Prize of "Tsukahara Award 2012"
BRAIN SCIENCE FOUNDATION
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Prize of "Best Late Breaking Report Nomination"
8th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
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A TV program about Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories
A TV program about the situation of a lesson at the TOKO elementary school of Robovie will be broadcasted on "笑っていいとも！", fujitv.
　＊March 22, Friday 12:00 ～13:00
Detail: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/iitomo/index.html (Japanese only)
*In case of unforeseen circumstances, the contains may change.

A TV program about Dr. Ishiguro
A TV program about Dr. Ishiguro will be broadcasted on "NEWS ZERO", NTV.
　＊March 21, Thursday 22:54-23：58
Detail: http://www.ntv.co.jp/zero/ (Japanese only)
*In case of unforeseen circumstances, the contains may change.

Prize of "IEEE Region 10 Outstanding Volunteer Award"
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■Prize of "Best Full Paper Award"
Best Full Paper Award has been given to two articles by 8th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
■Prize of "SI2012 Outstanding Talk Award"
SI2012 Outstanding Talk Award from 第13回 計測自動制御学会システムインテグレーション部門講演会
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Prize of "Linked Open Data Challenge Japan2012"
データ/基盤提供パートナー賞　 横浜市芸術文化振興財団賞
審査員特別賞　　シティデータ賞
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Collaborative investigation project information[Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories]
The website of "PENSOR", collaborated project with Aarhus University, Denmark, is now set up.
　⇒Detail

Outstanding Paper Award
The 15th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT2013)
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A TV program about Dr. Ishiguro and Interns in our Laboratory
A TV program about Dr. Ishiguro and Interns in our Laboratory will be broadcasted on NHK BS1. The Program is "COOL JAPAN"
　＊On air : January 27, Sunday 23:00-23:44
　＊Repeat : February 2, Saturday 18:00-18:44
Detail: http://www.nhk.or.jp/cooljapan/index.html (Japanese only)
*In case of unforeseen circumstances, the contains may change.

A TV program about Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories
A TV program about the press release issued on January 11th will be broadcasted on the following date:
Date & time: Friday, January 18, 21:30-22:30
Station: KBS Kyoto
Program: "Kurashi Kaisetsu" (Live program)
URL: http://www.kbs-kyoto.co.jp/tv/kyo-bizs/ (Japanese only)
*In case of unforeseen circumstances, the contains may change.

A TV program about Dr. Ishiguro and the laboratory:
A TV program about Dr. Ishiguro and the laboratory will be broadcasted on the following date:[HIL]
Date & time: Thursday, Junuary 10, 22:54 -
Station: NTV
Program: "NEWS ZERO"
URL: http://www.ntv.co.jp/zero/ (Japanese only)
*In case of unforeseen circumstances, the contains may change.
・Announcement (11.01.2013)
The air date has been rescheduled to a later date due to a sudden change in the contents of the program. We'll announce when a new date is decided. We're sorry for the inconvenience.

About Radio Program[Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories]:
Dr. Shiomi of IRC will have a phone interview in a live radio program as follows:
Date & time: Wednesday, January 9, 14:30 - (for about 5 minutes)
Radio station: FM Shiga/Kiss-FM KOBE in Kansai area
Program: "Flowers"

Dr. Ishiguro appeared on a talk show on Al Jazeela TV in Africa:

See Details . http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/south2north/2012/12/201212895422177775.html

2012 IEEE AP-S Japan Chapter Young Engineer Award:
IEEE AP-S Japan Chapter
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Dr. Ishiguro gives lectures and demonstrations on humanoid robots in Africa:

See Details . http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/culture/new/1211/11-07.html

A TV program about BMI house of Neural Information Analysis Laboratories will be broadcasted:
A TV program about BMI house of Neural Information Analysis Laboratories will be broadcasted on the following date:
Date & time: Wednesday, November 21, 10:05 -10:15
Station: NHK General
Program: "Kurashi Kaisetsu" (Live program)
URL: http://www.nhk.or.jp/kaisetsu/kurashi/ (Japanese only)
*In case of unforeseen circumstances, the contains may change.

