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RELEVANT ONGOING INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS
euROBIN – the european excellence network on AI-powered Robotics
As robots are entering unstructured environments with a large variety of tasks, they will need to quickly acquire new abilities to solve them. Humans do so very effectively through a variety of methods of knowledge transfer – demonstration, verbal explanation, writing, the Internet. In robotics, enabling the transfer of skills and software between robots, tasks, research groups, and application domains will be a game changer for scaling up the robot abilities. Towards this, the euROBIN network aims to advance AI tools, software, architectures, and hardware components in a reproducible Approach. Project Website: https://www.eurobin-project.eu/index.php
EuroCore repository – a vehicle for transferability in Robotics
The main vehicle intended for transfer within the euROBIN project is the EuroCore repository. It will contain the software tools and common infrastructure needed for implementing transferable robotic Solutions.
Preparation Workshop Webpage: https://erf2024.eu/programme/session/eurocore-repository-a-vehicle-for-transferability-in-robotics/
Our TC has been awarded the 2025 Most Active Technical Committee Award!
This recognition reflects our collective efforts to advance the cognitive robotics community through various initiatives and events. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all who have contributed: this success would not have been possible without the many events organized by our members in the past year.

Dissemination of the TC activities by Marta Lagomarsino, one of the workshop organizers

Best Paper and Best Video Awards sponsored by TC CO-RO

Social event to learn about TC CO-RO mission, current activities, and the support provided to the cognitive robotics community.



72 registered participants!


Outcomes of the questionnaire proposed to the happy hour attendees:




Dissemination activities with TC CO-RO flyers at ICRA40, ECCV2024, and European Researchers’ Night.

advancing GROup UNderstanding and robots’ aDaptive behavior (GROUND) workshop, 2nd edition, held at RSS2024.

Best Poster Award sponsored by TC CO-RO:
“Moderating Group Conversation Dynamics with Social Robots”, Lucrezia Grassi et al.
“Egocentric Robots in a Human-Centric World? Exploring Group-Robot-Interaction in Public Spaces”, Ana Muller et al.

