October 2025 - RoboCup-worldwide

[CfP] The 12th Robotic Hamburg Open Workshop (RoHOW) | Nov 28-30, 2025
by HULKs 23 Oct '25

23 Oct '25

Dear RoboCup Community and Robot Soccer Enthusiasts, We are thrilled to officially invite you to the *12th Robotic Hamburg Open Workshop (RoHOW)*, hosted by the HULKs robot soccer team at the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH)! The event will take place from November 28 - November 30, 2025 at TUHH Hamburg, Germany. RoHOW is our annual networking and educational event designed for RoboCup teams to share insights, discuss advancements, and tackle challenges in humanoid robotics and robot soccer. We strive to create a friendly and collaborative environment for in-depth discussions, hands-on workshops, and informative talks. *An Open Space for Ideas* The event follows the concept of an "Open Space Conference." This means the program is agile and flexible, shaped by the topics /you/ want to explore. This means a large part of the event is dedicated to participant-driven discussions. It's the perfect place to exchange ideas on the evolution of the league or any other cutting-edge topic you're passionate about. *All Robot Soccer Teams Welcome!* In the spirit of the ongoing unification of the RoboCup soccer divisions, we want to make it clear that this invitation isn't just for SPL teams. *We warmly invite teams from all robot soccer leagues* to join the event! *New This Year: Livestream Option* For the first time, we will be setting up a livestream for our main talks, allowing teams to participate remotely. Please note that to maintain the informal and open atmosphere of our discussions, the "couch zone" sessions and informal discussion rounds will /not/ be streamed. Registration for the livestreams will be required as well. We will also have opportunities for our industry partners and sponsors to showcase their exciting projects. *Event Summary:* * *Event:* 12th Robotic Hamburg Open Workshop (RoHOW) * *Dates:* November 28-30, 2025 * *Location:* Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Hamburg, Germany * *Participation Fee:* 55€ (This covers drinks, dinner on Friday, and breakfast on Saturday and Sunday.) *Registration* To register your team (for either in-person or online participation), please send an email to *hulks(a)hulks.de* by *November 15, 2025*. In your email, please state: 1. Your team name. 2. How many members plan to attend in person. 3. If you are interested in the remote livestream option. We want to make sure everyone can attend. If any team members find it difficult to pay the full price, please send a mail to *hulks(a)hulks.de* for a "friends ticket" so we can work out a solution. For further information, please keep an eye on our website: *https://rohow.de* Please also feel free to contact us if you have any questions or suggestions! We can't wait to welcome you to Hamburg! Best regards Team HULKs

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[ML-news] [Job Opportunity] Faculty Positions in AI/ML - Department of AI, IIT Hyderabad
by Ganesh Sambhaji Ghalme 17 Oct '25

17 Oct '25

Dear All, The Department of AI at the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IITH), invites applications for faculty positions at the ranks of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor. Outstanding candidates in all areas of AI/ML will be considered, with a particular emphasis on gap areas, including NLP, Robotics, and RL. The eligibility criteria are listed in the advertisement document <https://iith.ac.in/assets/files/careers/faculty/Faculty-Recruitment-Advt-Oc…>. Successful candidates are expected to pursue active research, to teach both graduate and undergraduate courses, and to supervise students in research. For more information on our programs, please visit our website <https://ai.iith.ac.in/information-for-prospective-faculty/index.html>. The current faculty members (both core and affiliated) include faculty members who work in areas such as robotics, CV, NLP, Speech processing, Bayesian learning, statistical learning theory, Communication Systems, IoT and Autonomous Navigation. The list of programs and faculty members is provided in our department brochure <https://ai.iith.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AI_DepartmentBrochure-2025…> . The department is fully committed to building a world-class faculty, and towards this goal, additional incentives are provided to future faculty (detailed in the advertisement document <https://iith.ac.in/assets/files/careers/faculty/Faculty-Recruitment-Advt-Oc…>). We welcome candidates who resonate with our core values of high-quality teaching, high-impact research, leadership, and responsibility. Complete applications received through the application portal <https://faculty.recruitment.iith.ac.in> by *October 31, 2025,* will be considered. You can contact us at the following email addresses if you'd like. office(a)ai.iith.ac.in or head(a)ai.iith.ac.in Also, contact faculty.recruitment(a)iith.ac.in for any technical issues related to application submission. Best regards, Ganesh on behalf of Dept of AI, IITH -- Disclaimer:- This footer text is to convey that this email is sent by one of the users of IITH. So, do not mark it as SPAM.

