Hiroshi Fujiwara and Robert Little selected for 2026 Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Awards
The Association for Advancing Automation has named Hiroshi Fujiwara and Robert Little as the recipients of the 2026 Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Awards. The awards will be presented during a special dinner and ceremony on June 24, 2026, at McCormick Place in Chicago.
The Association for Advancing Automation has named Hiroshi Fujiwara and Robert Little as the recipients of the 2026 Joseph F. Engelberger Robotics Awards. Fujiwara, executive director of the Japan Robot Association, was honored for his decades of strategic policy work and international collaboration. Robert Little, co-founder of ATI Industrial Automation, was recognized for his contributions to robotic end-effector technology. The awards will be presented on June 24, 2026, at McCormick Place in Chicago as part of the Automate 2026 show. Fujiwara and Little will be celebrated alongside other visionaries who have shaped modern automation. Little plans to use his new prominence to advocate for reliability, reshoring, and physical AI to help North America regain its industrial edge.
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