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European Workshop on Knowledge Representation and Reasoning for Cognitive Robots (EUKRR4R) in Bremen, Germany. Aims to bring together the European communities specializing in KRR and robotics to increase collaboration and accelerate advancements in the field.
Workshop on Environment Dynamics Matters: Embodied Navigation to Movable Objects at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2024), endorsed by TC CORO.
Workshop on Integrating Physical and Cognitive Perspectives in Assistive Robotics Design at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2024), endorsed by TC CORO.
Workshop on Mobile Manipulation and Embodied Intelligence: Generalization Challenges for Real-World Deployment at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2024), endorsed by TC CORO.
Nonverbal Cues for Human-Robot Cooperative Intelligence at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2024), endorsed by TC CORO.
Workshop on Sensorimotor Representation: Advancements in Learning Models for Robots at IEEE RAS EMBS 10th International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob 2024), endorsed by TC CORO.
Workshop on AURA – Acceptance and trUst of Robots in Automation 5.0 at IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE 2024), endorsed by TC CORO.
Workshop on Dungeons, Neurons, and Dialogues: Social Interaction Dynamics in Contextual Games (DnD-SIDC) at the Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII) 2024 conference, endorsed by TC CORO.
EASE Symposium on Knowledge Representation for Interaction-engaging Robots 2024On March 26-27, 2024, the EASE Symposium on Knowledge Representation for Interaction-engaging Robots 2024 took place at the Institute for Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bremen, Germany. The first day of the event was dedicated to invited talks by international experts from the fields of robotics and knowledge representation and a panel discussion, the second day of the Event was Dedicated to collaboration activities.
Workshop on advancing GROup UNderstanding and robots’ aDaptive behavior (GROUND) at Robotics Science and Systems (RSS) 2024, endorsed by TC CORO.
Workshop on Cognition across species: from nature to robotic application at ICRA 2024, endorsed by TC CORO.
Workshop on Human-aligned Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Agents and Robots (HARL) at ICRA 2024, endorsed by TC CORO.
Workshop on Nursing Robotics: a new field emerging from the integration between robotics and nursing science at ICRA 2024, endorsed by TC CORO.
Workshop on Robot Embodiment through Visuo-Tactile Perception (ViTac) at ICRA 2024, endorsed by TC CORO.
Workshop on MAD-Games: Workshop on Multi-Agent Dynamic Games at ICRA 2024, endorsed by TC CORO.
Workshop on Society of Avatar-Symbiosis through Social Field Experiments at ICRA 2024, endorsed by TC CORO.
Workshop on Ontologies and Standards for Robotics and Automation (WOSRA) at ICRA 2024, endorsed by TC CORO.
Workshop on World Models and Predictive Coding in Cognitive Robotics at IROS 2023, endorsed and financially supported by TC CORO
Workshop on Teaching & Training Students for Cognitive Robotics at IROS 2023, endorsed and financially supported by TC CORO
Workshop on advancing GROup UNderstanding and robots’ aDaptive behavior (GROUND) at the 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2023), endorsed and financially supported by TC CORO
Workshop on Explainable Robotics at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), endorsed by the TC CORO
Workshop on Unconventional spatial representations – Opportunities for robotics at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), endorsed by the TC CORO
Workshop on Life-Long Learning with Human Help (L3H2) at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), endorsed by the TC CORO
Workshop Socially-acceptable robots: concepts, techniques, and applications (SOLAR) at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), endorsed by the TC CORO
Workshop on Effective representations, abstractions, and priors for robot learning (RAP4Robots) at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), endorsed by the TC CORO
Workshop on Avatar-Symbiotic Society at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), endorsed by the TC CORO
Workshop on Robot Execution Failures and Failure Management Strategies at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), endorsed by the TC CORO
Workshop on Transferability in Robotics at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), endorsed by the TC CORO
Workshop on Emerging paradigms for assistive robotic manipulation: from research labs to the real world at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), endorsed by the TC CORO
Workshop on Blending Virtual and Real Visuo-Tactile Perception (ViTac) at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), endorsed by the TC CORO
Workshop Behavior-driven Autonomous Driving in Unstructured Environments (BADUE) at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022), endorsed by the TC CORO
Workshop Ergonomic Human-Robot Collaboration: How Cognitive and Physical Aspects Come Together at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022), endorsed by the TC CORO
Workshop Robot Trust for Symbiotic Societies (RTSS) at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022), endorsed by the TC CORO
Workshop Social and Cognitive Interactions for Assistive Robotics (SCIAR) at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022), endorsed by the TC CORO
