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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T080000
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SUMMARY:PhyRC: Physical Robotic Caregiving Challenge: ICRA 2025 Competition
DESCRIPTION:“Millions of people worldwide require physical assistance with daily tasks\, and with an aging population\, this number is rising. Caregiving robots have the potential to increase care recipient independence and reduce caregiver workload. Despite considerable recent progress in the caregiving robotics field\, it remains challenging to assess the state of the art\, compare different approaches\, and organize efforts around pressing open research questions. Simulation platforms such as RCareWorld and Assistive Gym make significant strides\, but the need for real-world standardization remains. \nThe PhyRC (Physical Robotic Caregiving) Challenge at ICRA 2025 (PhyRC) would be the first ever competition for caregiving robots. Our competition will feature two real-world tasks: (1) robot-assisted dressing; and (2) robot-assisted bed bathing. Dressing and bathing are both crucial activities of daily living (ADLs) that are also very challenging for state-of-the-art robotics\, requiring deformable object manipulation\, physical human-robot interaction\, longhorizon planning\, and reasoning under partial observability.”
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/phyrc-physical-robotic-caregiving-challenge-icra-2025-competition/
CATEGORIES:Competitions,Sessions,Workshops & Tutorials
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250220T190741Z
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SUMMARY:What Bimanual Teleoperation and Learning from Demonstration Can Do (WBCD)
DESCRIPTION:What Bimanual Teleoperation and Learning from Demonstration Can Do (WBCD) Today (in 2025)\nThere have been lots of awesome works around the topic of bimanual teleoperation and learning from demonstration\, employing various human sensing systems and robot embodiments. To name a few\, ALOHA\, Mobile ALOHA\, DexCap\, Open-TeleVision\, HATO\, GELLO\, AirExo\, UMI\, etc. However\, researchers design and evaluate on tasks that they come up with and perform teleoperation themselves. Also\, there are lots of metrics that are critical for industry that are not evaluated in the academic research works\, such as motion speed\, system robustness\, cost efficiencies\, and difficulty to learn an effective policy. \nTherefore\, there has been a demand in the industry to set up a common set of tasks benchmark that is practically valuable and reflects various axes and levels of difficulty. The goal of this competition is to bring together researchers with industry and figure out the best fits between valuable tasks and technology solutions. \nIn this competition\, participants are invited to use a wide range of ways: puppeteering\, VR\, exoskeleton\, hand-held grippers\, movement-tracking gloves\, or algorithmic human hand sensing to perform challenging and practically valuable manipulation tasks and collect data meanwhile. We will evaluate the teams in terms of their task completion quality\, data collection speed\, and performance of policy learned using the collected data.”
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/what-bimanual-teleoperation-and-learning-from-demonstration-can-do-wbcd/
CATEGORIES:Competitions,Sessions,Workshops & Tutorials
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20250213T190939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250220T190741Z
UID:10000095-1739347200-1739379600@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:Quadruped Robot Challenges(QRC)
DESCRIPTION:Autonomy requires a good mobile platform\, perception technologies\, navigation technologies\, etc. Quadruped robots were never tested in a realistic common challenging environment in an autonomous way before ICRA 2023. Quadruped robots are inherently dynamic; thus\, their competition is interesting to the audience and public and may draw the attention of potential sponsors. \nQuadruped Robot Challenges (QRC) was inaugurated in ICRA 2023 to test teams for autonomous traversability on various kinds of terrains. At Stage 1\, each robot runs the test field alone\, solo start. Due to the short notice of the game\, many teams used remote control. Only two teams challenged in autonomy. In Stage 1+ which is about the mobility with inspection test at ICRA 2024 and IROS 2024\, we witnessed more teams use autonomy and an exploration mission is still difficult for autonomous robots. \nAs a next step\, ICRA 2025 QRC will move to Stage 2 where the multiple robot collaboration concept will be introduced. Teams may need to deal with more advanced tasks\, dynamic obstacles\, real-time perception\, and planning in this stage.
