Brain Korea 21 Scholarships, 2005-2010
Winter Institute Research Fellowship, JSPS & NRF, 2006
Electrical Engineering Research Foundation Scholarships, 2005-2006 (selected as the best postgrad student in robotics)
Distinction Scholarships, SungKyunKwan University, 1999-2000
Best Innovated Solution Award, 2025 International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2025), 2025.09.
Best Context Design Award, 34th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (IEEE RO-MAN 2025), 2025.09.
Innovation & Collaboration Project Award, Primary Industries New Zealand Awards (PINZ Awards), 2022.7.
Best Paper Award, International Symposium on Advanced and Applied Convergence (ISAAC 2021), 2021.11.
Outstanding Paper Award, Institution of Agricultural Engineers and European Society of Agricultural Engineers, 2020.
Most Mentions of Kiwifruit in an Abstract Award, 2019 Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA 2019), 2019. 12.
Best Paper Award, 18th international conference on electronics, information and communication (ICEIC 2019), 2019. 01.
Best Interactive Session Award, 2017 International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2017), 2017.11.
Best Paper Award, International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems 2011, The Ministry of Knowledge Economy of Korea, 2011.10.
Best Paper Award, Conference on Information and Control System 2011, The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, 2011.04.
Best Paper Award, International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics 2011, The Robotics Society of Japan, 2011.01.
Best Research Award, Seoul National University, 2010.03.
Best Paper Award, Samsung Techwin Joint Workshop 2009, Samsung Techwin Co., 2009.01.
Best Paper Award, Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference 2009, Korea Robotics Society, 2008.06.
Best Paper Award, Conference on Information and Control System 2007, The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers, 2007.10.
Best Paper Award, Information and Control Symposium 2007, The Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea, 2007.04.
Best Paper Award, Creative and Intelligent Robot Conference 2006, Chungnam University, 2006.11.
Best Paper Award, KFIS Fall Conference 2005, Korean Fuzzy and Intelligent Systems, 2005.11.
Best Paper Award, KFIS Spring Conference 2005, Korean Fuzzy and Intelligent Systems, 2005.04.
The Silver Award, 11th HumanTech Paper Award, Samsung Electronics Co., 2005.02. (The best undergrad student in control & robotics)
Best Paper Award, 2002 FIRA-POSCO Cup Korea Robot Soccer Conference, Korea Robot Soccer Association, 2002.01.
Best Reviewer Award, IEEE RO-MAN 2025.
IEEE Certificate of Recognition, IEEE, 2019.
IEEE Outstanding Leadership Award, IEEE CyberSciTech/DASC/PICom/DataCom 2016.
Listed in the Marquis Who’s Who in the World, 2016-2020.
The 2017 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award Winners, Marquis Who’s Who, 2017.
Listed in the '2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century' of IBC (International Biographical Centre Cambridge) 2017 (10th Edition), 2017.
The Cambridge Certificate for Outstanding Scientific Achievement, IBC, 2016.08.
The 1st Prize, 2009 Seoul National University Student Venture Competition, Seoul National University, 2009.09.
The Gold Award (The 1st Prize), IEEE International Intelligent Robot Software Competition, IEEE, 2007.
Honorary Mention Award, IEEE RO-MAN 2007 Robot Design Competition, IEEE, 2007.08.
The Bronze Award, 5th Intelligent Electronics Competition, The Korean Institute of Power Electronics, 2007.07.
The 1st Prize, 2007 National Intelligent Robot Competition, Masan City & Kyungnam University, 2007.04.
Achievement Award, 2006 Creative and Intelligent Robot Contest, Chungnam University, 2006.11.
The 1st Prize, 2006 Samsung Electronics Software Membership Exhibition, Samsung Electronics Co., 2006.11.
The 2nd Prize, 2006 Altera NIOS Embedded System Design Contest, Altera, 2006.11.
Winner (The 1st Prize), 2006 International Robot Contest Grand Challenge, KITECH, 2006.10.
The Best Popular Award, 2006 Korea Intelligent Robot Exhibition, Kyoungsangbuk-do & Postech, 2006.10.
The 1st Prize, 2006 Korea Intelligent Robot Competition, Kyoungsangbuk-do & Postech, 2006.09.
Excellence Award, 2006 National Intelligent Robot Competition, Masan City & Kyungnam University, 2006.04.
Honorary Mention Award, 2005 Korea Software Competition, IPAK, 2005.12.
The Grand Prix, 2005 Creative and Intelligent Robot Contest, Chungnam University, 2005.12.
The 1st Prize, 2005 Korea Intelligent Robot Competition, Kyoungsangbuk-do & Postech, 2005.10.
The 1st Prize, 2005 National Intelligent Robot Competition, Masan City & Kyungnam University, 2005.05.
The Best Popular Award, Microsoft Imagine Cup 2005, Microsoft, 2005.02.
The Bronze Award, GIST IT Competition, GIST, 2004.08.
Honorary Mention Award, Intelligent Electronics Competition, The Korean Institute of Power Electronics, 2004.07.
The Gold Award, Korea Wireless Internet & Contents Competition, Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency, 2004.06.
Honorary Mention Award, Korea Micro Controller Competition, Compile Technology Co., 2004.04.
The Championship Award, 4th Robot Soccer Central League Championship, Korea Robot Soccer Association, 2004.02.
The 2nd Prize, 2003 FIRA Robot Soccer World Championship, World Robot Soccer Association, 2003.10.
The Championship Award, 2003 FIRA-KOREA Cup Korea Robot Soccer Championship, Korea Robot Soccer Association, 2003.08.
The Championship Award, 3rd Robot Soccer Central League Championship, Korea Robot Soccer Association, 2003.07.
The 3rd Prize, 2002 FIRA Robot Soccer World Championship, World Robot Soccer Association, 2002.05.
The 2nd Prize, 2002 FIRA-POSCO Cup Korea Robot Soccer Championship, Korea Robot Soccer Association. 2002.01.
The Championship Award, 2001 National Robot Soccer Championship, Korea Robot Soccer Association, 2001.10.
The Fair Play Award, 1st Robot Soccer Central League Championship, Korea Robot Soccer Association, 2001.08.