2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation
VIECON / Messe Wien
Jun 1 - 6, 2026
VIECON / Messe Wien
Vienna, Austria
Jun 1 - 6, 2026
Vienna, Austria

About the Conference

The Premier Conference in Robotics & Automation. The ICRA 2026 Congress will take place in the heart of Europe. Being the flagship conference of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, ICRA will bring together the world’s top researchers and leading companies to share ideas and advances in Robotics and Automation. The conference will include plenary sessions, contributed paper sessions, workshops and tutorial sessions, forums, exhibitions, and robot competitions.

Keynote Speakers

Johannes Betz

Learning to Handle Autonomous Vehicles at the Limits – Lessons Learned from Real-World Autonomous Motorsport · Technical University of Munich

Michael Milford

From Neuroscience to Autonomous Vehicle Navigation · QUT Centre for Robotics

Aniket Bera

Toward Behaviorally-Intelligent Robots: Safe Navigation in Unstructured and Human-Centered Environments · Purdue University

Hesheng Wang

Learning to Navigate: From Scene Understanding to Decision Making · Global College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Eric Diller

Using Magnetic Fields to Control Tiny Robots in the Gut and Brain · Robotics Institute at the University of Toronto

Fanny Ficuciello

From Bioinspired Design to Safe Control: Emerging Challenges in Medical Robotics · University of Naples Federico II

Tiantian Xu

Magnetically Actuated Microrobots for Precision Medicine · Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT)

Haoyong Yu

Towards Wearable Robotics with better Portability, Safety, and Comfort · National University of Singapore (NUS)

Ayoung Kim

The Underdog Sensors: Are Robots Using Thermal and Radar Right? · Seoul National University (SNU)

Luca Carlone

Maps, Memory, and Tasks: Toward Spatial AI for the Next Generation of Robots · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Maren Bennewitz

Advancing Service Robots Through Active Perception: Mapping and Object Search Under Occlusion · University of Bonn

Timothy Barfoot

Why Field Robotics Research Still Matters · University of Toronto

Jeannette Bohg

Do We Still Need Dexterous Hands? · Computer Science at Stanford University

Kento Kawaharazuka

Towards the Ultimate Humanoid: At the Intersection of Humans and Machines · Next Generation AI Research Center, The University of Tokyo

Nikos Tsagarakis

Modular Bodies and Recovery Capabilities: Building Robots for Unstructured Environments · Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)

Yuke Zhu

Building Generalist Humanoid Robots · Computer Science Department of UT-Austin

Important Dates

2025-09-25 Workshops / Tutorials Submission Deadline CLOSED
2026-01-31 Acceptance Message CLOSED
2026-01-12 Workshops / Tutorials Acceptance Notification · New Date as published CLOSED
2026-02-06 PaperPlaza Opens for Final Submission CLOSED
2026-03-31 Author Registration Deadline · Originally March 6, 2026; extended to March 31, 2026. CLOSED
2026-03-31 Final Paper Submission Deadline · 23:59 PST via PaperPlaza CLOSED
2026-03-31 Early-Bird Registration Deadline · 23:59:00 EST CLOSED
2026-04-10 Late Breaking Results Submission Deadline · 23:59 PST CLOSED
2026-04-20 Late Breaking Results Acceptance Decision · 23:59 PST CLOSED
2026-04-28 Late Breaking Results Final Materials Submission · 23:59 PST CLOSED
2026-05-22 Standard Registration Deadline CLOSED
2026-06-01 Conference Dates · 1–5 June 2026 CLOSED

Publication & Indexing

PublisherIEEE
ProceedingsICRA 2026 Conference Proceedings
IndexingIEEE Xplore

Conference Organization

Organized by

IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

Supported by

IEEE

Committee

Senior Program Committee

Nancy Amato

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Brenna Argall

Northwestern University

Sonia Chernova

Georgia Tech

Maria Pia Fanti

Politecnico di Bari

Sandra Faust

Google

Amy Kyungwon Han

Seoul National University

Kris Hauser

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaig

Seth Hutchinson

Northeastern University

Lydia Kavraki

Rice University

Hanna Kurniawati

Australian National University

Kevin Lynch

Northwestern University

Marco Morales

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaig

Todd Murphey

Northwestern University

Allison Okamura

Stanford University

Christian Ott

Technische Universität Wien

Dimitra (Mika) Panagou

University of Michigan

Hugo Rodrigue

Sungkyunkwan University

Yu Sun

University of South Florida

Ram Vasudevan

University of Michigan

Matthew (Matt) Walter

Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

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