The 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2025) took place from October 19 to 25, 2025 in Hangzhou, China. The programme included plenary and keynote talks, workshops, tutorials, forums, competitions, and a debate. There was also an exhibition where companies and institutions were able to showcase their latest hardware and software. We cast an eye over the social media platforms to see what participants got up to during the week. Truly enjoyed discussing the consolidation of specialist and generalist approaches to physical AI at #IROS2025.

The IEEE International Conference on Automation and Robotics, ICRA, is the itinerant flagship conference of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, RAS. In its 39th edition, ICRA is being held in the Pennsylvania Convention Center, in Philadelphia, PA, USA, between May 23 and 27, 2022. ICRA started just after the birth of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (formerly IEEE Robotics and Automation Council) in 1983. The first edition was held in Atlanta, GA, USA, in 1984. During its first years, the conference showed the growing interest of researchers and industry leaders in the emergent field of robotics.

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