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Competition prizes, research awards, and civic engagement recognitions from Japan and abroad, newest first.

Awards Received
39
Competition Prizes
25
International Awards
26

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20259

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    A. Taniguchi, Y. Tabuchi, T. Ishikawa, L. El Hafi, Y. Hagiwara, and T. Taniguchi, "2025 Advanced Robotics Best Paper Award", in 2025 Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ 2025), by Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ), Tokyo, Japan, Sep. 4, 2025. [International academic research recognition.]

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    "The Robotics Society of Japan 2025 Advanced Robotics Best Paper Award is presented to Akira Taniguchi, Yoshiki Tabuchi, Tomochika Ishikawa, Lotfi El Hafi, Yoshinobu Hagiwara & Tadahiro Taniguchi for the paper entitled Active exploration based on information gain by particle filter for efficient spatial concept formation published in Advanced Robotics , the International Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, Vol.37, No.13, pp.840-870, 2023."

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    S. Hasegawa, K. Murata, T. Ishikawa, Y. Hagiwara, A. Taniguchi, L. El Hafi, G. A. Garcia Ricardez, and T. Taniguchi, "HSRコミュニティ 優秀発表賞", in 2024 HSR Community General Meeting, by Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ), Tokyo, Japan, Sep. 3, 2025. [Domestic academic research recognition.]

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    NaRiPa, "2nd Place (WRS Executive Committee Chairperson's Award for Excellence)", in 2025 WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge (FCSC 2025), at Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025, by World Robot Summit (WRS), Osaka, Japan, Jul. 19, 2025. [International robotic competition recognition.]

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    NaRiPa, "Stock Task Winner", in 2025 WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge (FCSC 2025), at Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025, by World Robot Summit (WRS), Osaka, Japan, Jul. 19, 2025. [International robotic competition recognition.]

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    NaRiPa, "SICE Award", in 2025 WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge (FCSC 2025), at Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025, by Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), Osaka, Japan, Jul. 19, 2025. [International academic research recognition.]

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    NaRiPa, "Stock & Disposal Task Daily Winner (July 18, 2025)", in 2025 WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge (FCSC 2025), at Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025, by World Robot Summit (WRS), Osaka, Japan, Jul. 18, 2025. [International robotic competition recognition.]

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    NaRiPa, "Stock Task Daily Winner (July 18, 2025)", in 2025 WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge (FCSC 2025), at Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025, by World Robot Summit (WRS), Osaka, Japan, Jul. 18, 2025. [International robotic competition recognition.]

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    NaRiPa, "Stock Task Daily Winner (July 16, 2025)", in 2025 WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge (FCSC 2025), at Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025, by World Robot Summit (WRS), Osaka, Japan, Jul. 16, 2025. [International robotic competition recognition.]

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    NaRiPa, "Stock Task Daily Winner (July 14, 2025)", in 2025 WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge (FCSC 2025), at Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025, by World Robot Summit (WRS), Osaka, Japan, Jul. 14, 2025. [International robotic competition recognition.]

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20243

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    T. Sakaguchi, A. Taniguchi, Y. Hagiwara, L. El Hafi, S. Hasegawa, and T. Taniguchi, "Best Paper Award", in 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing (IRC 2024), by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 13, 2024. [International academic research recognition.]

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    NaRiPa, "Stock & Disposal Task 3rd Place", in 2024 WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge (FCSC 2024), by World Robot Summit (WRS), Osaka, Japan, Nov. 15, 2024. [International robotic competition recognition.]

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    Y. Hagiwara, S. Hasegawa, A. Oyama, A. Taniguchi, L. El Hafi, and T. Taniguchi, "Excellent Research and Technology Award", in 2024 Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ 2024), by Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ), Osaka, Japan, Sep. 5, 2024. [Domestic academic research recognition.]

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20234

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    Y. Hagiwara, S. Hasegawa, A. Oyama, A. Taniguchi, L. El Hafi, and T. Taniguchi, "HSRコミュニティ 優秀論文賞", in 2023 Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ 2023), by Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ), Sendai, Japan, Sep. 12, 2023. [Domestic academic research recognition.]

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    NaRiPa, "Stock & Disposal Task 2nd Place", in 2023 WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge (FCSC 2023), at 2023 IFAC World Congress (IFAC 2023), by World Robot Summit (WRS), Yokohama, Japan, Jul. 14, 2023. [International robotic competition recognition.]

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    S. Hasegawa, A. Taniguchi, Y. Hagiwara, L. El Hafi, and T. Taniguchi, "ロボカップ 研究賞", in 2023 RoboCup Japan Open, by The RoboCup Japanese Regional Committee (RJC), Otsu, Japan, May 3, 2023. [Domestic academic research recognition.]

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    S. Hasegawa, A. Taniguchi, Y. Hagiwara, L. El Hafi, and T. Taniguchi, "Best Paper Award", in 2023 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII 2023), by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) & Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), Atlanta, United States, Jan. 20, 2023. [International academic research recognition.]

