This full-day workshop will showcase the cutting edge of research and practice in autonomous robotics for the management and control of wildland fire. Wildland fire management presents daunting challenges due to unstructured uncertainty, scale, and complex multiscale nonlinear interactions between the process and its environment. This workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners working to […]
In the past decade, research into medical robotics has surged, with thousands of academic papers published each year, and the field gaining ever-increasing attention. Despite this growing ubiquity in academic discourse, translation into real-world products remains relatively slow, with few breakthroughs reaching the clinical stage. Observing the last 10 years and looking ahead to the […]
Medical imaging plays a vital role in modern clinical practice, providing valuable information to physicians for diagnosis, image-guided surgeries, and more. Due to the high precision and reproducibility of robotic techniques, the involvement of robots can help overcome some limitations in conventional imaging methods, such as intra- and inter-operator variations. With the rise of machine […]
This is the 6th edition of the ViTac workshop at the ICRA conferences, following successful workshops at ICRA 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024. This year’s workshop will also coincide with the conclusion of the Special Collection on Tactile Robotics, which was organized in collaboration with the IEEE Transactions on Robotics. The current trend in […]
With robots being increasingly deployed in complex, dynamic environments, their ability to sense, plan, and act autonomously with intelligence is crucial for ensuring both agility and robustness. While computational intelligence (CI) has made significant improvements in the areas of perception, decision-making, and control, mechanical intelligence (MI) remains an essential yet underutilized approach. MI leverages the […]
In recent years, robot learning has made significant progress, with advances in general manipulation capabilities. Solutions using foundation models and vast collections of human demonstrations have shown strong generalization. Additionally, pretrained vision/language models have leveraged their common sense knowledge to perform various manipulation tasks. However, despite these achievements, the dexterity of these systems remains limited, […]
This workshop, organized by the IEEE Working Group on Reproducibility in Soft Robotics, focuses on engaging the community to discuss reproducibility issues within the field. Soft robotics often involves the development of new materials, designs, and manufacturing methods, which can lead to challenges in reproducing results. These challenges can result in "reinvention of the wheel," […]
This workshop focuses on the safety implications of using vision-language foundation models (VLMs) in robotics, which are increasingly employed in systems like mobile manipulators and autonomous cars. VLMs, pre-trained on internet-scale data, offer the potential to enhance robots' understanding of complex environments, human feedback, and action planning. However, as robots become more integrated into safety-critical […]
The Workshop on Athletic Robots and Dynamic Motor Skills (RoboLetics 2.0) aims to explore the advancement of athletic and agile robots, which are pushing the boundaries of next-generation robotics with their dynamic motor skills, agility, autonomy, and precision. These robots serve as valuable platforms for advancing technology in environments requiring rapid adaptation and high performance. […]
Roboticists have made significant strides in the last decade, enabling complex robot behaviors across diverse domains. Dominant approaches to robot intelligence typically fall into two categories. First, analytical methods offer reliability and robustness but require expertise and do not generalize beyond pre-specified scope. Second, learning-based approaches enable complex behavior without explicit design but demand significant […]
Teleoperation systems have benefited from their mechanical and technological components, physical connections between diverse human-machine interfaces, low-latency communication protocols, and advanced control strategies. However, this perspective often overlooks the nuanced aspects of human interaction and cognitive engagement in remote operation scenarios. This oversight can lead to suboptimal user experiences, increased cognitive load, and reduced operational […]