DEXTEROUS MANIPULATION
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THE RESEARCH CALENDAR
Conferences, workshops, tutorials and industry events for dexterous robotics. Find the next place to learn, share your work and meet collaborators.
· Santa Clara, USA
A conference and exhibition bringing together robot developers, engineers, founders and industry practitioners.
Submission deadlines have not been verified here. Follow the organizer’s current call.
Source review: 2026-09-23. Original source
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· Edinburgh, UK
Pollock Estate Complex · University of Edinburgh
A ROS developer conference with workshops, technical talks and lab tours. The published programme includes robot grasping, manipulation benchmarking and impedance control.
Broader robot software, rather than a hands-only event. Registration and workshop allocations are capacity-limited; check the programme for sessions relevant to your stack.
Regular talk and workshop submissions are closed. This date applies only to lightning talks.
Deadline sourceRegistration is first come, first served; workshop places may fill before this date.
Deadline sourceSource review: 2026-10-08. Original source
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· Austin, USA
JW Marriott Austin, Hilton Austin & Bass Hall
Conference on Robot Learning: learning methods, embodied systems and manipulation research. Main conference 9–11 November; workshops 12 November.
Registration is available on the official site; the demo proposal deadline has passed.
Source review: 2026-10-08. Original source
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· Austin, USA
A workshop on bimanual tool use, contact control and the connection between dexterous execution and generalist robot policies.
Parent conference and registration
The workshop lists several submission formats. Its schedule has inconsistent AM/PM labels; this directory records the event date only, not a confirmed session time.
The source gives a date without a cutoff timezone; confirm before submitting.
Deadline sourceCommunity questions; a separate route from paper submission.
Deadline sourceSource review: 2026-10-08. Original source
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· Austin, USA
An afternoon workshop on hand design, learning, sensing and evidence for dexterous manipulation. Posters, talks and demonstrations connect hardware and algorithm research.
Parent conference and registration
Past submission deadline; follow the workshop for its program and attendance requirements. Exact room is not yet verified.
Extended from September 30; this deadline has passed.
Deadline sourceSource review: 2026-10-08. Original source
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· Austin, USA
A hands-on tutorial on turning human videos into robot-training data: reconstruction, retargeting, validation and dexterous policy learning in Isaac Lab.
Parent conference and registration
The organizer describes laptop inspection, optional GPU execution and precomputed-artifact paths. The timetable is tentative; check the current setup requirements and CoRL registration before attending.
Submission deadlines have not been verified here. Follow the organizer’s current call.
Date note: Listed on CoRL’s accepted workshop/tutorial page. The date follows the conference’s 12 November workshop day; the tutorial page has a tentative timetable but no separate date or room. Date source
Source review: 2026-10-08. Organizer dates
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· Austin, USA
JW Marriott Austin
A half-day workshop on how physics simulation and learned world models can support contact-rich manipulation, planning and evaluation.
Parent conference and registration
An in-person workshop. The organizer has not finalized session start times; paper submissions closed before this source review.
Up to four pages excluding references; non-archival. Accepted work is presented in person.
Deadline sourceSource review: 2026-10-08. Original source
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· Austin, USA
A workshop examining how VLA policies, world models, physical priors and structured representations support dexterous manipulation and generalization.
Parent conference and registration
The manipulation challenge registration deadline has passed. Attendance and challenge participation are separate; confirm current arrangements with the organizer. The morning schedule is tentative.
Challenge entry, not general conference registration. Final task rules were not yet published at source review.
Deadline sourceSource review: 2026-10-08. Original source
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· Nuremberg, Germany
An industrial automation exhibition covering control systems, drives, sensors and connected production.
Submission deadlines have not been verified here. Follow the organizer’s current call.
Source review: 2026-09-23. Original source
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· Santa Clara, USA
Santa Clara Convention Center
A research conference on humanoid robotics with technical sessions, workshops and industry exhibits.
Conference homepage currently exposes template content. Use the organizer prospectus and IEEE listing; submission deadlines are not verified.
Submission deadlines have not been verified here. Follow the organizer’s current call.
Date note: The organizer prospectus includes public activities on 6 December; the IEEE calendar lists 7–9 December. Exhibits are 8–9 December. Confirm the sessions you plan to attend. Date source
Source review: 2026-10-08. Organizer dates
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· Sydney, Australia · Paris, France · Atlanta, USA
A broader machine-learning conference with robotics and embodied-learning workshops. Sydney runs December 6–12; Paris and Atlanta satellites run December 9–13.
The financial-assistance deadline has passed. The support page separately lists Paris volunteering until October 15, but also has a general closure notice; confirm that track directly before applying. Workshop contributions have individual calls.
Registration milestone, not a research submission deadline.
Deadline sourceDate note: This range spans three sites with different dates. Choose your site on the official registration page; there is no single calendar download for all locations. Date source
Source review: 2026-10-08. Organizer dates
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· Las Vegas, USA
Technology exhibition with broader commercial and OEM audiences.
Submission deadlines have not been verified here. Follow the organizer’s current call.
