2025 IEEE RAS George Saridis Leadership Award in Robotics and Automation
Allison Okamura Stanford University United States of America For foundational research in haptics, medical robotics, and robot design, as well as service to the Robotics and Automation Society. Allison Okamura is the Richard W. Weiland Professor of Engineering at Stanford University in the mechanical engineering department, with a courtesy appointment in computer science. She is Director of Graduate Studies for Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University, a deputy director of the Wu Tsai Stanford Neurosciences Institute, a Science Fellow of the Hoover Institution, and a founding faculty member and executive committee member of the Stanford Robotics Center. She is an IEEE Fellow, member of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Administrative Committee, and was previously editor-in-chief of the journal IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. Her awards include the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Technical Achievement Award, Nagamori Award, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Distinguished Service Award, and Duca Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education. Her academic interests include haptics, teleoperation, virtual reality, medical
robotics, soft robotics, rehabilitation, and education. Outside academia, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two children, running, and playing ice hockey.
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