Insect-scale Autonomy Workshop
What principles, algorithms, and system designs enable reliable autonomy when resources are tightly constrained?
Quick info
Focus: Bio-inspired, resource-constrained Autonomy across perception, design, control, and edge AI.
Venue: IROS 2026 (Pittsburgh)
Date: Oct 1, 2026 (Full Day Workshop)
Time: 8:30 AM — 5.30 PM
Submission deadline: Aug 24, 2026, 11:59 PM AoE
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Overview
Advances in robotics have made it possible to build increasingly small and agile systems, but true autonomy at insect-scale remains constrained by sensing, computation, power, actuation, and packaging. This workshop focuses on identifying principles, algorithms, and system designs that enable reliable autonomy under tight resource limits.
Focus Area
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A. Resource-aware perception and learning -
B. Mechanics/actuation/design with control -
C. On-board compute, edge AI hardware, and deployment
Format
The workshop will feature invited keynotes, contributed spotlight presentations, posters, and a panel on evaluation practices, benchmarks, and autonomy targets.
All accepted Paper Track submissions will be presented as posters. A subset of accepted papers will also be selected for short spotlight presentations during the workshop. A Best Paper Award will be presented. A Best Poster Award may also be presented, subject to the number and quality of eligible contributions.
Contact
Correspondence: Chahat Singh and Kaushik Jayaram.