§ Best Conference Paper (IEEE/ASME AIM 2021)
E. Barrett, J. Malzahn, N.G. Tsagarakis, “A Compliant Mechanism with Progressive, Stiffness for Robotic Actuation”, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2021).
§ Best Conference Paper Finalist (IEEE Robio 2019)
J.A.Castano, C.Zhou, N.G. Tsagarakis, “Design a Fall Recovery Strategy for the Wheeled-Legged Quadruped Robot Centauro using Stability Feature Space”, IEEE Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2019)
§ Best Interactive Paper (IEEE Humanoids 2017)
D. Kanoulas; C. Zhou; A. Nguyen; G. Kanoulas; D. G. Caldwell; N. G. Tsagarakis, “Vision-based foothold contact reasoning using curved surface patches”, IEEE-RAS 17th International Conference on Humanoid Robotics, 2017
§ Selected as Cover paper of Journal of Bionic Engineering (Journal of Bionic Engineering 2017)
Chengxu Zhou, Xin Wang, Zhibin Li, N.G. Tsagarakis, “Overview of Gait Synthesis for the Humanoid COMAN”, Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2017
§ Best Interactive Paper Finalist (IEEE Humanoids 2016)
L. Peternel, Luka; N.G. Tsagarakis, D.G. Caldwell, A. Ajoudani, “Adaptation of Robot Physical Behavior to Human Fatigue in Human-Robot Co-Manipulation”, IEEE International Conference on Humanoid Robots, HUMANOIDS 2016
§ Best Interactive Paper Finalist (IEEE Humanoids 2015)
E. Spyrakos-Papastavridis, N. Kashiri, J. Lee, N. G. Tsagarakis, D. G. Caldwell, “Online Impedance Parameter Tuning for Compliant Biped Balancing” IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, HUMANOIDS 2015
§ Best Student Paper Award (ICINCO 2014)
Navvab Kashiri, N. G. Tsagarakis, M. Van Damme, B. Vanderborght, D. G. Caldwell, “Enhanced Physical Interaction Performance for Compliant Joint Manipulators using Proxy-based Sliding Mode Control”, International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), Vienna, 2014
§ Best Conference Paper Award Finalist (ICINCO 2014)
Navvab Kashiri, N. G. Tsagarakis, M. Van Damme, B. Vanderborght, D. G. Caldwell, “Enhanced Physical Interaction Performance for Compliant Joint Manipulators using Proxy-based Sliding Mode Control”, International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), Vienna, 2014
§ Best Presentation Award Finalist (Automatica 2014)
A. Ajoudani, N. G. Tsagarakis, and A. Bicchi, "Transferring Human Impedance Regulation Skills to Robots", Automatica, Bergamo, Italy, 2014
§ Best Student Paper Award (IEEE Robio 2013)
Nikos Karavas, Arash Ajoudani, N.G. Tsagarakis and Darwin Caldwell, “Human-Inspired Balancing Assistance: Application to a Knee Exoskeleton”, IEEE Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2013)
§ Best Conference Paper Finalist (IEEE Robio 2013)
Nikos Karavas, Arash Ajoudani, N.G. Tsagarakis and Darwin Caldwell, “Human-Inspired Balancing Assistance: Application to a Knee Exoskeleton”, IEEE Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2013)
§ Best Paper Finalist (IEEE Humanoids 2012)
Zhibin Li, N.G. Tsagarakis, D.G. Caldwell, “A Passivity Based Admittance Control for Stabilizing the Compliant Humanoid COMAN”, IEEE Humanoids 2012
§ Best Jubilee Video Award (IEEE/RSJ IROS 2012)
B. Vanderborght, A. Albu-Schaeffer, A. Bicchi E. Burdet, D. Caldwell, R. Carloni, M. Catalano, G. Ganesh, M. Garabini, M. Grebenstein, G. Grioli, S. Haddadin, A. Jafari, M. Laffranchi, D. Lefeber, F. Petit, S. Stramigioli, N. G. Tsagarakis, M. Van Damme, R. Van Ham, L.C. Visser, S. Wolf, "Variable Impedance Actuators: Moving the Robots of Tomorrow", IEEE/RSJ Int. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2012
§ Best Manipulation Paper Finalist (IEEE ICRA 2012)
Adjoudani, N.G. Tsagarakis, A. Bicchi, "Tele-Impedance: Towards Transferring Human Impedance Regulation Skills to Robots", IEEE Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation Conference (ICRA), St Paul, Minnesota, 2012
§ 2009 PE Publishing Prize of the Journal of Systems and Control Engineering
J.A. Saglia, N.G. Tsagarakis, J.S. Dai and D.G. Caldwell, "Inverse Kinematics Based Control of a Redundantly Actuated Platform for Rehabilitation", Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, IMechE Vol. 223, pp53-70, 2009
§ NTF Award Finalist for Entertainment Robots and Systems (IEEE/RSJ IROS 2007)
I.Sarakoglou, M. Benzichec, N.G.Tsagarakis, D.G.Caldwell, "Free to touch: A portable Tactile Display For 3D surface exploration", IEEE/RSJ Int. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp3587-3592, 2006
§ Best Paper Award (IEE ICAR 2003)
N.G. Tsagarakis and Darwin G. Caldwell, "Development and Control of a Physiotherapy and Training Exercise Facility for the Upper Limb Using Soft Actuators", IEEE Int. Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 2003), Coimbra, Portugal, July 2003