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ICRA 2015

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ICRA is the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society's flagship conference and is a premier international forum for robotics researchers to present their work. The 2015 conference will be held May 26-30, 2015 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington, USA.

The conference will include plenary and mini-plenary sessions, contributed paper sessions, workshops and tutorials, exhibits, and robot challenges as well as some events that are new to ICRA. This year’s forums and special events include:

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You can now download the conference app! Just use your email address linked to your registration. The app is a great way to plan your schedule, network, and receive updates. And don't wait until the last minute! For all questions, please email icra2015.media@gmail.com.

Special Screening of ROBOTS

ROBOTS is a sneak peek into the future at what might be possible as scientists use innovative engineering and design to make cyber characters less "humanoid" and more just plain human. Robot "actor" RoboThespian will introduce you to CHIMP, ATLAS, PR-2, Herb the Butler, ICUB, and others as he takes you on an amazing tour of what's going on in robotics labs around the world.

  • 4 November 2015
    ICRA has been featured in the news!  Catch all the news items here.
  • October 2015
    Find ICRA articles on Robohub.
  • 10 September 2015
    IEEE Xplore reports that ICRA celebrates diversity in robots and roboticists.
  • 30 July 2015
    IEEE Institute recognizes an all-women ICRA organizing committee.
  • 15 June 2015
    Robot Challenges reported on IEEE.tv.
  • June 2015
    Find ICRA articles on IEEE Spectrum.
  • 30 May 2015
    Gizmag gives conference highlights.
  • 27 May 2015
    See all the ICRA related videos on our YouTube channel including the trailer and plenaries.
  • 21 May 2015
    The conference app is now available for download!
  • 23 April 2015
    The ICRA 2015 trailer is released!
  • 18 April 2015
    Speaker Instructions are now available here.
  • 13 April 2015
    Award finalists are announced!
  • 4 April 2015
    Robot Guru Mentoring Workshop Travel Scholarships are open!
  • 1 April 2015
    Developing Countries Forum participation deadline extended to April 7, 2015.
  • 22 March 2015
    A "Late Breaking Results" Poster Session is announced. Submissions are open in PaperPlaza and are due by April 15, 2015.
  • 21 March 2015
    The Technical Program is available on PaperPlaza.
  • 14 March 2015
    PhD Forum Applications are open!
  • 28 February 2015
    Travel Grant Applications are open!
  • 2 February 2015
    Registration for ICRA 2015 is open!
  • 30 January 2015
    ICRA 2015 had an acceptance rate of 41% for technical papers.
  • 19 November 2014
    42 workshops and tutorials were accepted for ICRA 2015.
  • 10 October 2014
    ICRA received a record number of 2275 paper submissions and 64 workshop/tutorial submissions this year
  • 6 October 2014
    The deadline for video attachment submissions to submitted papers has been extended to 7 October 2014.
  • 1 October 2014
    The deadline for paper submissions and workshop/tutorial proposals has been extended to 2 October 2014.
  • 27 September 2014
    The deadline for video attachment submissions to submitted papers is 6 October 2014.
  • 9 September 2014
    The Call for Trailer Video Materials is available and the deadline for submissions is 1 November 2014.
  • 3 July 2014
    The Call for Robot Challenges is available and the deadline for submissions is 8 August 2014.
  • 30 May 2014
    The ICRA 2015 website has been launched.
  • 30 May 2014
    The Call for Papers is available and the deadline for submissions is 1 October 2014.
  • 8 August 2014
    Robot Challenge deadline
  • 1 October 2014
    Paper Submission deadline
    Workshop/Tutorial proposal deadline
  • 7 October 2014
    Video Attachment Submission deadline
  • 1 November 2014
    Clip Submission deadline
  • 15 November 2014
    HRATC Paper Submission deadline
  • 30 January 2015
    Paper acceptance notification
  • 27 February 2015
    Final contribution deadline
  • 30 March 2015
    Ph.D. Forum Submission deadline
  • 31 March 2015
    Travel Grant Application deadline
  • 7 April 2015
    Developing Countries Forum Submission deadline
  • 15 April 2015
    Late Breaking Results Poster Submission deadline