AROB-ISBC 2026: Call for Papers

The 31st International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics will be held in Beppu, Oita, Japan, from January 21 to January 23, 2026. The symposium brings together researchers to discuss new technologies concerning artificial life and robotics.

Topics of Interest

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Adaptation
• Agent-based modelling
• Artificial brain
• Artificial intelligence
• Artificial life
• Artificial living
• Artificial mind
• Bio-inspired robotics
• Bio-mimetics
• Bio-robot
• Biocomplexity
• Bioinformatics
• Biological evolution
• Biomedical database
• Biomedical imaging
• Brain science
• Chaos
• Cognitive science
• Complexity
• Control techniques
• Data mining
• Decentralized control
• Disease models and mechanisms
• Distributed system
• DNA computing
• Ethology
• Evolution of cooperation
• Evolutionary computations (Genetic algorithm)
• Gene expression and regulation
• Genome/Omics medicine
• Human genome information
• Human-machine interaction and collaboration
• Identification and Estimation
• In silico drug discovery
• Intelligent control
• Learning (Phenotypic plasticity)
• Machine Learning
• Manipulator
• Medical big data
• Medical informatics
• Mobile robots
• Model estimation
• Modular robotics
• Molecular biology
• Molecular evolution
• Molecular network
• Motion planning and navigation
• Multi-agent systems
• Multivariate statistics
• Nano-biology
• Nano-robot
• Neural networks
• Neurocomputing technologies and its application for hardware
• Parallel and distributed computing
• Phase polyphenism
• Quantum computing
• Quorum sensing
• Regenerative medicine
• Robot vision and image processing
• Robotic Mechanism
• Security
• Self-organization
• Sensor and multi-sensor data fusion
• Social insects
• Social physiology
• Sociometry
• Swarm intelligence
• Swarm robot
• Swarm robotics
• Tele-operation
• Walking robot

Organized Sessions

AROB-ISBC 2026 will feature Organized Sessions (OS) on focused research topics. Details of these sessions and their submission availability will be announced on the website. The deadline for OS proposals is October 7, 2025 at 24:00 UTC.

Important Dates

• Deadline for Abstract Submission for review: October 14, 2025 at 24:00 UTC
• Deadline for OS Proposal: October 7, 2025 at 24:00 UTC
• Notification of acceptance: October 30, 2025
• Deadline for Final Camera-Ready Papers: December 15, 2025 at 24:00 UTC
• Deadline for Early Registration: December 15, 2025 at 24:00 UTC
• Registration Deadline for Presenters: December 15, 2025 at 24:00 UTC

Publication

Accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings of the AROB. Extended versions of selected papers will be published in the international journal: Artificial Life and Robotics, Springer Japan.