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Call for Demo Proposals - CoRL 2025 in Seoul, Korea
by Xuesu Xiao 04 Jun '25

04 Jun '25

Dear Colleagues, We are excited to invite demo proposals for the Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) 2025, which will be held in Seoul, Korea! This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your latest advancements and systems in robot learning to a dedicated and engaged audience. We are seeking demonstrations that highlight: A new level of autonomy beyond existing systems. The performance of novel (recently published) robot learning methods integrated with real robots. Enablers for the robot learning community. Submission Guidelines: Proposals should be submitted via OpenReview: https://openreview.net/group?id=robot-learning.org/CoRL/2025/Demos. Submissions must include a 2-page proposal (excluding proposer bios and references), following the provided template. A video (less than 10 minutes) showcasing the demo and the hardware to be brought to the conference venue is also required. Submission Deadline: June 7, 2025 (11:59:59 AoE) For more details on the submission process and the proposal template, please visit the official Call for Demos page: https://www.corl.org/contributions/call-for-demos <https://www.corl.org/contributions/call-for-demos> We look forward to receiving your exciting demo proposals and seeing you in Seoul! Best regards, Tingnan Zhang and Daehyung Park CoRL 2025 Demo Chairs ----------------------- Xuesu Xiao, Ph.D. -- Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science George Mason University xiao(a)gmu.edu https://cs.gmu.edu/~xiao/ https://robotixx.cs.gmu.edu/

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[meetings][CFP][RO-MAN 2025] TRUST: Building Trust in Human-Robot Interaction Workshop
by alexarossi＠gmail.com 27 May '25

27 May '25

Dear Colleagues, We would like to announce the call for submissions for our workshop, "TRUST: Building Trust in Human-Robot Interaction."The workshop is the joint work of SCRITAand RTSS workshops. The TRUST workshop will be held as a full-day event at ROMAN 2025 on August 29, 2025, in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Please find below the call for paper! Do not hesitate to contact us for more info. We look forward to seeing you in Eindhoven! best regards Alessandra on behalf of the SCRITA and RTSS workshops organisers -- Alessandra Rossi, PhD Assistant Professor Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies - D.I.E.T.I. University of Naples Federico II Via Claudio, 21, 80125 - Naples, Italy w-page:https://alessandrarossi.net e-mail address:alessandra.rossi@unina.it e-mail address:a.rossi@herts.ac.uk X: @alhandra81 Important dates Paper Submission Deadline:30 June 2025, Anywhere on Earth Notification of Acceptance: 21 July 2025 Camera-ready submission: 08 August 2025, Anywhere on Earth Workshop website:https://scrita.herts.ac.uk/2025/ <https://scrita.herts.ac.uk/2025/> Invited speakers * Kerstin Fischer, University of Southern Denmark * Roy Lindelauf, Tilburg University * Philip Brey, University of Twente * Minoru Asada, Osaka University & International Professional University of Technology in Osaka, Japan. Call for contributions and submission format We invite authors to submit position papers and four-page papers: * We invite authors to submit four pages long (excluding references), discussing novel worksin the scope of the workshop. * We invite authors to submit position papers,2 to 4 pages long (excluding references), discussing their prior experience and new developments in the scope of the workshop to feed into the group and the following panel discussions. We encourage the authors to present a video or demonstrate their works and achievements. All accepted papers will have short oral presentations. Submission Guidelines Authors should prepare papers formatted according to the IEEE two-column format <http://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/support.php>, which is also used for contributions to the main conference. Use the following templates to create the paper and generate or export a PDF file: LaTeX <http://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/tex.php>or MS-Word <http://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/word.php>. Please submit your paper(s) to: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=scritartss2025 <https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=scritartss2025> Aim and scope The TRUST workshop is the result of a collaboration between two established workshops in the field of Human-Robot Interaction: SCRITA (Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Human-Robot Interaction)and RTSS (Robot Trust for Symbiotic Societies).This joint initiative brings together the complementary goals of these workshops to advance research on trust from both the human and robot perspectives. TheRTSS componentaddresses a critical challenge in the development of future human-robot symbiotic societies: enabling robots to form trustworthy interactions with both human and robotic partners. While trust from the human perspective has been extensively studied, RTSS emphasizes the need to explore how autonomous agents assess and establish trust in heterogeneous peers. It promotes a multidisciplinary approach to understanding and designing mechanisms for robot trust, with the aim of advancing technological, social, and ethical aspects of symbiotic interaction. On the other hand, SCRITA focuseson people’s trust and acceptance of robots in a wide range of social and collaborative contexts. Previous SCRITA workshops have highlighted progress in short-term and controlled interaction studies but also emphasized the need for robust, unambiguous metrics for evaluating human trust in more realistic and dynamic environments. SCRITA promotes cross-disciplinary dialogue to identify key factors affecting trust and to develop novel methodologies to measure and foster trust in long-term human-robot relationships. The TRUST workshop thus provides a unique forum for synthesizing these perspectives, bringing together researchers from robotics, psychology, AI, and HRI to explore how trust can be modelled, measured, and maintained in complex, real-world interactions. It aims to generate novel insights and guidelines for designing trustworthy robotic systems capable of adapting to and thriving in diverse human environments. Audience and topics:The workshop is open to a broad audience from academia and industry researching social robotics, machine learning, robot behavioural control, and user profiling. In particular, we aim to integrate expertise from roboticists with psychologists' and sociologists' insights and experiences to foster a multidisciplinary and human-focused discussion that can capture the multi-faceted nature of trust and acceptance. We will foster the exchange of views on past and ongoing research and contribute to the discussion of innovative ideas for tackling unresolved issues by providing new and inspirational directions for research. Organizers * Alessandra Rossi, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy * Patrick Holthaus, School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire (UK) * Gabriella Lakatos, School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire (UK) * Sílvia Moros, School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire (UK) * Ali Fallahi, School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire (UK) * Murat Kirtay, Department of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands * Marie Postma, Department of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands * Erhan Oztop, Osaka University Symbiotic Intelligent Systems Research Center (SISReC), Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka, Japan; Ozyegin University, Computer Science Department, Istanbul, Turkey

