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DAROMA 2026
Beyond rigidity - Deformable and Articulated Robotic Object Manipulation
The DAROMA 2026 workshop, titled 'Beyond Rigidity - Deformable and Articulated Robotic Object Manipulation,' focuses on advancing robotic manipulation of non-rigid objects such as clothes, cables, and articulated devices like drawers and laptops. It brings together researchers from end-to-end learning and modular pipeline approaches to address challenges in perception, representation, modeling, planning, and evaluation for real-world applications in household, healthcare, logistics, and industrial settings.
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Previously Presented Work
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Topics of Interest
Perception: How can robots perceive non-rigid objects using cameras and other multimodal sensors (e.g., tactile, force, and proprioception)?Representation: How can non-rigid objects be represented; do we learn or deploy model-based representations; how to balance detail and precision with computational complexity?Modelling and planning: How can we model and integrate non-rigid object dynamics into planning; what role do world models play in non-rigid object manipulation?Approaches: What are the advantages and shortcomings of different paradigms for manipulation; with particular emphasis on end-to-end and modular ones?Evaluation and Benchmarks: How to best measure progress; what are common benchmarks, datasets and metrics for manipulating non-rigid objects?
Policies worth checking twice
- Submitted papers must not exceed 4 pages including references.
- Submissions of previously presented work are accepted if extended or part of the RSS 2026 main conference.
- All submissions will be reviewed based on technical quality, relevance, significance, and clarity.
- Accepted papers will be presented as posters in DIN A0 Portrait format.
- Accepted submissions are non-archival and will be available on the workshop website.
- Submissions must follow the RSS 2026 format guidelines.
Official sources
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Last verified September 9, 2026