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<span style="font-family: helvetica-w01-bold; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(19, 93, 234);"><b>8th RoboTac 2026 </b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica-w01-bold; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(227, 28, 32);"><b>5th June 2026, full day workshop</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica-w01-bold; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(65, 65, 65);"><b>ICRA 2026</b></span><span style="font-family: helvetica-w01-light; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(65, 65, 65);"> - Vienna, Austria</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica-w01-bold; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(19, 93, 234);"><b>Embodied Tactile Intelligence </b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica-w01-bold; font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(19, 93, 234);"><b>in Predictive Perception, Learning & Control in Grasping & Manipulation</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We invite contributions to the
<b>8th fully day </b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(4, 51, 255);"><b>RoboTac 2026</b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> Workshop</b> at ICRA 2026. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(4, 50, 255);"><b>Embodied Tactile Intelligence in Predictive Perception, Learning & Control in Grasping and Manipulation</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The workshop will take place at
<b>ICRA 2026, Vienna, Austria</b> on <b>June 5, 2026 (full day)</b>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>RoboTac 2026</b> focuses on the emerging role of
<b>embodied tactile intelligence and visuo-tactile-LLM foundation models</b> for robotic manipulation. The workshop aims to bring together researchers working on
<b>tactile sensing, multimodal learning, robot perception, manipulation, and embodied AI</b>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(4, 50, 255);"><b>Invited Speakers (selection):</b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><br>
</b> Marcie OMalley (Rice University)<br>
Kevin Lynch (Northwestern University)<br>
Oliver Brock (TU Berlin)<br>
Sethu Vijayakumar (University of Edinburgh)<br>
Alberto Rodriguez (Boston Dynamics)<br>
Fumiya Iida (University of Cambridge)<br>
Domenico Prattichizzo (University of Siena)<br>
Yasemin Vardar (TU Delft)<br>
Ad Spiers (Imperial College London)<br>
Matei Ciocarlie (Columbia University)<br>
Lorenzo Jamone (University College London)<br>
Huaping Liu (Tsinghua University)<br>
Matteo Bianchi (University of Pisa)<br>
Gregory Gerling (University of Virginia)<br>
Matej Hoffmann (Czech Technical University in Prague)<br>
Michaλl Wiertlewski (TU Delft)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(4, 50, 255);"><b>Topics include (but are not limited to):</b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
Tactile sensing and perception<br>
Human sense of touch and embodiment<br>
Visuo-tactile representation learning<br>
Multimodal foundation models for robotics<br>
Dexterous manipulation and grasping<br>
Learning and control with tactile feedback</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(4, 50, 255);"><b>Submission:</b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
Extended abstracts (24 pages, IEEE ICRA format)<br>
<b>Submit via email:</b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(4, 50, 255);"><b>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(4, 50, 255);"><b>Important Dates</b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
Submission deadline: </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(238, 0, 0);"><b>April 20, 2026<br>
</b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Notification: April 25, 2026<br>
Camera-ready: April 30, 2026<br>
Workshop: </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(200, 38, 19);">June 5, 2026, full day</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(4, 50, 255);"><b>Awards</b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
Best Student Poster </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(255, 38, 0);">$300</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We look forward to your contributions and to meeting you in
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(4, 51, 255);"><b>Vienna at ICRA 2026</b>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Best regards,<br>
RoboTac 2026 Organizers</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">Prof. Mohsen Kaboli BMW Group & Eindhoven University of Technology</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">Pietro Dardano BMW Group & Eindhoven University of Technology</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">Prof. Irene Kuling Eindhoven University of Technology</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">Dr. Robert Haschke University of Bielefeld</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none;">Prof. Patrick van der Smagt Foundation Robotics & ELTE University</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
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