16-10.17

Best Paper in the Machine Vision Workshop
Hojung Jung, Oscar Martine Mozos, Yumi Iwashita, Ryo Kurazume, Indoor place categorization using co-occurrences of LBPs in gray and depth images from RGB-D sensors, The Fifth International Conference on Emerging Security Technologies (EST 2014), Madrid, Spain, Sep. 10-12, 2014

The 28th Best Paper Award
Jeong Yongjin, Ryo Kurazume, Yumi Iwashita, Tsutomu Hasegawa, Global Localization for Mobile Robot using large-scale 3D Environmental Map and RGB-D Camera, Journal of Robotics Society of Japan, Vol.31, No.10, pp.896-906, 2013

Best Paper Award
Souichiro Oshima, Syogo Nagakura, Yumi Iwashita, Ryo Kurazume, Automatic planning of laser measurements for a large-scale environment using multiple robot system, The 14th Symposium on Construction Robotics in Japan, pp321-330, 2014

Best Paper Finalist
Shuji Oishi, Yongjin Jeong, Ryo Kurazume, Yumi Iwashita and Tsutomu Hasegawa, ND voxel localization using large-scale 3D environmental map and RGB-D camera, 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), pp.538-545, Shenzhen, Dec. 12-14, 2013

Young Woman Researcher Award of WISET・KSAE
Hojung Jung, Ryo Kurazume, Yumi Iwashita, Scene Scene Classification of Driving Environment using Laser Scanner, The Korean Society of Automotive Engineers 2013 Annual Conference and Exhibition, Seoul, 2013.11.21

The Ninth Joint Workshop on Machine Perception and Robotics (MPR13) Best Poster Session Award
Hojung Jung, Ryo Kurazume, Yumi Iwashita, Outdoor Scene Classification Using Laser Scanner, Proc. The Ninth Joint Workshop on Machine Perception and Robotics (MPR13), K-P-06, Kyoto, 2012.10.31-11.1

2013 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Japan Chapter Young Award (ICRA2013)
Shuji Oishi, Colorization of 3D Geometric Model utilizing Laser Reflectivity, 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2013), WeAInt.18(2013.5)

2012 JSME Robotics and Mechatronics Academic Achievement Award
Ryo Kurazume

2011 Excellent Paper Award of The PRMU
Yumi Iwashita, “Gait identification based on shadows from infrared lights”, IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 111, no. 430, PRMU2011-198, pp. 71-75, Feb. 2012.

2011 Excellent Student Award of The IEEE Fukuoka Section
Shuji Oishi, Ryo Kurazume, Yumi Iwashita and Tsutomu Hasegawa, “Denoising of Range Images using a Trilateral Filter and Belief Propagation”, Procedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2011), CD-ROM (2012.2)

THE BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD FINALIST
Akihiro Kawamura, “Dynamic Object Manipulation Using a Multi-Fingered Hand-Arm System: Enhancement of a Grasping Capability Using Relative Attitude Constraints of Fingers”, Proc. of the 15the International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR2011), pp.–, (2011.6)

Excellent paper award, the 16th robotics symposia
Shuji Oishi, Ryo Kurazume, Yumi Iwashita, Tsutomu Hasegawa, “Smoothing and Inpainting Range Image using Trilateral filter and Belief Propagation”, Proc. of the 16th robotics symposia, pp.1-7, (2011.3)

2010 Excellent Student Award of The IEEE Fukuoka Section
Akihiro Kawamura, Kenji Tahara, Ryo Kurazume and Tsutomu Hasegawa, “Dexterous Object Manipulation by a Human-Like Hand-Arm System with Unified Controller”, Proc. the 1st Int. Conf. Applied Bionics and Biomechanics (ICABB2010), CD-ROM (2011.1)

T. J. Tarn Best Paper in Robotics
Yukihiro Tobata, Ryo Kurazume, Yumi Iwashita and Tsutomu Hasegawa, “Automatic laser-based geometrical modeling using multiple mobile robots”, 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2010), pp.363-369 (2010.12)

Best Oral Presentation Award
Yumi Iwashita, Ryosuke Baba, Koichi Ogawara, Ryo Kurazume, “Person identification from spatio-temporal 3D gait”, Int. Conf. on Emerging Security Technologies, pp.30-35 (2010.9)

2009 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Japan Chapter Young Award (IROS ’09)
Akihiro Kawamura, Kenji Tahara, Ryo Kurazume, Tsutomu Hasegawa, “Dynamic Grasping for an Arbitrary Polyhedral Object by a Multi-Fingered Hand-Arm System”, Proc. IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2009), pp. 2264-2270 (2009.10)

2008 IVCNZ Best Oral Presentation Award
Yumi Iwashita, Maria Petrou, “Person identification from spatio-temporal volumes”, 23rd International Conference Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (2008.11)