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[meetings][CFP] Call for participation at the software @HOME competion of the International Conference of Social Robotics in Naples 2025
by alexarossi＠gmail.com 27 May '25

27 May '25

Dear RoboCuppers, we would like to invite you to participate in the software competition, where the task has been created in collaboration with HL@HOME Execs for the International Conference of Social Robotics 2025 which it will be held in Naples, Italy on 10-12 September. Below you can find the information and website for the conference and competition. Do not hesitate to get in touch if you need further information. best regards Alessandra -- Alessandra Rossi, PhD Assistant Professor Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies - D.I.E.T.I. University of Naples Federico II Via Claudio, 21, 80125 - Naples, Italy w-page:https://alessandrarossi.net e-mail address:alessandra.rossi@unina.it e-mail address:a.rossi@herts.ac.uk X: @alhandra81 Robot Software and Design Competition International Conference of Social Robotics - ICSR 10-12 September, Naples, Italy Competitions full description https://icsr2025.eu/competition/ Submission deadline 20th June 2025 Submission competition(a)icsr2025.eu The design and development of different types of robots, along with their intelligence and behaviours, have been steadily advancing. However, the robotics industry is entering new challenges due to the emergence of innovative and intelligent robots designed for a wide range of applications. In particular, we are increasingly seeing the need for embodied AI agents that are able to engage, support and assist people with different needs, preferences and expectations across various aspects of life. To this extent, we want to invite students, young researchers and more experienced groups to participate in robot software and design competitions that will match today’s increasing demands. There are three categories: * Robot design Competition, where teams of students, young researchers can show their design innovative ideas * @HOME Competition, where teams of young and more experienced researchers can apply advanced techniques for solving real-world problems in a competition format. * @HOME Hackathon, where teams of students and young researchers can develop social behaviours for HRI in a hackathon format. The Competitions will be organised in two days: 1. A set-up day on 10/09 will serve for teams to test and adjust their solutions 2. A competition day on 11/09 where teams will show their robotic solutions. The Hackathon will be organised in two days: 1. A Workshop on 10/09 morning for illustrating the basic functionalities of the robot platforms and how to program them 2. Guided development on 10/09 afternoon with instructors following the teams in the development of some baseline tasks 3. Competition day on 11/09, where teams will develop their solutions and then show them for evaluation. For each category, we will select the winners. The winners of the challenges will be announced during the Closing Ceremony on September the 12th, 2025. Submissions Each submission should have a (maximum) 2-page summary. The template is flexible; however, it should include a concise abstract/synopsis of a maximum of 50 words, and enough details to judge the technical novelty of the proposed solution and/or innovative applications of robots. A single link of related video can be included. Video link is optional, and the maximum duration of the video should be 3 minutes. Please remember that it is not a scientific publication, but the description of a robotics innovation with potential to be developed as a project. Competition chairs, with the help from experts and reviewers, will select the finalists. Each finalist is supposed to register and present their entry at a dedicated session in the conference, which will be further evaluated by the Jury of peers. Email your submission to competition(a)icsr2025.eu <mailto:competition@icsr2025.eu>with the subject line including the competition you intend to participate into: * [ICSR 2025 Robot Design Competition] * [ICSR 2025 @HOME Competition] * [ICSR 2025 @HOME Hackathon]

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2025 Call for Nominations for Silvia Coradeschi and Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar Awards
by alexarossi＠gmail.com 21 May '25

