IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOTS AND HUMAN INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION
Join us for insightful discussions on robots and humans.
About RO-MAN Conference
Our Mission
The IEEE RO-MAN conference provides an opportunity to discuss various problems on robots and human society for researchers in various fields.
About RO-MAN
History of RO-MAN
Our RO-MAN Conference started in 1992; since then, we have had a conference every year.
- 1992 Tokyo, Japan, Chair Hisato Kobayashi, Hosei University
- 1993 Tokyo, Japan, Chair Fumio Hara, University of Science
- 1994 Nagoya, Japan, Chair Toshio Fukuda, Nagoya University
- 1995 Tokyo, Japan, Chair Hiroshi Harashima, Waseda University
- 1996 Tsukuba, Japan, Chair Kazuo Tanie, MEL-AIST
- 1997 Sendai, Japan, Chair Hiraku Inooka, Tohoku University
- 1998 Kagawa, Japan, Chair Siji Hata, Kagawa University
- 1999 Pisa, Italy, Chair Massimo Bergamasco, Scuola Superiore Sant’ Anna
- 2000 Osaka, Japan, Chair Kojii Kamejima, Osaka Inst. Technology
- 2001 Bordeaux-Paris, France, Chair Philippe Coiffet, LRP-CNRS
- 2002 Berlin, Germany, Chair Erwin Prassler, Bonn-R
- 2003 Millbrae, California, Chair Machiel Van del Loos, University of British Columbia
- 2004 Kurashiki, Japan, Chair Tomio Watanabe, Okayama Prefectural University
- 2005 Nashville, Tennessee, Chair Kaz Kawanura, Vanderbilt University
- 2006 Hertfordshire, UK, Chair Kerstin Dautenhahn, Hertfordshire University
- 2007 Jeju, South Korea, Chair Dong-Soo Kwon, KAIST
- 2008 Munich, Germany, Chair Martin Buss, Technical University Munich
- 2009 Toyama, Japan, Chair Takanori Shibata, AIST
- 2010 Viareggio, Italy, Chair Carlo Alberto Avizzano, Scuola Superiore Sant’ Anna
- 2011 Atlanta, Georgia, Chair Henrik Christensen, Georgia Institute of Technology
- 2012 Paris, France, Chair Pierre Blazevic, University of Versailles
- 2013 Gyeongju, Korea, Chair Young-Jo Cho, ETRI
- 2014 Edinburgh, UK, Chairs Patricia A. Vargas and Ruth Aylett, Heriot-Watt University
- 2015 Kobe, Japan, Chair Yasusi Nakauchi, Tsukuba University
- 2016 New York, USA, Chair Sandra Okita, Columbia University
- 2017 Lisbon, Portugal, Chair Urbano Nunes, Coimbra University
- 2018 Nanjing, China, Chair Ryad Chellali, Nanjin Technical University
- 2019 Delhi, India, Cair Amit Kumar Pandey, Robotics & AI, Rovial Space France
- 2020 Online Conference (Naples, Italy), Chair Silvia Rossi, University of Naples Federico II
- 2021 Online Conference (Vancouver, Canada) Chair Stephen Smith, University of Waterloo
- 2022 Naples, Italy, Chair Silvia Rossi, University of Naples Federico II
- 2023 Busan, Korea, Chair JongSuk Choi, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
- 2024 Pasadina, USA, Chair Huan Tan, UBTECH ROBOTICS
- 2025 Eindhoven, Netherlands, Chair Emilia Barakova, Eindhoven University of Technology
- 2026 Kitakyushu, Japan, Chair Kazuo Ishii, Kitakyushu Institute of Technology
Upcoming Events
RO-MAN2026 will be held in Kitakyusyu, Japan. Please see the details at https://ro-man2026.org/
RO-MAN2027 will be held in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
