Best Paper Award at the 2005 World Haptics Conference for paper
D. A. Lawrence, L. Y. Pao, and S. Aphanuphong. "Bow Spring/Tendon Actuation for Low Cost Haptic Interfaces," Proc. 1st Joint EuroHaptics Conf. and Symp. on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems, Pisa, Italy, Mar. 2005.
Best Commerical Potential Award at the 2004 International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems, held at the IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, for paper
D. A. Lawrence, L. Y. Pao, A. C. White, and W. Xu. "Low Cost Actuator and Sensor for High-Fidelity Haptic Interfaces," Proc. 12th Int. Symp. Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environments and Teleoperator Systems, IEEE Virtual Reality Conf., Chicago, IL, Mar. 2004.