Research Papers
Four-page papers (excluding references) in IROS format, including extended versions of existing work, work in progress, submissions under review elsewhere, or recently published results.
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S2RCC 2026
IROS 2026 First Workshop on Sim2Real and Classical Control: From Rigorous Theory to Data-Driven Robotics
The Sim2Real and Classical Control Workshop (S2RCC 2026) at IROS 2026 in Pittsburgh brings together researchers from control theory, robot learning, and sim-to-real transfer to bridge fragmented communities and advance foundational methodologies for robotics. The workshop emphasizes integrating classical control with data-driven approaches to close the simulation-reality gap and promote real-world deployment.
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Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Videos and Presentations
Non-paper submissions on relevant topics, to be considered for presentation at the workshop.
Research areas in scope
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Research Topics
Sim-to-Real and Real-to-Sim Transfer for Whole-Body Control of Mobile Platforms and ManipulatorsAdaptive Control and Online System IdentificationHybrid Methods: Combining Classical and Adaptive Control with Machine LearningWorld Models and System Identification for Sim-to-Real Gap ReductionData Augmentation, Domain Randomization, and Benchmarking for Sim-to-RealFoundation Models and Large-Scale Pretraining for RoboticsTransfer and Continuous Learning for Interaction ControlTheoretical Guarantees, Safety, and Robustness in Sim-to-RealIterative Co-Improvement of World Models and Controllers / PoliciesData-Driven Modeling and Hybrid Control ArchitecturesWorld Models for Synthetic Robot Data Generation
Policies worth checking twice
- Submissions must follow IROS format guidelines and be limited to two or four pages (excluding references).
- Single-blind peer review: reviewers know author identities, but authors do not know reviewer identities.
- Submissions may be extended versions of existing work, work in progress, submissions under review elsewhere, or recently published results.
- At least two high-quality reviews per paper.
- Selected papers will be presented as posters; outstanding contributions will be selected for spotlight presentations.
- Best Paper Awards: Two awards given — PAL-Robotics Best Application Paper Award ($300) and Automatic Control Group Best Methodology Paper Award ($500).
- Early submissions are prioritized for review to assist with visa applications.
- Alternative submission via email (sim2realgap.iros26@gmail.com) is allowed if OpenReview is inaccessible.
Official sources
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Last verified September 9, 2026