IROS 2026 accepts 1,933 papers, robotics research shows six new shifts

1. 11:40
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   IROS 2026 Signals Embodied AI's Shift From Concepts to Engineering

   At IROS 2026, running September 27 to October 1 in Pittsburgh, Leiphone reports embodied AI research is converging on four trends: foundation models internalizing physics, "brain-cerebellum" architectures becoming standard, touch as core to dexterous manipulation, and cheaper data collection. Papers cited include ULTRA, LITHE, VOFA, KineFuse, VTAP Gripper, ViHaTeleop, and HALO, alongside workshops on physical world models and uncertainty.

2. 11:25
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   Columbia's FlexiTac Open-Source Tactile Sensor Platform Hits 1.5 Years

   Columbia University's Li Yunzhu team presented progress on FlexiTac, an open-source flexible piezoresistive tactile sensor platform, at an IROS 2026 workshop. The sensor assembles in 3 minutes, ships with a full BOM and readout software, and integrates with the LeRobot robot-learning framework. Analog Devices is developing a commercial version with tactile resolution five times that of a human finger, produced via semiconductor manufacturing.

1. 10:46
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   Analysis of 1,933 IROS 2026 papers finds six emerging shifts in robotics

   IROS 2026 accepted 1,933 papers. A multi-label analysis counted about 809 papers in Robot Learning / Embodied AI and 564 in Navigation / Planning.

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