2026 IEEE 12th International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Application (ICARA 2026) has been held in Istanbul, Turkey during February 5-7, 2026.

Opening Remarks: Prof. Anthony Tzes, New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Host: Prof. Ramesh K. Agarwal, Washington University in St. Louis, USA	Host: Prof. Veysel Gazi, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Frank Allgöwer University of Stuttgart, Germany	Keynote Speaker: Prof. Alessandra Sciutti Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy	Keynote Speaker: Prof. Cagatay Basdogan Koc University, Turkey
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dezhen Song Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi, UAE

 

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Excellent presenters of each session:

Session 1: TK142
Title: Optimal Camera Reduced-Pose in a MoCaS for Coverage of 3D Workspace Regions
Presenter: Abdullah Mohamed Ali, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE

Session 2: TK052
Title: Autonomous Chess Playing System with Computer Vision and Collaborative Robots
Presenter: Chulaluk Inchana, Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand

Session 3: TK056-A
Title: What We See When We Know: The Impact of AI Disclosure on Attention and Human-likeness Perception in HRI
Presenter: Ekin SuGümüş, Sabancı University,Turkey

Session 4: TK083
Title: FOGCAST — Towards Uncertainty-Aware Forecasting of Interconnected Environments under Partial Observations from Mobile Agents using Semi-Static Scene Graphs
Presenter: Nils Hantke, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Session 5: TK067
Title: HybridGLoc: Hybrid 2D-3D Cross-LiDAR Global Localization
Presenter: Faezeh Sadat Mortazavi, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

Session 6: TK074
Title: AAS-Based Event-Driven Alarm Notification System for Process Industry
Presenter: Hesam Rezaee Ahvanouee, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

Session 7: TK097
Title: CARGO: A Mobile Manipulator Solution for Container Unloading
Presenter: Maria Silva Lopes, INESC TEC, Portugal

Session 8: TK128
Title: Corner Case Detection Using Multi-modal Information in Autonomous Driving
Presenter: Jiajie Zhang, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Session 9: TK081
Title: Validation of Neural Network-based Controllers in Closed Loop Systems with UPPAAL SMC
Presenter: Dario Pagani, University of Pisa, Italy

Online Session 1-Part A: TK132
Title: Hierarchical embedded ArUco markers for precise positioning
Presenter: Aleksei Kislovskii, Kazan Federal University, Russia

Online Session 1-Part B: TK046
Title: 2D Nanomaterials and AI-Driven Control for Next-Generation Exoskeletons
Presenter: Sabrine Ayari, De Vinci Higher Education, De Vinci Research Center, France

Online Session 2-Part A: TK127
Title: Safe and Efficient Exploration in Complex Scenarios Using Car-like Robots
Presenter: Zhenkun Chen, Hunan University, China

Online Session 2-Part B: TK108
Title: Real-Time Neuro-Motor Index Modulation for Adaptive Admittance Control in Upper-Limb Exoskeleton
Presenter: Nada Salman, Devinci Higher Education, DeVinci reserch center, France