The EURON/erf (EuropeanRobotics Forum) Technology Transfer Award was presented for the first time at EURON's annual meeting on 13 March 2004 together with the European Robotics Forum (erf) in Amsterdam.

First place went to Dr. Martin Otter and two colleagues from the DLR Oberpfaffenhofen Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, Wessling, Germany, and Mr. Hietmann from KUKA. Their subject was 'High Performance Industrial Robots - The DLR-KUKA Success Story'. The director of the Institute, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerd Hirzinger, stated: "The prize winners have made a major contribution to the spectacular rise of the leading German robot manufacturer KUKA to join the ranks of the world elite (currently in 3rd position)."

2nd place: Dr. Olivier Michel, Cyberbotics Ltd., Switzerland, forhis project: "Webots – Fast Prototyping and Simulation Software for Mobile Robot Technology".

3rd place: Frank Beeh, Institute of Process Control, Automation and Robotics (IPR), University of Karlsruhe, for the development of a new seat testing system with Kuka Robot Systems (Augsburg).

Full press release March 2004

Details of the second, third and fourth Technology Transfer Award Winners.

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