RomandicThe workshop, organized in the scope of IROS 2025 in Hagzhou, China, on October 20th, 2025, focused on the dynamic relationship between perception, decision-making, and execution in the robotic manipulation of deformable objects.
Project ROMANDIC was one of co-organisers of the WS.
In the photo there are some of the present organizers and presenters.
On October 15th we held the strategic foresight workshop titled “Izzivi slovenske robotike – Robotike in umetna inteligenca za napredno manipulacijo”.
The event was well attended with over 85 atendees. Topics such as robotics, AI and manipulation with a special focus and invited lectures on handling of deformable objects.
We are glad to announce Winter school on robot handling of deformables in the scope of the EU project ROMANDIC (https://project-romandic.eu/winter-school-2026/), which will take place from February 9th till 13th in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.
*** Motivation and objectives ***
The purpose of the winter school is to address the underlying topics of robot handling of deformables and get hands-on experience in the specifics of perception, simulation, use of robots, and applications in the field. We have invited the leading European scientists and practitioners in this field to give lectures and we have prepared interactive sessions / mini projects with the use of collaborative robots and simulation packages.
The school is specifically crafted for young and talented Ph.D. students and post-docs.
*** Confirmed lecturers ***
Julia Borras CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Tamim Asfour KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany
Arash Ajoudani IIT, Genova, Italy
Francis wyffels UGent, Ghent, Belgium
Andrej Gams JSI, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Renaud Detry KUL, Leuven, Belgium
Danijel Skočaj FRI, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Noémie Jaquier KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
Two more, currently still unconfirmed speakers will present.
*** Important Dates ***
Registration deadline: November 24th, 2025
Notification of acceptance December 9th, 2025
*** Registration ***
The program will cost around 550 €, which includes accommodation and half-board.
Potential participants are required to submit a one-page CV and a half-page letter describing their motivation to attend before November 15th, 2025. Registration is limited to 50 applicants.
Participants will be selected based on their motivation letter and CV.
*** Organizers ***
The Winter school is organized in the scope of EU project ROMANDIC (https://project-romandic.eu/), with all project partners participating in the organization:
JSI: Andrej Gams, Aleš Ude, Peter Nimac, Jan Jerićević, Matija Mavsar
CSIC: Julia Borras, Guillem Alenyà
KIT: Tamim Asfour
*** Venue and location ***
The Winter School will take place in Hotel Ramada in Kranjska Gora, with accommodation in Hotel Kompas. Accommodation and half-board are included in the “registration fee”.
The small town of Kranjska Gora lies in the Upper Sava Valley. Kranjska Gora is a 45-minute drive (66 km) from Ljubljana Airport, just 40 minutes from Klagenfurt Airport (Austria) and an hour’s drive from Trieste Airport (Italy). The nearest train station is in Jesenice, from where buses take you to Kranjska Gora, 20 km away, in half an hour.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Kranjska Gora!
Entrepeneurship workshop for early-career researchers organized between ROMANDIC and U7 – Office for Substantive Project Support, Technology Transfer and Innovation, organized on September 18th 2025, drew a full house of participants.
We are organizing a strategic foresight workshop titled “Robotika in umetna inteligenca za napredno manipulacijo” on October 15th, 2025, at the Hotel Mons
The event will be in Slovenian language.
More about the event here and (here).
The event is free for all participants, but registration before October 6th is required. Please check the event webpages listed above.
Together with JSI’s U7 – Office for Substantive Project Support, Technology Transfer and Innovation we are organizing an entrepreneurship workshop for early-career researchers.
The event, meant for PhD students and early career researchers, will take place on September 18th, at the Electronics lecture room, Teslova 30, Ljubljana (1st floor).
The event is titled How do I prepare a good business model and present (pitch) my invention?
More about the event here.
A new ROMANDIC project milestone has been reached with the start of the visit of Mahed Dadgostar from IRI – Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial, CSIC-UPC at Jozef Stefan Institute.
During the month-long secondment, we will work on learning of dynamic handling of textiles.
We are co-organizing the “5th workshop on RObotic MAnipulation of Deformable Objects: holistic approaches and challenges forward” in the scope of IROS 2025.
The workshop will be held on Monday morning, October 20, 2025 in Hangzhou, China, in the scope of IROS 2025!
We welcome submission of extended abstracts by September 20, 2025! See Call For Abstracts for details.
Colleagues from CSIC, specifically Franco Coltaro, presented their cloth simulator, developed within the Clothilde project, called the Clothilde simulator, see here and here.
In this online tutorial the simulator itself, its properties, and the usage were presented, followed by an extensive debate.
Thanks Franco!
A workshop on the topic of the organization an help of project offices in order to support researchers was held in Sitges, Barcelona, on June 12th and 13th. In two days of discussions and presentations partners from JSI, CSIC and KIT presented their project offices.
The participation of people from the project offices is what made this event special, as hands-on experience and organizational structures, ideas, gender aspect and outlooks were shared by the people really working in these fields.
Thanks to CSIC for the great organization and an insightful event in a very picturesque location!
