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Call For Papers CROS 2026

João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil (April 27-30, 2026)

The Conference on Robotics (CROS), the flagship conference of the Brazilian Robotics Society (SBRobotica), will bring together researchers from academia and professionals from leading companies. The event will include plenary sessions, contributed paper sessions, workshops, forums and exhibitions.

DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED

  • Paper submission site open: August 15, 2025
  • Manuscript submission deadline: November 28, 2025 December 12, 2025December 22, 2025 January 05, 2026 (HARD Deadline!)
  • Review results: February 13, 2026
  • Camera ready submission: March 20, 2026
  • Author registration deadline: April 03, 2026
  • Event: 27-30th of April, 2026, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.

Topics of Interest

We welcome original contributions in all areas of robotics. For a list of topics of interest, please check the CROS 2026 Keywords


Submission guidelines

Original articles, covering theoretical and/or application topics in Robotics, must be in English. Page limit is 6 pages, including figures, tables, acknowledgments, bibliografy, etc. and should be submitted in PDF format following the IEEE manuscript templates for conference proceedings, which are available (in both DOC and LaTeX formats) on the IEEE website:

Paper reviews are double-blind. Any author identification and any text that may reveal the authors' identities at the time of submission should be removed. The official IEEE conference templates can be found on Overleaf. Remember to remove the ordinal indicators (1st, 2nd, etc.) from the authors' names at:

HOW TO SUBMIT???

You have to have a CMT account before they try to submit their paper. Here is a link to create the account:

And here is a link for authors on how to submit a paper:

Paper registration and upload must be completed no later than the submission deadline (see dates below) via the CMT system at:

In order to be included in the proceedings, the paper must be presented at the conference. At least one author must register in the full category by the camera-ready deadline.

All accepted papers will be submitted for publication in the IEEE Xplore digital library, which is indexed by Scopus and Web of Science. Additionally, extended version of outstanding papers will be invited for submission to the Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems as part of the South America Topical Collection.

CMT Acknowledgment

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.

Guidelines Regarding the Use and Disclosure of AI Tools for Authors

Generative AI tools and technologies, such as ChatGPT, may not be listed as authors of a paper submitted to CROS 2026. The use of content generated by AI in an article (including but not limited to text, figures, images, and code) must be disclosed in the acknowledgments section. The AI system used must be identified, and specific sections of the article that use AI-generated content should be specified and accompanied by a brief explanation regarding the manner in which the AI system was used to generate the content. The use of AI systems for editing and grammar enhancement is common practice and, as such, is generally outside the intent of the above policy.

Guidelines Regarding the Use and Disclosure of AI Tools for Reviewers

Information or content contained in or about a manuscript under review shall not be processed through an AI system. Doing so is considered a breach of confidentiality and as such is not permitted.

Registration

At least one author must register in the professional (Full) category by the camera-ready deadline.

Inquiries

For further inquiries, please contact: cros2026@sbrobotica.org

FAQ'S

General Questions

  • Which topic areas are covered by the conference?

    We invite submissions in all fields where cutting-edge technologies have been developed and applied to model, design, build, and test complex engineering solutions for autonomous robotic systems, including but not limited to the following topics:

    • Active sensory processing and control
    • Active vision
    • Aerial robotics
    • Agriculture robotics
    • Autonomous vehicles
    • Bioengineering
    • Bio-inspired robotics
    • Cyber-physical robotics
    • Devices and materials for robots
    • Design for autonomy
    • Digital twins for robotics
    • Distributed robotic systems
    • Embedded systems (hardware and software)
    • Evolutionary robotics
    • Generalized robotic theory
    • Geometric cybernetics
    • Human-robot interaction
    • Human-robot interfaces
    • Humanoids
    • Industrial applications of autonomous robots
    • Learning and AI in robotics
    • Machine intelligence in robotics
    • Medical robotics
    • Microelectromechanical robots
    • Micro/nano-robotics
    • Mobile robot platforms
    • Multi-robot systems
    • Multi-Agents for cooperation and collaboration in robotics
    • Networked swarms
    • Robotics and automation
    • Robotics and mechatronics
    • Robotics in education
    • Robotics control theory
    • Robotic manipulators
    • Robotic surgery and rehabilitation
    • Robotic Vision
    • Robot control architectures
    • Robot modeling and construction
    • Robot simulation and visualization tools
    • Robot planning, reasoning, communication, and adaptation
    • Robot programming (languages and applications)
    • Robots as a service
    • Robust techniques in AI and sensing in robotics
    • Self-Localization and mapping for robotics
    • Sensor modeling and data interpretation in robotics
    • Symbol and sensory mediated robot behavior control
    • System autonomy and autonomous robotics
    • Social and service robotics
    • Sensor networks in robotics
    • Service entertainment robots
    • Underwater robotics
    • Unmanned systems
    • Vision in automation
  • Is it allowed to submit a paper that previously was published at a workshop or on a preprint server (e.g. arxiv)?
    IEEE supports the evolutionary publication paradigm of workshop papers being improved to conference papers, which are then improved to journal papers. Therefore, papers, which previously have been published at a workshop without formal/peer reviewed proceedings, can be submitted to CROS. Similarly, papers, which have been uploaded on a preprint server (e.g. arxiv) and are not submitted simultaneously to any other conference or journal, can be submitted to CROS.

    However, if your workshop paper has a DOI, this would be considered as an archival publication equivalent to a conference paper. Such papers cannot be submitted.