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    Mechanisms and Robotics Award

    ASME Unit: Design Engineering Division (DED)
    Date Established: 1974
    Achievement: The award is to be given for a cumulative contribution to the field of mechanism design or theory. Continued distinction is to be a primary requisite
    Limitations: An individual may receive the award only one time. Members of the Mechanisms and Robotics Committee cannot be nominated to receive the award while they are members of said committee.
    Nomination Deadline: 8/10
    Form of Award: Inscribed plaque and honorarium.
    Frequency of Award: Annual
    Administrative: Mechanisms and Robotics Honors and Awards Subcommittee
    Level of Award: Division
    Selected By: Mechanisms and Robotics Award committee.
    Selecting Process:

    The mechanics for identifying, selecting, and nominating the recipient of this award is as follows.

    Item 1: The Chair of the Honors and Awards Subcommittee shall poll the members of the Mechanisms and Robotics Committee, at least two months before and Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, for recommendations of possible recipients of the award.

    Item 2: The list of names obtained from this poll shall be circulated by the Chair of the Honors and Awards Subcommittee to the members of the Mechanisms and Robotics Committee requesting that each of them designate their first, second, and third choices; then returning said choices to the Honors and Awards Chair.

    Item 3: The total vote will be tallied by the Chair of the Honors and Awards Subcommittee giving three points for a first choice, two points for a second choice, and one point for a third choice.

    Item 4: The individual receiving the highest tally shall be the recipient of the DED Mechanisms and Robotics Committee Award.

    Item 5: In the event of a tie, the Chair of the Honors and Awards Subcommittee shall request another vote from the members of the Mechanisms and Robotics Committee to break the tie
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    Date Created: 12/8/2008
    Date Modified: 1/8/2013
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    Mechanisms and Robotics Award Recipients

    1974 J. E. Shigley
    1974 R. S. Hartenberg
    1974 A. S. Hall, Jr.
    1976 F. R. E. Crossley
    1978 F. Freudenstein
    1980 G. N. Sandor
    1982 B. Roth
    1984 G. G. Lowen
    1986 K. H. Hunt
    1988 A. G. Erdman
    1990 K. J. Waldron
    1992 J. Duffy
    1994 A. Soni
    1996 A. T. Yang
    1998 A. Midha
    2000 J. Angeles
    2002 K.C. Gupta
    2004 J. J. Uicker, Jr.
    2005 J. K. Davidson
    2006 K. Kazerounian
    2007 C. W. Wampler, II
    2008 C. Gosselin
    2009 L.L. Howell
    2012 Vijay Kumar
    2013 Steven Dubowsky
    2014 Gregory Chirikjian
    2015 Jian Sheng Dai
    2016 Sunil K. Agrawal
    2020 Not awarded
    2021 Qiaode (Jeffery) Ge
    2022 Vincenzo Parenti Castelli
    2024 Mary Frecker

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