Workshop on Open Challenges in Robotics for Asset Inspection and Management

OCRAIM @ ICRA June 5, 2026

Location: Galerie Lounge 1-4

Bridging Innovation and Reality: Multi-modal Robotic Solutions for Asset Inspection in Challenging Environments

This workshop brings together robotic research advancements with industry-driven demands, addressing the gap between challenges in the real-world inspection and asset management applications and cutting-edge research in multi-modal robotic technologies designed to address them. Building on the success of our inaugural ICRA 2025 workshop, Open Challenges in Robotics for Asset Inspection and Management, this second installment continues the conversation on how to transition advanced robotics from research into reliable industrial deployments, which still faces multitudes of challenges.

Important Dates:

• Paper Submission Deadline: 4 April 2026, 11:59PM (AoE) 18 April 2026, 11:59PM
• Notification to Authors: 4 May 2026
• Camera-Ready Deadline:  8 May 2026, 11:59PM (AoE) 12 May 2026, 11:59PM
• Workshop Date: 5 June 2026, Vienna, Austria.

Paper Submission Guidelines

Authors are invited to submit original research papers related to the topics of the workshop. All submissions must be made electronically via CMT: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/OCRAIM2026. Submissions must follow the standard IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation paper format and are limited to 4-6 pages including references. Papers should be prepared using the official IEEE conference templates. Templates can be found at https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/support/support.php.

Proposed Schedule:

Accepted Contributions (2026):

Exploiting Planar Motion Constraints for Robust Structure from Motion in Mobile Robot Bridge Inspection
Stefano Mutti, Diego Gitardim, Simone Sabbadini, Anna Valente

Multi-sensor data capture and fusion for mapping hazardous materials onboard ships
Richard Moore, Peter Ivarsen, Ahmed Mohammed

Versatile Multi-Modal Locomotion: Design and Simulation of a Novel Tracked-Legged Robot
Zhizhong Tong, Songhao Wei, Xichen Jin, Haibo Gao

Performance Guarantees for Soft Continuum Robots in Inspection and Maintenance Tasks
Maja Trumic, Adriano Fagiolini, Cosimo Della Santina

Intended Call for Papers:

We will invite submissions related to asset maintenance, inspection and monitoring on the topics of:

• Robotic Platforms
• Multimodal and novel sensing 
• Intelligent path planning and navigation
• Informative data collection techniques 
• Perception Methods in Visually Challenging Environments
• AI-driven predictive maintenance
• Human-robot collaboration
• Edge computing and low-latency AI models
• Autonomous Multi-Robot Systems
• Robotics for Confined Space and Hazardous Environments
• Cybersecurity and Data Integrity
• Integration of robotic inspection data into digital twins
• Enhanced Data Representation and Visualization
• High-quality datasets and benchmarks

Submission Guidelines:

The workshop accepts contributions based on the following criteria:

• The submission should be between 4-6 pages long (excluding references). The paper should follow the IEEE RAS template
• Late breaking results as well as links to supplementary material, multimedia, and datasets are encouraged 
• We welcome prospective, conceptual, and industrial application focused papers as well.
• Submissions will be accepted through CMT.
• The review process is single-blind
• Accepted papers will be posted on the workshop website. Authors of accepted papers will be invited to present their contributions during the workshop’s lightning talk presentation session followed by a poster session.
• The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.

Workshop Contact:

Please direct all your queries to:

yiduo.wang@sydney.edu.au

or marcus.hoerger@anu.edu.au

Past Workshops:

OCRAIM2025