Conferences & Workshops

The IEEE Robotics & Automation technical conferences and workshops offer a unique opportunity to participate in the advancement of the industry’s research base, through interaction with other robotics and automation professionals and engage in expert panel discussions tutorial sessions, short courses, supplier exhibits and social events with the leaders and innovators of the industry.

    ICRA Keywords

    Keywords for ICRA are listed below, first in alphabetical order and then by RAS Subject Area. Note that the ICRA keywords match the keywords for the Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) journal, to facilitate the ICRA option for RA-L.

    In alphabetical order:
    Additive Manufacturing
    Aerial Robotics
    Agent-Based Systems
    Agricultural Automation
    AI Reasoning Methods
    Assembly
    Automation at Micro-Nano Scales
    Automation in Life Sciences: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical and Health Care
    Automation Technologies for Smart Cities
    Autonomous Agents
    Autonomous Vehicle Navigation
    Behaviour-Based Systems
    Biological Cell Manipulation
    Biologically-Inspired Robots
    Biomimetics
    Brain Machine Interface
    Building Automation
    Calibration and Identification
    Cellular and Modular Robots
    Climbing robots
    Cognitive Human-Robot Interaction
    Collision Avoidance
    Compliance and Impedance Control
    Compliant Assembly
    Compliant Joint/Mechanism
    Computational Geometry
    Computer Vision for Automation
    Computer Vision for Manufacturing
    Computer Vision for Medical Robotics
    Computer Vision for Other Robotic Applications
    Computer Vision for Transportation
    Contact Modelling
    Control Architectures and Programming
    Cooperative Manipulators
    Demining Systems
    Dexterous Manipulation
    Direct/Inverse Dynamics Formulation
    Discrete Event Dynamic Automation Systems
    Distributed Robot Systems
    Domestic Robots
    Dual Arm Manipulation
    Education Robotics
    Energy and Environment-aware Automation
    Factory Automation
    Failure Detection and Recovery
    Field Robots
    Flexible robots
    Force and Tactile Sensing
    Force Control
    Formal Methods for Robotics
    Foundations of Automation
    Gesture, Posture and Facial Expressions
    Grasping
    Grippers and Other End-Effectors
    Haptics and Haptic Interfaces
    Health Care Management
    Human Detection & Tracking
    Human Factors and Human-in-the-Loop
    Human Performance Augmentation
    Human-Centered Automation
    Humanoid and Bipedal Locomotion
    Humanoid Robots
    Hybrid Logical/Dynamical Planning and Verification
    Hydraulic/Pneumatic Actuators
    Industrial Robots
    Intelligent and Flexible Manufacturing
    Intelligent Transportation Systems
    Inventory management
    Kinematics
    Learning and Adaptive Systems
    Localization
    Logistics
    Manipulation Planning
    Manufacturing, Maintenance and Supply Chains
    Mapping
    Marine Robotics
    Mechanism Design of Manipulators
    Mechanism Design of Mobile Robots
    Medical Robots and Systems
    Micro/Nano Robots
    Mining Robotics
    Mobile Manipulation
    Motion and Path Planning
    Motion Control of Manipulators
    Multifingered Hands
    Multilegged Robots
    Nanomanufacturing
    Networked Robots
    Neurorobotics
    Nonholonomic Mechanisms and Systems
    Nonholonomic Motion Planning
    Novel Actuators for Natural Machine Motion
    Object detection, segmentation, categorization
    Omnidirectional Vision
    Optimization and Optimal Control
    Parallel Robots
    Passive Walking
    Path Planning for Multiple Mobile Robots or Agents
    Petri Nets for Automation Control
    Physical Human-Robot Interaction
    Physically Assistive Devices
    Planning, Scheduling and Coordination
    Probability and Statistical Methods
    Process Control
    Product Design, Development and Prototyping
    Prosthetics and Exoskeletons
    Range Sensing
    Reactive and Sensor-Based Planning
    Recognition
    Redundant Robots
    Rehabilitation Robotics
    RGB-D Perception
    Robot Companions
    Robot Safety
    Robotics in Agriculture and Forestry
    Robotics in Construction
    Robotics in Hazardous Fields
    Robust/Adaptive Control of Robotic Systems
    Search and Rescue Robots
    Semantic Scene Understanding
    Semiconductor Manufacturing
    Sensor-based Control
    Sensor Fusion
    Sensor Networks
    Service Robots
    Simulation and Animation
    SLAM
    Social Human-Robot Interaction
    Soft Material Robotics
    Software, Middleware and Programming Environments
    Space Robotics
    Surgical Robotics: Laparoscopy
    Surgical Robotics: Planning
    Surgical Robotics: Steerable Catheters/Needles
    Surveillance Systems
    Sustainable Production and Service Automation
    Swarms
    Telerobotics and Teleoperation
    Tendon/Wire Mechanism
    Underactuated Robots
    Virtual Reality and Interfaces
    Visual Learning
    Visual Servoing
    Visual Tracking
    Visual-Based Navigation
    Wheeled Robots

    By subject area:
    (Note: Subject areas are provided for convenience; they are not strict definitions and do not necessarily correspond to specific Editors.)

