Group of five people including Prof. Takeda (Yoshiki YOSHIDA(Kikuchiseisakusyo Co., Ltd.), Ken ICHIRYU (Kikuchiseisakusyo Co., Ltd.), Kazuya HIROSE(Kikuchiseisakusyo Co., Ltd.) and Yukio TAKEDA(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.)) won the award due to their design of “High Precision Stage For Vacuum Environment Using Parallel Mechanism With Double Ball Joints“.