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[News] survey results for hands-on robotics teaching
by Andreas Birk 15 Oct '25

15 Oct '25

Dear all, many thanks to all who participated in the survey about hands-on teaching in robotics, i.e., labs, projects, theses. The results are now published (open access): A. Birk, "In-Presence, Take-Home, and Online Education: The State of Equipment Use and Practices in Robotics Labs and Other Hands-On Activities," IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 171984-171997, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2025.3614055 Findings include: * Simulation is the most popular form of regularly used equipment. * 24% of the instructors do not regularly use robot hardware in labs. * Data-sets are particularly popular as occasionally used element. * In-presence use is the predominant access form for robot hardware * Among the alternatives to in-presence access, take-home hardware is clearly more popular than online, i.e., remote access to robots. Many thanks again & kind regards, Andreas -- ========================================================================================== Prof. Dr. Andreas Birk ========================================================================================== Constructor University Robotics Group Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany https://robotics.constructor.university/ ========================================================================================== Commercial registry: Amtsgericht Bremen, HRB 18117 Chairs of the Executive Board (Vorsitzende der Geschäftsführung): Dr. Stanislav Protasov (President/Präsident), Turgut Tülü (Chancellor/Kanzler) Managing Directors (Geschäftsführung): Prof. Dr. Thomas Auf der Heyde & Serguei Kouzmine Chairwoman of the Board of Governors (Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende): Oznur Bell ==========================================================================================

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[Meetings] Call for Workshop Proposals at ICSR + Art 2026
by Salvatore Anzalone 13 Oct '25

