Call for Papers

Paper Deadlines

Contributed Papers
October 15, 2026
Extended Abstracts
TBA

Paper Transfers

To present a paper already submitted to an IEEE Journal, you can transfer it to RoboSoft. The following journals are eligible:

RA-LNow – Dec 31, 2026
RAMNow – Dec 31, 2026
T-RONow – Dec 31, 2026
T-RLNow – Dec 31, 2026

We invite participation in the RoboSoft 2027 conference, a high quality forum for interacting across the boundaries of the different disciplines involved in soft robotics research. We encourage multidisciplinary works investigating soft robotic science through the lenses of different fields, including but not limited to material science, biology, zoology, neuroscience, philosophy, social sciences, modelling, control theory, artificial intelligence, art, etc. Works reflecting on new ways to enhance the community’s growth and leverage inclusivity are also strongly encouraged.

The following types will be eligible for presentations:

  • Contributed Papers (published in proceedings): October 15, 2026
  • Extended Abstracts (not published in proceedings): TBA
  • Paper transfers from other IEEE RAS sponsored Journals (already published): RA-L, RAM, T-RO, and T-RL.

All times are in GMT (UTC-0).

For both accepted contributed papers and transferred submissions, at least one author must present on site. If no author appears and the presentation is not given, the paper will not be included in the proceedings.

Contributed Paper Submission

RoboSoft 2027 uses PaperPlaza as its submission system for conference papers. Submissions will open on July 15 and remain open until the submission deadline.

To be able to submit a paper, all authors must be registered in PaperPlaza and have associated PINs.

Submissions must be fully anonymized for double-anonymous review: remove author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, funding sources, self-identifying citations or links, and document metadata from the manuscript, figures, videos, and any supplementary materials. For further details, please carefully read the Rules for the Double-Blind Process below. Manuscripts with incomplete anonymization that allow the authors to be identified without active searching will be rejected at the initial screening and will not be reviewed.

Contributed Papers Format

Manuscripts should be six pages (US letter size) in length, with a maximum of up to two extra pages that can be purchased. The number of pages includes the references, appendices, and acknowledgments. Papers should be formatted in standard IEEE format. Templates for LaTex and MS-Word are available at the RAS paper submission support page. Videos to complement the submission are strongly encouraged.

The presentation formats for accepted contributed papers are poster or oral presentation.

Videos should be submitted with your paper and have the following format:

20 MB
Max file size
MP4
File extension
3 min
Max duration
480 px
Min height
20 fps
Min frame rate
Progressive
Scan type

Rules for Double-blind Process

You must make your paper submission anonymous by following these rules.

1
Do not include names and affiliations anywhere in the manuscript, appendix, supplementary material, and videos.
2
Acknowledgments to people or funding agencies should be deleted or redacted.
3
In self-citing authors’ previous work, avoid expressions such as “In our/the authors earlier work…”, rather use neutral expressions such as “In previous work…” or “In related work…”, in a manner that does not distinguish one’s own work from others.
4
Remove any author/affiliation/lab names and logos from figures and videos.
5
Blur faces from persons in videos and pictures.
6
Robot identities should NOT be hidden, either for unique robots or commonly available systems. They are allowed to appear in pictures and videos. However, hide the individual name of the robots from the paper unless it is a widespread robot (eg Nao, Spots,…).
7
Remove any author information from all submitted files’ metadata. This information is often added automatically from the identity information and can be found in “properties” under the “file” menu in word processors and PDF readers.
8
There should be no links to external websites that reveal identity (e.g. YouTube, github, authors institute pages). If such resources must be included, use tools to anonymize them like https://anonymous.4open.science/.
9
Careless use of self-citations is always forbidden.
10
Using tools such as arXiv is allowed by authors, reviewers should not actively search for those articles to know identities.
Violations of those rules for material submitted for review can result in the paper being desk rejected. Information that was masked to ensure anonymization during the review process can be added once the paper is accepted and the camera-ready version is submitted.