The 23rd IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC2023) is an international scientific meeting in the field of Mobile Robotics financially co-sponsored by the Portuguese Robotics Society, IEEE Portugal Section and IEEE Portugal RAS Chapter and technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS). The ICARSC conference is currently a top international scientific conference in the field of autonomous robotics and competitions.

This conference is promoted by the Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, the Universidade de Aveiro, Universidade do Porto, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança and the Portuguese Society of Robotics, with logistic support from Tomar City Council.

The conference will take place in Instituto Politécnico de Tomar at Tomar, Portugal, from 26 to 27 of April 2023, in conjunction with the Portuguese Robotics Open, a RoboCup-sponsored Local Event with several other associated competitions. Its scope encompasses, but is not limited to, the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Education. The conference is planned for physical participation.

The conference content will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. As in previous editions, special issues of extended selected papers are planned for publication in international journals indexed by Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge.