Radar In Robotics :
New Frontiers

2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

June 1st, 2026 - Vienna, Austria (Location - TBD)

Workshop Overview

As more and more robots are deployed into the broader unstructured world, the requirements for robustness and safety continue to grow. In part because of this, radar-based sensing for robotics has surged in popularity over the past few years, driven by new hardware developments and radar’s ability to provide weather-agnostic and unique return information. While significant progress has been made in using radar for robot perception and navigation, some of its potential remains unrealized, and many challenges still need to be addressed.

This workshop explores the future of radar adoption in robotics. What underexplored tasks could benefit from this sensing modality? What will future sensors look like, and how will they perform? What other radar applications can inspire us?

Participants will hear from both experienced and upcoming academics and industry representatives who are both using and producing radar technologies. They will also discuss the future of the field with other attendees.

Invited Speakers

Daniel Adolfsson

Xtonomy & Indurad, part of Hexagon

Dong-Hee Paek

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)

Katherine Skinner

Assistant Professor, University of Michigan

Donnie Smith

Radar Signal Processing Lead, Waymo

Program

This workshop will be held in person during ICRA 2026 . Please see the tentative schedule below.

09:00-09:10 Welcome & introduction.
09:10-09:45 TBD (TBD) "TBD"
09:45-10:20 Daniel Adolfsson (Xtonomy & Indurad), "Radar Sensing Applications in Industrial Mining Environments"
10:20-10:50 Coffee break & poster session
10:50-11:25 Dong-Hee Paek (KAIST), "Shifting Input Paradigms in 4D Radar AI: From Point Clouds to Raw ADC."
11:25-12:05 Poster lightning talks
- - TBD (Poster 1)
  - TBD (Poster 2)
12:05-13:25 Lunch
13:25-14:00 Prof. Katherine Skinner (University of Michigan), "Radar Gaussian Splatting for High-Fidelity Data Synthesis and 3D Reconstruction of Autonomous Driving Scenes"
14:00-14:35 TBD (TBD), "TBD"
14:35-15:05 Coffee break & poster session
15:05-15:10 Best Poster Award
15:10-15:30 Competition results & presentation from winning team(s)
15:30-16:05 Donnie Smith (Waymo), "Title To Be Determined"
16:05-16:40 Roundtable discussion
16:40-16:50 Closing remarks, ending

Call for Posters & Competition

The workshop is designed to advance research in radar-based robotics.
We welcome submissions of papers that focus on the application of radar technology in robotics. Additionally, we are organizing a competition for the development of radar odometry algorithms.

For more details, please refer to the relevant section.

Go to [Call for Poster]

Go to [Call for Competition]