This is the 6th edition of the ViTac workshop at the ICRA conferences, following successful workshops at ICRA 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024. This year’s workshop will also coincide with the conclusion of the Special Collection on Tactile Robotics, which was organized in collaboration with the IEEE Transactions on Robotics.
The current trend in embodied intelligence—intelligence that requires and leverages a robot’s physical body—relies heavily on rich physical interactions with the environment. Achieving these interactions requires the integration of vision and tactile sensing. Recent years have seen rapid advancements in tactile sensor development, as well as the integration of visual and tactile modalities for applications like agile grasping and manipulation. Furthermore, simulations that combine both vision and tactile sensing are advancing the field.
The full-day workshop will focus on these advancements, aiming to empower robots with both visual and tactile intelligence. The event will also promote collaboration among experts and young researchers in the field, addressing the challenges and exploring applications that could drive future progress in robotics toward achieving human-level intelligence.
