ICRA’08 Robot Comics Contest
Organizers: Aude Billard, Jorge Cham
The ICRA'08 IEEE-RAS robot comics contest was an initiative
sponsored by the Robotics and Automation Society (RAS).
The competition closed on Wednesday 21st 6pm
There were 13 entries
Best new word: humanotics.
Matthieu Warnier,
Mathias Fontmarty,
Akin Sisbot,
Aurélie Clodic
Xavier Broquère
LAAS – CNRS, France
Most likely to make money.
Marek Michalowski CMU, USA
Best appropriate treatment of inappropriate material.
Leng-Feng Lee, New York State University, USA
The underfunded philosophers award.
Gianluca Antonelli,
University of Cassino, Italy
Best depiction of senior engineers and their underwear.
Carol Reiley,
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Tie: most likely to happen.
Michael Murphy,
CMU, USA
Tie: most likely to happen.
OgnjenPetrovic,
Santa Clara University, USA
Most art intellectual.
Cheng Long,
Key Laboratory of Complex Systems
Best depiction of graduate life and use of Pengii.
Rodolf Heliot, Christine Azevedo, Pierre Wieber, INRIA, France
Most deserving of its own theme music.
Daniel Montrallo Flickinger, Alan Bowling
University of Notre Dame, USA
Most inclusion of real robots
Cristian Plagemann,
University of Fribourg, Germany
Best semi-pro entry
Kirk Valladeres, Naeem Assif Mirza, JoshuaWainer,
University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Best rendering of a past or present AdCom Member
Pierre Dupont
Boston University, USA
ICRA’08 Robot Comics Contest
The jury was composed of six experts in robotics and comics design.
The Award to the Best Comics includes:
$500.-. + 1 year-long IEEE-RAS membership.
The best comics will also be published in the IEEE-RAS
magazine, with a photograph of the winning team.
ICRA’08 Robot Comics Contest
And the winner is …
3rd Runner Up
Cristian Plagemann
University of Fribourg,
Germany
2nd Runner Up
Kirk Valladeres,
Naeem Assif Mirza,
JoshuaWainer
University of Hertfordshire,
United Kingdom
WINNER OF THE ICRA’08 Robot Comics Contest
Matthieu Warnier,
Mathias Fontmarty,
Akin Sisbot,
Aurélie Clodic
Xavier Broquère
LAAS-CNRS
Toulouse, France