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<div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Dear Colleagues,</div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">We are pleased to announce the
<b>Call for Papers and Posters</b> for the <b>TAROS 2026 Conference (Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems)</b>, to be held on
<b>7–9 September 2026</b> at the <b>University of Manchester, UK, </b>which this year has the endorsement of IEEE RAS.</span></p>
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TAROS is the longest-running UK-hosted international conference on robotics and autonomous systems, bringing together researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the latest advances in the field. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>Conference Themes and Topics</b><br>
We invite submissions of <b>original full papers and posters</b> on all areas relevant to robotics and autonomous systems research, including but not limited to:<br>
• Advanced materials and techniques<br>
• Advanced sensors and actuators<br>
• Aerial robots and unmanned vehicles<br>
• Autonomous robots and vehicles<br>
• Assistive, service and personal robotics<br>
• Human-robot interaction and multimodal interfaces<br>
• Modelling, navigation, localisation and path planning<br>
• Bioinspired and hybrid robotic systems<br>
• Safety, verification and validation<br>
• Swarm, collective and field robotics<br>
• Medical and intelligent prosthetics<br>
…and other interdisciplinary topics with robotics applications. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>Submission Details</b><br>
All submissions will undergo a rigorous peer-review process. Accepted papers and posters will be published in the official conference proceedings by
<b>IEEE</b>. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>Important Dates </b></span></p>
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<b><i>Please ignore the dates on RAS papercept as these will be updated shortly with the correct ones below.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Full Papers</i></b><br>
• <b>Paper submission deadline:</b> 10 April 2026 -> <b><u>Extended to 24 April 2026</u></b><br>
• <b>Notification of acceptance:</b> 2 June 2026 -> Extend to 16 June 2026<br>
• <b>Final (camera-ready) paper submission:</b> 16 June 2026 -> Extended to 23 June 2026</div>
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<b><i>Posters</i></b><br>
• <b>Poster abstract deadline:</b> 19 May 2026 -> <b><u>Extended to 2 June 2026</u></b><br>
• <b>Poster notification:</b> 11 July 2026 -> Extended to 24 July 2026<br>
• <b>Final poster submission:</b> 1 August 2026 -> Extended to 14 August 2026</div>
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<b>Conference dates:</b> 7–9 September 2026 </div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>Submission and Contact</b><br>
Please submit your work through the conference online submission system using RAS Papercept:
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 212);"><i><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl__;!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!EVfAcvkEG65R_fff1CwL9ty2x7eoLU30cNflXE4YVEbKJkcmL4wherJCL0jBP9JviFopGD3AWjf6AfXiqENcqhEHpIOvy73e41px964Db-NG83U$" id="OWA3cbbf0d9-6617-2f6f-5894-6c3c7b3cc7d8" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl__;!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!EVfAcvkEG65R_fff1CwL9ty2x7eoLU30cNflXE4YVEbKJkcmL4wherJCL0jBP9JviFopGD3AWjf6AfXiqENcqhEHpIOvy73e41px964Db-NG83U$" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-outlook-id="2f2fdb2f-e090-4907-b659-87c353ccedc5" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212); margin: 0px;">https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl</a></i><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl__;!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!EVfAcvkEG65R_fff1CwL9ty2x7eoLU30cNflXE4YVEbKJkcmL4wherJCL0jBP9JviFopGD3AWjf6AfXiqENcqhEHpIOvy73e41px964Db-NG83U$" id="OWA3cbbf0d9-6617-2f6f-5894-6c3c7b3cc7d8" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl__;!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!EVfAcvkEG65R_fff1CwL9ty2x7eoLU30cNflXE4YVEbKJkcmL4wherJCL0jBP9JviFopGD3AWjf6AfXiqENcqhEHpIOvy73e41px964Db-NG83U$" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-outlook-id="2f2fdb2f-e090-4907-b659-87c353ccedc5" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212); margin: 0px;"> [ras.papercept.net]</a></span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">.
For additional information, visit the conference website: </span><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 212);"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://taros-conference.org/?utm_source=chatgpt.com__;!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!B4dyK-wnc7IrV5zXhIXhOL7XlUF1GbINZrHRodB-3qsKhJmB60Bflb0jWA46aFSn1fsS7G2hS14X4EBK6B4RZPaqRjT9ciYyrg$" id="OWA1b1f2d70-c3fb-a730-677f-521e4d06af0c" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://taros-conference.org/?utm_source=chatgpt.com__;!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!B4dyK-wnc7IrV5zXhIXhOL7XlUF1GbINZrHRodB-3qsKhJmB60Bflb0jWA46aFSn1fsS7G2hS14X4EBK6B4RZPaqRjT9ciYyrg$" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-start="2417" data-linkindex="1" data-outlook-id="f3593b56-7f56-4bcb-a34e-438db8ec35b5" data-end="2446" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212); margin: 0px;">https://taros-conference.org/
[taros-conference.org]</a>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you at TAROS 2026.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Warm regards,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Angelo Cangelosi<br>
<i>On behalf of the TAROS 2026 Organising Committee</i></span></p>
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