Robotics · IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

ICRA

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Typical deadline
Around September
Conference dates
May – June · Annual
Review
Single-blind traditionally; option to couple with RA-L journal publication
Official site
Current call for papers

Describes the series’ typical recent cycle; last reviewed 2026-08-07. The official call is the authority on this year’s dates.

About the conference

ICRA is robotics’ largest and most prestigious conference (with IROS as its autumn counterpart): manipulation, locomotion, perception, planning, and learning for robots. The field’s hardware demos and video attachments are part of the reviewing culture.

Papers are typically due in September for the conference the following May or June. A distinctive option: submitting through the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) pathway can yield a journal publication presented at the conference — worth understanding before choosing the submission route.

Frequently asked questions

When is the ICRA deadline?
Typically mid-September for the conference the following May/June. The RA-L-with-conference-option pathway has its own recurring deadlines — details on the IEEE RAS site.

Writing toward ICRA?

Kahubi drafts from your library and your results — LaTeX compiled to PDF, citations in the venue’s style, version history for the rebuttal.