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20225

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    NAIST-RITS-Panasonic, "Stock & Disposal Winner", in 2022 WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge Trial Competition (FCSC 2022), by World Robot Summit (WRS), Kyoto, Japan, Oct. 26, 2022. [International robotic competition recognition.]

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    L. El Hafi, "HSRコミュニティ 研究奨励賞", in 2021 HSR Community General Meeting, by Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ), (Virtual), Mar. 24, 2022. [Domestic academic research recognition.]

    Recognized the software development environment built with Toyota for the HSR Community, which grew from the agile workflow presented at RSJ 2018 through the HSR papers of RSJ 2019 and RSJ 2020, and which Advanced Robotics published three months later under the title the award names.

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    OIT-RITS (Y. Inoue, S. Tanaka, H. Shigemura, Y. Nagao, S. Higa, Y. Hagiwara, L. El Hafi, T. Matsuo, M. Ito, S. Hasegawa, T. Ishikawa, T. Horie, and G. A. Garcia Ricardez), "@ホーム Domestic Standard Platform League Technical Challenge 準優勝 (ロボカップ日本委員会 表彰状)", in 2021 RoboCup Japan Open, by The RoboCup Japanese Regional Committee (RJC), Tokyo, Japan, Mar. 12, 2022. [Domestic robotic competition recognition.]

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    OIT-RITS (Y. Inoue, S. Tanaka, H. Shigemura, Y. Nagao, S. Higa, Y. Hagiwara, G. A. Garcia Ricardez, L. El Hafi, T. Matsuo, S. Hasegawa, M. Ito, T. Ishikawa, and T. Horie), "@ホーム Domestic Standard Platform League Technical Challenge 準優勝 (@ホームリーグ実行委員会 賞状)", in 2021 RoboCup Japan Open, by The RoboCup Japanese Regional Committee (RJC), Tokyo, Japan, Mar. 12, 2022. [Domestic robotic competition recognition.]

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    OIT-RITS (Y. Inoue, S. Tanaka, H. Shigemura, Y. Nagao, S. Higa, Y. Hagiwara, G. A. Garcia Ricardez, L. El Hafi, T. Matsuo, S. Hasegawa, M. Ito, T. Ishikawa, and T. Horie), "@ホーム Domestic Standard Platform League 敢闘賞", in 2021 RoboCup Japan Open, by The RoboCup Japanese Regional Committee (RJC), Tokyo, Japan, Mar. 12, 2022. [Domestic robotic competition recognition.]

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20215

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    NAIST-RITS-Panasonic, "1st Place (METI Minister's Award for Excellence in WRS)", in 2020 WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge (FCSC 2020), by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Tokoname, Japan, Sep. 12, 2021. [International robotic competition recognition.]

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    NAIST-RITS-Panasonic, "Stock & Disposal Task 1st Place (NEDO Chairman's Award for Excellence in WRS)", in 2020 WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge (FCSC 2020), by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Tokoname, Japan, Sep. 12, 2021. [International robotic competition recognition.]

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    NAIST-RITS-Panasonic, "Restroom Cleaning Task 1st Place (NEDO Chairman's Award for Excellence in WRS)", in 2020 WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge (FCSC 2020), by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Tokoname, Japan, Sep. 12, 2021. [International robotic competition recognition.]

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    NaRiPa VisionAIrs (G. A. Garcia Ricardez, T. Wakayama, L. El Hafi, and J. Takamatsu), "Eastern Asia + South Eastern Asia Regional Prize Winner 2nd Place", in 2021 OpenCV AI Competition, by Open Source Computer Vision Library (OpenCV), (Virtual), Sep. 7, 2021. [International robotic competition recognition.]

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    "The certificate of achievement is proudly presented to Lotfi El Hafi. This certifies that the aforementioned participated in OpenCV AI Competition 2021 as a member of Team NaRiPa VisionAIrs, winning the second place regional prize in Eastern Asia + South Eastern Asia as selected by a panel of esteemed judges."

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    NaRiPa VisionAIrs (G. A. Garcia Ricardez, T. Wakayama, L. El Hafi, and J. Takamatsu), "Phase 1 Finalist", in 2021 OpenCV AI Competition, by Open Source Computer Vision Library (OpenCV), (Virtual), Mar. 4, 2021. [International robotic competition recognition.]

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    "OpenCV AI Competition 2021 certificate of achievement proudly presented to Lotfi El Hafi for their selection as a Phase 1 Finalist."

20195

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    NAIST-RITS-Panasonic, "Customer Interaction Task 2nd Place", in 2019 WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge Trial Competition (FCSC 2019), by World Robot Summit (WRS), Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 21, 2019. [International robotic competition recognition.]

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    NAIST-RITS-Panasonic, "Stock & Disposal Task Winner", in 2019 WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge Trial Competition (FCSC 2019), by World Robot Summit (WRS), Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 21, 2019. [International robotic competition recognition.]

