We are pleased to announce that the 15th Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics Best Paper Award (JRM Best Paper Award 2022) has been decided by the JRM editorial committee.

The following paper won the JRM Best Paper Award 2022, severely selected from among all 123 papers published in Vol.33 (2021). The Best Paper Award ceremony was held on December 23, 2022 in hybrid style (both on-site and online; venue: Gakushi-Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan), attended by the authors and JRM editorial committee members who took part in the selection process. The award winners were given certificates and a nearly US$1,000 honorarium. Editorial committee members who participated online also congratulated them through Zoom.

We congratulate the winners and sincerely wish them success in the future.

JRM Best Paper Award 2022

Title: 300-N Class Convex-Based Telescopic Manipulator and Trial for 3-DOF Parallel Mechanism Robot

Authors: Takashi Kei Saito, Kento Onodera, Riku Seino,
Takashi Okawa, and Yasushi Saito

J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.33, No.1, pp. 141-150, February 2021