Join us for an engaging and groundbreaking event focused on exploring the transformative role of thermal infrared imaging in robotics. As the inaugural workshop at ICRA 2025, Thermal Infrared in Robotics (TIRO) serves as a dynamic hub for researchers, industry professionals, and innovators to exchange knowledge, share insights, and discuss the latest developments in this rapidly evolving field.
TIRO is the first dedicated platform to highlight the integration of thermal infrared sensors in robotics, covering a wide range of topics such as perception, SLAM, computer vision, and cutting-edge applications designed to maximize the potential of thermal imagery. This workshop brings together leaders and experts who are at the forefront of developing novel methods and technologies to advance robotics using thermal imaging.
Organized by a team of experts with deep expertise in thermal imaging and robotics, TIRO offers participants the chance to showcase their work, collaborate on tackling emerging challenges, and explore future directions in the field. Whether you are a seasoned professional or new to thermal infrared applications, this workshop provides a valuable opportunity to connect, collaborate, and learn from others who share a passion for pushing the boundaries of robotics through innovative use of thermal imaging technology.
We warmly welcome you to join us 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:
Time: 2025. May 19th 08:00 ~ 18:00 EDT (GMT-4)
Zoom Link:https://snu-ac-kr.zoom.us/j/83277616894
Meeting ID: 832 7761 6894
When you come in, please make sure to mute your mic. If you cannot access the link, please email donkeymouse@snu.ac.kr
Our fantastic line of invited speakers are as follows
Sebastian Scherer
Carnegie Mellon University
Zubin Jacob
Purdue University
Kostas Alexis
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Jun Zhang
Nanyang Technical University
Lu Gan
Georgia Institute of Technology
February 1st, 2025: Submission Open
April 18th, 2025: Submission Deadline
May 1st, 2025: Decision Notification
May 9th, 2025: Final Submission Deadline
May 19th, 2025: Workshop date
Deadlines are at 23:59, GMT
8:30 ~ 9:00: Welcome & Introduction
9:00 ~ 9:40: Speaker 1, Sebastian Scherer
9:40~10:20: Speaker 2, Lu Gan
10:20~11:00: Coffee, Morning poster session
Boosting Cross-Spectral Unsupervised Domain Adaptation for Thermal Semantic Segmentation, Seokjun Kwon, Jeongmin Shin, Namil Kim, Soonmin Hwang, and Yukyung Choi
PoLaRIS Dataset: A Maritime Object Detection and Tracking Dataset in Pohang Canal, Jiwon Choi, Dongjin Cho, Gihyeon Lee, Hogyun Kim, Geonmo Yang, Joowan Kim, and Younggun Cho
Vision-Based Detection of Uncooperative Targets and Components on Small Satellites, Hannah Grauer, Elena Sorina Lupu, Connor Lee, Cailyn Smith, Sulekha Kishore, Darren Rowen, Benjamen Bycroft, Phaedrus Leeds, John Brader, Soon-Jo Chung
M2P2: A Multi-Modal Passive Perception Dataset for Off-Road Mobility in Extreme Low-Light Conditions, Aniket Datar, Anuj Pokhrel, Mohammad Nazeri, Madhan B. Rao, Harsh Rangwala, Chenhui Pan, Yufan Zhang, Andre Harrison, Maggie Wigness, Philip R Osteen, Jinwei Ye, Xuesu Xiao
ThermalDiffusion : Visual-to-Thermal Image-to-Image Translation for Autonomous Navigation, Shruti Bansal, Wenshan Wang, Yifei Liu, Parv Maheshwari
Diffusion-based Thermal Infrared Image Denoising via Latent and Wavelet Domain Optimization, Tai Hyoung Rhee, Ayoung Kim
Design and Detection of an Infrared Fiducial Marker, Su Yeon Choi, Jongwon Lee, Tim Bretl
11:00~11:40: Speaker 3, Kostas Alexis
11:40~13:10: Lunch
13:10~13:50: Speaker 4, Jun Zhang
13:50~14:30: Speaker 5, Zubin Jacob
14:30~15:10: Panel discussion
15:10~16:00: Coffee, poster session
Temporal Consistency for RGB-Thermal Data-Based Semantic Scene Understanding, Haotian Li, Henry K. Chu, and Yuxiang Sun
ThermoStereoRT: Thermal Stereo Matching in Real Time via Knowledge Distillation and Attention-Based Refinement, Anning Hu, Ang Li, Xirui Jin, and Danping Zou
All-day Depth Completion via Thermal-LiDAR Fusion, JangHyun Kim, Minseong Kweon, Jinsun Park, Ukcheol Shin
*MrGS: Multi-modal Radiance Fields with 3D Gaussian Splatting for RGB-Thermal Novel View Synthesis, Minseong Kweon, JangHyun Kim, Ukcheol Shin, Jinsun Park
Learning Cross-Spectral Point Features with Task-Oriented Training, Mia Thomas, Trevor Ablett, Jonathan Kelly
*UASTHN: Uncertainty-Aware Deep Homography Estimation for UAV Satellite-Thermal Geo-localization, Jiuhong Xiao, Giuseppe Loianno
Low-cost Extrinsic Calibration Between LIDAR and Thermal Camera for Indoor Mapping, Benjamin Ronald van Manen, Ville V. Lehtola, Abeje Y. Mersha, Francesco Nex
* oral presentation candidates
16:00~17:15: Thermal Challenge Solution & Best poster award oral presentations
17:15~17:25: Award Ceremony
17:25~17:30: Conclusions & Closing Remarks
Ayoung Kim
Seoul National University
Soon-Jo Chung
California Institute of Technology
David Lee
Seoul National University
XingXing Zuo
California Institute of Technology
UkCheol Shin
Carnegie Mellon University
Ling Pei
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Michael Teutsch
Hensoldt
Jongsik Ahn
Hanwha Systems
We would like to thank all of our sponsors who helped us out to get this workshop hosted!