2nd place in Tokai and Hokuriku Regional Tournament (Oct 2016) by The National Institute of Technology Robot Contest
fabcross Award, Monozukuri Culture Exhibition by ORIGINALMIND Inc.(Dec 2018)
Best Presentation Award, Senior Thesis Presentation (Mar 2020)
by Tokyo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Systems Design, Intelligent Mechanical Systems
2nd Place, Stock and Disposal Task, WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge
by World Robot Summit (WRS)
Miura Award (Mar 2022)
by The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Technology Award, Stock and Disposal Task, WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge Trial Competition @ IROS 2022 (Oct 2022)
1st Place, Stock and Disposal Task, WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge @ IFAC 2023 (Jul 2023)
1st place in the 2024 TEA APAC NextGen Design Challenge (Aug 2024)
WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge 2024 Stock and Disposal Task Stock Sub Task Daily Winner (Nov 2024)
WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge 2024 Stock and Disposal Task 2nd PLACE (Nov 2024)
WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge 2025 1st PLACE (Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award) (July 2025)
WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge 2025 Stock and Disposal Task Winner (July 2025)
Graduate School Research Encouragement Award, Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (JSAE) (Feb 2026)
Exhibitions & Demonstrations
Exhibition and demonstration of the product display robot @ iREX 2022 (March 2022)
Exhibition and demonstration of the product display robot @ iREX 2023 (November 2023)
Exhibition and demonstration of the prototype of the future unmanned convenience store "MiLo Store" @ Osaka-Kansai Expo (July 2025)
Exhibition and demonstration of the prototype of the future unmanned convenience store "MiLo Store" @ iREX 2025 (December 2025)
Invited Lectures
Seki M. Team TAK’s Approach to the WRS FCSC. Workshop on Future Convenience Store Challenge. 2021 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integrations (SII); 2021 Jan 11; Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan. (Invited lecture)
Seki M. Development of a robotic hand for grasping or rotating an object. CcS International Symposium 2021; October 28, 2021.
Seki M. Team TAK’s Approach and History for Future Convenience Store Challenge. Workshop on WRS Future Convenience Store Challenge. 2022 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM); 2022 July 11; Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. (Invited lecture)