ICRA@40

40th Anniversary of the IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation

September 23-26, 2024
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Call for Contribution

ICRA@40 is a unique edition to celebrate 40 years of research and deployment of robotics and automation. It will review the past and dwell on the future through a single-track format conference, composed of distinguished talks, brainstorming and debate panels with the most renowned academics and industry experts on robotics and automation. In addition, the program will include presentations of papers recently accepted in RAS journals (T-RO- RA-L, RAM and T-ASE) as well as presentations of extended abstracts and videos submitted to ICRA@40. The single-track format will provide an interactive platform for discussions and debates on the present state and future directions in robotics and automation

We are seeking the submission of extended abstracts with new ideas that hat highlight innovative concepts, open-ended themes, and novel directions as well as videos that showcase novel results or summarize the achievement in the last 40 years in the field of robotics and automation. The emphasis should be on real robotics and automation systems.

We encourage submissions from all areas of robotics and automation.

Types of Submission 

Submissions for ICRA@40 have two types

1. Accepted Journal papers:  papers accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), the IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine (RAM) and IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE) will be given the possibility to present at ICRA@40.
2. Extended Abstract: We welcome extended abstracts of up to 2 pages (including references) that describe novel results or research directions. All submissions must be in pdf and must follow the ICRA double column format. Templates are available at the IEEE RAS PaperPlaza Conference/Journal Management System.
   Detailed Video submission guidelines for accompanying videos:
   • • File size: up to 20MB
     • Format (only one of the following should be used): mpeg, mp4, mpg
     • Maximum duration: 180 sec.
     • Minimum height: 480
     • Minimum frame rate (fps): 20
     • Scan type: Progressive

   A video that was NOT submitted with the initial submission of an extended abstract will NOT be accepted at a later date.

3. Stand-alone Video Submission: We encourage submissions of stand-alone videos showing either novel results showcase novel results or summarize the achievement in the last 40 years in the field of robotics and automation. The emphasis should be on real robotics and automation systems.
   To submit a stand-alone video to ICRA@40, please refer to the following instructions:
   • Duration: 1-4 minutes.
   • Size: up to 50 MB.
   • Format (only one of the following should be used): mpeg, mp4, mpg
   • Maximum duration: 240 sec
   • Minimum video quality: 720p
   • Minimum frame rate (fps): 24
   • Codecs: Do not use special codecs in order to provide as much portability across platforms as possible. Any variance from the suggested formatting may result in difficulties playing the file on different platforms and could be blocked.
   • If recorded footage is sped up in the video, the speedup factor should be clearly indicated.
   • Audio is optional, but lack of audio should have minimal impact on the comprehension of the video.
   • Structure: The video must include at the beginning a video cover with the title, authors and affiliation and the credits at the end.

   The video should not have any commercial pitch and the authors of each video must have clear copyright of the audio and visual content. The copyright should be released to the conference.

   The submission of the videos will be through the electronic submission process via PaperPlaza.

   Each video submission must be accompanied by a one-page description in PDF file format, which includes:

   • title, authors, and affiliation
   • video category (regular video OR blooper)
   • 200-word abstract, and
   • contact information
   The selected videos (and the PDF descriptions) will be linked in the program. Videos will be displayed during the conference and to the public via social media and IEEE TV and may be used in the Robotics History project.
4. Distinguished Talk Abstract (by Invitation Only): If your are invited speaker, you can submit a maximum 1 page abstract and short biography as pdf via PaperPlaza.

Important Deadlines

All deadlines are 11:59 PM Pacific time.