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RIA Presented 2019 Engelberger Robotics Awards



RIA ATI Industrial Award Morris: Catherine Morris

RIA ATI Industrial Award Choset: Dr. Howie Choset

The Robotic Industries Association (RIA) recently announced the winners of the 2019 Engelberger Robotics Awards. At a special dinner in conjunction with the Automate 2019 Show and Conference in Chicago, RIA honored Catherine Morris, Group Leader and Director of Automotive Sales at ATI Industrial Automation and long-time RIA board member and former chairperson; and Dr. Howie Choset, robotics professor at Carnegie Mellon University and co-founder of the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute.

The award is named for Joseph F. Engelberger, known as the father of robotics. Engelberger was founder and president of Unimation, Inc., the first industrial robot manufacturer. The Engelberger Robotics Awards are presented to individuals for excellence in technology development, application, education and leadership in the robotics industry. Each winner receives a $5,000 honorarium and commemorative medallion with the inscription: "Contributing to the advancement of the science of robotics in the service of mankind." The awards recognize outstanding individuals from all over the world. Since the award's inception in 1977, it has been bestowed upon 128 robotics leaders from 17 different nations.

2019 Engelberger Robotics Awards Winners

Catherine Morris was honored in the category of Leadership. "I can think of very few people in the history of the robotics industry who have been as committed to the growth of our industry as Catherine," said Jeff Burnstein, RIA President. "In addition to helping build ATI into a global leader in robotic accessories and robot arm tooling, she has been a tireless advocate of robotics and the important role that groups like RIA play within it. In fact, over the past two decades she has found time to hold virtually every key position in our trade group, from Membership Committee Chair, to Automate Show Committee Chair, to overall Chair of RIA-the first and only woman to hold that role to date-and now serves as a board member of our parent group, the Association for Advancing Automation. She has also been an outstanding role model and mentor for women in robotics-getting more women involved in robotics will be a key to the long-term success of the industry. In her role at ATI since 1995, she has positively impacted the success of robotics end users, robot manufacturers and system integrators through her high degree of process and mechatronic knowledge."

Dr. Howie Choset received the award for Education. "In addition to being an inspiring professor in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon, Dr. Choset has led key research efforts to help solve significant problems in diverse areas such as surgery, manufacturing, infrastructure inspection and search rescue," Burnstein said. "Additionally, he has co-founded several companies, including Medrobotics for surgical system, Hebi Robotics for modular robots and Bito Robotics for autonomous guided vehicles. His FDA-approved surgical snake robot has been in use in the U.S. and Europe since 2015. Add to that his role as a co-founder of the ARM Institute that is aimed at advancing technology development and education for robotics in manufacturing and his role as a founding editor of the journal Science Robotics, and you see that Dr. Choset is well-deserving of our industry's highest honor."

For more information contact:

Robotic Industries Association

900 Victors Way, Suite 140

Ann Arbor, MI 48108

734-994-6088

www.robotics.org

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