Source review: 2026-09-20. Original source
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· London, UK
UCL East Robotics · Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
The eighth UK workshop brings robot-manipulation researchers and industry together at UCL East Robotics.
The organizer lists submission and registration dates, but both portals were still marked “opening soon” at source review. Follow the official page for access and the programme.
Submission portal not yet open at source review; the submission format must be confirmed with the organizer.
Deadline sourceRegistration portal not yet open at source review. This is the standard-rate deadline, not a paper deadline.
Deadline sourceSubject to the organizer opening registration and remaining capacity.
Deadline sourceSource review: 2026-10-08. Original source
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· Anaheim, USA
The Automation sector covers robotics, motion control and precision assembly within a broader manufacturing exhibition.
Submission deadlines have not been verified here. Follow the organizer’s current call.
Source review: 2026-09-23. Original source
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· Birmingham, UK
International Convention Centre (ICC)
A forum connecting robotics research with industry, including a scientific track, workshops and exhibits. The scientific call emphasizes sustainable and circular industrial applications.
Use the organizer’s 2–4 March dates. The city accommodation page lists a wider 1–5 March period. Registration categories have different eligibility and access conditions.
Research must connect to sustainability, circularity or industrial applications. The call explicitly says CET; confirm with the organizer if interpreting local summer time.
Deadline sourceRegistration-rate deadline; category eligibility applies, and exhibition-only registration was not yet available at source review.
Deadline sourceAccepted papers only; not a new-submission opportunity.
Deadline sourceSource review: 2026-10-08. Original source
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· Santa Clara, USA
Research on how people interact with robots. Relevant to handovers, assistive manipulation and human-in-the-loop systems.
Full papers and workshop proposals have closed. The video/demo, student and industry tracks have separate deadlines; venue details are not yet verified.
Check the organizer’s eligibility and application requirements.
Deadline sourceAt least one author must register and present in person.
Deadline sourceStudent track; see the organizer for eligibility.
Deadline sourceSource review: 2026-10-08. Original source
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· Hannover, Germany
Industrial technology, manufacturing and automation.
Submission deadlines have not been verified here. Follow the organizer’s current call.
Source review: 2026-09-19. Original source
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· Brisbane, Australia
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
A soft robotics research conference on bio-inspired design and deployment in natural environments.
Source review: 2026-10-08. Original source
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· California, USA
A broader machine-learning conference relevant to representation learning, robot policies and reinforcement learning. Check the eventual workshop program for manipulation-specific sessions.
The main-paper deadline has passed. The organizer has not confirmed the venue in its venue section; do not infer a booking location from the page image.
For workshop organizers, not a deadline for individual workshop papers.
Deadline sourceDate note: The conference homepage says April 26–30, 2027. The workshop call has a 2026 year typo in its introductory paragraph; its deadline list is for the 2027 cycle. Date source
Source review: 2026-10-08. Organizer dates
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· Las Vegas, USA
Automation technologies, integrators and industrial suppliers.
Submission deadlines have not been verified here. Follow the organizer’s current call.
Source review: 2026-09-20. Original source
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· Seoul, South Korea
Coex
A robotics and automation research conference with papers, workshops, tutorials, exhibits and robot competitions.
The main paper call is closed. Check the organizer for other ways to participate.
Invited proposals only; the pre-proposal stage has closed.
Deadline sourceSource review: 2026-10-08. Original source
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· Boston, USA
Engineering and components for commercial robot development.
Submission deadlines have not been verified here. Follow the organizer’s current call.
Source review: 2026-09-20. Original source
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· Munich, Germany
Automation, robotics and production technology.
Submission deadlines have not been verified here. Follow the organizer’s current call.
Source review: 2026-09-19. Original source
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· Athens, Greece
Robotics research, including learning, perception and manipulation.
A two-stage submission process starts with an extended abstract. Exact conference venue is not yet verified.
Stage 2: invited after the extended-abstract review.
Deadline sourceSource review: 2026-10-08. Original source
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· Boston, USA
Hilton Boston Park Plaza
Haptics research and touch-based interaction.
Submission deadlines have not been verified here. Follow the organizer’s current call.
Source review: 2026-10-08. Original source
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· Florence, Italy
Fortezza da Basso
An intelligent robotics research conference with a 2027 theme of human-centred robots and sustainability.
Submission deadlines have not been verified here. Follow the organizer’s current call.
Source review: 2026-10-08. Original source
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· Nuremberg, Germany
Industrial automation, motion and control systems.
Submission deadlines have not been verified here. Follow the organizer’s current call.
Source review: 2026-09-20. Original source
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A curated directory, not an exhaustive calendar. Conference workshops and tutorials are separate records linked to their parent conference; standalone workshops are identified separately. Topic tags and reading paths are editorial suggestions, not a confirmed session list. Inclusion does not imply affiliation. Event status uses the current UTC date; event dates are local to the venue. Calendar downloads contain event dates only and do not update automatically. Deadlines retain the organizer’s stated cutoff. Explore the full IEEE RAS calendar.