21 May '25

Dear RoboCuppers, we have extended the deadline for nominates young females and other candidates for the Silvia Coradeschi and Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar Awards at *June 6, 2025*. For the Silvia Coradeschi Award, please candidate young female RoboCuppers who distinguished themselves in the scientific, engineering, and/or community aspects of RoboCup, and in RoboCup leadership, either within a team and/or in the broad RoboCup community. For the Gerhard Kraetzschmar Award, please candidate RoboCup members with an outstanding record of service in one or more of the RoboCup Leagues, including as Technical and Organizing Committees, Executive Committee, and/or Board of Trustees. Please see below the full call for nominations. Do not hesitate to get in touch for further information. Hope to see you all in Salvador! best regards Alessandra -- Alessandra Rossi, PhD Assistant Professor Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies - D.I.E.T.I. University of Naples Federico II Via Claudio, 21, 80125 - Naples, Italy w-page:https://alessandrarossi.net e-mail address:alessandra.rossi@unina.it e-mail address:a.rossi@herts.ac.uk X: @alhandra81 *Prof. Silvia Coradeschi *(d. Feb 5, 2014) was a founding trustee of RoboCup and an early visionary in the RoboCup initiative. She served as General Chair of RoboCup 1999 in Stockholm, Sweden, was a frequent competition participant, and was an exemplar of the RoboCup ideal of engaging in cutting-edge AI and Robotics research. *Prof. Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar* (d. July 24, 2019) joined RoboCup since its beginning in 1997 and significantly contributed to the development of the RoboCup Federation (Trustee since 2004, Vice-President from 2008 to 2016). He was involved in the organization of many of the leagues, with major contributions to RoboCupJunior, RoboCup@Home, and RoboCup@Work. He was the General Chair of RoboCup 2016 in Leipzig, Germany. To honor their extraordinary contributions to RoboCup and to honor their memories, the RoboCup Federation created “*The Silvia Coradeschi RoboCup Award*” in 2014 (https://www.robocup.org/silvia_coradeschi), for a young female with distinguishing contributions to RoboCup, and the “*The Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award*” in 2021 (https://www.robocup.org/gkk_award), to recognize the outstanding contributions of an individual for his/her exceptional leadership, service, and dedication that benefit RoboCup in any of its leagues. We are now calling for candidates for the *2025 Awards*. The award recipients, to be named at RoboCup 2025 will receive: * a certificate * a US$1,000 honorarium *Nominations for the “Silvia Coradeschi Award”:* Eligible candidates for the “Silvia Coradeschi Award” are young female RoboCuppers that will register for RoboCup 2025 who has distinguished themselves: * in the scientific, engineering, and/or community aspects of RoboCup. * in RoboCup leadership, either within a team and/or in the broad RoboCup community. To nominate a female candidate for the “Silvia Coradeschi Award”, please fill out the nomination form (https://forms.gle/x7mxehq8oqW4CtR17) by June 6, 2025. The submission should include: ● A letter of recommendation that addresses both criteria. ● An additional letter of recommendation from a RoboCup community member not affiliated with the nominee’s team is recommended (but not required) to support the nomination. *Nominations for the “Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award”:* Eligible candidates for the “Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award” are RoboCup members with an outstanding record of service in one or more of the RoboCup Leagues, including as Technical and Organizing Committees, Executive Committee, and/or Board of Trustees. To nominate a RoboCup member for the “Gerhard Kraetzschmar RoboCup Distinguished Service Award”, a person nominating a candidate should fill out the nomination form (https://forms.gle/x7mxehq8oqW4CtR17) by June 6, 2025. The nomination must include ● a letter of recommendation that addresses the individual’s impact on service and contributions to RoboCup, including diversity, quality, and length of the work done for RoboCup. ● One or two additional letter(s) of recommendation from RoboCup community members to support the nomination. Please upload the letters to the form by the person nominating the candidate.

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Early registration to RoboCup extended to May 25
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 13 May '25

13 May '25

Dear RoboCup Community, As we had some delays with the registration process this year, the Trustees decided to extend the early registration deadline to May 25. You can only register for the RoboCup event as a team/team member if you have received an invite through the CVENT registration system. *Teams* If you are the leader of a team and have been notified by your league that you are qualified to participate, but you have not yet received an invite to register via CVENT, please first check if this invite may be in your spam folder. If you still can't find the invite, please reach out to registration(a)robocup.org (note that only the team leader receives the invite!) *TC/OC* If you are not traveling with a team but will participate as an organizer running your league, please reach out to a member of your Executive Committee. They have received instructions on how to pass on your name to us for registration. Note that it will still take a few more days before we start sending out registration invites to TC/OCs, so please be patient for a couple of more days. Please also note that the regular registration deadline remains to be June 13. After that date, only new team members can be registered for a late registration fee but no new teams can register to participate as the local organizers need to start finalizing the event details. Cheers Maike

