ICARSC 2026



























IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions

Barcelos, Portugal

April 22-23, 2026

ICARSC
2026

Scientific Meeting
April 22-23, 2026

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Welcome

Dear colleague,

We are pleased to inform you that ICARSC 2026 26th IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions will be held in Barcelos, Portugal, on April 22-23, 2026. The conference is organized within ROBOTICA 2026 – 26th Portuguese Robotics Open, a RoboCup-sponsored local event, and it is promoted by the Universidade de Aveiro, Universidade do Porto, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Universidade de Coimbra and Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave. 

 Conference Scope

ICARSC gathers participants from academia and industry working in the field of autonomous robotics and related areas. ICARSC is a well-established IEEE conference that has been growing continuously for over a decade and is nowadays a truly international forum attracting worldwide quality research papers. ICARSC has long been an IEEE co-sponsored event and its proceedings will be indexed in IEEExplore and Scopus. Moreover, similarly to previous editions, extended versions of selected best papers will be invited for publication in relevant indexed journals.

Important Dates

*Due to major disruptions in central Portugal caused by Storm Kristin, we are postponing the submission deadline to February 4.
Submission Jan 23, 2026
Fev 04, 2026
Notification Mar 13, 2026
Camera Ready Mar 24, 2026
Registration Mar 24, 2026 (Reduced price)
Conference Apr 22-23, 2026

 Conference Topics

The conference aims to gather researchers from industry and academia to present and discuss the latest trends in research and technology in the fields of robotics and related areas. Contributions from researchers, industry, and outputs from collaboration between industrial and academic R&D units are welcome in the following topics.

  1. Agricultural Robotics
  2. Applications of Autonomous Intelligent Robots
  3. Artificial Intelligence
  4. Autonomous Robotic Systems
  5. Computer Vision and Image Processing
  6. Control Architectures and Programming
  7. Cooperative Perception
  8. Cooperative Planning and Task Allocation
  9. Dexterous Manipulation and Grasping
  10. Educational Robotics
  11. Entertainment Robots
  12. Evolutionary Robotics
  13. Humanoid Robotics
  14. Human-Robot Interaction
  15. Localization, Mapping, and Navigation
  16. Locomotion and Actuation Systems
  17. Multi-Robot Coordination
  18. Multi-Robot Systems
  19. Planning, Reasoning and Modelling
  20. Recognition and Tracking
  21. Robot Learning
  22. Robotic Competitions
  23. Robotic Simulation
  24. Sensors and Sensor Integration
  25. Swarm Robotics
  26. Underwater Robotics

Paper Submission

Authors are invited to submit original research contributions in English. Six pages in the standard IEEE A4 format are allowed for each paper, including tables and figures. Full draft papers should be submitted electronically, in PDF format, using the URL: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icarsc2026. For evaluation, authors must remove their names from the submitted papers, and should take reasonable care not to indirectly disclose their identity. Submitted contributions categorized as review papers will not be considered for the conference, ensuring the focus remains on original research contributions. Accepted papers will be scheduled for presentation, which requires that at least one of the authors should register at the Conference and present the paper. If the authors of an accepted paper, either for oral presentation or poster, do not show up at the conference, the corresponding paper will not be submitted to IEEExplore.

ICARSC and IEEE Robotics and Automation Society are committed to advancing diversity in Robotics and Automation, and to promoting an inclusive and equitable culture that welcomes, engages, and rewards all who contribute to the field, without regard to ethnicity, religion, gender, disability, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

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