International prize
At the RoboDays Robot Festival a price of 10.000 euro is
annually awarded to the science related exhibition item, voted to
have the most news value and potential. The winner is selected
by a committee, consisting of people in robot related industry and
the science institutions.
2009: EyeSeeCam
In 2009 it was the project EyeSeeCam from University Munich
Hospital in Germany, that among the 25 nominated research projects
at the RoboDays robot festival exhibition, won the award of 10.000
euros. EyeSeeCam is a camera system, which is mounted on the head
and controlled with the eyes. It is unique, because it records
everything that the eyes, on the one that wears the device, sees.
For example it can be used by surgeons, when others need to see,
how they operate.
2007: KeepOn 
In 2007, the price was given to Keepon. A robot developed by the
Japanese researcher Hideki Kozima from the National Institute of
Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Kyoto, Japan.
Keepon is a small yellow dancing robot that is designed to show
emotions and compassion in interaction with people, primarily
children. It is primarily used to study patterns of social
communication among school children and the mentally
handicapped.
2006: HUGGABLE
In 2006, the American HUGGABLE bear robot won the prize,
developed by the researchers Dan Stiehl and Cynthia Breazeal from
MIT Lab in the USA. With HUGGABLE, the two researchers are in the
process of developing an interactive, therapeutic robotic bear.
Research indicates that human beings get better in the presence of
animals. However, animals can be problematic in the health care
system on account of infections, care, animal welfare, etc. The
HUGGABLE bear is designed so it feels alive and is nice to touch.
It also has the ability to react actively to human touch, which is
what has a healing effect on many people.
The prize was not awarded in 2008
Further Information
Jørgen Jakob Friis
Manager of the RoboDays Festival Secretariat
T +45 2058 5091
jjfriis@robocluster.dk