RoboCup 2026 Symposium

The RoboCup 2026 Symposium is the main scientific forum of RoboCup, bringing together researchers and practitioners from around the world to present and discuss recent advances in robotics and artificial intelligence.

The symposium is co-located with RoboCup 2026, fostering close interaction between cutting-edge research and real-world robotic competitions.

Venue

The RoboCup 2026 Symposium will be held in Incheon, Republic of Korea, in conjunction with RoboCup 2026.

The symposium venue provides participants with direct access to RoboCup competitions, exhibitions, and related events, offering a unique environment for exchange between academia and practice.

Location:

Songdo ConvensiA, 123, Central-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Republic of Korea

Call for Papers

Templates and Submission

Information regarding possible special tracks will be announced if applicable.

All papers will be peer-reviewed and evaluated by members of the Program Committee.

The proceedings of the RoboCup 2026 Symposium will be published and archived within the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNCS/LNAI) series by Springer-Verlag after the conference.

Submissions are limited to 12 pages including references. Papers should be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNAI author guidelines:

Springer LNCS/LNAI author guidelines

Paper submission link: To be announced

After paper acceptance, authors who require an invitation letter for visa applications will be able to find further information on this page.(Details to be announced)

Conference Topics

Conference topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

Robot Hardware and Software

  • Mobile robotics

  • Humanoid robotics

  • Sensors and actuators

  • Embedded and mobile devices

  • Robot construction and new materials

  • Robot system integration

  • Robot software architectures

  • Robot programming environments and languages

  • Real-time and concurrent programming

  • Robot simulators

  • Sim2Real learning

Perception and Action

  • 3D perception

  • Distributed sensor integration

  • Sensor noise filtering

  • Real-time image processing and pattern recognition

  • Motion and sensor models

  • Sensory-motor control

  • Robot kinematics and dynamics

  • High-dimensional motion control

Robot Cognition and Learning

  • World modelling and knowledge representation

  • Learning from demonstration and imitation

  • Localisation, navigation, and mapping

  • Planning and reasoning

  • Decision making under uncertainty

  • Neural systems and deep learning

  • Complex motor skill acquisition

  • Reinforcement learning and optimisation

  • Motion and sensor model learning

Human–Robot Interaction

  • Robot social intelligence

  • Fluency of interaction

  • Speech synthesis and natural language generation

  • Natural language recognition

  • Explainable robot behaviours

  • Emotion recognition and reaction

  • Understanding human intent and behaviour

  • Safety, security, and dependability

  • Enabling humans to predict robot behaviour

Multi-Robot Systems

  • Team coordination methods

  • Communication protocols

  • Learning and adaptive systems

  • Teamwork and heterogeneous agents

  • Dynamic resource allocation

  • Adjustable autonomy

Education and Edutainment

  • Robotics and artificial intelligence education

  • Educational robotics

  • Robot kits and programming tools

  • Robotic entertainment

Applications and Benchmarking

  • Search and rescue robots

  • Robot surveillance, service, and social robots

  • Robots at home, at work, and in public spaces

  • Robots in real-world environments

  • Performance metrics and benchmarking

  • Human–robot interaction in applied settings

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.

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