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<p>Dear colleagues,<br>
<br>
We cordially invite you to submit your paper to the Special
Session: <br>
"<b>Generative Foundation Models for Robotics: From Language and
Vision to Embodied<br>
Action</b>", to be held at the <b>2026 IEEE World Congress on
Computational<br>
Intelligence (WCCI 2026)</b>.<br>
<br>
<b>Website</b>: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://wccigenai2026.github.io">https://wccigenai2026.github.io</a><br>
<br>
This special session aims to bring together recent advances in
generative<br>
and foundation models and their applications to robotics. Topics
of<br>
interest include, but are not limited to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Diffusion models for robot trajectory planning and control</li>
<li> Generative adversarial networks for robotic applications</li>
<li> Flow matching methods for robotic control</li>
<li> Language-guided robot manipulation and navigation</li>
<li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap">Meta-learning for adaptive robotic behaviors</span></li>
<li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap"></span><span
style="white-space: pre-wrap">Multi-task planning and execution</span></li>
<li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap"></span><span
style="white-space: pre-wrap">Transfer learning across robotic domains and environments</span></li>
<li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap"></span><span
style="white-space: pre-wrap">Generative imitation learning from human demonstrations</span></li>
<li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap"></span><span
style="white-space: pre-wrap">Generative design of robot morphologies</span></li>
<li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap"></span><span
style="white-space: pre-wrap">Co-evolution of robot structure and control</span></li>
<li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap"></span><span
style="white-space: pre-wrap">Curriculum learning with generative models</span></li>
<li><span style="white-space: pre-wrap"></span><span
style="white-space: pre-wrap">Constraint-aware generative planning</span></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Organizers:</b><br>
Erdal Kayacan (Paderborn University, Germany)<br>
Chen Qinyu (Leiden University, The Netherlands)<br>
Konstantinos Alexis (Norwegian University of Science and
Technology, Norway)<br>
Guido de Croon (TU Delft, The Netherlands)<br>
Erdi Sayar (Paderborn University, Germany)<br>
Van Huyen Dang (Paderborn University, Germany)<br>
Alper Yegenoglu (Paderborn University, Germany)<br>
Adrian Redder (Paderborn University, Germany)</p>
<p><b>Paper Submission Deadline</b>: 31 January, 2026 (UTC-12)</p>
<p>Kind regards,<br>
Alper</p>
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<div class="moz-signature"> Dr. <br>
<strong style="font-size: 1.125em">Alper Yegenoglu</strong><br>
Postdoctoral Researcher<br>
Automatic Control Group (RAT)<br>
University of Paderborn<br>
Warburger Str. 100<br>
33098 Paderborn<br>
Germany<br>
<strong>Office</strong> P1.7.15.4<br>
<strong>Telephone</strong> +49 5251 60-1898<br>
<strong>E-Mail</strong> <a
href="mailto:alper.yegenoglu@uni-paderborn.de"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">alper.yegenoglu@uni-paderborn.de</a><br>
<strong>Web</strong> <a href="https://en.ei.uni-paderborn.de/rat"
target="_blank" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">
https://en.ei.uni-paderborn.de/rat</a> </div>
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