IROS 2025 - Hangzhou, China, Venue TBD, Date TBD

RoboGen: 3D World Generation for Robot Learning and Autonomous Systems

Workshop on Neural Fields, Gaussian Splatting and Generative Models in Robotics
Hosted at #IROS2025



Overview

Workshop Details

Welcome to the IROS 2025 Workshop on 3D World Generation for Robot Learning and Autonmous Sytems!


The RoboGen workshop aims to advance 3D world generation for robotics with three key objectives:
(1) explore state-of-the-art neural fields and generative models for robot learning generalization,
(2) address challenges in physical 3D world representation, and
(3) democratize access to high-quality synthetic data for robust robotics systems.
While previous workshops have made valuable contributions to neural rendering for robotics, RoboGen specifically explores how cutting-edge 3D world generation technologies can create scalable, high-fidelity data engines for robotics deployment.

Workshop Features


The workshop will feature the following events and activities to encourage discussion and participation on these topics:
  • Industry-Academia Keynote Sessions
    Leading researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry will present cutting-edge advancements in neural rendering and 3D generative models for robotics applications.
  • Oral Presentations
    Selected paper presentations highlighting impactful approaches to data generation, artifact mitigation, and domain-specific applications of neural rendering and generative models for robotics.
  • Interactive Poster & Demo Session
    A dedicated session where student researchers can demonstrate their methods and techniques, fostering discussions and collaborations. This will provide an opportunity for junior researchers to directly interact with senior researchers.
  • Expert Panel Discussion
    A focused discussion on bridging the gap between theoretical advancements in neural rendering and practical robotics applications.
  • Mentor 1:1 Session
    Beyond formal talks and breaks, we're facilitating personalized 15-30 minute one-on-one sessions between junior researchers and keynote speakers or organizing committee members during IROS. Prior to the conference, RoboGen workshop participants will receive a signup form to indicate their interests. This creates valuable mentorship opportunities, connecting junior researchers with senior experts for both technical guidance and career development.
  • Award Ceremony
    Different awards for best oral, most Impactful open-source project, and most engaging speaker are designed to encourage more participation.




Paper Submission

Call for Papers

📚 Topics



The RoboGen workshop will accept papers in relation to the application of Neural Fields and 3D Gaussian Splatting to robotics areas. Topics of this workshop include but are not limited to:

  • Real-time 3D Gaussian Splatting for embodied robot learning and navigation
  • Sim-to-real transfer using 3D world generation for robotic policy learning
  • Deploying autonomous robotic system with data-driven closed-loop simulation evaluation
  • Neural or Gaussian rendering for perception in adverse weather conditions (low-light, bad weather, extreme long range, very sparse view, occlusions)
  • 3D scene generation using cost-effective multi-modal sensors (e.g., radar, sonar, IMU, etc.) for robust robot perception
  • Robot Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) with neural or Gaussian scene representation
  • Simultaneous sensor and traffic simulation for novel environment adaptation in robotics
  • Dynamic scene composition for robot manipulation and interaction with deformable objects
  • 3D Vision-Language dataset generation for robotic action learning and task execution
  • Language-guided 3D scene generation for robot learning
  • Language/Feature-embedded neural or gaussian scene representation for robot manipulation
  • Efficient on-robot neural scene representation for real-time decision-making
  • General-purpose robot learning trained with a large corpus of synthetic data

📨 Submission


Authors may submit either extended abstracts (2-4 pages, including references) to present preliminary findings or observations, or full papers (6-8 pages, including references) for detailed research contributions, including complete methodology and analysis.
Submissions should follow IROS/IEEE conference format. The submitted papers and abstracts will be peer-reviewed, and those accepted will be made public through this website.

Paper submissions will be handled with OpenReview through the following link:
RoboGen @ OpenReview (Link TBA!)

Speakers

Invited Speakers

Zhijian Liu

Assistant Professor, UCSD Research Scientist, NVIDIA

Felix Heide

Professor, Princeton Head of AI, Torc Robotics

Angela Dai

Assistant Professor, TUM

Shenlong Wang

Assistant Professor, UIUC

Wei Zhan

Chief Scientist, Applied Intuition Director, Berkeley DeepDrive

Shubham Srivastava

Head of ML, Kodiak Robotics

Yue Wang

Assistant Professor, USC

Siyuan Huang

Research Scientist, Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence (BIGAI)

Organizers

Workshop Organizers

Xianling (Lily) Zhang

Technical Lead Ford Motor Company / Latitude AI

Gaurav Pandey

Associate Professor Texas A&M University

Katherine A. (Katie) Skinner

Assistant Professor University of Michigan

Shubh Gupta

Post-Doc Researcher Stanford University

Pou-Chun (Frank) Kung

PhD Candidate University of Michigan

Nalin Bendapudi

PhD Student Texas A&M University

Yifei (Simon) Shao

PhD Student University of Pennsylvania

Xuezhang Wu

Supply-Chain Manager Alibaba Group, Hangzhou
Event Date
Call for Papers May 31, 2025
Submission Jul 31, 2025 23:59 CST
Notification Sep 15, 2025
Camera Ready Oct 1, 2025
Workshop Oct 24, 2025

Program

Workshop Schedule (Tentative)

All invited talks, oral presentations and the panel discussion will take place in-person at IROS in Hangzhou, China with support for remote participation.

08:45

Opening08:45 - 09:00

09:00

Keynote09:00 - 09:30

10:45

Break10:45 - 11:00

11:00

Keynote11:00 - 11:30

12:00

Break12:00 - 13:00

13:00

Industry Demmo13:00 - 13:30

13:30

Keynote13:30 - 14:00

14:00

Keynote14:00 - 14:30

14:30

Poster Session14:30 - 15:30

15:30

Keynote15:30 - 16:00

16:30

Panel Discussion16:30 - 17:30

17:30

Award Ceremony17:30 - 18:00

Sponsors and Organizers

Companies and Organizations

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