IROS Conference Paper Review Board
The IROS Conference Paper Review Board (CPRB) is organized in the same way as the ICRA CEB. There is one Editor-in-Chief (EiC), 30 Senior Editors (SE's), more than 400 Associate Editors (AE's), and several hundred Reviewers. Each paper to be reviewed will be assigned one Editor and to one of the AEs that that Editor supervises. The AE will be responsible for obtaining a minimum of two high quality reviews for each paper they handle, and for preparing an AE recommendation that explains the recommended decision regarding the paper acceptance and presentation type. The AEs will also help to identify papers to be considered for awards. The Editors will be responsible for reviewing and endorsing the work done by the AEs on the papers for which they are responsible.
The ultimate responsibility for the conference content, acceptance rate, symposia, etc. rests with the Program Committee. The purpose of the CPRB is to ensure a high quality, robust, reliable and consistent review process.
2023-2025 Editor-in-Chief

Grenoble, France
2020-2022 Editor-in-Chief

Shenzhen, China
2017-2019 Editor-in-Chief

2014-2016 Editor-in-Chief

Nuremberg, Germany
2011-2013 Editor-in-Chief

2022 CPRB Editors
2021 CPRB Editors
Abderrahmane Kheddar, CNRS, France (Profile AK)
Cecillia Laschi, National University of Singapore, Singapore (Profile LA)
Christian Laugier, INRIA, France (Profile CL)
Danwei Wang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Profile DW)
Darius Burschka, Technical University of Munich, Germany (Profile DB)
Darwi Caldwell, Italian Innstitute of Technology, Italy (Profile DC)
Dinesh Manocha, University of Maryland, USA (Profile DM)
Freek Stulp, German Aerospace Center, Germany (Profile FS)
Fumihito Arai, Nagoya University, Japan (Profile FA)
Guillem Alenya, Institut de Robotica i Informatica Industrial, Spain (Profile GA)
Jens Kober, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands (Profile JK)
Jinoh Lee, German Aerospace Center, Germany (Profile JL)
Joshua Marshall, Queen's University, Canada (Profile JM)
Kajta Mombaur, University of Waterloo, Canada (Profile KM)
Lorenzo Sabattini, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy (Profile LS)
Phillipe Lutz, Femto-st, France (Profile PL)
Ping Tan, Simon Fraser University, Canada (Profile PT)
Robert Gregg, University of Michigan, USA (Profile RG)
Shaojie Shen, HKUST, China (Profile SS)
Shoudong Huang, University of Technology Sydney, Australia (Profile SH)
Steven Waslander, University of Toronto, Canada (Profile SW)
Tetsuya Ogata, Waseda University, Japan (Profile TO)
Vadim Indelman, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel (Profile VI)
Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Nagoya University, Japan (Profile HA)
Yasuhisa Hirata, Tohoku University, Japan (Profile YH)
Yu Sun, University of South Florida, USA (Profile YS)
2020 CPRB Editors
Dinesh Manocha, University of Maryland, USA (Profile DM)
Danwei Wang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Profile DW)
Fumihito Arai, Nagoya University, Japan (Profile FA)
Freek Stulp, German Aerospace Center, Germany (Profile FS)
Gullem Alenya, Institut de Robotica i Informatica Industrial, Spain (Profile GA)
Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Nagoya University, Japan (Profile HG)
Hiromi Mochiyama, University of Tsukuba, Japan (Profile HM)
Ioannis Rekleitis, University of South Carolina, USA (Profile IR)
Joshua Marshall, Queen's University, Canada (Profile JM)
Kaspar Althoefer, Queen Mary University of London, UK (Profile KA)
Kazuo Kiguichi, Kyushu University, Japan (Profile KK)
Katja Mombaur, Heidelberg University, Germany (Profile KM)
Lorenzo Sabattini, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy (Profile LS)
