Alan Fern
Oregon State University
Planning and learning under uncertainty, reinforcement learning, and decision making for robots.
Invited Speakers
Tao Pang
Robotics and AI Institute
Contact-rich manipulation, model-based reasoning, and robust physical interaction.
Pulkit Agrawal
MIT
Robot learning, legged mobility, manipulation, generalization, and sim-to-real transfer.
Workshop Schedule
Thursday, November 12, 2026 · 2:00–6:00 PM. All times are local to Austin (Central Time). Talk titles and room details will be added when finalized.
Time
Duration
Session
2:00–2:10 PM
10 min
Welcome and opening talk
2:10–2:35 PM
25 min
Invited Talk 1: Alan Fern
Oregon State University
2:35–3:00 PM
25 min
Invited Talk 2: Pulkit Agrawal
MIT
3:00–3:20 PM
20 min
Selected student spotlights — four 5-minute talks
3:20–3:30 PM
10 min
Open-problem prompts and poster orientation
3:30–4:00 PM
30 min
Conference coffee break and poster session
4:00–4:25 PM
25 min
Invited Talk 3: Emo Todorov
Roboti LLC
4:25–4:50 PM
25 min
Invited Talk 4: Tao Pang
Robotics and AI Institute
4:50–5:20 PM
30 min
Interactive open-problem and audience discussion
5:20–5:50 PM
30 min
Panel: Open Problems in Contact-Rich Loco-Manipulation
5:50–6:00 PM
10 min
Awards and closing