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    NAIST-RITS-Panasonic, "Restroom Cleaning Task 2nd Place", in 2019 WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge Trial Competition (FCSC 2019), by World Robot Summit (WRS), Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 21, 2019. [International robotic competition recognition.]

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    Ambient Assisted Living Services Group, "Best Award for Forecasting Research Proposal", in 2019 CREST Research Area Meeting, by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Osaka, Japan, Oct. 3, 2019. [Domestic academic research recognition.]

    Awarded with 3,000,000 JPY by JST for representing the Ambient Assisted Living Services Group in forecasting novel "Intelligent information processing systems creating co-experience knowledge and wisdom with human-machine harmonious collaboration", of which JST finally granted 3,500,000 JPY in research funds.

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    L. El Hafi, "Best Award for Research Proposal Breaking Hagita-CREST Shell", in 2019 CREST Research Area Meeting, by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Osaka, Japan, Oct. 3, 2019. [Domestic academic research recognition.]

    Awarded with 1,000,000 JPY in research funds by JST, plus 30% in indirect costs, for proposing and developing novel "Intelligent information processing systems creating co-experience knowledge and wisdom with human-machine harmonious collaboration".

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20184

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    NAIST-RITS-Panasonic, "Customer Interaction Task 1st Place (NEDO Chairman's Award for Excellence in WRS)", in 2018 WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge (FCSC 2018), by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 21, 2018. [International robotic competition recognition.]

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    NAIST-RITS-Panasonic, "SICE Award", in 2018 WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge (FCSC 2018), by Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 21, 2018. [International academic research recognition.]

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    OIT Challenger and Duckers (Y. Inoue, T. Nakayama, F. Kawai, T. Imanishi, Y. Nakanishi, Y. Hagiwara, L. El Hafi, Y. Katsumata, and Y. Tabuchi), "@ホーム Domestic Standard Platform League 3位 (ロボカップ日本委員会 表彰状)", in 2018 RoboCup Japan Open, by The RoboCup Japanese Regional Committee (RJC), Ogaki, Japan, May 5, 2018. [Domestic robotic competition recognition.]

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    OIT Challenger and Duckers (Y. Inoue, T. Nakayama, F. Kawai, T. Imanishi, Y. Nakanishi, Y. Hagiwara, L. El Hafi, Y. Katsumata, and Y. Tabuchi), "@ホーム Domestic Standard Platform League 3位 (@ホームリーグ実行委員会 賞状)", in 2018 RoboCup Japan Open, by The RoboCup Japanese Regional Committee (RJC), Ogaki, Japan, May 5, 2018. [Domestic robotic competition recognition.]

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20171

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    NAIST-Panasonic (G. A. Garcia Ricardez, L. El Hafi, F. von Drigalski, W. Yamazaki, V. G. Hoerig, A. Delmotte, A. Yuguchi, M. Gall, C. Shiogama, K. Toyoshima, P. M. Uriguen Eljuri, R. Elizalde Zapata, M. Yamamoto, Y. Okazaki, K. Inoue, K. Asai, R. Futakuchi, S. Okada, Y. Kato, and P.-C. Yang), "Finalist", in 2017 Amazon Robotics Challenge, by Amazon, Nagoya, Japan, Jul. 30, 2017. [International robotic competition recognition.]

    Ranked 6th and awarded 10,000 USD with Team NAIST-Panasonic in the finals of the 2017 Amazon Robotics Challenge (formerly Amazon Picking Challenge) among 16 top international teams and 27 entries worldwide.

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    "We are pleased to present this award to the team NAIST-Panasonic in recognition for their important contribution as the 6th place team at the Amazon Robotics Challenge 2017."

20162

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    L. El Hafi, M. Ding, J. Takamatsu, and T. Ogasawara, "The Best of IET and IBC 2016-2017", in 2016 IBC Conference, at 2016 International Broadcasting Convention (IBC 2016), by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) & International Broadcasting Convention (IBC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sep. 8, 2016. [International academic research recognition.]

    Selected from more than 320 synopses to figure among the eight best papers of the 2016 International Broadcasting Convention (IBC 2016), published in The Best of IET and IBC 2016-2017.

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    NAIST (F. von Drigalski, G. A. Garcia Ricardez, L. El Hafi, and P. M. Uriguen Eljuri), "1st Place", in 2016 Airbus Shopfloor Challenge, at 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2016), by Airbus, Stockholm, Sweden, May 19, 2016. [International robotic competition recognition.]

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    "We are pleased to present this award to Team NAIST, Team Member Lotfi El Hafi, in recognition of your important contribution as a member of the 1st place team at the Airbus Shopfloor Challenge 2016."

20141

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    L. El Hafi, "Ambassador for JAPAN TENT", in 27th JAPAN TENT, by JAPAN TENT Organizing Committee, Kanazawa, Japan, Aug. 26, 2014. [Domestic civic engagement recognition.]

    Appointed during the 27th JAPAN TENT in Ishikawa Prefecture to foster friendly relations between Japan and Belgium, among the 365 ambassadors from 102 countries and regions appointed over all editions.

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