[visionlist] [Meetings] Call for Papers | 8th RoboTac 2026 Workshop @ ICRA – Embodied Tactile Intelligence for Grasping and Manipulation

[Kaboli, Mohsen]

8th RoboTac 2026

5th June 2026, full day workshop

ICRA 2026 - Vienna, Austria

Embodied Tactile Intelligence

in Predictive Perception, Learning & Control in Grasping & Manipulation

“Emerging the Role of Embodiment and Visuo-Tactile-LLM Foundation Models”

https://www.robotac.eu/robotac-2026

Dear colleagues,

We invite contributions to the 8th fully day RoboTac 2026 Workshop at ICRA 2026.

Embodied Tactile Intelligence in Predictive Perception, Learning & Control in Grasping and Manipulation

The workshop will take place at ICRA 2026, Vienna, Austria on June 5, 2026 (full day).

RoboTac 2026 focuses on the emerging role of embodied tactile intelligence and visuo-tactile-LLM foundation models for robotic manipulation. The workshop aims to bring together researchers working on tactile sensing, multimodal learning, robot perception, manipulation, and embodied AI.

Invited Speakers (selection):
• Marcie O’Malley (Rice University)
• Kevin Lynch (Northwestern University)
• Oliver Brock (TU Berlin)
• Sethu Vijayakumar (University of Edinburgh)
• Alberto Rodriguez (Boston Dynamics)
• Fumiya Iida (University of Cambridge)
• Domenico Prattichizzo (University of Siena)
• Yasemin Vardar (TU Delft)
• Ad Spiers (Imperial College London)
• Matei Ciocarlie (Columbia University)
• Lorenzo Jamone (University College London)
• Huaping Liu (Tsinghua University)
• Matteo Bianchi (University of Pisa)
• Gregory Gerling (University of Virginia)
• Matej Hoffmann (Czech Technical University in Prague)
• Michaël Wiertlewski (TU Delft)

Topics include (but are not limited to):
• Tactile sensing and perception
• Human sense of touch and embodiment
• Visuo-tactile representation learning
• Multimodal foundation models for robotics
• Dexterous manipulation and grasping
• Learning and control with tactile feedback

Submission:
Extended abstracts (2–4 pages, IEEE ICRA format)
Submit via email: robotac at bmw.de<mailto:robotac at bmw.de>

Important Dates
Submission deadline: April 20, 2026
Notification: April 25, 2026
Camera-ready: April 30, 2026
Workshop: June 5, 2026, full day

Awards
• Best Student Poster – $300
• Best Demo/Presentation – $200

We look forward to your contributions and to meeting you in Vienna at ICRA 2026.

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Best regards,
RoboTac 2026 Organizers

Prof. Mohsen Kaboli — BMW Group & Eindhoven University of Technology
Pietro Dardano — BMW Group & Eindhoven University of Technology
Prof. Irene Kuling — Eindhoven University of Technology
Dr. Robert Haschke — University of Bielefeld
Prof. Patrick van der Smagt — Foundation Robotics & ELTE University
Prof. Fumiya Iida — University of Cambridge


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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mohsen Kaboli

PI & Head  of Embodied AI, Interactive Robotic Perception and Learning,

Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e),  the Netherlands

PI & Lead AI & Robotic Lab, Center of Invention,  BMW Group, Munich, Germany

Website: www.robotac.eu<http://www.robotac.eu/>

E-Mail: mohsen.kaboli at bmwgroup.com<mailto:mohsen.kaboli at bmwgroup.com>

E-Mail: m.kaboli at tue.nl<mailto:m.kaboli at tue.nl>


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