RSS 2026 — Robotics: Science and Systems
📅 Sunday, 12 July 2026 → Friday, 17 July 2026 in 45 days
Robotics: Science and Systems 2026 — the most selective robotics research conference globally (single track, ~25-30% acceptance). July 12-16 (TBC), 2026 in Sydney, Australia — first RSS in Oceania. Highly interdisciplinary, combining algorithmic foundations + systems building. Smaller than ICRA/IROS but higher prestige per paper. Heavy attendance from Toyota Research, Google DeepMind robotics, MIT CSAIL, CMU, ETH, Stanford.
Leading robotics research conference with strong AI, autonomy, learning and perception content.
Agenda: Robotics research papers, demos, workshops and community events.
Price: TBA / registration page required
Speakers
- Pieter Abbeel — UC Berkeley (Professor); Covariant (Co-founder, now Amazon) speaker (based on annual pattern)
- Sergey Levine — UC Berkeley (Associate Professor); Physical Intelligence (Co-founder) speaker (based on annual pattern)