IROS2020 On Demand - for FREE

 

This is an interesting turnout of the events, and an amazing opportunity for all, given the tremendous medical/surgical robotics related talks and demos at a typical IROS:

"Dear Friends of Robotics,

We are delighted to announce that registration for IROS 2020 will be free.  We thank you for your patience and are pleased with this outcome. Free registration has been made possible by IROS' Sponsoring Societies: the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ), the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS), the Industrial Electronics Society (IES), the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), and the New Technology Foundation (NTF). 

 Thanks to their leadership in light of COVID-19, free registration will lighten financial hardship, broaden attendance, increase our community's visibility, and foster positivity in our robotics communities.

 Free registration is extended to authors and non-authors.  All will have access to IROS 2020 content including the Technical talks, Plenaries and Keynotes, Competitions, and the 68 Workshops and Tutorials. ...

While we cannot replace the experience of an in-person conference, we are pleased and excited to roll out “IROS On-Demand,” a platform that provides an intuitive and enjoyable way to easily access IROS content anywhere, anytime, with any device.  IROS On-Demand will be released Oct 25, 2020 and content will be available for 1-month minimum.

If you have NOT already registered for IROS 2020, we ask that you use this link to register and ensure access to IROS On-Demand:

https://www.iros2020.org/ondemand/signup

We hope that IROS 2020 free registration will attract new attendees from national and industry research labs.  We also hope free registration will lower the barrier to access for researchers, graduate, and undergraduate students, and enable participation by K-12 students and educators as well.

 We're proud to say that no other IEEE society has made registration entirely free for their flagship conference (of IROS' size and scale).  Making both XPlore publishing and attendance free is historic.  We hope this brings a bit of good news to your year.

On behalf of the Organization Committee,

Marcia O'Malley (Program Chair) &Paul Oh (General Chair)"

 GO, REGISTER to IROS2020!