IROS 2025 Workshop and Competition on

Multi-Robot

Perception and Navigation Challenges

in Logistics and Inspection Tasks

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2025
Calender October 24 Full Day, 2025
LocationHangzhou , China
Room 103C, Hangzhou International Expo Center (HIEC)
[ This workshop will be held in-person and Online ]

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Abstract:

    In the pursuit of sustainable development, the efficient management of logistics and the reliable inspection of critical infrastructure are paramount. Multi-robot systems offer promising solutions to address these challenges by enhancing operational efficiency, reducing environmental impact, and ensuring the safety and reliability of essential infrastructure. Advancements in multi-robot systems, including autonomous car fleets, drones swarm for inspection, and logistic robot systems, hold promise for enhancing daily life by improving automation efficiency.
    However, deploying robotic systems in groups poses challenges such as cost-effective perception implementation, dealing with measurement uncertainties, real-time dynamic planning, and interactions with other agents. Developing such multi-robot perception and navigation systems is often time- and resource-demanding, rendering this field less explored by the majority of the academic community. We identify a significant domain gap in this area that has yet to be fulfilled.
    Through collaborative learning, hands-on challenges, and discussions on real-world applications, participants will gain valuable insights and tools to drive innovation in robotics, ultimately contributing to creating more sustainable and resilient societies. We anticipate that user-friendly, cost-effective simula-tion evaluation environments will enhance access to explo-ration, planning, and control research and accelerate progress through quantitative comparisons to existing benchmarks.


Invited Speakers: (Released Soon)


venue and time:

  • The workshop will open in Room 103C, HIEC on October 24th, 2025
  • >Online Workshop: TBD

Important Date:

(All dates and time are in GMT+8)

1.Competition Related:

  • Last day to register for the challenge 10th October 2025.
  • Last day to update your code 10th October 2025.
  • Annoucement of results 24th October 2025.
  • Workshop date 24th October 2025.

2.Workshop Paper Related:

  • Submission site opens: May 1st, 2025
  • Submission deadline: September 30th, 2025
  • Notice of acceptance: October 10th, 2025

How to contact us:

Inquiries about workshops: shyuan@ntu.edu.sg and cc muqingc@andrew.cmu.edu
Inquiries about competition: thienminh.npn@ieee.org and cc muqingc@andrew.cmu.edu

Organizers:

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Thien-Minh Nguyen
Research Assistant
Professor
School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
Shenghai Yuan
Research Fellow
School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Nanyang Technological University

Muqing Cao
Postdoctoral Fellow
Robotics Insitute
Carnegie Mellon University

Wenshan Wang
System Scientist
Robotics Insitute
Carnegie Mellon University

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Sebastian Scherer
Associate Research Professor
Robotics Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Director of Safe Embodied AI, Field AI
Ben M. Chen
Professor
Vice-Chairman (Graduate)
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong


Lihua Xie
Professor
Director for Centre for Advanced Robotics Technology Innovation
President's Chair in Control Engineering
School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Nanyang Technological University

Contact

This workshop is supported by the
Centre for Advanced Robotics Technology Innovation (CARTIN), Nanyang Technological University
Hong Kong Center for Logistics Robotics (HKCLR), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Air Lab, Robotics Insitute, Carnegie Mellon University