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/quadruped-robot-challengesqrc/
CATEGORIES:Sessions,Workshops & Tutorials
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20250213T190940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250220T190741Z
UID:10000086-1739347200-1739379600@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:The BARN Challenge 2025
DESCRIPTION:Designing autonomous robot navigation systems has been a topic of interest to the robotics community for decades. Indeed\, many existing navigation systems allow robots to move from one point to another in a collision-free manner\, which may create the impression that navigation is a solved problem. However\, autonomous mobile robots still struggle in many scenarios\, e.g.\, colliding with or getting stuck in novel and tightly constrained spaces. These troublesome scenarios have many real-world implications\, such as poor navigation performance in adversarial search and rescue environments\, in naturally cluttered daily households\, and in congested social spaces such as classrooms\, offices\, and cafeterias. Meeting these real-world challenges requires systems that can both successfully and efficiently navigate the environment with confidence\, posing fundamental challenges to current autonomous systems\, from perception to control. Therefore\, we propose The Benchmark Autonomous Robot Navigation (BARN) Challenge as a benchmark for state-of-the-art navigation systems and to push the boundaries of their performance in these challenging and highly constrained environments. \nWe have successfully organized the 1st\, 2nd\, and 3rd BARN Challenge in Philadelphia\, London\, and Yokohama respectively (see the award ceremonies in the first three images above). In the 1st BARN Challenge\, five international teams from three countries participated in the simulation competition\, three of which were invited to compete with each other in the physical obstacle courses set up in Philadelphia. The 2nd BARN Challenge has doubled its size with ten international teams from six countries participated in the simulation competition\, six of which were invited to compete in London. The 3rd BARN Challenge has six teams from five countries in the simulation competition\, four of which were invited to compete in Yokohama. This is the 4th BARN Challenge.
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/the-barn-challenge-2025/
CATEGORIES:Competitions,Sessions,Workshops & Tutorials
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250306
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250307
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20240426T135310Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240509T171425Z
UID:10000007-1741219200-1741305599@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:Final Paper Submission Deadline
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URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/final-paper-submission-deadline/
CATEGORIES:Contributors
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250312
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250313
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20241024T175704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250307T141510Z
UID:10000016-1741737600-1741823999@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:Author Registration Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about registration here >
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/author-registration-deadline/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250321
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250322
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CREATED:20250326T202603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250326T202603Z
UID:10000209-1742515200-1742601599@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:ICRA Expo Submissions Open
DESCRIPTION:Learn More >
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/icra-expo-submissions-open/
CATEGORIES:Contributors
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250329
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UID:10000212-1743120000-1743206399@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:ICRA Expo Finalization of Demo Program and Demo Space Allocation
DESCRIPTION:Learn More >
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/icra-expo-finalization-of-demo-program-and-demo-space-allocation/
CATEGORIES:Contributors
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250331
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250401
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CREATED:20250314T134122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250314T135408Z
UID:10000183-1743379200-1743465599@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:Doctoral Consortium Submission Deadline
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URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/doctoral-consortium-submission-deadline/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250331
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250401
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CREATED:20250320T164900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T165401Z
UID:10000191-1743379200-1743465599@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:Submission Deadline for Undergraduate Outreach Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Learn More >
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/submission-deadline-for-call-for-undergraduate-outreach-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Contributors
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250411
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250412
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20250317T141830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T141830Z
UID:10000188-1744329600-1744415999@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:Deadline for Submission of Late Breaking Results Poster
DESCRIPTION:Learn More >
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/deadline-for-submission-of-late-breaking-results-poster/
CATEGORIES:Contributors
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250411
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250412
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20250326T202634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250326T202634Z
UID:10000210-1744329600-1744415999@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:ICRA Expo Submission Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Learn More >
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/icra-expo-submission-deadline/
CATEGORIES:Contributors
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250414
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250415
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20250314T135634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250314T135634Z
UID:10000184-1744588800-1744675199@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:Doctoral Consortium Notification
DESCRIPTION:Learn More >
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/doctoral-consortium-notification/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250414
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250415
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20250320T164953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T165406Z
UID:10000192-1744588800-1744675199@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:Notification for Undergraduate Outreach Workshop
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URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/notification-for-call-for-undergraduate-outreach-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Contributors
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250415
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250416
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20241108T191126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241108T191126Z
UID:10000022-1744675200-1744761599@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:Call for Arts in Robotics Final Submission
DESCRIPTION:Learn more >
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/call-for-arts-in-robotics-final-submission/
CATEGORIES:Contributors
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250418
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250419
