Robot Award 'IERA 2018'
Outstanding achievements in robotics honored
The International Federation of Robotics Associations (IFR) recently presented the 'IERA 2018' robot award. With this award, the association recognizes outstanding achievements by companies and inventors in the fields of robotics and automation. This year, the award goes to three winners.
The award winners and their well-wishers from left to right: Dominik Bösl (IEEE RAS), Martijn Buijs (Lely), Dr. Nicholas Wettels (Perception Robotics), Michael Otto (Kuka), Clemens Duijnisveld and Frank Steeneveld (Lely) and Junji Tsuda (IFR).
© Thomas Plettenberg"Once again this year, a number of excellent entries competed for the IERA Award," says Dominik Bösl of the Robotics and Automation Society of the International Engineering Association (IEE-RAS). "Our 2018 award winners offer excellent technological innovations in various industries. That's why the jury decided to award first place to three winners this year." They come from the USA, Germany and the Netherlands.
Every year, the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) presents the 'IERA' award together with the IEE-RAS. 'IERA' stands for 'Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics and Automation'. The prize is considered one of the most important international awards in robotics and automation. It was presented for the 14th time this year as part of the 'International Symposium on Robotics' in Munich.
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