Loredana Zollo, Università Campus Bio-Medico, Italy (Profile LZ)
Mitsuhiro Hayashibe, Tohoku University, Japan (Profile MH)
Philippe Fraisse, Universite Montpellier, France (Profile PF)
Philippe Lutz, Femto-st, France (Profile PL)
Ping Tan, Simon Fraser University, Canada (Profile PT)
Robert Babuska, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands (Profile RB)
Robert Gregg, University of Michigan, USA (Profile RG)
Ranjan Mukherjee, Michigan State University, USA (Profile RM)
Shugen Ma, Ritsumeikan University, Japan (Profile SM)
Shaojie Shen, HKUST, China (Profile SS)
Steven L. Waslander, University of Toronto, Canada (Profile SW)
Tetsuya Ogata, Waseda University, Japan (Profile TO)
Wan-Kyun Chung, POSTECH, South Korea (Profile WC)
Yasuhisa Hirata, Tohoku University, Japan (Profile YH)
Yu Sun, University of South Florida, USA (Profile YS)
2019 CPRB Editors
Concha Monje,Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain (Profile CM)
Dylan Tsai, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (Profile DT)
Emel Demircan, California State University - Long Beach, USA (Profile ED)
Freek Stulp, German Aerospace Center, Germany (Profile FS)
Guillem Alenyà, Institut de Robotica i Informatica Industrial, Spain (Profile GA)
Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Nagoya University, Japan (Profile HG)
Hiromi Mochiyama, University of Tsukuba, Japan (Profile HM)
Ioannis Rekleitis, University of South Carolina, USA (Profile IR)
Jorge Dias, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi (Profile JD)
Joshua Marshall, Queens University, Australia (Profile JM)
Kaspar Althoefer, Queen Mary University of London, UK (Profile KA)
Kazuo Kiguchi, Kyushu University, Japan (Profile KG)
Keehoon Kim, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea (Profile KK)
Katja Mombaur - Heidelberg, Germany (Profile KM)
Loredana Zollo, Università Campus Bio-Medico, Italy (Profile LZ)
Mitsuhiro Hayashibe, Tohoku University, Japan (Profile MH)
Philippe Fraisse, Universite Montpellier, France (Profile PF)
Roderich Gross, University of Sheffield, UK (Profile RG)
Ranjan Mukherjee, Michigan State University, USA (Profile RM)
Rodney Roberts, Florida State University, USA (Profile RR)
Shugen Ma, Ritsumeikan University, Japan (Profile SM)
Steven L. Waslander, University of Toronto, Canada (Profile SW)
Torsten Kroeger, Stanford University, USA (Profile TK)
Tetsuya Ogata, Waseda University, Japan (Profile TO)
Wan -Kyun Chung, POSTECH, South Korea (Profile WC)
Yasuhisa Hirata, Tohoku University, Japan (Profile YH)
Yangmin Li, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (Profile YL)
Yu Sun, University of South Florida, USA (Profile YS)
2018 CPRB Editors
Concha Monje, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain (Profile CM)
Dylan Tsai, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (Profile DT)
Emel Demircan, California State University - Long Beach, USA (Profile ED)
Freek Stulp, German Aerospace Center, Germany (Profile FS)
Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Nagoya University, Japan (Profile HG)
Hiromi Mochiyama, University of Tsukuba, Japan (Profile HM)
Ioannis Rekleitis, University of South Carolina, USA (Profile IR)
Juan Andrade-Cetto, Institut de Robotica i Informatica Industrial, Spain (Profile JA)
Jorge Dias, University of Coimbra, Portugal (Profile JD)
Kaspar Althoefer, Queen Mary University of London, UK (Profile KA)
Kazuo Kiguchi, Kyushu University, Japan (Profile KG)
Kensuke Harada, Osaka University, Japan (Profile KH)
Keehoon Kim, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea (Profile KK)
Loredana Zollo, Università Campus Bio-Medico, Italy (Profile LZ)
Mitsuhiro Hayashibe, Tohoku University, Japan (Profile MH)
