Abstract
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: Aug 1st, 2025
Submission Deadline: Sep. 15th, 2025
Acceptance Notification: Rolling (Start from Aug. 15th )
Contributions can be submitted in one of the following two formats:
(a) Paper for Extended Abstract
Format: Extended abstract of up to 4 pages, following the IEEE IROS conference format
Supplementary Materials: Videos and demonstration proposals is encouraged
Presentation: Accepted papers will be presented through 3 to 5-minute spotlight talks. With the authors’ consent, abstracts will be published on the workshop website.
(b) 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 encouraged
Date: 24th Oct, 2025
Location: HangZhou, China
08:30 – 08:45
Workshop Introduction
08:45 – 09:10
09:10 – 09:35
09:35 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:25
Luyang Zhao: TBA
Roderich Gross: TBA
Moju Zhao: TBA
Tin Lun Lam: TBA
10:25 – 11:00
Poster Session I & Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:25
Benoît Piranda: TBA
11:25 – 12:00
Poster/Paper Presentation
12:00– 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:25
14:25 – 14:50
14:50 – 15:15
Rui Fukui: TBA
Nikos Tsagarakis: TBA
Josie Hughes: TBA
15:15 – 15:45
Poster/Paper Presentation
15:45 – 16:15
Poster Session II & Coffee Break
16:15 – 16:40
16:40 – 17:05
17:05 – 17:30
Speaker9: TBA
Speaker10: TBA
Speaker11: TBA
17:30 – 17:40
Closing Remark
Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
University of Tokyo, Japan
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
We gratefully acknowledge the support from the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programmer of the European Union under Project MAGICIAN (Grant Agreement No. 101120731), as well as Rui Dai and Jingcheng Jiang’s contribution to the development of the workshop website.