The workshop has been a great success! During the peek times, we counted more than 60 people in the room which was about twice as much as we anticipated. Many of you have actively participated in the discussions during the oral session and the poster presentations.

We are currently discussing the possibility to repeat the workshop in a periodic fashion due to frequent requests during the conference. Given the open questions arising from the discussions, we believe that this could be a valuable addition to the community. We will keep you posted on the mailing lists.

The deadline for contributions has been extended to April 15, 2018. Please check the important dates section for further information.

The date of our workshop on Cognitive Whole-Body Control for Compliant Robot Manipulation (COWB-COMP) has been fixed to the morning of Monday, May 21, 2018. The workshop will have a diverse schedule with moderated discussions elucidating both robotics/control perspective and the cognitive point of view. We will update the schedule as the conference approaches. Please check for updates if you are interested in our workshop.

It is a pleasure for us to inform you that our workshop proposal on Cognitive Whole-Body Control for Compliant Robot Manipulation (COWB-COMP) has been accepted for the upcoming ICRA 2018 in Brisbane, Australia 21-25 May 2018. The reviewers appreciated the strong commitment of the invited speakers and the IEEE-RAS Technical Committees.
 
The workshop will be scheduled as a half day event to be held on Monday, 21 May, 2018. The final schedule will be announced once the ICRA program is online.