Dr.Ishiguro and the Laboratory will be broadcasted:
A TV program about an interview with Dr. Ishiguro and the laboratory including the exhibition of the android robot at Takashimaya Department Store will be broadcasted on the following date:
Date & time: Tuesday, November 20, 23:00 -23:58
Station: TV Tokyo
*In kansai, it'll be broadcasted on TV Osaka.
Program: "World Business Satellite "
URL: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/wbs/ (Japanese only)
*In case of unforeseen circumstances, the contains may change.

Dr. Ishiguro and the Laboratory will be broadcasted:
11/9 A TV program about Dr. Ishiguro and the Laboratory will be broadcasted on November 9. The program is "JAPAN 7 DAYS" on NHK World. [HIL]
For details, see here

We will demonstrate an autonomous android robot:
We will demonstrate an autonomous android robot at Takashimaya Department Store in Osaka (November 2-13). See Details (in Japanese).[HIL]
See Details (in Japanese). http://www.takashimaya.co.jp/osaka/video/11_monthly/index.html

Best　Paper　Award:
JC-SAT　2012　Organizing　Chairman
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第29回「センサ・マイクロマシンと応用システム」シンポジウム 最優秀ポスター賞:
The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan
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Telenoid will be demonstrated at ROBOTICA 2012:
Telenoid will be demonstrated at ROBOTICA 2012, The International Humanoid and Service Robots Expo, in Milano, Italy. Mock-up of Elfoid will also be exhibited. (November 7-9) [HIL]
ROBOTICA 2012 information: http://www.robotica.pro/en_rbt/index_rbt.asp

Exhibits to CEATEC JAPAN 2012.
Cutting-edge IT & Electronics Comprehensive Exhibition CEATEC JAPAN
Oct.2nd [Tue.] ～ Oct.6th [Sat.] Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
⇒ CTEC JAPAN2012

Best Paper Award:
Robotics Society of Japan
習熟度を考慮した自己組織的動作識別法の構築　日本ロボット学会誌, 第28巻, 第7号, pp.783-791 (2010年)
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JNNS2012 Best paper award:
Japan Neural Network Society
Learning parametric dynamic movement primitives from multiple demonstrations. Neural Networks, 24, 493-500 (2011) 　(0214100915008)
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Distinguished Contributions Award:
The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communications Engineers (IEICE) Communications Society
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Telenoid will be demonstrated:
Telenoid will be demonstrated at EXPERIMENTA SPEAK TO ME, 5th International Biennial of Media Art in Melbourne, Australia. (September 14-17) [HIL]
Detailed program information: http://www.experimenta.org/

TV program:
A TV program about an interview with Dr. Ban, Dr. Kitazawa, Dr. Hanazawa and Mr. Ano of WEL will be broadcasted today as follows:

Station: TBS (MBS in Kansai region)
Program: "N-Suta "
Date & time: Monday, August 27, 17:45 -

URL: http://www.tbs.co.jp/n-st/ (Japanese only)

Hugvie will be exhibited:
Hugvie will be exhibited at Ars Electronca Festival 2012 in Linz, Austria. (August 30 - September 3) [HIL]
Detailed program information: http://www.aec.at/thebigpicture/en/2012/07/11/hugvie/

Announcement on Summer Holidays:
ATR will be closed from Monday, 13th to Friday, 17th August for summer holidays.
We're sorry for all inconveniences.

ATR's website has been updated!
We are pleased to announce that ATR's website has been undated.

TV program:
Dr. Ishiguro was introduced on Discovery Channel. The program is "Can we Resurrect the Dead ?" in " Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman - Season 3". The program will be reran on September 5th. [HIL]
Detailed program information: http://japan.discovery.com/episode/index.php?eid1=917488&eid2=000000

TV program:
A TV program about a joint demonstration between NIA and IRC at BMI Smart House will be broadcasted on the following date:

Station: NHK General TV
Program: NHK Special " Computer Revolution - The most powerful and fastest brain appeared - "
Date & time: Sunday, June 3, 21：00-21：49
*Hugvie will appear around 19:40.

URL: http://www.nhk.or.jp/special/detail/2012/0603/index.html (Japanese only)

TV program:
A TV program about "Hugvie" which has been recently released by Hiroshi Ishiguro Laborarory, will be broadcasted on the following date:

Station: BS Japan
Program: NIKKEI x BS LIVE 7PM (Live program)
Date & time: Tuesday, May 8, 19：00-19：55
*Hugvie will appear around 19:40.

URL: http://www.bs-j.co.jp/7pm/ (Japanese only)