Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers and Posters for the TAROS 2026 Conference (Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems), to be held on 7–9 September 2026 at the University of Manchester, UK, which this year has the endorsement of IEEE RAS.

Conference Themes and Topics
We invite submissions of original full papers and posters on all areas relevant to robotics and autonomous systems research, including but not limited to:
• Advanced materials and techniques
• Advanced sensors and actuators
• Aerial robots and unmanned vehicles
• Autonomous robots and vehicles
• Assistive, service and personal robotics
• Human-robot interaction and multimodal interfaces
• Modelling, navigation, localisation and path planning
• Bioinspired and hybrid robotic systems
• Safety, verification and validation
• Swarm, collective and field robotics
• Medical and intelligent prosthetics
…and other interdisciplinary topics with robotics applications. 

Submission Details
All submissions will undergo a rigorous peer-review process. Accepted papers and posters will be published in the official conference proceedings by IEEE. 

Important Dates 

Submission and Contact
Please submit your work through the conference online submission system using RAS Papercept: https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl [ras.papercept.net]. For additional information, visit the conference website: https://taros-conference.org/ [taros-conference.org].

We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you at TAROS 2026.

Warm regards,

Angelo Cangelosi

TAROS2026 General Co-Chair

University of Manchester