Awards and Honors

2023: Honorable mention for the best IEEE Transactions on Haptics short paper at the IEEE Transactions on Robotics at World Haptics Conference 2023 (Celal Umut Kenanoglu)
2023: Finalist for the best student presentation at the IEEE World Haptics Conference 2023 (Celal Umut Kenanoglu)
2023: Finalist for the Georges Giralt PhD Award 2023. (Nico Mansfeld)
2022: Best Interactive Paper Award Finalist at the IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoids Robots - Humanoids 2022 given by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (Jonathan Vorndamme, Joao Carvalho, Riddhiman Laha, Dorothea Koert, Luis Figueredo, Jan Peters, Sami Haddadin)
2021: Member of the German Association for the Facilitation of Research Transfer (GFFT e.V.) (Sami Haddadin)
2021: Medical Robotics for Contagious Diseases Challenge, Hamlyn Symposium, Winner Design category. (ProteCT Projekt)
2021: euRobotics Technology Transfer Award (Europe’s highest innovation award in robotics) (Meet the Team)
2021: ISR- Best Paper Award (Robin Kirschner, Nico Mansfeld, Saeed Abdolshah und Prof. Sami Haddadin)
Since 2021, member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (Sami Haddadin)
Since 2020 Chairman of the Bavarian AI Council (Sami Haddadin)
Since 2019, member of National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) since 2019 (Sami Haddadin)
Since 2019, member of Zukunftsrat der Bayerischen Wirtschaft (Council of the Future Bavarian Economy) (Sami Haddadin)
2019 - 2020, member of Kommission Niedersachsen 2030 (Lower Saxony Commission) (Sami Haddadin)
2019: Honorable mention, King-Sun Fu IEEE Best Transactions on Robotics Paper Award (best robotics journal publication worldwide) (Sami Haddadin)
2018 - 2020, Expert Member of the the Study Commission (dt. Enquete-Kommission) "Artificial Intelligence – Social Responsibility and Economic, Social and Ecological Potential", German Parliament. (Sami Haddadin)
Since 2018, member of the EU High-Level Expert Group on "Artificial Intelligence". (Sami Haddadin)
2018 - 2019, member of the EU High-Level Industrial Roundtable "Industry 2030". (Sami Haddadin)
2019: George Giralt Prize. Award winner (Teodor Tomic)
2019: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Prize (2019). by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (Deutschlands höchster Forschungspreis) (Sami Haddadin)
2019: IF Design Award 2019 Winner (Franka Emika, Sami Haddadin)
2018: ICRA - Finalist - Best Paper Award on Human-Robot Interaction (Francesco Vigni together with Espen Knoop, Domenico Prattichizzo und Monica Malvezzi)
2018: ICRA - Finalist - Best Paper Award on Human-Robot Interaction (Nico Mansfeld together with Mazin Hamad, Marvin Becker, Antonio Gonzales Marin, Sami Haddadin)
2018: TIME-Magazins cover (Best Inventions of 2018) - (Franka Emika, Sami Haddadin)
2018: German Innovation Award Winner (Franka Emika, Sami Haddadin)
2018: ICRA - Finalist - Best Paper Award on Human-Robot Interaction (Nico Mansfeld together with Mazin Hamad, Marvin Becker, Antonio Gonzales Marin, Sami Haddadin)
2018: IROS - Winner - Best Paper Award (Teodor Tomic)
2018: SIMPAR- Runner Up - Best Paper Award (Johannes Kühn, Tingli Hu, Moritz Schappler, Sami Haddadin)
2018: Preisträger „Ausgezeichnete Orte im Land der Ideen“ (IRT, LUH)
2018: CoRL - Finalist - Best Systems Paper Award (Axel Sauer)
2017: Handelsblatt: „Die 100 Innovatoren Deutschlands” (Sami Haddadin)
2017: Preis des Bundespräsidenten für Innovation in Wissenschaft und Technik ( Deutscher Zukunftspreis) (Deutschlands höchster Innovationspreis) (Sami Haddadin)
2016: Capital „Junge Elite” Outstanding Talents under 40 (Sami Haddadin)
2016: Dritter Platz: euRobotics Technology Transfer Award 2016 (Kastanienbaum & DLR-Team)
2015: Capital „Junge Elite” Outstanding Talents under 40, category Society and Science (Sami Haddadin)
2015: 41 einflussreiche Patente der deutschen Geschichte seit 1877. Tactiler Roboter, "Meilenstein made in Germany" (DPMA) (Sami Haddadin)
2015: Alfried Krupp Preis für junge Professoren und Professorinnen (2015) (Sami Haddadin)
2015: Orte in “Deutschland - Land der Ideen” Initiative (IRT, LUH) (Sami Haddadin)
2015: Teilnehmer German American Frontiers of Engineering, GAFOE 2015 of National Academy of
Engineering of the National Academies & Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Sami Haddadin)
2015: RSS Early-Career Spotlight for the world's most respected young robotics researcher (Sami Haddadin)
2015: IEEE/RAS Early Career Award for the world's most recognized young scientist in robotics (Sami Haddadin)
2014: King-Sun Fu IEEE Best Transactions on Robotics Paper Award (best robotics journal publication worldwide) (Sami Haddadin)
2014: Nominierung AAAI Best Robot Video Award (Sami Haddadin)
2013: Nominierung Falling Walls Science Startup des Jahres (Sami Haddadin)
2013: Gewinner King-Sun Fu Best Transactions on Robotics Paper Award (Sami Haddadin)
2013: Borchers Plakette der RWTH Aachen (Sami Haddadin)
2013: Martin Research Preis im Bereich Grundlagenforschung (verliehen vom Boston General Hospital & Harvard Medical School) (Sami Haddadin)
2012: Finalist SfN BCI Award (Sami Haddadin)
2021: Gewinner IROS Best Video Award (Sami Haddadin)
2012: Gewinner IROS Best Jubilee Video Award (Sami Haddadin)
2012: Gewinner George Giralt PhD Award (beste Promotion im Bereich Robotik in Europa) (Sami Haddadin)
2011: Gewinner King-Sun Fu Best Transactions on Robotics Paper Award (Sami Haddadin)
2011: Promotion (Dr.-Ing.) mit "summa cum laude" von der RWTH Aachen (Sami Haddadin)
2011: Gewinner euRobotics Technology Transfer Award (DLR LWR team together with KUKA LWR team) (Sami Haddadin)
2010: IROS - Finalist Best Application Paper Award (Sami Haddadin)
2010: Dritter Platz place Walter Reis Innovation Award (Sami Haddadin)
2009: Finalist: Robotdalen Scientific Award, "Honorable Mention" (Sami Haddadin)
2009: ICRA - Best Service Robotics Paper Award (Sami Haddadin)
2008: IROS - Best Application Paper Award (Sami Haddadin)
2008: Literati Best Paper Award (Sami Haddadin)
2008: Honours of the Elitenetwork Bavaria in Techology Management (Sami Haddadin)
2007: ICRA Best Video Award (Sami Haddadin)