The organizers of CoRL’25 and Humanoids’25 are excited to invite the submission of proposals for the first Robot Fashion Show. As the field of robotics makes steep progress, it is anticipated that robots will be roaming around human environments, performing various tasks for and with humans. In this context, this track invites artists, designers, and researchers to propose creative ideas for “dressing up” the robots for safety and aesthetic comfort.
The goal of this track is to promote new areas of robotics research including but not limited to the following:
Robot design: Designing the appearance of a robot is a complex design task that involves various requirements and constraints in addition to aesthetic quality. We invite artists and designers to propose creative designs of next generation robots.
Fashion for robots: In the growing field of arts in robotics, fashion designers are invited to collaborate with roboticists to pioneer this new field of robot fashion.
Wearable sensors for robots: Wearable sensor units or suits can enable full-body sensing for robots of various morphologies including humanoids. We invite creative roboticists to propose wearable sensors and wearable robots for robots and/or humans.
Safe human-robot interaction: Wearable safety gear like an airbag can be designed for both humans and robots who work in close proximity. Such a safety gear could be a wearable robot itself. We invite robotics researchers in soft robots and HRI to bring novel ideas to promote safe physical human-robot interaction.
Fabric manipulation: Fashion involves various types of deformable material including fabrics and strings. Dressing and undressing for itself are highly challenging deformable object manipulation tasks. We invite Robot Learning researchers to showcase fabric manipulation beyond folding towels.
Model walk: Can a biped robot walk and turn like a model? Can robots move elegantly while performing motions? We invite roboticists to propose novel algorithms to enable robots to move and walk elegantly like a dancer or model.
Proposal Deadline: July 15, 2025 (11:59:59 AoE)
Decision: August 15, 2025
Robot Fashion Show: September 30, 2025
1. Robot Fashion (Art/Design): The main track invites artists, designers, and researchers to demonstrate artistic and/or technical innovations in robot fashion. We welcome both working prototypes and conceptual mockups to visualize the future of robot design that is aware of safety as well as aesthetics.
2. Robot Model (Robots): This track invites unique robots from both research and industry to participate in the show as models. To be selected, the proposal must include strong evidence for the robot’s stable and robust mobility.
A proposal should be submitted to OpenReview
The description of the proposed presentation (2-page limit, not including proposer bios and references). The authors are expected to address the points in the proposal template
A video (<3 mins) showing their concept, and the hardware they will bring to the conference venue in Seoul, Korea.
Each proposed idea is required to include at least 1 physical robot system(s) (rather than simulation or other digital formats only).
It is allowed to submit work that was presented elsewhere; however, preference will be given to novel contributions that have not been previously shown at another conference or other events.
By submitting a proposal, the proposers are required to peer-review at least one other submission in this track.
The Robot Fashion Show will share the Competition setting (15m x 2.5m Runway).
Please note that you are responsible for transporting the hardware and preparing all the required documentation (e.g., customs forms and insurance, if needed). CoRL’25 and Humanoids 2025 Organizing Committee is not liable for any damages that may occur during transport or during demonstrations, and does not offer any insurance or shipping arrangements.
If your proposal is accepted, at least one author must register for and attend the session to present the work in person.
For any inquiries, please contact Jean Oh (jeanoh@cmu.edu), with “[RoboFashion25]” in the subject line.