ICARSC 2026 Call for Papers ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ https://campaign-statistics.com/b/c/aAvL3p-gnywYgk-YZeH1 ICARSC 2026 is coming!
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Call for Papers!
ICARSC 2026
International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions
https://www.icarsc.pt/2026 https://campaign-statistics.com/link_click/aAvL3p-gnywYgk-YZeH1/cc435003db5fa8083ba7d6d31e469461
April 22-23, 2026
Barcelos, Portugal
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Dear colleague
We are pleased to inform you that ICARSC 2026 26th IEEE(*) International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions will be held in Barcelos, Portugal, on April 22-23, 2026. The conference is organized within ROBOTICA 2026 – 26th Portuguese Robotics Open, a RoboCup-sponsored local event, and it is promoted by the Universidade de Aveiro, Universidade do Porto, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Universidade de Coimbra and Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave.
(*) IEEE co-sponsorship pending approval
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Conference Scope
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ICARSC gathers participants from academia and industry working in the field of autonomous robotics and related areas. ICARSC is a well-established IEEE conference that has been growing continuously for over a decade and is nowadays a truly international forum attracting worldwide quality research papers.
ICARSC has long been an IEEE co-sponsored event and its proceedings will be indexed in IEEExplore and Scopus. Moreover, similarly to previous editions, extended versions of selected best papers will be invited for publication in relevant indexed journals.
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Important Dates
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Submission: Jan 23, 2026
Notification: Mar 04, 2026
Camera Ready: Mar 24, 2026
Registration: Mar 24, 2026 (Reduced price)
Conference: Apr 22-23, 2026
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Conference Topics
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The conference aims to gather researchers from industry and academia to present and discuss the latest trends in research and technology in the fields of robotics and related areas. Contributions from researchers, industry, and outputs from collaboration between industrial and academic R&D units are welcome in the following topics.
Agricultural Robotics
Applications of Autonomous Intelligent Robots
Artificial Intelligence
Autonomous Robotic Systems
Computer Vision and Image Processing
Control Architectures and Programming
Cooperative Perception
Cooperative Planning and Task Allocation
Dexterous Manipulation and Grasping
Educational Robotics
Entertainment Robots
Evolutionary Robotics
Humanoid Robotics
Human-Robot Interaction
Localization, Mapping, and Navigation
Locomotion and Actuation Systems
Multi-Robot Coordination
Multi-Robot Systems
Planning, Reasoning and Modelling
Recognition and Tracking
Robot Learning
Robotic Competitions
Robotic Simulation
Sensors and Sensor Integration
Swarm Robotics
Underwater Robotics
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Paper Submission
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Authors are invited to submit original research contributions in English. Six pages in the standard IEEE A4 format ( http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html https://campaign-statistics.com/link_click/aAvL3p-gnywYgk-YZeH1/b66e52903c7eeb9c409a36238f673176) are allowed for each paper, including tables and figures. Full draft papers should be submitted electronically, in PDF format, using the URL: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icarsc2026 https://campaign-statistics.com/link_click/aAvL3p-gnywYgk-YZeH1/e6759b9347d4c43e52f7b07baa4e255a. For evaluation, authors must remove their names from the submitted papers, and should take reasonable care not to indirectly disclose their identity.
Submitted contributions categorized as review papers will not be considered for the conference, ensuring the focus remains on original research contributions.
Accepted papers will be scheduled for presentation, which requires that at least one of the authors should register at the Conference and present the paper. If the authors of an accepted paper, either for oral presentation or poster, do not show up at the conference, the corresponding paper will not be submitted to IEEExplore.
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