    Applications

      Agricultural AutomationAutomation in Life Sciences: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical and Health CareAutomation Technologies for Smart CitiesBrain Machine InterfaceBuilding AutomationEducation RoboticsEnergy and Environment-aware AutomationHuman-Centered AutomationIndustrial RobotsIntelligent Transportation SystemsNeuroroboticsProduct Design, Development and PrototypingRobotics in Agriculture and ForestryRobotics in ConstructionRobotics in Hazardous FieldsSearch and Rescue RobotsSurveillance Systems

    Autonomy for Mobility and Manipulation

      Autonomous AgentsAgent-Based SystemsAI Reasoning MethodsBehaviour-Based SystemsControl Architectures and ProgrammingHuman detection & trackingMobile ManipulationObject detection, segmentation, categorizationSoftware, Middleware and Programming EnvironmentsReactive and Sensor-Based PlanningSemantic Scene Understanding

    Cognitive Robotics

      Cognitive Human-Robot InteractionGesture, Posture and Facial ExpressionsLearning and Adaptive SystemsRobot CompanionsSocial Human-Robot Interaction

    Field Robotics

      Aerial RoboticsDemining SystemsField RobotsMarine RoboticsMining RoboticsSpace Robotics

    Human-Centered Robotics and Automation

      Haptics and Haptic InterfacesHuman Factors and Human-in-the-LoopHuman Performance AugmentationPhysical Human-Robot InteractionPhysically Assistive DevicesTelerobotics and TeleoperationVirtual Reality and Interfaces

    Humanoids and Animaloids

      Climbing robotsCompliant Joint/MechanismHumanoid and Bipedal LocomotionHumanoid RobotsMultilegged RobotsNovel Actuators for Natural Machine MotionPassive Walking

    Localization and Mapping

      LocalizationMappingRange SensingSLAM

    Logistics

      Discrete Event Dynamic Automation SystemsFactory AutomationFoundations of AutomationHealth Care ManagementIntelligent and Flexible ManufacturingInventory managementLogisticsManufacturing, Maintenance and Supply ChainsPetri Nets for Automation ControlPlanning, Scheduling and CoordinationSustainable Production and Service Automation

    Manipulation and Grasping

      Contact ModellingDexterous ManipulationGraspingGrippers and Other End-EffectorsManipulation PlanningMultifingered Hands

    Manufacturing, process, and service automation

      • AssemblyAutonomous Vehicle NavigationCompliant AssemblyDomestic Robots

    Dual Arm Manipulation

      Force and Tactile SensingProcess ControlService Robots

    Mechanisms, Design, and Control

      • Compliance and Impedance Control

    Failure Detection and Recovery

      Force ControlHydraulic/Pneumatic ActuatorsMechanism Design of ManipulatorsMechanism Design of Mobile RobotsMotion Control of ManipulatorsRedundant RobotsRobot SafetyRobust/Adaptive Control of Robotic SystemsTendon/Wire Mechanism

    Medical and Rehabilitation

      Medical Robots and SystemsRehabilitation RoboticsProsthetics and ExoskeletonsSurgical Robotics: LaparoscopySurgical Robotics: Steerable Catheters/NeedlesSurgical Robotics: Planning

    Micro, Nano, and Biomimetic Systems

      Additive ManufacturingAutomation at Micro-Nano ScalesBiological Cell ManipulationBiologically-Inspired RobotsBiomimeticsMicro/Nano RobotsNanomanufacturingSemiconductor ManufacturingSoft Material Robotics

    Multiple and Distributed Systems

      Cellular and Modular RobotsCooperative ManipulatorsDistributed Robot SystemsNetworked RobotsPath Planning for Multiple Mobile Robots or AgentsSensor NetworksSwarms

    Planning and Simulation

      Collision AvoidanceComputational GeometryMotion and Path PlanningSimulation and Animation

    Theoretical Foundations

      Calibration and IdentificationDirect/Inverse Dynamics FormulationFlexible robotsFormal Methods for RoboticsHybrid Logical/Dynamical Planning and VerificationKinematicsNonholonomic Mechanisms and SystemsNonholonomic Motion PlanningOptimization and Optimal ControlParallel RobotsProbability and Statistical MethodsUnderactuated RobotsWheeled Robots

    Vision and Sensor-Based Control

      • Computer Vision for Medical RoboticsComputer Vision for Other Robotic Applications

    Omnidirectional Vision

      • Sensor-based Control

    Sensor FusionVisual-Based Navigation

      • Visual Servoing

    Visual Tracking

    Visual Perception and Learning

      Computer Vision for AutomationComputer Vision for ManufacturingComputer Vision for TransportationRecognitionRGB-D PerceptionVisual Learning