Watch the ICRA keynote and plenary talks
The 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA) was held in Vienna from the 1 – 5 June. The event brought together researchers and industry professionals with expertise spanning many different aspects of robotics.
IEEE have made the keynote and plenary talk recordings available to watch . You can also catch the panel discussions and keynote tutorials.
Watch here .
Available to watch are the following:
Plenary talks
Ken Goldberg – A Tale of Two Cultures: Can Agentic Coding Close the Gap?
Barbara Mazzolai – Natural Revolution: Biological Principles for Frugal and Sustainable Robotics
Roland Siegwart – Aerial Robots – From Omnidirectional Flight to Physical Interaction at Height
Keynote sessions
Autonomous Vehicles & Navigation
Medical & Healthcare Robotics
Robot Perception & Spatial AI
Manipulation, Humanoids, Embodied Design
Robot Learning, Planning & Foundation Models
Human-Robot Interaction
Industry keynote sessions
Awards
Keynote tutorials
Panels
Panel 1 – From Humanoid Robotics Research to Startup Creation: The Role of Public Funding
Panel 2 – Advancing Sustainability in Robotics: From Green Design to Real-World Impact
Panel 3 – Building Sustainable and Trustworthy AI for Automation
Panel 4 – Publish or Perish: Surviving the Paper Deluge – Is AI the solution? If not, what is the Solution?
Panel 5 – “Robots for All” in a Fragmented World: Competing Global Visions and Shared Futures from Europe, Asia, and the United States
Panel 6 – Impact and Financial Return on Humanoid Investment
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