CALL FOR PAPERS:
ROMADO – IROS 2020 Workshop on Robotic Manipulation of Deformable
Objects
Full day workshop at IROS 2020, October 29th, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Website: http://commandia.unizar.es/irosworkshop2020/

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
Novel solutions for the robotic manipulation of deformable objects can
enable new real-world tasks in sectors of strategic interest. These
include the manufacturing industry, agriculture, or medicine. However,
deformable objects are complex to model and require the manipulation
system to have high adaptability and the ability to operate under
uncertainty. These are important challenges and, although exciting
progress has been made over the past years, there remain many open
technical questions in this area regarding perception, planning and
control. The workshop will bring together researchers to showcase recent
work, explore connections between the targeted topics of interest and
spark discussion about current and future research in the area.

TOPICS OF INTEREST
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

– Grasping for deformable objects
– Dexterous manipulation for deformable objects
– Manipulation planning for deformable objects
– Shape control of deformable objects
– Visual sensing for manipulation of deformable objects
– Tactile sensing for manipulation of deformable objects
– Multi-modal perception for manipulation of deformable objects
– Machine learning for manipulation of deformable objects
– Multi-robot manipulation of deformable objects
– Human-robot manipulation of deformable objects

SUBMISSIONS
We solicit contributions of two types:

– Short papers (2-4 pages): Concise descriptions of preliminary results
and ongoing work.
– Regular papers (4-8 pages): More detailed descriptions of ongoing work
or of more mature developments.

Papers should be in PDF format and prepared using the standard IEEE
template for IROS. They will be reviewed and their acceptance will be
decided on the basis of their scientific merit and relevance to the
workshop's topics of interest. The accepted papers will be made
available on the workshop's website. The accepted papers will be
presented as posters at the workshop, with the possibility of oral
presentation for selected papers.

Papers should be submitted by email to romadoworkshop@gmail.com. Please
identify clearly the type of submission (“Short” or “Regular”) in the
subject of the email. An acknowledgement of receipt will be sent shortly
after submission.

We will consider the publication of an independently peer-reviewed
journal special issue after the workshop. Authors of papers presented at
the workshop would be invited to submit extended versions to the special
issue.

Note that we are ready to hold the workshop virtually if required due to
the COVID-19 pandemic.

IMPORTANT DATES (*UPDATED*)
Submission deadline: September 4, 2020
Acceptance notification: September 18, 2020
Camera-ready: September 25, 2020
Workshop date: October 29, 2020

SPEAKERS
Alberto Rodriguez, MIT
David Navarro-Alarcon, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Danica Kragic, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Berk Calli, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Raul Suarez, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
Kaspar Althoefer, Queen Mary University of London
Veronique Perdereau, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie
Javier Alonso-Mora, Delft University of Technology
Zhanat Kappassov, Nazarbayev University

ORGANIZERS
Miguel Aranda, SIGMA Clermont-Institut Pascal
Juan Antonio Corrales, SIGMA Clermont-Institut Pascal
Pablo Gil, Universidad de Alicante
Gonzalo Lopez-Nicolas, Universidad de Zaragoza
Helder Araujo, Universidade de Coimbra
Youcef Mezouar, SIGMA Clermont-Institut Pascal

CONTACT
For any question regarding the workshop send an email to
romadoworkshop@gmail.com