Robotics and AI are developing at an incredible speed becoming incorporated into the very fabric of human reality to the point that the physical and the digital completely overlap. By significantly altering the substance of human lived experience, of human reality, intelligent technologies bring about and mold new forms of interaction and a new relationship with work and instrumentality. Reshaping industries, redefining workflows with their unparalleled efficiency and precision, speeding up production processes, allowing to succeed and operate in harsh environments, improving healthcare, medical practice, and the drug industry these tools herald a new era of innovation. 

And yet, Robotic and AI applications are still far from perfect. Overcoming their challenging functional limitations and guaranteeing their reliability, safety, and ethical performance is a priority. 

The International Conference on Robot Ethics and Standards is dedicated to the safe and ethical development of Robotic and AI applications, progressing toward trustworthy intelligent technology. 

ICRES 2025 is the 10th issue of the International Conference Series on Robot Ethics and Standards. The conference will be organized by CLAWAR Association in collaboration with ISEP – School of Engineering of the Porto Polytechnic and INESC TEC. 

It will take place during 03 – 04 July 2025 at ISEP – School of Engineering of the Porto Polytechnic, Porto, Portugal.

The ICRES conference series provides a multidisciplinary forum for discussing the fundamental and pressing safety, ethical, legal, and societal issues in robotics, autonomous systems and related technologies. We invite full papers, posters and extended abstracts. Please see further details on the Contributions page.

Submission Guidelines

The ICRES conference series provides a multidisciplinary forum for discussing the fundamental and pressing safety, ethical, legal, and societal issues in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, and the scope is not limited to physical robots. We invite full papers, extended abstracts and posters.

List of Topics

A non-exhaustive list of topics and activities is:

• Accountability in autonomous systems
• AI technology to block unethical/mendacious social-media communication
• Autonomy and liability
• Defining ethical guidelines for the design, use, and operation of robots
• Embedding values and norms into intelligent systems
• Enhancement technologies: ethical issues
• Ethical frameworks: universal or region-specific?
• Ethical principles in robotics
• Ethics and standardization
• Formal and mathematical frameworks for robot ethics
• Implementations and engineering studies
• Political and legal frameworks
• Privacy & management of personal data
• Raising ethical awareness among stakeholders
• The role of industry and society in the definition of safety standards
• Transparency in autonomous systems
• User and HCI/HRI (Human Computer Interaction/Human Robot Interaction) studies at the intersection of the above issues
• Special Sessions, workshops and tutorials

Committees

General Co-Chairs

• Manuel F. Silva, ISEP & INESC TEC, Portugal
• Mohammad Osman Tokhi, London South Bank University, UK
• Maria Isabel A. Ferreira, University of Lisbon, Portugal

International Scientific Comitee Co-Chairs

• Benedita Malheiro, ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto & INESCTEC, Portugal
• Naveen Sundar Govindarajulu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY, USA

International Advisory Committee

• Gurvinder S Virk, CLAWAR Association, UK
• Endre E. Kadar, University of Portsmouth, UK

Local Organising Committee Chair

• Maria Teresa Costa, ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal

Special Sessions/Workshops/Tutorials Co-Chairs

• Benedita Malheiro, ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto & INESCTEC, Portugal
• Khaled M. Goher, University of Nottingham, UK

Publication Co-Chairs

• Pedro Guedes, ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto & INESCTEC, Portugal
• Mohammad Osman Tokhi, London South Bank University, UK

Publicity Co-Chairs

• Paulo Ferreira, ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
• Gabriela Gallegos Garrido, London South Bank University, UK

Web-site Co-Chairs

• Paulo Ferreira, ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
• Abdullah Almeshal, College of Technological Studies, Kuwait
• Louie Webb, London South Bank University, UK

Publication

ICRES 2025 proceedings will be published in the Springer’s Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS) series (https://www.springer.com/series/15179), indexed in Scopus and EI Compendex, and submitted for consideration in Web of Science.

Venue

The conference will be held during 03 – 04 July 2025 at ISEP – School of Engineering of the Porto Polytechnic, Porto, Portugal.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to icres2025@isep.ipp.pt.