Workshop on Human Theory of Machines and Machine Theory of Mind for Human-Agent Teams (TOM4HAT) at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022), endorsed by the TC CORO
Workshop Artificial Intelligence for Social Robots Interacting with Humans in the Real World (intellect4hri) at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022), endorsed by the TC CORO
Workshop Life-long Learning of High-level Cognitive and Reasoning Skills at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022), endorsed by the TC CORO
Workshop on AI for Autonomous Driving at the International Joint Conference on AI (IJCAI), July 2022.
Workshop on Safe Learning for Autonomous Driving, at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), July 2022.
Workshop on Adapted intEraction with SociAl Robots (cAESAR) in conjunction with ACM UMAP in two editions: 2022 (hybrid) and 2021 (virtual)
Workshop on Cognitive and Social Aspects of Human Multi-Robot Interaction at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2021)
Workshop on Semantic Policy and Action Representations for Autonomous Robots (SPAR) at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2021)
Workshop and Exhibition on Robotics x Arts: Opportunities and Issues in Robotics Applied in the Arts at Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS 2021)
Interactive Workshop on Bridging the Gap between Subjective and Computational Measurements of Machine Creativity, at the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2021)
International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Cognition at AIC 2021. For more information on the AIC workshop series, see http://www.aicworkshopseries.org/.
Workshop on Cognitive Architectures for Robot Agents: Current Capabilities, Future Enhancements, and Prospects for Collaborative Development (TransAIR 2021), virtual
Workshop on affective shared perception (WASP) at IEEE ICDL 2020 (virtual)
Workshop on Measuring Computational Creativity: Collaboratively Designing Metrics for Evaluating Creative Machines at the Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts (ISEA 2020)
Workshop on Cognitive Robotics for Interaction (CIRCE) Workshop at IEEE RO-MAN 2020.
Workshop on Deep Probabilistic Generative Models for Cognitive Architecture in Robotics, IROS 2019, Macau, China.
Workshop on Semantic Action and Policy Representations for Autonomous Robots (SPAR), IROS 2019, Macau, China.
Workshop on Task-Informed Grasping (TIG-II): From Perception to Physical Interaction – RSS 2019 Workshop, 22 June 2019.
Workshop on Next Generation Robotic Surgery: Seamless integration of Machine Learning, Knowledge Representation and Robotics within the operating rooms – ICRA 2019 Workshop, 24 May 2019
Workshop on BODIS: The utility of body, interaction and self learning in robotics at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018)
Workshop on Task-Informed Grasping (TIG) for Rigid and Deformable Object Manipulation at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018)
Workshop on Cross-modal Learning for Intelligent Robotics at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018)
Workshop on Towards Intelligent Social Robots: From Naive Robots to Robot Sapiens at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018)
Workshop on Robots for Assisted Living, at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018)
Workshop on Autonomous Dialogue Technologies in Symbiotic Human-Robot Interaction“, IROS 2018 at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018)
Workshop on Cognitive Whole-Body Control for Compliant Robot Manipulation (COWB-COMP) at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2018)
Workshop on Active touch for perception and interaction: How nature inspires robotics at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2018)
Workshop on New horizons in cognitive robotics and AI at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2018)
2nd Workshop on Semantic Policy and Action Representations for Autonomous Robots (SPAR) at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2017)
Workshop on “Introspective Methods for Reliable Autonomy” (IMRA-2017) at IROS 2017, 24th of September 2017.
Workshop on the Robotic Sense of Touch at ICRA 2017
Workshop on Machine Learning Methods for High-Level Cognitive Capabilities in Robotics at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2016), sponsored by TC CORO
Workshop on Bio-inspired Social Robot Learning in Home Scenarios at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2016), sponsored by TC CORO
Workshop on Human-Robot Collaboration: Towards Co-Adaptive Learning Through Semi-Autonomy and Shared Control at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2016), sponsored by TC CORO
Workshop on AI for Long-term Autonomy at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2016)
Workshop on Transfer of Cognitive Robotics Research to Industrial Assembly and Service Robots at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2015)
Workshop on Learning Object Affordances: a fundamental step to allow prediction, planning and tool use? at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2015)
Workshop on Neural-Cognitive Integration at the 38th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI 2015)
Workshop on Cognitive Surgical Robotics at ICAR 2015 full-day Tutorial and Workshop
Workshop on Combining AI Reasoning and Cognitive Science with Robotics at RSS 2015
Workshop on Cognitive Robotics as Interdisciplinary Science at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2015)
Workshop on Cognition: A Bridge between Robotics and Interaction at the ACM/IEEE Human Robot Interaction Conference (HRI 2015)
