ANU experts recognised at world’s largest robotics conference

Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to robotics at the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), the world’s leading robotics event. 

Held from 19-23 May in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, ICRA is the flagship conference of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. The event brings together researchers, engineers, and industry leaders to share knowledge, foster collaboration, and advance robotics for the benefit of humanity. 

More than 7,000 robotics experts and enthusiasts from 70 countries participated this year. 

ANU School of Computing researchers were celebrated across the program. 

Dr Rahul Shome received the King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Paper Award Honourable Mention for his work published in the flagship robotics journal IEEE Transactions on Robotics. The award recognises his paper on ‘Task and motion planning for execution in the real’ with collaborators from Rice University.

Associate Professor Miao Miao Liu was recognised as an Outstanding Associate Editor for 2024 by the journal IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, in recognition of her editorial contributions to the field. 

Professor Hanna Kurniawati delivered a keynote address at ICRA’25 on ‘Scalable long-horizon planning in non-deterministic and partially observed worlds’, sharing insights into planning under uncertainty – an essential challenge in robotics. 

Congratulations to all involved and well done to our Robotics @ ANU Computing group!