The IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO) is a single track workshop, aiming to provide world class researchers, engineers, investors, economists, and representatives of industry and government with a forum to discuss cutting-edge robotics technologies, business opportunities, and other impacts on human society. Topics range from psychological and philosophical aspects over interaction and communication to technological systems and architectures.

The IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Robotics (ARSO) and its Social Impacts is sponsored by the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society.

Upcoming Conferences

• 2026 Vienna, Austria

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• 2025 Osaka, Japan
• 2024 Hong Kong
• 2023 Berlin, Germany
• 2021 VIRTUAL
• 2020 Aichi, Japan
• 2019 Beijing, China
• 2018 Genoa, Italy
• 2017 Austin, Texas, USA
• 2016 Shanghai, China
• 2015 Lyon, France
• 2014 Evanston, Illinois, USA
• 2013 Tokyo, Japan
• 2012 Munich, Germany
• 2011 Half Moon Bay, California, USA 
• 2010 Seoul, South Korea
• 2009 Tokyo, Japan
• 2008 Taipei, Taiwan
• 2007 Hsinchu, Taiwan
• 2005 Nagoya, Japan

CBS is a premier international conference dedicated to frontier research and real-world applications in cyborg and bionic systems. The conference brings together researchers and industry leaders to explore systems based on the hybrid integration of organic, biomechatronic, and artificial components, including bio-hybrid actuators, intelligent sensors, neural interfaces, and embodied control strategies.

Driven by rapid advances in bionic technologies, artificial intelligence, and human–machine interaction, cyborg and bionic systems are opening new pathways to augment, restore, and extend human capabilities. These technologies hold transformative potential to address challenges related to health and disability, while also expanding human performance in terms of strength, dexterity, speed, perception, and cognition.

Upcoming Conferences

• 2026 Munich, Germany

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• 2024 Nagoya, Japan

ERAS aims to offer a space for all stakeholders across autonomous system reliability to come together to discuss the key challenges and present progress made towards solving them. The scope of the conference is on all the aspects of engineering reliable autonomous systems, ranging from systems and software engineering to their verification and evaluation. For the purpose of this conference, “autonomous systems” is synonymous with “systems that make their own decisions and can take their own actions,” and includes everything from autonomous decision-making software running in a virtual environment to teams of autonomous robots operating in a distributed physical environment, everything from simple reactive systems with no planning capability to complex systems incorporating machine learning and reasoning engines. Contributions addressing aspects of reliability across the entire life cycle of the system are welcome.

Upcoming Conferences

• 2026 Zagreb, Croatia

Past Conferences

• 2025 Worcester (MA), USA

The IEEE Haptics Symposium, held since 1992, is a vibrant forum where psychophysicists, engineers, and designers come together to share advances, spark new collaborations, and envision a future that benefits from rich physical interactions between humans and computers, generated through haptic (force and tactile) devices.

The IEEE Haptics Symposium is sponsored by the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society.

IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Haptics: ieee-ras.org/haptics

Website: hapticssymposium.org

Upcoming Conferences

• 2026 Reno (NV), USA

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• 2024 Los Angeles (CA), USA
• 2022 Virtual
• 2020 Washington D.C., USA
• 2018 San Francisco (CA), USA
• 2016 Philadelphia (PA), USA
• 2014 Houston (TX), USA
• 2012 Vancouver, Canada
• 2010 Waltham (MA), USA
• 2008 Reno (NV), USA
• 2006 Arlington (VA), USA
• 2004 Chicago (IL), USA
• 2003 Los Angeles (CA), USA
• 2002 Orlando, Florida, USA
• 2000 Washington D.C., USA
• 1998 Anaheim (CA), USA
• 1996 Atlanta (GA), USA
• 1994 Chicago (IL), USA
• 1992 Anaheim (CA), USA

The IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots is the internationally recognized prime event of the humanoid robotics community. Established in 2000 and held annually, the Humanoids Conference is a forum for researcher working in the area of humanoid robots including mechatronics, control, perception, planning, learning, human-robot interaction, biomechanics, artificial intelligence, cognition, and neuroscience.

The IEEE International Conference on Humanoid Robots is sponsored by the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society.

