- 1st Place Video HRI Award, Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2016 11th ACM/IEEE International Conference on, 2016, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2016.
- 30 promising young mexicans, CNN Expansion Magazine , Mexico, 2015.
- Medal Alfonso Caso 2012, National Autonomous University of Mexico, best student graduated in 2012 of the Master of Industrial Design, 128 awards for a total population of 28,000 graduate students, Mexico, September, 2014.
- Honorific Mention, Startup Weekend Christchurch, project FoodFlow, March 2014.
- Audience Award for the Model of Reciprocity in HRI, Showcase 2012, University of Canterbury Postgraduate Student Association, 2012.
- NEC NZ Ltd Scholarship, 2012-2015.
- UC Doctoral Scholarship, 2013-2016.
- Conacyt International PhD Scholarship, 2013-2016.
- Conacyt Mixed-International Scholarship, 2011.
- Conacyt Master National scholarship, 2009-2011.
- IPN-PIFI scholarship, 1998-1999.
- Several awards in high school, and primary school.
Social Robotics Researcher
Dr Eduardo Benitez Sandoval 