Call for Contributions!

We invite submissions of extended abstracts and software demos!

Are you an undergraduate/graduate student or a research assistant/postdoc? Are you using or developing simulation and modeling techniques for soft robotics research? If yes, then please consider submitting an extended abstract to our workshop! The abstract should be 2 pages long (excluding references, can go up to a maximum of 4) and should contain atleast 2 figures. If you have a working demo of your simulations, please consider submitting the demo as well.

Accepted submissions will be given a chance to present a poster, and submissions with software demos will be invited to give student spotlight talks during the workshop. The jury will decide upon a best poster/best presentation prize, and all participants will be provided certificates of participation.

SUBMISSION LINK: Use this Google form to submit your abstracts and videos.

The early deadline for submissions is 15 August 2025, and the acceptance will be conveyed by or before 20/21 August 2025 in order to ensure that attendees requiring a visa can apply for one in a timely manner, as well as do their early-bird registrations for IROS. In case of any difficulties uploading your submission, please don't hesitate to email adamya[at]u.nus.edu. 

The submissions should follow the  listed guidelines:
1) The extended abstract PDF should be written using the IEEE Overleaf template.
2) The minimum requirement for the optional software demo a video (up to 10 minutes long), which clearly
      shows how you set up and execute a simulation for soft robotics research.  More guidelines on the video
      submissions are at the bottom of this page. It would be ideal if you could also submit a link to a github
      repo that the workshop organizers can run and test for themselves.
3) Submission deadline: 15 August 2025

Topics of Interest for submissions (not exhaustive):
1) Simulations and Animations for Soft Robots
2) Trajectory Optimization
3) Computational Fabrication
4) Differentiable Simulations
5) Computational Design
6) Biological Modeling
7) Numerical Methods (FEM, Cosserat etc.)
8) Learning-based and Model Predictive Control
9) Kinematics and Dynamics Modeling
10) Musculoskeletal and Biomechanical Modeling

Guidelines for software demos:  The purpose of introducing software demos is to let the audience interactively understand the current techniques being adopted for simulation in soft robotics, and to understand the challenges faced while using/creating models. Video and ideally, executable code can greatly enhance the interactive aspect of the workshop. Hence, we request atleast a 10-minute video walk-through of your solver setup and its results, which clearly explains the soft robotics research problem being addressed/tackled. The video should show how you use simulation/modeling of soft robots/principles applicable to soft robotis in your research. Please clearly show how you set up the simulation environment and execute the simulation, as well as the key results. If the video is taking more than 10 minutes, you can submit a sped-up version as well. Please submit a link to a GitHub repo if you can provide a small executable code demo for the workshop organizers to test and run. These demos, subject to your permission, will be made available to the audience on the workshop day for their perusal. 

Don't hesitate to reach out to adamya@u.nus.edu for any questions!