IEEE RAS Technical Committee: ieee-ras.org/humanoid-robotics

Upcoming Conferences

• 2026 Santa Clara (CA), USA (Website)

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• 2025 Seoul, South Korea
• 2024 Nancy, France
• 2023 Austin (TX), USA
• 2022 Okinawa, Japan
• 2021 Munich, Germany
• 2019 Toronto, Canada
• 2018 Beijing, China
• 2017 Birmingham, UK
• 2016 Cancun, Mexico
• 2015 Seoul, South Korea
• 2014 Madrid, Spain
• 2013 Atlanta (GA), USA
• 2012 Osaka, Japan
• 2011 Bled, Slovenia
• 2010 Nashville (TN), USA
• 2009 Paris, France
• 2008 Daejeon, Korea
• 2007 Pittsburgh (PA), USA
• 2006 Genoa, Italy
• 2005 Tsukuba, Japan
• 2004 Los Angeles (CA), USA
• 2003 Karlsruhe-Munich, Germany
• 2001 Tokyo, Japan
• 2000 Boston (MA),  USA

ICAR is the International Conference on Advanced Robotics technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. The technical program of ICAR consists of plenary talks, workshops and oral presentations from all areas of robotics, focusing on emerging paradigms and application areas including but not limited to: robotics vision, adversarial planning, cognitive robotics, robot operating systems, robotics architectures, simulation and visualization, mobile robots, robot swarms, humanoid robots, biologically-inspired robots, self-localization and navigation, embedded and mobile hardware, spatial cognition, robotic entertainment, human-robot interaction, robot competitions, multi-robot systems, unmanned aerial robots, search and rescue robots, underwater robotic systems, learning and adaptation, educational robotics, cooperation and competition, rehabilitation robotics, dynamics and control, and immersive robotics.

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• 2025 San Juan, Argentina

The goal of the conference is to bring together researchers who are in the field of multi-robot systems (MRS) and multi-agent systems (MAS). Typically, MRS/MAS research is spread across large conference, and this makes it difficult for us to keep up to date on new findings and meet others in the area. The intent of this conference is to bring those researchers together with a high-quality symposium to highlight the very best in the field. Previous iterations include MRS 2017, MRS 2019, MRS 2021, and MRS 2023.

The conference scope will include any research related to multi-robot and multi-agent systems, an inherently diverse community. Several competences are needed in this field, ranging from control systems to mechanical design, coordination, cooperation, estimation, perception, and interaction.

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• 2025 Singapore

Soft robotics is a recent exciting trend of robotics, taking the challenge of using soft materials and deformable structures for building robots, with high potential for impact in science and in applications. Given the young and fast growing area and the lively interdisciplinary community that grew around soft robotics, the RoboSoft international conference aims at presenting recent progresses in this field, for discussing new science, new technologies and new opportunities for applications.

The IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics is sponsored by the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society.

Website: softroboticsconference.org

Upcoming Conferences

• 2026 Kanazawa, Japan

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• 2025 Lausanne, Switzerland
• 2024 San Diego (CA), USA
• 2023 Singapore
• 2022 Edinburgh, Scotland
• 2021 Virtual
• 2020 Virtual
• 2019 Seoul, South Korea
• 2018 Livorno, Italy

The IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR) covers design and implementation of robotics, automation, intelligent machines, systems and devices that can contribute to civilian safety. Applications include search and rescue, rapid screening of travelers and cargo, hazardous material handling, humanitarian demining, and detection of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive risks. While this symposium is conceptually centered on a set of application domains, the focus is on quality research and fundamental principles that lead to useful robots and automation in all domains.

The IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics is sponsored by the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society.

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• 2025 Galway, Ireland
• 2024 New York City (NY), USA
• 2023 Fukushima, Japan
• 2021 New York City (NY), USA
• 2020 Abu Dhabi, UAE
• 2019 Wurzburg, Germany
• 2018 Philadelphia (PA), USA
• 2017 Shanghai, China
• 2016 Lausanne, Switzerland
• 2015 West Lafayette (IN), USA
• 2014 Toyako-cho, Hokkaido, Japan
• 2013 Linkoping, Sweden
• 2012 College Station (TX), USA
• 2011 Kyoto, Japan
• 2010 Bremen, Germany
• 2009 Denver (CO), USA

In recent years, we have witnessed the rapid evolution of haptics research. Fundamental understanding of touch perception, technologies for interface via haptics, and commercial applications, are all burgeoning. The IEEE World Haptics Conference is the premier conference for reporting research results and demonstrating novel capabilities in the field of haptics. There are many ways to participate in the conference including the submission of full-length technical papers, late-breaking work-in-progress papers, and demonstrations; participation in workshops and tutorials; and exhibition of commercial offerings. Corporations are also encouraged to consider sponsorship opportunities as a means of both supporting this dynamic community and maintaining visibility within it.

The IEEE World Haptics Conference is sponsored by the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society.

IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Haptics: ieee-ras.org/haptics

Past Conferences

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• 2021 Montreal, Canada (VIRTUAL CONFERENCE)