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Watch the ICRA keynote and plenary talks


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16 September 2026



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The 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA) was held in Vienna from the 1 – 5 June. The event brought together researchers and industry professionals with expertise spanning many different aspects of robotics.

IEEE have made the keynote and plenary talk recordings available to watch. You can also catch the panel discussions and keynote tutorials.

Watch here.

Available to watch are the following:

  • Plenary talks
    • Ken Goldberg – A Tale of Two Cultures: Can Agentic Coding Close the Gap?
    • Barbara Mazzolai – Natural Revolution: Biological Principles for Frugal and Sustainable Robotics
    • Roland Siegwart – Aerial Robots – From Omnidirectional Flight to Physical Interaction at Height
  • Keynote sessions
    • Autonomous Vehicles & Navigation
    • Medical & Healthcare Robotics
    • Robot Perception & Spatial AI
    • Manipulation, Humanoids, Embodied Design
    • Robot Learning, Planning & Foundation Models
    • Human-Robot Interaction
  • Industry keynote sessions
  • Awards
  • Keynote tutorials
  • Panels
    • Panel 1 – From Humanoid Robotics Research to Startup Creation: The Role of Public Funding
    • Panel 2 – Advancing Sustainability in Robotics: From Green Design to Real-World Impact
    • Panel 3 – Building Sustainable and Trustworthy AI for Automation
    • Panel 4 – Publish or Perish: Surviving the Paper Deluge – Is AI the solution? If not, what is the Solution?
    • Panel 5 – “Robots for All” in a Fragmented World: Competing Global Visions and Shared Futures from Europe, Asia, and the United States
    • Panel 6 – Impact and Financial Return on Humanoid Investment



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