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Spotlighting RoboCup-related ICRA papers on our social media channels
by Maike Paetzel-Prüsmann 12 May '25

12 May '25

Hej RoboCuppers! Are you going to ICRA next week to present work that is related to RoboCup? Then let us know about it! We would like to spotlight RoboCup papers on our social media channels in this week leading up to ICRA and we still have some spots left for work to feature - so we would be happy to give your research some more outreach on our channels. Two ways to let us know about your work: ⁠(1) Ideally, you use the form in our RoboCup cloud: https://cloud.robocup.org/apps/forms/s/HM6eDxTS8sWzktSRayANt34x (you can use this form at any point to let us know about work or other RoboCup related news from your leagues or teams we should feature) (2) You can also just respond to this e-mail with the title and abstract of your work, as well as a couple of notes how this is related to your RoboCup research. Cheers Maike

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[CFP][ICSR+AI-2025] Extended Call for Papers - ICSR+AI-2025, 10-12 September 2025, Naples, Italy
by Mariacarla Staffa 03 May '25

03 May '25

* ***We apologize if you have received multiple copies of this message.**** Dear all, In light of the numerous requests received, we are pleased to announce that the deadline for the submission of contributions—both long and short papers, which will be included in the conference proceedings—for the *17th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2025)* has been *extended to May 9*, and *June 18 2025* respectively. As you are aware, this year’s edition of *ICSR will take place in Naples, Italy, from September 10 to 12, 2025*. It would be both a great pleasure and a true honor for us to welcome the international scientific community to this event, offering a valuable opportunity for discussion on the latest advancements, perspectives, and innovations in the fields of social robotics and artificial intelligence. Further details and updated information can be found in the attached document and on the official conference website: *icsr2025.eu <http://icsr2025.eu> * *Submit your contribution here ➡️*: https://meteor.springer.com/ICSRAI2025 We sincerely hope to welcome many of you to Naples in September. With best regards, *Bruno Siciliano & Mariacarla Staffa* *Honorary Chair & General Chair* *17th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2025)* Mariacarla Staffa, PhD Associate Professor Department of Science and Technology University of Naples Parthenope Address: Centro Direzionale Isola C4, 80143, Napoli, Italy Room 428, 4th Floor (North side) Email: mariacarla.staffa(a)uniparthenope.it Phone : +39 081 5476580 Regardless of the time I send this email, I do not expect you to read, take any action, or reply to this email outside of your usual working hours.

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2025 Call for Nominations for Silvia Coradeschi and Gerhard K. Kraetzschmar Awards
by h.okada 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

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[jobs] Postdoc opportunity - UT Austin
by Peter Stone 28 Apr '25

28 Apr '25

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, USA POSITION: Post-doctoral fellow on Robotics, Multiagent Systems, and Reinforcement Learning CONTACT: Prof. Peter Stone The University of Texas at Austin 2317 Speedway, Stop D9500 Austin, TX 78712 USA pstone(a)cs.utexas.edu www.cs.utexas.edu/~pstone Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellow of one year, possibly renewable for additional years, in the Department of Computer Science in the Learning Agents Research Group headed by Prof. Peter Stone. Primary responsibilities include performing cutting-edge research in collaboration with faculty, Ph.D. students, and other researchers. The research will focus on developing and testing novel algorithms for in connection with a range of projects related to robotics and multiagent reinforcement learning. Motivating use cases include long-term autonomous service robots, robot soccer, and social navigation. QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants should have a Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field. Experience with machine learning and intelligent robotics is essential. Experience in deep reinforcement learning, multiagent systems, and/or ROS is desired. TO APPLY: Applicants should send by email to pstone(a)cs.utexas.edu - a curriculum vitae - names of two references with contact information - a two-page summary of past research and relevant qualifications - a personal Web page, if available, where further details can be found This position is to start as early as June of 2025 or at any agreed upon later date. Applications will be reviewed as they are received.

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short survey about hands-on robotics teaching
by Andreas Birk 26 Apr '25

26 Apr '25

Dear all, if you do hands-on teaching in robotics, e.g., labs, projects, theses, I would be very grateful if you participate in the following survey: https://forms.gle/4JoP7KJuww9pLbxaA It should just take 5 to 10 minutes to complete. The purpose of this survey is to understand the current state of equipment use, i.e., the combination of equipment like hardware or a simulation with access forms like in-presence versus remote access over the web. This includes the question whether there are lasting effects on hands-on robotics teaching after the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a follow-up of a study 5 years ago, which appeared in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine: A. Birk and D. Simunovic, "Robotics Labs and Other Hands-On Teaching During COVID-19: Change Is Here to Stay?," IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), vol. 28, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1109/MRA.2021.3102979 (open access) Many thanks & 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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