Modular robotics has gained significant attention for its potential to create versatile, reconfigurable, and scalable robotic systems. This workshop will bring together researchers to discuss recent advances in modular robot design, control strategies, and real-world applications. We aim to explore the challenges and opportunities in this domain, fostering collaboration and innovation to drive the field forward. This whole-day event will provide a platform for researchers to present methodologies for modular reconfigurable robotic (MRR) systems with diverse morphologies, addressing aspects such as design, planning, control, and real-world applications. The workshop will highlight how MRRs can operate in various environments to perform tasks efficiently and adaptively.
We welcome research contributions across a broad spectrum, including original research, preliminary findings, and conceptual proposals. All submissions will be peer-reviewed based on their relevance and technical merit.
The workshop will focus on modular robots, covering the following topics, but not limited to:
Design principles and development of modular robotic systems
Control strategy for modular reconfigurable robots
Motion planning approaches for modular reconfigurable robots
Applications of modular robotic systems across various domains
Submission Portal: website
Submission Open: August 1st, 2025
Submission Deadline: September 15th, 2025 , September 25th, 2025, October 5th, 2025
Acceptance Notification: Rolling (Start from August 15th )
Contributions can be submitted in one of the following two formats:
Paper for Extended Abstract
Format: Extended abstract of up to 4 pages, following the IEEE IROS conference format
Supplementary Materials: Videos and demonstration proposals are encouraged
Presentation: Accepted papers will be presented through 5-minute spotlight talks. With the authors’ consent, abstracts will be published on the workshop website.
Poster Presentation
Format: A0 size, printer size pending on the IROS official requirement
Supplementary Materials: Hardware demonstrations and robotic system exhibitions related to the posters are strongly encouraged.
Room 310, Hangzhou International Expo Center, Hangzhou City, China
Luyang Zhao: "Soft Modular Robots: From Modular Tensegrity Structures to Bioinspired Sea Robots."
Hua Chen: "One Policy for multi-robot locomotion: cross embodiment generalization with diffusion policy and reinforcement learning."
Nico Bohlinger (Technical University of Darmstadt): "Multi-Embodiment Locomotion at Scale with extreme Embodiment Randomization"
Yicheng Chen (University of Tokyo): "Hierarchical Trajectory Planning of Reconfigurable Multi-Link Aerial Robot for Maneuvering in Confined Environments"
Hongxu Wang (Harbin Institute of Technology): "Configuration optimization of reconfigurable space robot for impulse minimization"
Jonathan Külz (Technical University of Munich): "A Design Co-Pilot for Task-Tailored Manipulators"
Tin Lun Lam: "Decoding Modular Reconfigurable Robots."
Roderich Gross: "The role of physics: From modular robots to robotic fabrics."
Benoît Piranda: "Self-Reconfiguration Algorithms for Tiny Quasi-Spherical Robots."
Lin Zhao: "MARS-Dragonfly: Agile and Robust Flight Control of Modular Aerial Robot Systems."
Moju Zhao: TBA
Rui Fukui: "Modular Robot Technologies for Environmental Structuring: Environment of the robots, by the robots, and for the robots."
Zhongchao Zhou (University of Tokyo): "A toolbox for designing modular pneumatic driven systems in
healthcare application"
Zhaoqi Ma (University of Tokyo): "Collaborative Valve Opening through Sequential Task Execution by Reconfigurable Modular Aerial Robots"
Nicholas Gunter (University of Colorado Boulder): "Soft piezoelectric (PVDF) actuators for shape morphing microrobots"
Nikos Tsagarakis: "CONCERT: A Modular Reconfigurable Robot for Construction."
Josie Hughes: TBA
Maolin Lei
Italian Institute of Technology, ItalyEdoardo Romiti
Italian Institute of Technology, ItalyMoju Zhao
University of Tokyo, JapanTin Lun Lam
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, ChinaNikos Tsagarakis
Italian Institute of Technology, Italy