IROS 2025 Workshop on Agricultural Robotics and Automation: Driving Innovation in Agri-Food Systems
October 24th, Morning, 2025 (Pressroom D, Session 13)
October 24th, Morning, 2025 (Pressroom D, Session 13)
Robotics and AI have become fundamental drivers transforming global industries, including agriculture. The agricultural sector, however, faces unique challenges due to its inherently unstructured environments, hindering the widespread adoption of these technologies.
Simultaneously, the global demand for food, fiber, and fuel continues to rise, driven by population growth and evolving consumer needs. The agricultural sector faces numerous challenges in meeting this demand, including limited arable land, labor shortages, health and safety risks associated with farm work (e.g., chemical exposure, repetitive motion injuries, and ladder falls), and the adverse effects of climate change. Recent advancements in AI, big data, and the Internet of Things (IoT) have led to intelligent farming systems capable of precise monitoring, crop management optimization, and automated harvesting. Technologies such as autonomous navigation, robotic harvesting and weeding, precision chemical applications, and livestock automation (e.g., robotic milking and shearing) are demonstrating significant potential to transform agriculture.
This workshop aims to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration among experts from agricultural engineering, robotics, and AI research communities. By promoting knowledge exchange and showcasing cutting-edge research and applications, the event seeks to accelerate the development and adoption of AI-driven robotic technologies, ultimately ensuring a more efficient, sustainable, and resilient agri-food system.
We encourage researchers to submit a short paper (maximum 4 page excluding references) or a preprint of relevant work. Accepted abstracts will be posted on the workshop website and will not appear in the official IEEE proceedings. You are encouraged to use IROS's suggested paper template and upload a PDF.
The best three workshop paper will be awarded with grant
The Paper submissions will be handled with OpenReview through the following link
https://openreview.net/group?id=IEEE.org/IROS/2025/Workshop/Agricultural_Robotics#tab-your-consoles
Daobilige Su
College of Engineering, China Agricultural University
Mahirah Jahari
Faculty of Engineering, University Putra Malaysia
Johann Laconte
French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE)
Wei Guo
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Hao Guo
PChina Agriculture University
Manoj karkee
Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems and Dept. of Biological Systems Engineering,Washington State University
Lei Shu
Nanjing Agriculture University
Zhenjiang Zhou
College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University
Dr. Jiajun Zhu
Smart Agriculture Technical Expert, Weichai Lovol Intelligent Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd
Deqin Xiao (Female)
College of Mathematics and Informatics, South China Agricultural University
Josie Hughes (Female)
Institute of Mechanical Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Qiankun Fu
College of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College of Bionic Science and Engineering, Jilin University
Dr. Muharfiza,Director
Indonesian Agricultural Engineering Polytechnic, Ministry of Agriculture, Republic of Indonesia
| Time | Speaker /Affiliation |
Topic/title |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 8:30... | All organizers | Welcome and Introduction |
| Session 1: Autonomous Systems for Agricultural Operations: novel methods, dedicated robotic concepts, prototypes and applications. | ||
| Co-Chairs: Qiao | ||
| 8:30 - 8:45 | Prof. Daobilige Su China Agriculture University |
The progress of Agricultural Robotics in China |
| 8:45 - 9:00 | Dr.Mahirah Jahari Universiti Putra Malaysia |
Embracing the future: advancements and impact of smart agriculture technology in Malaysia |
| 9:00 - 9:15 | Dr. Johann Laconte French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE) |
Navigating Nature's Dance: Robotics for Agriculture and Environmental Monitoring in Ever-Changing Landscapes |
| 9:15 - 9:30 | Prof. Wei Guo University of Tokyo |
Before and After: Transforming Orchard Pruning with 3D Sensing and Visualization |
| 9:30 - 9:45 | Manoj karkee Washington State University |
AI and Robotics in Specialty Crop Production |
| 9:45 - 10:00 | Jilin University | Exploration and Application of Bionic Technology in Intelligent Corn Picking |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | 3-min Paper/Poster Presentations (breaks included) | |
| Session 2: AI and robotics-driven Solutions for Farm Management: current status, needs and demands for sustainable food production | ||
| Co-Chairs: Huang | ||
| 10:20 - 10:35 | Dr. Lei Shu Nanjing Agriculture University |
The Revolution in Plant Disease Detection Applications of Emerging Technologies and Intelligent Analysis |
| 10:35 - 11:00 | Zhenjiang Zhou Zhejiang University |
Diagnosis of Water and Nitrogen Status of Field Crops using Spectral and Imagery Methods |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Deqin Xiao South China Agricultural University |
Research Exploration and Practice of Agricultural and Livestock Farming Robots |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Hao Guo China Agriculture University |
3D Vision Unveiled: Precision Livestock Insights through Animal Shape Analysis |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Josie Hughes École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) |
Lab2Field translation for Agri-food technologies |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Dr. Jiajun Zhu Weichai Lovol Intelligent Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd |
: AI-Driven Robotic Tractor System for Autonomous Vineyard Operations |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Dr.Muharfiza Indonesian Agricultural Engineering Polytechnic |
TBD |
| 12:15 - 13:30 | Networking and lunch | |
Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML), The University of Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
Email: yongliang.qiao@ieee.org
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Assistant professor, Zhejiang University
Email: huangzichenss@zju.edu.cn
Tenured Senior Scientist | Agro-Food Robotics, UAVs & Artificial Intelligence, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC),Centre for Automation and Robotics (CAR), 28500, Madrid, Spain
Email: joao.valente@csic.es
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kitami Institute of Technology, Hokkaido, Japan
Email: yang@mail.kitami-it.ac.jp
College of Information Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
Email: wml@nwsuaf.edu.cn
Zhejiang University
Email: yufeiliu@zju.edu.cn