13 Oct '25

[Apologies for multiple copies of this announcement] *18th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR + Art 2026)* 1–4 July 2026, London, UK *https://icsr2026.uk/ <https://icsr2026.uk/>* *Call for Workshop Proposals* The International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR) is the foremost global forum for researchers, academics, and industry professionals dedicated to the expansive field of social robotics. For its 18th edition, ICSR 2026 introduces the special theme *ICSR + Art*, exploring how robotics and the arts intersect. While this theme will receive special attention, the conference warmly welcomes contributions across the *full breadth of social robotics research and applications*. Participants are invited to hold workshops on topics relevant to social robotics. We particularly welcome creative, innovative, and interactive workshop formats that focus on areas of active research to generate significant discussion and exchange of ideas between participants, as well as interactions between established experts and early-career researchers. We encourage state of the art programs with high level of interest, impact, creativity and innovation that will attract a broad and active audience. Also, workshops focusing on academia-industry partnership and technology transfer of robotics research are welcome, with the aim of making connections to fields outside of robotics and/or connect academia to industry. The primary criteria for selection are anticipated level of interest, impact, novelty or creativity, and background of organisers. By default, the workshops, as the conference, are held in-person. *Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):* – Social Robotics & Human–Robot Interaction – Creative Robotics – Robotics, Arts & Culture (e.g., performance, visual arts, music, fashion) – Trust, Personality, Emotion & Affective Computing in Robots – Embodied Intelligence, Adaptation & Lifelong Autonomy – AI, Learning, Explainability & Transparency – Assistive Robotics, Human Augmentation, Rehabilitation & Welfare – Medical Robotics, Healthcare Applications & Social Assistance – Robotics in Education, Entertainment, Gaming & Immersive Media (VR/AR/XR) – Design, UX & Human Factors – Soft Robotics, Textile & Novel Materials – Space, Underwater & Aerial Robots – Environmental & Sustainable Robotics – Robotics in Architecture & the Built Environment – Swarm, Collective Robotics & Multi-Agent Systems – Robotics for Agriculture, Food Systems & Supply Chains – Disaster, Crisis & Rescue Robotics – Robotics in the Humanities – Ethics, Policy, Governance & Societal Impacts (e.g., privacy, bias, inclusion, socioeconomic issues) – Novel and emerging concepts in social robotics and related fields *Submission Guidelines* The submission of the workshop contribution must be accompanied with the following information: – Title – Workshop duration: half or full day – Organisers: name, email address, affiliation and a short bio of the members of your organising committee. – Tentative workshop structure: lectures, interactive, pane discussions, etc. – Workshop description and objectives: concise description of the content and objectives of the workshop. – Intended audience and plans to solicit participation: describe the intended workshop audience, how you plan to solicit participation: (i) ahead of the workshop to generate submission and (ii) within the workshop in encouraging discussions and exchanges between participants. – List of topics: a bulleted list of the topics of interest that will be covered by the workshop. – List of invited speakers: list any invited speakers (if applicable) – Additional information: Any relevant information that could not be captured by the previous sections (e.g. regarding previous workshop organisation) – Room equipment requirements if any. Submissions should be PDF documents of no more than 3 – 4 pages. They can follow the Springer LNCS/LNAI layout <https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…> . *Workshop Proposal Deadline*: 1 Dec 2025 Please send your proposals to the Workshop Committee Members <https://icsr2026.uk/contact/>, with the subject starting with [ICSR2026 Workshop Proposal]. All workshop proposals will be reviewed, and organisers will be informed of the decision within two weeks following the proposal deadline. Accepted workshops will be featured on the ICSR website. *More information & submission details*: https://icsr2026.uk/ We look forward to welcoming you in London for an inspiring event that embraces both traditional social robotics research and innovative explorations at the intersection of technology and creativity. Best regards, *The Organising Committee of ICSR 2026*

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15 Doctoral Candidate Positions in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network CAVECORE
by Gerald Steinbauer-Wagner 10 Oct '25

10 Oct '25

15 Funded PhD Positions in Cognitive Robotics (MSCA Doctoral Network CAVECORE) We are seeking highly motivated doctoral candidates for 15 fully funded PhD positions in the new Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network CAVECORE (Continuous, Automated Validation, and Evaluation of Cognitive Robots in Open-Ended Environments). Doctoral Candidates will develop novel methods for evaluating and validating safety, reliability, and performance of AI-enabled robots, combining robotics & AI (manipulation, control, HRI) with cutting-edge validation techniques (automated testing, diagnosis, AI metrology). Through secondments across academia and industry, they will gain hands-on experience and international perspectives. Doctoral topics include the following: - Shared models for reliable and safe human-robot collaboration, and efficient decision-making under uncertainty and partial observability (Positions #1 and #3) - Learning-enabled safe and reliable hybrid controllers, and pro-active behavioural adjustment of RL-based manipulation skills (Positions #4 and #5) - Digital twin-based behavioural specification, adaptive safety monitoring, and uncertainty quantification for risk-informed decision-making (Positions #2, #10, #13) - Measures of human preferences for responsible robot behaviour in prosocial dilemmas and psychometric evaluation of cognitive robots (Positions #8 and #9) - Automated robotic mission assessment with digital twins and scenario-based testing in virtual worlds (Positions #6 and #7) - LLM-assisted scenario generation for safety validation, data-driven test scenario selection using measured sim2real gap, and replicable evaluation based on provenance models (Positions #11, #12, #14, #15) Partners include: University of Bremen, Bielefeld University, IT University of Copenhagen, University of York, TU Graz, Cyprus University of Technology, Laboratoire national de métrologie et d’essais (LNE), PAL Robotics, EIVA A/S, and Cellumation GmbH. Start date: February 2026 | Duration: 36 months | Deadline: October 20, 2025 Application procedure, requirements, and official announcement: https://cavecore.eu/how-to-apply/

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