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IEEE International Conference
on Robotics and Automation 2018
in Brisbane, Australia

T

he IEEE International Confer-
ence on Robotics and Auto-
mation (ICRA) was held at
the Brisbane Convention and
Exhibition Center, Australia, 21-25
May 2018. ICRA has become the lead-
ing international conference in robot-
ics and automation, bringing together
the best and brightest researchers and
engineers from around the world. This
was the first time ICRA had been held
in the Southern Hemisphere. Austra-
lia's distinguished track record pio-
neering robotics and automation in
farming, mining, and transport effi-
ciency applications makes it a natural
choice for ICRA.
With strong support from mem-
bers of the IEEE Robotics and Auto-
mation Society (RAS), an exciting
program was presented that included
plenary and keynote talks, an awards
track, interactive sessions, late-break-
ing results presentations, discussion
forums, art exhibitions, competitions
and challenges, industrial exhibits
featuring start-up companies, work-
shops and tutorials, and technical
tours, all wrapped into an engaging
social and public events program.
More than 3,000 delegates registered
and attended ICRA 2018, a new record!
(See Figures 1-8 for some ICRA
2018 highlights.)
This year saw a record number of
papers, with 2,586 submissions. IEEE
Robotics and Automation Letters has
continued to grow as part of ICRA,
with 605 submissions (a 48% increase
over 2017). After a rigorous review
by the Conference Editorial Board
and decisions by the Senior Pro-
gram Committee, 1,052 papers were

Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MRA.2018.2873031
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accepted for presentation, also an
ICRA record, with an acceptance rate
of 40%. Additionally, best papers from
IEEE Transactions on Robotics were
fully integrated into the ICRA pro-
gram. All papers were presented in an
interactive format over three days
arranged into six sessions. In addi-

tion, 60 late-breaking, abstract-only
results were included as poster pre-
sentations. A total of 31 workshops
and four tutorials were also presented.
The ICRA program was anchored
by three plenary talks and 18 keynote
presentations from leaders in our
field, across a broad range of topics

Figure 1. The 2018 ICRA chairs: Program Chair Peter Corke (left) and General Chair
Alex Zelinsky.

Figure 2. ICRA 2018 was an integrated conference, with presentations, exhibitors,
and competitions.

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