Join us once again for the 2nd Thermal Infrared in Robotics (TIRO) workshop, where researchers, industry practitioners, and innovators come together to advance thermal infrared imaging in robotics. Building on last year’s inaugural event, this year’s workshop shifts from highlighting the promise of thermal sensing to addressing one of the field’s most pressing needs: large-scale, diverse, and standardized thermal infrared datasets for robotics. 

TIRO 2026 aims to catalyze a community-wide effort toward scalable thermal data infrastructure for robotics. Inspired by initiatives such as Ego4D, the workshop will bring together leading groups from academia and industry to discuss data collection priorities, benchmark design, annotation strategies, metadata standards, and evaluation protocols grounded in real deployment needs. Through invited keynotes, technical presentations, and structured discussions, participants will help identify common failure modes, distill best practices, and shape a concrete roadmap for the next generation of thermal robotics research. Supported by Hanwha Systems and Field AI, the workshop will foster direct collaboration across sectors and provide a venue for shaping the future of thermal infrared robotics through shared resources and community-driven benchmarks.

We warmly welcome you to join us once again for this exciting workshop and be part of shaping the future of thermal imaging in robotics!

The workshop is open to public and will be live-hosted on the day of the workshop. The zoom will be moderated by a member of the organizing committee to take questions and moderate the logistics of the workshop.

The details to workshop links are as follows:

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When you come in, please make sure to mute your mic. If you cannot access the link, please email donkeymouse@snu.ac.kr