IROS2025

Sunday Highlights (19 October)

2:00 - 7:00 PM

Registration

3rd Floor Registration Desk

2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Technical Tours

Destination: Unitree Robotics (宇树科技)

Monday Highlights (20 October)

7:30 AM - 6:30 PM

Registration

3rd Floor Registration Desk

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Workshops & Tutorials

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9:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Technical Tours

Destination: DEEP Robotics (云深处)

1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Technical Tours

Destination: DEEP Robotics (云深处)

Tuesday Highlights (21 October)

7:30 AM - 6:30 PM

Registration

3rd Floor Registration Desk

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Exhibit Hall

Exhibition Hall 3B&3C

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9:00 - 10:00 AM

Plenary Session - TongBrain: Bridging Physical Robots and AGI Agents

Exhibition Hall 4D

Presented by: Prof. Song-Chun Zhu, Chair Professor of Peking University, Founding Director of Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence

10:30 - 11:50 AM

Keynote Sessions - Rehabilitation & Physically Assistive Systems

405B

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10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Government Forum - Robotics for Grand Challenges: National Strategies for Societal Impact

405A

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

IEEE RAS TOWN HALL

405A

1:20 - 2:40 PM

Keynote Sessions - Bio-Inspired Robotics

405B

1:30 - 3:30 PM

Editor-in-Chief Forum I - Publications of Advanced Research on Robotics, Mechatronics, and Industrial Electronics in the Era of AI

405A

3:00 - 4:20 PM

Keynote Sessions - Soft Robotics

405B

4:00 - 6:00 PM

Editor-in-Chief Forum II - Publishing High-Impact Research: Tools, Ethics & Best Practices

405A

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/wiley-special-forum/home

4:40 - 6:00 PM

Keynote Sessions - AI and Robot Learning

405B

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Competitions

Exhibition Hall 3B

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All Day

Career Fair

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1:15 PM - 6:10 PM

Technical Tours

Destination: Zhejiang Institute of Quality Sciences (浙江质检院); CHINGMU (Hangzhou) Robot Technology (青瞳视觉); Zhejiang Qiangnao Technology (强脑科技)

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Technical Tours

Destination: Xiaoshan Robot Exhibition Center (萧山机器人博展中心)

Wednesday Highlights (22 October)

8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Registration

3rd Floor Registration Desk

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Exhibit Hall

Exhibition Hall 3B&3C

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9:00 - 10:00 AM

Plenary Session - The New Era of Mobility: Humanoids and Quadrupeds Enter the Real World

Exhibition Hall 4D

Presented by: Prof. Marco Hutter, Professor of ETH Zurich, Director of Center for Robotics, ETH Zurich

10:30 - 11:50 AM

Keynote Sessions - Perception and Sensors

405B

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12:20-1:20 PM

Debate: Humanoids Will Soon Replace Most Human Workers: True or False?

Exhibition Hall 4D

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1:20 - 2:40 PM

Keynote Sessions - Human Robot Interaction

405B

3:00 - 6:00 PM

Special Forum: How To Trust Robots Further than You Can Throw Them

405A

3:00 - 4:20 PM

Keynote Sessions - Embodied Intelligence

405B

4:40 - 6:00 PM

Keynote Sessions - Medical Robots

405B

6:30 - 8:00 PM

Banquet

Exhibition Hall 4C&4D

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Competitions

Exhibition Hall 3B

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All Day

Career Fair

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9:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Technical Tours

Destination: Rocktiger-Hill Robot Innovation Base (石虎山基地)

1:15 PM - 6:20 PM

Technical Tours

Destination: Humanoid Robot Industry Innovation Center (人形机器人产业创新中心); CHINGMU (Hangzhou) Robot Technology (青瞳视觉); ZhejiangQiangnao Technology (强脑科技); Zhicheng (Yingda) Hangzhou Technology (智澄英达（杭州）科技)

1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Technical Tours

Destination: Rocktiger-Hill Robot Innovation Base (石虎山基地)

Thursday Highlights (23 October)

8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Registration

3rd Floor Registration Desk

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Exhibit Hall

Exhibition Hall 3B&3C

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9:00 - 10:00 AM

Plenary Session - Autonomous Aerial Manipulation: Toward Physically Intelligent Robots in Flight

Exhibition Hall 4D

Presented by: Prof. Hyoun JIN Kim, Professor of Seoul National University (SNU), Director of Automation and Systems Research Institute, Seoul National University

10:30 - 11:50 AM

Keynote Sessions - Field Robotics

405B

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10:30 AM - 6:00 PM

Industry Forum - Part I

405A

• 10:30 AM -- 11:50 AM: Medical Robotics
• 1:20 PM - 2:40 PM: Humanoid Robotics
• 3:00 PM - 4:20 PM: Field & Service Robotics
• 4:40 PM - 6:00 PM: Manufacturing Robotics

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Science Communication Crash Course

Chengshan Hall A-D (at The Hangzhou International Expo Center North Star Hotel)

13:20 - 14:40

Keynote Sessions - Humanoid Robot Systems

405B

2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Industry Forum - Part II

Exhibition Hall 3C

• Entrepreneurship Session (Presented by: Andra Keay)

15:00 - 16:20

Keynote Sessions - Mechanisms and Controls

405B

16:40 - 18:00

Keynote Sessions - Learning and Embodied Control

405B

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Competitions

Exhibition Hall 3B

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All Day

Career Fair

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7:40 - 8:30 PM

"Impressions West Lake" Performance

No. 82 Beishan Road, Xihu District

8:20 - 9:20 PM

Song Dynasty Town "The Romance of the Song Dynasty" performance

No. 148 Zhijiang Road, Xihu District

1:15 PM - 6:20 PM

Technical Tours

Destination: Humanoid Robot Industry Innovation Center (人形机器人产业创新中心); CHINGMU (Hangzhou) Robot Technology (青瞳视觉); ZhejiangQiangnao Technology (强脑科技); Zhicheng (Yingda) Hangzhou Technology (智澄英达（杭州）科技)

2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Technical Tours

Destination: Unitree Robotics (宇树科技)

Friday Highlights (24 October)

7:30 AM - 2:00 PM

Registration

3rd Floor Registration Desk

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Workshops & Tutorials

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9:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Technical Tours

Destination: DEEP Robotics (云深处)

1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Technical Tours

Destination: DEEP Robotics (云深处)

Saturday Highlights (25 October)

8:30 AM - 7:30 PM

Technical Tours

Destination: SJTUGC Campus Tour (上海交通大学浦江国际学院)