ICARSC 2026
IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions
Barcelos, Portugal
April 22-23, 2026
Barcelos, Portugal
April 22-23, 2026
ICARSC
2026
Scientific Meeting April 22-23, 2026
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COMMITTEES
General Chair:
- Pedro Fonseca (Un. Aveiro)
Co-Chair:
- António Moreira (IPCA)
Program Chairs:
- Pedro Neto (Un. Coimbra)
- Pedro Morais (IPCA)
- José Lima (IP Bragança)
Treasurer:
- António Paulo Moreira (FEUP)
Publication Chair:
- Eurico Pedrosa (Un. Aveiro)
Publicity Chair:
- Ana I. Pereira (IP Bragança)
Local Arrangements Chair:
- Daniel Miranda (IPCA)
Program Chair:
- Ana Lopes (IPT/Ci2)
- José Lima (IPB/CeDRI/INESC TEC)
- Vítor H. Pinto (FEUP/SYSTEC(DIGI2))
Finance Chair:
- Vítor H. Pinto (FEUP/SYSTEC(DIGI2))
- Ana Lopes (IPT/Ci2)
Publication Chair:
- Eurico Pedrosa (UA/IEETA)
- Pedro Fonseca (UA/IT)
Publicity Chair:
- Ana I. Pereira (IPB/CeDRI)
- José Lima (IPB/CeDRI/INESC TEC)
Local Arrangements Chair:
- Tiago Meireles (UMA)
Steering Committee:
- Fernando Ribeiro, Universidade do Minho (UMinho, Portugal) IEEE Member #40157078, Member RAS
- Estela Bicho (UMinho, Portugal) IEEE Member #00916494, Member RAS
- Nuno Lau, Universidade de Aveiro (UA, Portugal) IEEE Member #41519280, Member RAS
- Pedro Lima, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST, Portugal) IEEE Member #02500825, Member RAS
- Pedro Neto, Universidade de Coimbra (UC, Portugal) IEEE Member #93921172, Member RAS
Track Chairs:
Extended Reality Applied to Human-Robot Interaction
Paulo Menezes | University of Coimbra / ISR |
Paulo Gonçalves | Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco |
Joao Bimbo | University of Lisbon / LASIGE |
Robotics in Education: Transforming Learning Through Innovation
Anikó Costa | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
Paulo Ferreira | Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto |
Rui Lopes | University of Aveiro / IT |
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Program Committee:
| António Pedro Aguiar | University of Porto |
| Luis Almeida | University of Porto |
| Humberto Araújo | UFBA |
| Conrad Attard | University of Malta |
| Jose Azevedo | University of Aveiro |
| Antonio Bandera | University of Malaga |
| Karsten Berns | University of Kaiserslautern |
| Estela Bicho | University of Minho |
| João Bimbo | University of Lisbon / LASIGE |
| Adrian Burlacu | The Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi |
| Carlos Cardeira | IDMEC / IST |
| Luís Conde Bento | IPLeiria, ISR-UC, Critical Software |
| Anikó Costa | UNL |
| Paulo Costa | University of Porto |
| Eliana Costa E Silva | CIICESI, Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Instituto Politécnico do Porto |
| Hugo Costelha | Polytechnic University of Leiria |
| Fernanda Coutinho | ISR |
| Bruno Damas | Escola Naval |
| André Dias | ISEP / INESC TEC |
| Paulo Dias | DETI / IEETA – Universidade de Aveiro |
| Klaus Dorer | Hochschule Offenburg |
| João Fabro | UTFPR – Federal University of Technology-Parana |
| Brígida Mónica Faria | ESS-P.PORTO |
| Roemi Fernandez | Centre for Automation and Robotics CSIC-UPM |
| Paulo Ferreira | ISEP |
| Pedro Fonseca | UA |
| Anna Friebe | Mälardalen University |
| Luis Garrote | Institute of Systems and Robotics – University of Coimbra |
| Pedro Dinis Gaspar | University of Beira Interior |
| Diogo F. Gomes | FEUP |
| Gil Goncalves | University of Porto |
| Paulo Gonçalves | Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco |
| Ana I. Pereira | IPB |
| Nuno Lau | University of Aveiro |
| Paulo Leitão | Polythecnic Institute of Braganca |
| José Lima | Polytechnic Institute of Braganca |
| Pedro U. Lima | Institute for Systems and Robotics, Instituto Superior Técnico, U. Lisboa |
| Ana Lopes | University of Coimbra |
| Rui Lopes | UA |
| Luís Louro | University of Minho |
| Huimin Lu | National University of Defense Technology |
| Mário Mendes | ISEL |
| Nuno Mendes | Universidade NOVA de Lisboa |
| Fábio Ruben Mendonça | Universidade da Madeira |
| Hélio Mendonça | University of Porto |
| Paulo Menezes | University of Coimbra / ISR |
| Luis Merino | Pablo de Olavide University |
| Daniel Miranda | IPCA |
| Pedro Morais | IPCA |
| António Moreira | IPCA |
| António Paulo Moreira | FEUP |
| Luis Moreno | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid |
| Plinio Moreno | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Paulo Moura Oliveira | University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD) |
| Pedro Neto | UC |
| António J. R. Neves | University of Aveiro |
| Carlos Neves | ESTG/Instituto politécnico de Leiria |
| Filipe Neves dos Santos | INESC TEC |
| Urbano Nunes | University of Coimbra |
| Cristina Olaverri-Monreal | Johannes Kepler University Linz |
| Luciano Oliveira | UFBA |
| Jun Ota | The University of Tokyo |
| Edwin Daniel Oña | University Carlos III of Madrid |
| Hong Seong Park | Kangwon National University |
| Eurico Pedrosa | UA |
| Artur Pereira | University of Aveiro |
| Nuno Pereira | Universidade da Beira Interior |
| Nuno Pessanha Santos | Portuguese Military Academy (Academia Militar) |
| Vítor Hugo Pinto | University of Porto |
| David Portugal | University of Coimbra |
| Cristiano Premebida | University of Coimbra |
| Alejandro Puente-Castro | UDC |
| Luis Ramos Pinto | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Peter Redmond | Mechatrons Fx and Technologies |
| Luis Paulo Reis | University of Porto/LIACC |
| A. Fernando Ribeiro | University of Minho |
| Luis Rocha | INESC-TEC |
| Francisco J Rodríguez Lera | University of León |
| Mohammad Safeea | coimbra university |
| Pedro Santana | ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) |
| Vitor Santos | University of Aveiro |
| Angel Sappa | Computer Vision Center |
| Manuel Silva | ISEP-IPP and INESC TEC CRIIS |
| Razvan Solea | “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati |
| Armando Sousa | INESCTEC + FEUP |
| João Pedro Souza | INESC TEC |
| Vincenzo Suriani | Sapienza University of Rome |
| Nikos Tsagarakis | Senior researcher |
| Alberto Vale | Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa |
| Vítor Viegas | Portuguese Naval Academy |
| Ming Xie | Nanyang Technological University |
| Teresa Zielinska | Warsaw Univ. of Technology |