The following table lists major awards given to JPL Robotics personnel over the past 15 years. Please click on the award names for more information.

Year	Award Name	Effort	Recipient(s)
2008	IEEE Robotics and Automation Award	For contributions to robotics enabling effective autonomous operations of science investigations under extreme conditions on the planet Mars.	Paul Backes, Larry Matthies, Eric Baumgartner
2007	IEEE Region 6 Outstanding Engineer award	For exceptional technical leadership in diagnosing the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity robotic arm anomaly culminating in a successful resolution of the problem and continued use of the arm in extended mission operations. Also for exceptional service to the IEEE as a Guest Editor in organizing and publishing a special issue of IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine on Mars Exploration Rovers, June 2006.	Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu
2007	Institution of Engineering and Technology Achievement Medal - Sir Monty Finniston Award for an outstanding technical contribution to an engineering project	Mars Exploration Rovers extended mission operations and engineering.	Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu
2007	Robotics Society of Japan, Best Paper Award	For the paper, "Slip-compensated path following for planetary exploration rovers," Advanced Robotics, Vol.20, No.11, pp.1257-1280, October, 2006.	Daniel Helmick, Yang Cheng, Daniel Clouse, Max Bajracharya, Larry Matthies
2007	NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal	Computer Vision Research and Mission Infusion	Larry Matthies
2007	NASA Equal Employment Opportunity Medal	Robotics engineering in research and flight, and consistent support of Equal Opportunity Programs	Edward Tunstel
2007	NASA Group Achievement Award	Development of the Descent Image Motion Estimation System (DIMES) for the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission	Andrew Johnson, Yang Cheng, Reg Willson, Jay Goguen, Chris Leger, Miguel Sanmartin
2007	NASA Inventions and Contributions Board Major Space Act Award	Sub-pixel Fiducial Detection	Max Bajracharya
2007	NASA Inventions and Contributions Board Major Space Act Award	AUTOAPPROACH: System for Single Command Science Target Rendezvous	Terry Huntsberger, Yang Cheng, Chris Leger
2006	World Automation Congress Lifetime Career Achievement Award	In Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to Multivariable Control Systems, Robotic Systems, and Space Applications	Homayoun Seraji
2006	ASPRS John I Davidson Award for Practical Papers	Initial Results of Rover Localization and Topographic Mapping for the 2003 MER Mission	Mark Maimone, Larry Matthies, et al.
2006	Center Best One NASA Peer Award	CLARAty: Coupled Layer Architecture For Robotic Autonomy	Issa Nesnas, et al.
2006	NASA Exceptional Service Medal	Control and Modelling Using Spatial Operators for Multibody Dynamics	Guillermo Rodriguez
2005	JPL Level A Bonus Award	Mars Exploration Rovers Slip Compensation	Mark Maimone
2005	NASA Inventions and Contributions Board Major Space Act Award	Configuration Control of Dexterous 7-DOF Robotic Arms	Homayoun Seraji
2005	The Industrial Robot Highly Commended Award	For the paper "LEMUR IIB: a Robotic System for Steep Terrain Access", at the CLAWAR 2005 conference.	Brett Kennedy, Avi Okon, Hrand Aghazarian, Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Mike Garrett, Lee Magnone, et al.
2004	Imager of the Year award, Advanced Imaging Magazine	Visualization and image processing software of the MER's Science Activity Planner (a.k.a. Maestro)	Mark Powell
2004	INCOSE Outstanding Paper Award	Towards a Systematic Approach for Selection of NASA Technology Portfolios	Alberto Elfes, et al.
2004	Journal of Robotic Systems	Most-published author in 20-year history	Homayoun Seraji
2004	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Arab Student Organization Arab American Science and Technology Achievement Award	Cumulative	Khaled Ali
2004	NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal	Mars Exploration Rover Autonomous Surface Navigation System	Mark Maimone
2004	NASA Exceptional Service Medal	Mars Exploration Rovers Flight Software	Jeffrey Biesiadecki
2004	NASA Inventions and Contributions Board Major Space Act Award	Planetary Rover Absolute Heading Using a Sun-Sensor	Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu, et al.
2004	NASA Software Of The Year Award	Science Activity Planner	Jeff Norris, Mark Powell, Paul Backes, et al.
2003	Best Paper, International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR'03)	Sensory Fusion for Planetary Surface Robotic Navigation, Rendezvous, and Manipulation Operat	T. Huntsberger, Y. Cheng, E.T. Baumgartner, M. Robinson, and P.S. Schenker
2003	JPL Level A Bonus Award	Mars Technology Program Rover Technology Development	Richard Volpe
2003	NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal	Galileo, SSI Recovery	Greg Levanas
2002	JPL Edward Stone Award for Best Journal Publication	"Behavior-Based Robot Navigation on Challenging Terrain: A Fuzzy Logic Approach, IEEE Trans. R&A 18(3), June 2002."	Homayoun Seraji, Ayanna Howard
2002	JPL Lew Allen Award for Excellence	Early Career	Andrew Johnson
2001	NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal	For exceptional innovations in computer vision technology that enable autonomous navigation of rovers, landers, and orbiters	Larry Matthies
2000	NASA Group Achievement Award	MER/FIDO Black Rock Summit, NV Field Trials	Paul Schenker, et al.
1999	JPL Lew Allen Award for Excellence	Early Career	Adrian Stoica
1999	NASA Group Achievement Award	FIDO Silverlake, CA Field Trials	Paul Schenker, et al.
1998	NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal	Mars Pathfinder Development and Operations	Al Sirota
1998	NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal	RCW (Rover Control Workstation) software used on Mars Pathfinder	Brian Cooper
1998	NASA Software Of The Year Award, Sole Runner-Up	Web Interface for Telescience (WITS)	Paul Backes
1998	NASA/U.S. Dept. of Interior William T. Pecora Group Award	TOPEX/Poseidon Mission	Eddie Tunstel
1997	IEEE Fellow, Robotics and Automation Society	For significant original contributions to robotic manipulator control technology	Homayoun Seraji
1997	NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal	Rocky 7 Rover Development	Richard Volpe
1997	NASA Software Of The Year Award	DARTS: Dynamics Algorithms for Real-Time Simulation	Abhi Jain, et al.
1997	U.C. Irvine Lauds and Laurels Outstanding Alumnus	Lead Rover Driver for Mars Pathfinder	Brian Cooper
1996	NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal	Galileo troubleshooting	Greg Levanas
1994	Best Video Award, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation	Remote Surface Inspection Technology for the Space Station	Samad Hayati, J. Balaram, Homayoun Seraji, Richard Volpe, et al.
1993	NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal	Telerobotics	Paul Backes
1992	NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal	For significant original contributions to robotic manipulator control technology	Homayoun Seraji
1991	NASA Exceptional Service Medal	Galileo, HGA Recovery Effort	Greg Levanas