- 2018/06 - 日本機械学会 ROBOMECH表彰
- 2017/12 - 計測自動制御学会システムインテグレーション部門 SI2017優秀講演賞
- 2017/04 - The Award of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (Technology Achievement)
- 2017 - IEEE Int. Conf. on Cyborg and Bionic Systems, The Best Paper Award
- 2016/09 - The Outstanding Paper Award from the Society for Instrument and Control Engineers.
- 2016 - The Certificate of the Best Robomec Journal Paper from the R&M Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.
- 2015/08 - IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA2015) The Toshio Fukuda Award.
- 2015/05 - The Robotics and Mechatronics Contribution Award from the R&M Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.
- 2015/03 - The Best Paper Award of the 20th Robotics Symposia from RSJ, JSME Robomec, and SICE
- 2014/11 - IEEE Int. Symp. on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, The Best Paper Award
- 2014/09 - The Best Paper Award from the Robotics Society of Japan
- 2013/09 - The Outstanding Paper Award from the Society for Instrument and Control Engineers
- 2013/09 - SICE Transaction Award
- 2013 - Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Robotics mechatronics department Robomec awards
- 2012/08 - IEEE Int. Conf. on Mechatronics and Automation, The Best Paper Award in Automation.
- 2011 - IEEE Int. Symp. on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, The Best Paper Award
- 2010/12 - ファナック(株) ファナックFAロボット財団論文賞
- 2010 - SICE SI department Research Award
- 2009 - 日本コンピュータ外科学会講演論文賞
- 2009 - SICE Transaction Award
- 2008/09 - SICE Transaction Award
- 2008/09 - The Outstanding Paper Award from the Society for Instrument and Control Engineers
- 2008 - Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences & Mathematics,Springer Handbook of Robotics
- 2008 - 計測自動制御学会SI部門功績表彰
- 2007/09 - The Best Paper Award from the Robotics Society of Japan
- 2006/01 - IEEE Fellow Award
- 2006/01 - The Best Paper Award of the 11th Robotics Symposia from RSJ, JSME Robomec, and SICE
- 2005/12 - The Certificate of ROBOMEC from the R&D Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
- 2005 - IEEE Int. Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO'05), The Distinguished Presentation Award
- 2005/01 - IEEE Int. Conf. on Information Acquisition, The Best Conference Paper Award
- 2004/12 - The Japan Society of Computer Aided Surgery, The Best Conference Paper Award
- 2004/12 - The Certificate of ROBOMEC from the R&D Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
- 2004 - IEEE RAS 2003 King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Transactions Paper Award
- 2003/12 - The Education Award of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
- 2003 - IEEE ICRA The Best Conference Paper Award, Finalists
- 2002 - The Outstanding Paper Award from the Society for Instrument and Control Engineers
- 2002 - 計測自動制御学会論文賞・友田賞
- 2001/12 - IEEE Int.Symp. on Assembly and Task Planning, The Outstanding Paper Award
- 2001 - The Certificate of ROBOMEC from the R&D Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
- 2000/12 - The Robotics and Mechatronics Award from the R&M Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
- 2000 - IEEE ICRA The Best Manipulation Paper Award
- 1997/12 - The Humboldt Research Award from Humboldt Foundation
- 1997 - The Humboldt Research Award from Humboldt Foundation
- 1996 - The Outstanding Paper Award from the Society for Instrument and Control Engineers
- 1994 - The Outstanding Paper Award from the Robotics Society of Japan
- 1983/12 - The Outstanding Young Engineer Award from the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers