The IEEE RAS International Conference on Engineering Reliable Autonomous Systems (ERAS) is now open for submissions (https://www.2026-erasrobotics.org/). Please upload your contributions to paperplaza: https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl.

It's time for intelligent robots to go mainstream. Join us to remove the scientific and engineering bottlenecks on the way to reliable and ubiquitous autonomous systems!

We invite submissions of original, unpublished technical papers on topics including but not limited to:
- General Understanding of Autonomy
- Reproducibility and Benchmarking
- Specification and User Needs
- Design and Systems Engineering for Reliability
- Assessing and Communicating Reliability
- Reliability in Context

The conference will be just before ICRA not far from Wien on 28-29 May 2026.

Contributions addressing aspects of reliability across the entire life cycle of autonomous systems are welcome. We accept both short/position papers (4 pages including references, with the possibility to purchase 1 extra page) and regular papers (6 pages including references, with the possibility to purchase up to 2 extra pages). We also accept late-breaking reports with new preliminary ideas. All papers will undergo a double-blind review (check IEEE policy on https://www.ieee-ras.org/publications/rules-for-the-double-anonymous-review-process); the conference proceedings will be published on IEEExplore (both regular and short/position papers; late-breaking reports are excluded from proceedings). It will be possible transfer accepted papers from IEEE RAM, RA-L, T-RO, T-FR, ToH, RA-P, and possibly more.

Location: The venue is located in Zagreb, Croatia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing. Enjoy the creative vibe of Zagreb, a unique cauldron across Mittel Europe, the Slavic world and the Adriatic Sea!

Conference Website: https://www.2026-erasrobotics.org/

Important Dates:

Regular paper (6-8 pages incl. refs.) 21st February 2026

Short/Position paper (4-5 pages incl. refs) 21st February 2026

Workshop/Tutorial/Competition proposal 28th February 2026

Paper Acceptance Notification 7th April 2026

Workshop/Tutorial/Competition Notification 15th March 2026

Late-breaking report submission 31st March 2026

Late-breaking report notification 15th April 2026

Conference Date 28th -29th May 2026


The submission site is OPEN! We look forward to your contributions! https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl