The 2026 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2026) will be held from September 27 through October 1, 2026 at the David Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. IROS is one of the largest and highest-impact robotics research conferences worldwide. It provides an international forum for the international robotics research community to explore frontiers of science and technology in intelligent robots and smart machines. In addition to technical sessions and multi-media presentations, IROS will also include panel discussions, forums, workshops, tutorials, exhibits, and technical tours to enrich the fruitful discussions among conference attendees.

Innovative research results on topics related (but not limited) to the following are invited: robot design, robot kinematics/dynamics/control, system integration, AI in robotics, sensor/actuator networks, distributed and cloud robotics, bio-inspired systems, service robots, robotics in automation, biomedical applications, autonomous vehicles (land, sea, and air), robot perception, manipulation with multifinger hands, micro/nano systems, sensor information, multimodal interface and human robot interaction, and robot vision.

As peer-reviewed archival publications, all accepted papers will be hosted on IEEE Xplore. Prospective authors are invited to submit high-quality papers representing original work. Submissions in all areas of intelligent robots and applications are welcome.