Philippe Fraisse, Universite Montpellier, France (Profile PF)
Roderich Gross, University of Sheffield, UK (Profile RG)
Rodney Roberts, Florida State University, USA (Profile RR)
Shugen Ma, Ritsumeikan University, Japan (Profile SM)
Torsten Kroeger, Stanford University, USA (Profile TK)
Wan-Kyun Chung, POSTECH, South Korea (Profile WC)
Yasuhisa Hirata, Tohoku University, Japan (Profile YH)
Yangmin Li, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (Profile YL)
2017 CPRB Editors
Kaspar Althoefer, Queen Mary University of London, UK (Profile KA)
Juan Andrade-Cetto, Institut de Robotica i Informatica Industrial, Spain (Profile JA)
Maren Bennewitz, University of Bonn, Germany (Profile MB)
Wan-Kyun Chung, POSTECH, South Korea (Profile WC)
Emel Demircan, California State University, Long Beach, USA (Profile ED)
Jorge Dias, University of Coimbra, Portugal (Profile JD)
Roderich Gross, University of Sheffield, UK (Profile RG)
Keehoon Kim, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea (Profile KK)
Torsten Kroeger, Stanford University, USA (Profile TK)
Ryo Kurazume, Kyusyu University, Japan (Profile RK)
Yangmin Li, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (Profile YL)
Shugen Ma, Ritsumeikan University, Japan (Profile SM)
Jean-Pierre Merlet, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France (Profile JPM)
Jan Peters, TU Darmstadt, Germany (Profile JP)
Cedric Pradalier, Georgia Tech Lorraine, France (Profile CP)
Ioannis Rekleitis, University of South Carolina, USA (Profile IR)
Rodney Roberts, Florida State University, USA (Profile RR)
Adriana Tapus, ENSTA-ParisTech, France (Profile AT)
Carme Torras, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain (Profile CT)
Dylan Tsai, Osaka University, Japan (Profile DT)
2016 CPRB Editors
Tatsuo Arai, Osaka University, Japan (Profile TA)
Fumihito Arai, Nagoya University, Japan (Profile FA)
Maren Bennewitz, University of Bonn, Germany (Profile MB)
Jose A. Castellanos, University of Zaragoza, Spain (Profile JC)
Jorge Dias, University of Coimbra, Portugal (Profile JD)
Roderich Gross, University of Sheffield, UK (Profile RG)
Shinichi Harai, Ritsumeikan University, Japan (Profile SH)
Keehoon Kim, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea (Profile KK)
Jana Kosecka, George Mason University, USA (Profile JK)
Torsten Kroeger, Stanford University, USA (Profile TK)
Jean-Pierre Merlet, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France (Profile JPM)
Giuseppe Oriolo, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy (Profile GO)
Jan Peters, TU Darmstadt, Germany (Profile JP)
Cedric Pradalier, Georgia Tech Lorraine, France (Profile CP)
Dezhen Song, TAMU, USA (Profile DS)
Siddhartha Srinivasa, Carnegie Mellon University, USA (Profile SS)
Adriana Tapus, ENSTA-ParisTech, France (Profile AT)
Carme Torras, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain (Profile CT)
Eiichi Yoshida, AIST, Japan (Profile EY)
2015 CPRB Editors
Adriana Tapus, ENSTA-ParisTech, France (Profile AT)
Cedric Pradalier, Georgia Tech Lorraine, France (Profile CP)
Carme Torras, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain (Profile CT)
Danica Kragic, KTH, Sweden (Profile DK)
Dezhen Song, TAMU, USA (Profile DS)
Eiichi Yoshida, AIST, Japan (Profile EY)
Fumihito Arai, Nagoya University, Japan (Profile FA)
Giuseppe Oriolo, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy (Profile GO)
Jose A. Castellanos, University of Zaragoza, Spain (Profile JC)
Jorge Dias, University of Coimbra, Portugal (Profile JD)
Jan Peters, TU Darmstadt, Germany (Profile JP)
Jean-Pierre Merlet, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France (Profile JPM)
Keehoon Kim, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea (Profile KK)
