Technical Paper awards and IROS CPBR awards for outstanding services were conferred. IROS 2021 received 2,821 paper Figure 6. The awards ceremony at IROS 2021. submissions in total, comprising 2,160 IROS-only submissions, 626 submissions to IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters with IROS option, and 35 papers contributed by IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine and IEEE Transactions on Robotics. After the review process, a total of 1,301 papers were selected for the IROS program. We are grateful to the IROS 2021 Organizing Committee, the Senior (a) (b) Figure 7. The Formula One competitions at CTU-CIIRC in Prague, the only in-person portion of IROS 2021. (a) (b) Figure 8. The livestream operators in action in the IROS 2021 control room. 110 * IEEE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION MAGAZINE * MARCH 2022