#ICRA16 duckies and robots: a poetic tribute

by Robohub Editors

04 May 2016

share this:

Image from ‘Duckietown’ at MIT. Photo: Jason Dorfman/MIT CSAIL

ICRA is the largest conference on Robotics and Automation. This year, the robotics community reflected on the strong and natural relationship between robots and rubber duckies. This is the result:

Duckies and Robots: Selected Poems

Please vote your favorite poem using this form. A special prize will be awarded (a functional duckie-robot hybrid) to the author of the most favourited poem.

Upcoming: a series of video tributes involving (you guessed it!) duckies.

tags: c-Events, cx-Arts-Entertainment, duckies and robots, ICRA 2016

Robohub Editors

AUAI is supported by:

Robot Talk Episode 163 – Robots helping people, with Aaron Edsinger

Robot Talk 25 Sep 2026

In the first episode of Robot Talk season 7, Claire chatted to Aaron Edsinger from Hello Robot about their Stretch robots that can help people with mobility issues live more independently.

An open source approach to physical AI from Intrinsic

Lucy Smith 25 Sep 2026

Find out more about the capabilities of Intrinsic Core.

What’s coming up at #IROS2026?

Lucy Smith 24 Sep 2026

Find out what the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems has in store.

Robotics roadmaps from around the world spotlight of the month: China

IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) 23 Sep 2026

China is targeting the next industrial revolution by doubling down on embodied AI and humanoid robotics, building directly on its vast manufacturing infrastructure.