Maren Bennewitz, University of Bonn, Germany (Profile MB)
Roderich Gross, University of Sheffield, UK (Profile RG)
Shinichi Harai, Ritsumeikan University, Japan (Profile SH)
Siddhartha Srinivasa, Carnegie Mellon University, USA (Profile SS)
Tatsuo Arai, Osaka University, Japan (Profile TA)
Torsten Kroeger, Stanford University, USA (Profile TK)
2014 CPRB Editors
Alois Knoll, TU Munich, Germany (Profile AK)
Adriana Tapus, ENSTA-ParisTech, France (Profile AT)
Danica Kragic, KTH, Sweden (Profile DK)
Dezhen Song, TAMU, USA (Profile DS)
Eiichi Yoshida, AIST, Japan (Profile EY)
Fumihito Arai, Nagoya University, Japan (Profile FA)
Giuseppe Oriolo, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy (Profile GO)
Jose A. Castellanos, University of Zaragoza, Spain (Profile JC)
Jan Peters, TU Darmstadt, Germany (Profile JP)
Jean-Pierre Merlet, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France (Profile JPM)
Jing Xiao, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA (Profile JX)
Maren Bennewitz, University of Freiburg, Germany (Profile MB)
Maria Gini, University of Minnesota, USA (Profile MG)
Shinichi Harai, Ritsumeikan University, Japan (Profile SH)
Simon Lacroix, LAAS, France (Profile SL)
Sang-Rok Oh, KIST, Korea (Profile SRO)
Siddhartha Srinivasa, Carnegie Mellon University, USA (Profile SS)
Tatsuo Arai, Osaka University, Japan (Profile TA)
2013 CPRB Editors
Wolfram Burgard - University of Freiburg, Germany (Profile WB)
Martin Buss - TU Munich, Germany (Profile MB)
Edwardo Fukushima - Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (Profile EF)
Maria Gini - University of Minnesota, USA (Profile MG)
Masashi Konyo - Tohoko University, Japan (Profile MK)
Danica Kragic - KTH, Sweden (Profile DK)
Simon Lacroix - LAAS, France (Profile SL)
Cecilia Laschi - Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy (Profile CL)
Kevin Lynch - Northwestern University (Profile KL)
Alison Okamura - Stanford University, USA (Profile AO)
Sang-Rok Oh - KIST, Korea (Profile SRO)
Adriana Tapus - ENSTA-ParisTech, France (Profile AT)
Ning Xi - Michigan State University, USA (Profile NX)
Jing Xiao - University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA (Profile JX)
Mark Yim - University of Pennsylvania, USA (Profile MY)
Eiichi Yoshida - AIST, Japan (Profile EY)
Hongbin Zha - Peking University, China (Profile HZ)
2012 CPRB Editors
Wolfram Burgard, University of Freiburg, Germany;
Gordon Cheng, Technical University of Munich, Germany;
Paolo Fiorini, University of Verona, Italy;
Li-Chen Fu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan;
Maria Gini, University of Minnesota, USA;
David Hsu, National University of Singapore, Singapore;
Cecilia Laschi, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy;
Marcia O'Malley, Rice University, USA;
Sang-Rok Oh, KIST, Korea;
Mihoko Otake, Tokyo University, Japan;
Satoshi Tadokoro, Tohoku University, Japan;
Adriana Tapus, ENSTA-ParisTech, France;
Ning Xi, Michigan State University, USA;
Jing Xiao, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA;
Mark Yim, University of Pennsylvania, USA
2012 Videos Editor
João Barreto, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2011 CPRB Editors
I-Ming Chen, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Alessandro De Luca, Universita di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy
Chad Jenkins, Brown University, USA
Danica Kragic, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Nikos Papanikolopoulos, University of Minnesota, USA
Frank Park, Seoul National University, Korea
Lynne Parker, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Shigeki Sugano, Waseda University, Japan
Frank van der Stappen, Univerity of Utrecht, The Netherlands