Full Name: The 12th International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications (ICARA 2026) 

Abbreviation: ICARA 2026

Website: http://www.icara.us/

Date: February 5-7, 2026

Venue: Istanbul, Turkey

Call for Papers:

Topics will include, but are not limited to:

Networked and Distributed Intelligent Control

Simulation and Modelling of Robotic Systems

Real Time Supervisory Control

Adaptive Control Systems

Embedded Systems

Mobile and Autonomous Systems

Biorobotics, Biomechatronics

Space and Underwater Robotics

Entertainment Robotics

Rescue Robotics

Agriculture and Field Robotics

Service and Security Robotics

Biped and Humanoid Robots

Human-Machine Interfaces and Interaction

Factory and Home Automation

Robotics and Industrial Monitoring 

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More Topics, please visit at http://www.icara.us/cfp.html

Publication:

Submitted papers will be peer reviewed by the conference committee and international reviewers. Accepted papers after proper registration and presentation will be collected into ICARA 2026 Conference Proceedings, which will be archived in IEEE Xplore, and indexed by EI Compendex, Scopus, and other indexing services.

Organizing Committee:

International Advisory Committee

Angel P. del Pobil, Jaume I University, Castellon, Spain

Angelo Cangelosi, University of Manchester, UK

Danica Kragic, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden

Ivan Petrovi?, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Conference Chairs

Anthony Tzes, New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Ramesh K. Agarwal, Washington University in St. Louis, USA (IEEE Fellow)

Program Chairs

Farshad Khorrami, New York University, USA

Hartmut Surmann, University of Applied Science Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Magid Evgeni, Kazan Federal University, Russia

Veysel Gazi, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey

Program Co-Chairs

János Botzheim, E?tv?s Loránd University, Hungary

Mohammed Abu Mallouh, Hashemite University, Jordan

Weitian Wang, Montclair State University, USA  

Publicity Chairs

Gheorghe-Daniel Andreescu, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania

Kevin Huang, Smith College, USA

Maria Kyrarini, Santa Clara University, USA

Petr Valá?ek, Czech University of Life Science Prague, Czech Republic

Xuping Zhang, Aarhus University, Denmark

Publication Chairs

Leonidas Dritsas, ASPETE - School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, Greece

Sule Yildirim Yayilgan, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Keynote Speakers:

Prof. Darwin Caldwell, Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa, Italy

Prof. Dezhen Song, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Prof. Yang GAO, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China

Prof. Frank Allg?wer, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Prof. Alessandra Sciutti, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy

Prof. Cagatay Basdogan, Koc University, Turkey

Submission:

1. Full Paper (Publication and Presentation)

2. Abstract (Presentation Only)

Electronic Submission System: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icara2026

Any question, please contact: icara_conf@academic.net

More details about submission, please visit at http://www.icara.us/submission.html

Conference Schedule:

February 5th, 2026 | Sign in and Collect Conference Materials

February 6th, 2026 | Opening Remarks & Keynote Speeches & Sessions for Authors' Presentations

February 7th, 2026 | Sessions for Authors' Presentations & Lab Visit (Pending)