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Recognition

Awards

  • 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)