#ICRA2025 Congratulations to Best Paper Award winners

The 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Auto Tomation (ICRA) has announced the best paper winners and finalists in various categories. Recipients were announced during an awards ceremony at a conference held on May 19-23 in Atlanta, USA.

IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award on Robot Learning

Winner

• *Robo-DM: Data Management for Large Robot Datasets, Kaiyan Chen, Latian Fu, David Huang, Yankiang Zhang, Unliang Lawrence Chen, Huang Huang, Kush Hari, Ashwin Balakrishna, Ted Xiao, Pannag Culture, John Kubiato, Ken Goldberg

Finalist

• Received a human level competitive robot table tennis, David de Ambrosio, Saminda Vishwajith Aboruvan, Laura Greaser, Atil Iscan, Hanny Ben Amor, Alex Betali, Barney J. Reed, Krista Remen, Lila Takima, Yuval Tasa, Krizostoff Choromensky, Ervin Jain, Kriztoff Choromensky, Ervin Juan, Satoshi Kataka, Yeheng Kuang, Nevena Lazik, Raza, Mahek, Anand, Vikas, Vikas, Vikas. Grace Vasom, Peng Zoo, Pannag Sankati
• *No plan but everything under control: to solve sequential tasks with dynamically constructed Grad Dynasty, Vito Mangers, Oliver Brock

IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award in field and service robotics

Winner

• *Politoch: A strong multi-model tactile sensor for manipulation rich in contact using tactile-transmitting policies, Jieling Zhao, Naveen Kuppuswamy, Siuan Feng, Benjamin Birchfil, Edward Adelson

Finalist

• A new stereo fishery event camera for fast drone detection and tracking, Daniel Rodrigs da Costa, Maxime Robic, Pascal Washer, Fabio Morbidi
• Learning-based adaptive navigation for scaler field mapping and facility tracking, Jose Fuents, Paulo Pastors, Abdullah El Redwan News, Leonardo Bobadilla

IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award on Human-Robot Interaction

Winner

• Human-Agent Joint Education for Acquisition of Efficient Robot Manipulation Skills, Shenschent Luo, Quanuan Peng, June LV, Kaven Hong, Catherine Drugs-Campbell, Sew Lu, Yong-Li Li

Finalist

• *Not to ask or ask: Bandits referred to human-in-loop with app in robot-supporting food, Rohan Banerjee, Rajat Kumar, Siddharth Vasudev, Amal Newity, Catherine Dimitropaulou, Sarah Dean, Tapomayukh Bhattacharji
• *Point and Go: Intuitive Reference Frame Relocation in Mode Switching for Assistant Robotics, Eli Wang, Chen Jiang, Michael Prissstupa, Justin Valentine, Martin Jesland

IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award on Mechanisms and Design

Winner

• Personal and collective behavior in a soft robot worm inspired by live worm blobs, Carina Kaiser, Jung Qawon, Ilio Chelita, Harry Tuazon, Robert Wood, Saad Bhamla, Justin Warrfel

Finalist

• *Celebrity foot information for new tasks, Fuchen Chen, Daniel UKS Q
• *Intelligent self-healing artificial muscle: Methods for detection and autonomy of damage, Ethan Crings, Patrick McNigal, Eric Markwica

IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award Planning and Control

Winner

• *No plan but everything under control: to solve sequential tasks with dynamically constructed Grad Dynasty, Vito Mangers, Oliver Brock

Finalist

• *SELP: producing safe and efficient work plans for robot agents with large -language models dello, Yi Woo, Zikang Zeong, Jeran Hu, Shreyash Sridhar Iyengar, Nan Jiang, Aniket Bera, Lin Tan, Suresh Jagannathan
• *In the ranks of simple manifolds with the application in robotics marginal estimates and conditioning gussians, Zee Kong Guo, James Richard Forbes, Timothy Barfoot

IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award in Robot Perception

Winner

• *MAC-WHO: MATRICS AGAINS FOR LARING-BASED Stereo Visual Odometry, Yohng Quu, Utian Chen, Zihao Zhang, Vension Wang, Sebastian Scarrer

Finalist

• *Ground-Optim Ptimized 4D Radar-Inratial Odometry by continuous velocity using the Gaussian process, Wozong Yang, Hysu Jung, Iying Kim
• *UAD: Unsafe affiliation for generalization in robotic manipulation, Yeh Tang, Venlong Huang, Yingke Wang, Chengsu Lee, Roy Yuan, Ruhan Zhang, Jiazun Wu, Lee Fee-Fee

IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award in Robot Manipulation and Lokmotion

Winner

• *D (r, s) grip: a unified presentation of a robot and Object Burjact interaction for cross-embodiment dexterus grasping, Xenyu V, Zixuan Zhu, Jingxiang Guo, Yeven Hau, Chongkai sing, Zehao Kai, Jiyau Luo, Lin Shao

Finalist

• Full-order sample-based MPC diffusion-style aniling for torque-level locomotion control, Huru Zhu, Chaoi Pan, Zeji Yi, Gunnan Qi, Guanya Shi
• *Trophyboat: Transformable Rolling and Flying Robot with High Energy Zodiac Efficiency, Mingwei Li, Yugian Ye, Hanu Wu, Chis Zuan, Ruibin Zhang, QEU Ren, Chao Zhu, Fee Sing, Yanjun Kao

IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award in Automation

Winner

• *Physics-vaginal robotic palatization with masking guess, Tiangi Zhang, Zheng Wu, Yuxin Chen, Yixiao Wang, Boyan Lianang, Scott Maura, Masioshi Tomizuka, Mingu Ding, V Zan

Finalist

• *In-plane manipulation of soft micro fiber with ultrasonic transducer array and microscope, Jiyun Zoo, Siuan Ann, Mingu Wang, Jiaqi Li, Yalin Shi, Yalin Shi, U-Fu Li, Song Liu
• *Full and Bound-Suboptimal algorithm for target travel salesman problem with obstacles in 3D, Anop Bhat, Geardan Gutt, Bhaskar Vundurthi, Zonggiang, Shiv Kumar Rathinam, Hue Chosat

IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award in Medical Robotics

Winner

• *In-Vivo tendon-driven mice exoskeleton system for censorimotor rehabilitation, Jawan Hen, Singionon Park, Kihon Kim

Finalist

• *Image -based adherence control for robotic steering of the pheromagnetic guide, One Hu, Chen Sun, Adam Dumitrive, Nan Ziao, U Sun
• *OPE Topel: Optim Ptimization of adhesion-awareness safe bark for robotic wound care, Xiao Liang, Uucheng Zhang, Fee Liu, Florian Richter, Michael C. Yap

IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award on Multi-Robot Systems

Winner

• *Deployment of ten thousand robots: Scalable imitation education to find a lifetime multi-agent path, He he has Jiang, Utong Wang, Ish Srish Virpani, Tanish Harish Duhan, Gilaum Adrian Sartoreti, Jiaong Lee

Finalist

• Delivered a multi-robot source searching for an unknown atmosphere in the atmosphere of unknown, Lingpeng Chen, Shiva Kailas, Sreejujan Deolasi, Venho Luo, Katia Cykara, Wujun Kim
• *Cross crossing of a barrier using a multi-nonholonomic robot OBJECT BUGGUCT BUGGUPTS with Deformable Sheet, Weigian Zhang, Charlie Street, Masoumeh Mansouri

IEEE ICRA Best Conference Paper Award

Winner

• *In the ranks of simple manifolds with the application in robotics marginal estimates and conditioning gussians, Zee Kong Guo, James Richard Forbes, Timothy Barfoot
• *MAC-WHO: MATRICS AGAINS FOR LARING-BASED Stereo Visual Odometry, Yohng Quu, Utian Chen, Zihao Zhang, Vension Wang, Sebastian Scarrer

In addition to the papers listed above, this paper was also a finalist for the IEEE ICRA Best Conference Paper Award.

