CLAWAR 2025 is the 28th issue of the International Conference Series on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines. The conference will be organized in collaboration with the Shenzhen Technology University, China, and held within the premises of the university, during 05 – 07 September 2025. The technical programme of CLAWAR 2025 will feature plenary, regular and special/invited sessions. The conference proceedings will be published in the Springer’s Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems series and indexed in Scopus, EI and Web of Science.

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Original contributions are invited in the general area of mobile robotics, covering climbing, walking, flying robots with assistance and service provided to humans and machines. The conference will cover analysis (modelling and simulation) techniques, design approaches, and practical applications and realisations of robotic systems. Support technologies for realisation of such systems, associated economic, ethical and social considerations are integral part of the conference theme. A non-exhaustive list of topics and activities can be found in the conference web-site.

• Agricultural robots
• Assistive robots
• Autonomous robots
• Biologically-inspired systems and solutions
• Biomedical robots
• Construction
• Co-operative robot systems
• Domestic robots
• Education
• Emergency & rescue operations
• Entertainment
• Flexible manoeuvring systems
• Flexible manipulators
• Flying robots
• Guidance and navigation
• Helping the elderly and the disabled
• Human-Machine/ Human-Robot interaction
• Hybrid locomotion
• Innovative actuators and power supplies
• Innovative design of CLAWAR
• Innovative sensors and sensor networks
• Inspection
• Intelligence and learning for CLAWAR
• Legged locomotion
• Manipulation and gripping
• Manufacturing
• Medical robotics
• Micro and nano robots
• Modelling and simulation
• Nature-inspired systems and solutions
• Perception and situation awareness
• Performing and creative arts robots
• Personal care robots
• Petrochemical applications
• Planetary exploration
• Planning and control
• Positioning and localisation
• Reconnaissance
• Rehabilitation and function restoration
• Robot ethics
• Robot safety
• Rural robots
• Security
• Sensor fusion
• Service robots
• Robot regulation and standardisation
• Social robots
• Space robots
• Sport and exercise robots
• Surveillance
• Swarm robotics
• Tele-operated robots
• Tele-presence and virtual reality
• Underwater and sea robotics
• Wheeled locomotion

KEY DATES

Proposals for Workshops / Special Sessions -> 01 February  2025
Submission of full draft Papers                        -> 01 April 2025
Notification of Paper Acceptance                     -> 15 May 2025
Submission of Final (accepted) Papers           -> 15 June 2025
Early Bird (reduced fee) Registration              -> 15 June 2025
Author Registration                                            -> 15 June 2025
Preliminary Program                                          -> 01 August 2025
Conference                                                          -> 05-07 September 2025

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

The technical program of the conference will feature Regular Papers and Special Session Papers. Please submit Full Draft Papers in PDF format directly through the link below by the indicated deadline for consideration for inclusion in the relevant category (special/regular paper). Please note that you should first register to create an account on the system, if not done so yet, before submitting your contribution.

Authors are invited to submit their papers in PDF format using the paper style format templates posted on the submission page of the conference website. Full papers can be up to 12 pages in length. Posters and extended abstracts can be up to 2 pages in length. Articles submitted for inclusion in the conference will be peer reviewed before acceptance, and all accepted papers (subject to registration) will be published in the conference proceedings and indexed in Scopus. A selection of papers will also be recommended for possible publication in reputable international journals.

All papers will be peer-reviewed before acceptance, and all accepted papers (subject to registration) will be published in the conference proceedings. Final accepted papers will be limited to 12 pages in length in the prescribed style and format given in the paper submission web page.

A selection of presented papers will also be recommended for possible publication in reputable international journals.