Belt and Road Technology Ambassdor Award
Edison Award for Innovation
Gold, Robotics Category, 2018
United Nations Development Programme
Sophia: Innovation Champion 2017
IBM Watson AI X-Prize
Hanson Robotics Loving AI, Finalist, 2017
Disney Accelerator
Hanson Robotics: Class of 2016
StartMeUp HK Venture Award
First Place, IT Category: 2016
Global Annual Achievement Awards for AI Best Use of AI In Robotics
First Place: 2015
Software & Information Industry Association Grant
Hanson RoboKind: Robots4Autism, 2014
World Technology Network Award
First Place, IT Category: 2013
Software & Information Industry Association
Top Innovator
Hanson RoboKind, Robots4Autism, 2013
Hong Kong Innovation in Technology Fund (ITF) Award
Intelligent Character Consumer Robots: 2013
National Science Foundation SBIR Grant
David Hanson/Kino Coursey/Hanson Robokind: 2012
DARPA Robotics Challenge Grant Texas Medical Research Collaborative (TXMRC) Grant
David Hanson/Dan Popa, UTARI: 2012
Air Force Research Labs (AFRL) Award
Humanlike Articulate Robotic Headform to Replace Human Volunteers in Respirator Fit Testing
2011-2013
European INDIGO Consortium of Cognitive Robotics Grant
2006-2011
Tech Titans: Innovator of the Year
David Hanson, 2007
Texas State Emerging Technology Award
David Hanson: 2007-2011
Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Best Design Triennial
David Hanson: 2006
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
Open Interaction Award
First Place: Evolution Robotics Prize, 2005
World Technology Award
Semifinalist: Best IT Hardware, 2004
