Robot Award is an annual awards event set up by Japan's

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry The , METI for short, is a ministry of the Government of Japan. It was created by the 2001 Central Government Reform when the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) merged with agencies from other ministries related to economic acti ...

(METI) in 2006. It aims to promote research and development for the commercialization of robots and the use of robotics. In 2008, eight winners were selected from 65 applications.Japan Announces 'Robot Award 2008' Winners
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Robot A robot is a machine—especially one Computer program, programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions Automation, automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the robot control, co ...

s that have provided outstanding services in the past year are eligible for the award. The program selects and recognizes robots that have made, or are highly likely to make, significant contribution to future market development. In this program, a robot is defined as an intelligent mechanical system that incorporates three technological elements: sensing,

intelligence Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. It can be described as t ...

and control, and drive. Robots (and their parts and software) that fall within the following categories are eligible.Announcement of Prize winners of The Robot Award 2008
/ref> * Service Robot - designed for service in offices, homes and public facilities. * Industrial Robot - designed to take part in manufacturing processes on the shop floor. * Public and Frontier Robot - designed to work for special purposes, such as survivor search and recovery operations at disaster sites and space and deep-sea exploration. * Parts and Software - parts and software used in robot manufacture. The selection process consisting of experts evaluating entries based on contribution to and potential for future market development. The selection criteria include: (a) social needs, (b) value from the user's point of view, and (c) technological innovativeness.

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