The Mechanisms and Robotics Award is an honor that is given annually by the Mechanisms and Robotics Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers is a professional body, specifically an engineering society, focused on mechanical engineering....

 (ASME), to engineers known for a lifelong contribution to the field of mechanism design or theory. This prestigious honor can only be given once to any individual.

The award was established in 1974 and was awarded in even years at the ASME Biennial Mechanisms & Robotics Conference, until 2005 when the conference was made an annual event. The award is under the direction of the Design Engineering Division of ASME.

Past Award Recipients

• 2009: Larry L. Howell
  Larry Howell
  Dr. Larry L. Howellreceived a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Brigham Young University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University. His Ph.D. advisor was Ashok Midha, who is regarded as the "Father of Compliant Mechanisms." Howell is currently a professor at Brigham Young...
  
   L.L. Howell
• 2008: C. Gosselin
• 2007: C. W. Wampler, II
• 2006: K. Kazerounian
• 2005: J. K. Davidson
• 2004: J. J. Uicker, Jr.
• 2002: K.C. Gupta
• 2000: J. Angeles
• 1998: A. Midha
• 1996: A. T. Yang
• 1994: A. Soni
• 1992: J. Duffy
• 1990: K. J. Waldron
• 1988: A. G. Erdman
• 1986: K. H. Hunt
  Kenneth H. Hunt
  Kenneth Henderson Hunt was Foundation Professor of Engineering at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia and an expert in kinematics.Hunt was born in Seaford, East Sussex, in the United Kingdom, on 7 June 1920. He studied engineering at Balliol College, Oxford University and, during World War...
  
  
• 1984: G. G. Lowen
• 1982: B. Roth
• 1980: G. N. Sandor
• 1978: F. Freudenstein
  Ferdinand Freudenstein
  Ferdinand Freudenstein is an American physicist and engineer who is considered to be the "Father of Modern Kinematics." Freudenstein made revolutionary contribution applying digital computation to the kinematic synthesis of mechanisms...
  
  
• 1976: F. R. E. Crossley
• 1974: A. S. Hall, Jr., R. S. Hartenberg, and J. E. Shigley