Latin American Summer School on Cognitive Robotics (LACORO), endorsed by TC CORO, in the Universidad de O’Higgins in Rancagua, Chile. December 9th to December 13th 2024.
4th Summer School on Human-Robot Interaction – September 18-23, 2023, Chęciny, Poland, endorsed by the TC CORO
The Ashesi Innovation Experience (https://ashe.si/aix) is a two-week enrichment program we run annually at Ashesi University for high school students from across Ghana and other parts of Africa. It includes a one-week hands-on robotics workshop. It was held in August 2022.
2022 EASE Fall School for cognition-enabled robot manipulation (https://ease-crc.org/fall-school-2022/) – September 2022.
Online course: Design and Implementation of Cognition-Enabled Robotic Systems. Michael Beetz, David Vernon, Joern Syrbe. On the German open KI Campus platform.
2021 EASE Fall School for cognition-enabled robot manipulation (https://ease-crc.org/fall-school-2021/) (virtual school)
Latin American Summer School on Cognitive Robotics (LACORO), 1-3 September, 2020.
iCog Initiative
An open initiative started at IIT with the goal of advancing knowledge of human cognition by designing, building, and sharing a common cognitive architecture for an embodied artificial system. More details and the entire list of recorded talks is available on https://icog.eu/
Special Session on Human Modeling for Adaptive Interactions and Robot Autonomy at IEEE RO-MAN 2024. Organizers: Rachid Alami, Phani Teja Singamaneni, Gloria Beraldo, Francesca Fracasso, Riccardo De Benedictis, Alessandra Sciutti, Alessandro Umbrico.
Second Edition of the Special Issue “Emerging Topics on Development and Learning” for IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems (2022). Editors: Dingsheng Luo, Angelo Cangelosi, Alessandra Sciutti, Weiwei Wan and Ana Tanevska
Special issue on Semantic Policy and Action Representations for Autonomous Robots (SPAR), Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems.
Research Topic “Affective Shared Perception” for Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience (2021)
Special Issue on Arts and Robotics on RA Magazine.
Happy Hour hosted by the IEEE-RAS TC on Cognitive Robotics @Humanoids2024
Why can robots outperform humans in certain tasks but struggle with others a toddler can handle with ease? What’s the minimum set of skills a machine needs to be considered “intelligent,” and how far (or close!) are we to achieving that?Cognitive robotics dives deep into these intriguing questions. This multidisciplinary field blends adaptive robotics, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and models based on biological and embodied cognition to push the boundaries of what robots can do. Curious? Whether you’re a seasoned pro or a newcomer, you’re invited to join the Technical Committee on Cognitive Robotics for a Happy Hour! Learn about our mission, current activities, and how we support the community while having a drink with others who share your interests.
euROBIN Week 2024
Associated with Humanoids 2024 in Nancy! The conference participants will have the chance to visit the euROBIN exhibition and see how the European teams are preparing for their coopetition (collaborative competition), which will take place on November 25-28 in Centre Prouvé, just after the HUMANOIDS 2024 conference. Find all the info on the coopetition here!
The 10th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, Christchurch, New Zealand, 5-8 December 2022
Interactive Service Robot Competition in Cyberspace organized in conjunction with IEEE/RSJ IROS 2022.
[DISSEMINATION] Participation at the round table “Encounter with extraordinary European women in science” dedicated to secondary school students and organized by France Embassy and Institut français Italia. Rome, Italy, 11th February 2022. https://youtu.be/mU2JCi5pdsU?t=5037 (in Italian, available also in French).
The Ninth Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems virtual, November 15 – 18, 2021
RoboCup@Home Simulation (Open Platform League) organized in conjunction with RoboCup AsiaPacific in 2021
Measurable Creative AI, ACM SIGGRAPH, Aug. 2021
[DISSEMINATION] Invited webinar on Promoting STEAM disciplines for girls dedicated to primary schools of Regione Liguria organized by “Progettiamoci il futuro” and Regione Liguria, 8th March 2021 (Italian) https://youtu.be/yjnjy7bnl18?t=1687
Chef’s Hat Cup Challenge competition, in conjunction with the 30th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI2021)
Book “Modelling Human Motion. From Human Perception to Robot Design” (2020), Springer International Publishing.
The IEEE RAS CEMRA Program for Creation of Educational Material in Robotics and Automation supported the creation of an introductory course on cognitive robotics in 2020.
International Foundation for Robotics Research Colloquium on Cognitive Robotics, 8 October 2020; the video proceedings are here.
International Foundation for Robotics Research Colloquium on Cognitive Robotics, 8 October 2020; the video proceedings are here.
Interview with TC co-chairs on human-level AI in robotics at IROS 2019.
Cutting edge forum on “Cognitive architectures for humanoids – where are we in our quest to achieve human-level AI in robotics?”, IROS 2019, Macau, China.
EuroAsianPacific Joint Conference on Cognitive Science event co-organized by the Cognitive Science Society (http://cognitivesciencesociety.org) and the International Association for Cognitive Science (IACS) (http://www.ia-cs.org). Torino, Italy, September 25-27, 2015
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