About TAROS

TAROS (Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems) is the longest-running UK-hosted international conference on Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS), which is aimed at the presentation and discussion of the latest results and methods in autonomous robotics research and applications.

TAROS offers a friendly environment for robotics researchers and industry to take stock and plan future progress. It welcomes senior researchers and research students alike and specifically provides opportunities for research students and young research scientists to present their work to the scientific community.

Steering Committee

TAROS 2025 Organising Committee

• • General Chair: Ana Cavalcanti

• • Programme chairs: Ana Cavalcanti, Simon Foster, Rob Richardson

• • CDT track chair: Pedro Ribeiro

• • Software Engineering for Robotics Special Session chair: Alvaro Miyazawa

• • Poster session chair: Holly Hendry, Annabelle Partis

• • Demonstrations chair: Fang Yan, Pengcheng Liu

• • Financial chair and conference secretary: Emily Ellis

• • Publicity chair: Kumar Acharjee, James Baxter, Ana McIntosh, Jihong Zhu

TAROS 2025 Programme Committee

• • Kaspar Althoefer, Queen Mary University of London
  • David Anisi, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
  • Farshad Arvin, Durham University
  • Philip Breedon, Nottingham Trent university
  • Giuseppe Carbone, University of Calabria
  • Gustavo Carvalho, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  • Marie Farrell, The University of Manchester
  • Mirgita Frasheri, Aarhus University
  • Yang Gao, King’s College London
  • Maria Gini, University of Minnesota
  • Mario Gleirscher, University of Bremen
  • Claudio Gomes, Aarhus University
  • Nick Hawes, University of Oxford
  • Holly Hendry, University of York
  • Kirsty Hewitson, Edinburgh Napier University
  • Baoru Huang, University of Liverpool
  • Nazmul Huda, Brunel University London
  • James Kell, Jacobs
  • Frederic Labrosse, Aberystwyth University
  • James Law, The University of Sheffield
  • Hae-In Lee, Cranfield University
  • Liying Li, University of Glasgow
  • Cunjia Liu, Loughborough University
  • Pengcheng Liu, University of York
  • Matt Luckcuck, University of Nottingham
  • Alvaro Miyazawa, University of York
  • Mohammad Reza Mousavi, King’s College London
  • Colin O’Halloran, University of Oxford
  • Min Pan, University of Bath
  • Yvan Petillot, Ocean Systems Lab, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
  • Marija Popovic, University of Bonn
  • Mark Post, University of York
  • Pedro Ribeiro, University of York
  • Thomas Roehr, Simula Research Laboratory
  • Matteo Rossi Politecnico di Milano
  • Shabnam Sadeghi Esfahlani, Anglia Ruskin University
  • Uwe Schulze, Verified Systems International GmbH
  • Nabil Shaukat, University of Leeds
  • Patricia Shaw, Aberystwyth University
  • Weiyong Si, University of Essex
  • Andrew Sogokon, Lancaster University
  • Adriana Tapus, ENSTA Paris
  • Antonia Tzemanaki, University of Bristol
  • Mien Van, Queen’s University Belfast
  • Mingfeng Wang, Brunel University London
  • Ning Wang, Sheffield Hallam University
  • Simon Watson, The University of Manchester
  • Barbara Webb, The University of Edinburgh
  • Andrew Weightman, The University of Manchester
  • Houxiang Zhang, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • Kaiqiang Zhang, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
  • Jihong Zhu, University of York

Expression of interest for organising taros 2027

We are inviting Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the organisation of TAROS 2027.  The organisers will join the steering committee for a minimum of a 2-year term, 1 year before and 1 year after the organisation of the conference. The steering committee will provide support to the organisers and share past experience from organising of the conference. Please fill out this form by the 2^nd of June 12:00 2025 (noon): https://forms.office.com/e/54jRDrJb0W.