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20241024T175830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241206T171244Z
UID:10000017-1744934400-1745020799@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:Early-bird Registration Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about registration here >
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/early-bird-registration-deadline/
CATEGORIES:Attendees
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250418
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250419
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20250314T135859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250314T135859Z
UID:10000186-1744934400-1745020799@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:Doctoral Consortium Early Registration Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Learn More >
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/doctoral-consortium-early-registration-deadline/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250418
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250419
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20250317T141930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T141930Z
UID:10000189-1744934400-1745020799@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:Acceptance Decision for Call for Late Breaking Results
DESCRIPTION:Learn more >
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/acceptance-decision-for-call-for-late-breaking-results/
CATEGORIES:Contributors
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250418
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250419
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20250320T165032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T165411Z
UID:10000193-1744934400-1745020799@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:Early Registration Deadline for Undergraduate Outreach Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Learn More >
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/early-registration-deadline-for-call-for-undergraduate-outreach-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Contributors
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250421
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250422
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20250326T202732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250326T202732Z
UID:10000211-1745193600-1745279999@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:ICRA Expo Notification of Acceptance and Demo Space Allocation
DESCRIPTION:Learn More >
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/icra-expo-notification-of-acceptance-and-demo-space-allocation/
CATEGORIES:Contributors
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250425
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250426
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20250317T142055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T142055Z
UID:10000190-1745539200-1745625599@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:Submission of Final Materials for Call for Late Breaking Results
DESCRIPTION:Learn more >
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/submission-of-final-materials-for-call-for-late-breaking-results/
CATEGORIES:Contributors
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250429
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20250314T135803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250314T135803Z
UID:10000185-1745798400-1745884799@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:Doctoral Consortium Camera Ready Submission
DESCRIPTION:Learn More >
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/doctoral-consortium-camera-ready-submission/
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250518
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20241024T175858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241024T175858Z
UID:10000018-1747440000-1747526399@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:Standard Registration Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about registration here >
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/standard-registration-deadline/
CATEGORIES:Attendees
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250524
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20241024T175943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250303T163201Z
UID:10000019-1747526400-1748044799@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:On-site Registration
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about registration here >
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/on-site-registration/
CATEGORIES:Attendees,Exclude from Schedule
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250518T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250518T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20241206T182614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T214245Z
UID:10000023-1747580400-1747594800@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:Registration Open
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URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/registration-open/
CATEGORIES:Daily Schedule
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250518T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250518T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20250226T165347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250327T204852Z
UID:10000171-1747587600-1747598400@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:TEABxSAC DINNER INVITATION For Students and Post-Doctoral Researchers
DESCRIPTION:We invite everyone including students and postdoctoral researchers to the TAB (Technical Activities Board) & EAB (Educational Activities Board) X SAC (Student Activities Committee) Dinner. This event aims to foster community building among current/former Technical Committees (TCs) and young researchers. Please join us to learn about TCs and SACs\, as well as TAB and EAB\, and explore opportunities for engagement in the Robotics and Automation Society. \nThere is no charge for this event\, however\, space is limited. Please register in advance.
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/teabxsac-dinner-invitation-for-students-and-post-doctoral-researchers/
LOCATION:Atrium Terrace- Tower (Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park)
CATEGORIES:Daily Schedule,RAS Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250520
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20250320T165110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T165122Z
UID:10000194-1747612800-1747699199@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:Undergraduate Outreach Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Learn More >
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/undergraduate-outreach-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Contributors
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250524
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20240508T192909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250221T171627Z
UID:10000008-1747612800-1748044799@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/2025-ieee-international-conference-on-robotics-automation/
LOCATION:Georgia World Congress Center\, 285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exclude from Schedule
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250519T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250519T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20241206T183106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T214249Z
UID:10000024-1747638000-1747683000@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:Registration Open
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/registration-open-2/
CATEGORIES:Daily Schedule
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250519T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250519T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T132838
CREATED:20250325T124356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250326T132242Z
UID:10000207-1747641600-1747674000@2026.ieee-icra.org
SUMMARY:Undergraduate Research Outreach Workshops
DESCRIPTION:To see a complete list of Undergraduate Research Outreach Workshops\, please click here.
URL:https://2026.ieee-icra.org/event/undergraduate-research-outreach-workshops/
CATEGORIES:Daily Schedule
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