Finalist

• *Minivillan: Efficient vision and language navigation by progressive J Knowledge’s distillation, Junu Zoo, Yanuan Kiao, Siki Zhang, Zingzian Hee, Q Wu, Jing Liu
• *Robochrod: Scaling Robot Data Collection by CrowdSourcing, Suvir Mirchandani, David D. Yuan, Kylie Burns, MD Sazad Islam, Zihao Zhao, Chelsea Finn, Dorsa Sedig
• How does voice -based robot communication affect vision of robotic failure, Jayla Lee Crider, Ryan Preston, Naomi T. Fitter
• *Leader of a barrier with a quadrilateral robot, Carmen Skideman, Lender Werner, Victor Rejgwart, Andre Kremiruk, Joris Chomarat, Jia-Roui Chiu, Roland Seagwart, Marco Hutter
• *Dynamic Tube MPC: Learning Error Dynamics with great parallel simulation for strong safety in practice, William Compton, Noel Sisome-Shanklin, Coal Johnson, Aaron AMes
• *Bat-VUFN: Bat-induced visual-and-altrasound fusion network for strong vision in adverse conditions, Geongrock Lim, Geong-U Hong, Mean Hayn Ba
• *Tinnissance: Lightweight and more power-efficient avionics system for flying insect-scale robots, Zita Yu, Josh True Ran, Claire Lee, Aaron Weber, Yash P. Talvaker, Sawyer Fuller
• *TSCLIP: Strong Clip Fine-Tuning for Worldwide Cross-Pressure Traffic Sign recognition, Guang Zhao, Flong Ma, Waying Q, Chenguang Zhang, Yuxuan Liu, Ming Liu, June
• *Geometric design for swimming soft Continum robots on low and high Reynolds numbers, Yanho Yang, Ross Hatan
• *Shadotech: Ga ENSE of the Shear and a normal deformation of tactile membranes from colored shadows, Giuseppe Vitrani, Basil Passquale, Michael Veterlusky
• *DEPTH WHO-GRAP IT FOR Robotic Grasping Estimates Oculation-Vigorous 6D Pose with Cross-Sympox Fusion and Cross-Symptom, Jingyang Liu, Xenyu Lu, Lu Chen, Jing Yang, Chenguang Yang
• *Fixed tracking of eye striking during ophthalmic surgery, Ting Hong, Shellin Kai, Boyang Li, Kai Huang
• Localization related to configuration-enlisting scene for circular modular self-chainfigurable robots, Yuming Liu, Queu Zheng, Yuxiao Tu, Yuan Gao, Guanki Liang, Teen Lun Lum
• *Field: Real-time line in multi-robot navigation with Aj unknownnns obstacles- sight fa-maunnance, Rufai Bai, Shenaghai Yuan, Kun Lee, Hongliang Guo, V-Eun Yau, Lihua Zi,

IEEE ICRA Best Student Paper Award

Winner

• *Deployment of ten thousand robots: Scalable imitation education to find a lifetime multi-agent path, He he has Jiang, Utong Wang, Ish Srish Virpani, Tanish Harish Duhan, Gilaum Adrian Sartoreti, Jiaong Lee
• *Shadotech: Ga ENSE of the Shear and a normal deformation of tactile membranes from colored shadows, Giuseppe Vitrani, Basil Passquale, Michael Veterlusky
• *Point and Go: Intuitive Reference Frame Relocation in Mode Switching for Assistant Robotics, Eli Wang, Chen Jiang, Michael Prissstupa, Justin Valentine, Martin Jesland
• *Tinnissance: Lightweight and more power-efficient avionics system for flying insect-scale robots, Zita Yu, Josh True Ran, Claire Lee, Aaron Weber, Yash P. Talvaker, Sawyer Fuller

Note: The papers with * were eligible for the IEEE ICRA Best Student Paper Award.

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