The talks will be in-person.
Stanford Robotics and Autonomous Systems Seminar series hosts both invited and internal speakers. The seminar aims to bring the campus-wide robotics community together and provide a platform to overview and foster discussion about the progress and challenges in the various disciplines of Robotics. This quarter, the seminar is also offered to students as a 1 unit course. Note that registration to the class is NOT required in order to attend the talks.
The course syllabus is available here. Go here for more course details.
The seminar is open to Stanford faculty, students, and sponsors.
Attendance Form
For students taking the class, please fill out the attendance form: https://tinyurl.com/robosem-fall-26 when attending the seminar to receive credit. You need to fill out 7 attendance forms to receive credit for the quarter, or make up for it by submitting late paragraphs on the talks you missed via Canvas.
Seminar Youtube Recordings
All publically available past seminar recordings can be viewed on our YouTube Playlist. Registered students can access all talk recordings on Canvas.
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Schedule Fall 2026
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| Fri, Sep 25 | Masha Itkina | Toyota Research Institute | TBD | Skilling Auditorium | 3:00PM |
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| Fri, Oct 02 | Chuchu Fan | MIT | TBD | Skilling Auditorium | 3:00PM |
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| Fri, Oct 09 | Juraj Kabzan | Skydio | TBD | Skilling Auditorium | 3:00PM |
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| Fri, Oct 16 | Zeynep Temel | CMU | TBD | Skilling Auditorium | 3:00PM |
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| Fri, Oct 23 | Howie Choset | CMU | TBD | Skilling Auditorium | 3:00PM |
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| Fri, Nov 06 | Xianyi Cheng | Duke | TBD | Skilling Auditorium | 3:00PM |
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| Fri, Nov 13 | Igor Gilitschenski | University of Toronto | TBD | Skilling Auditorium | 3:00PM |
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| Fri, Nov 20 | Luca Carlone | MIT | TBD | Skilling Auditorium | 3:00PM |
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| Fri, Dec 04 | Stephanie Gil | Harvard | TBD | Skilling Auditorium | 3:00PM |
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Sponsors
The Stanford Robotics and Autonomous Systems Seminar enjoys the support of the following sponsors.
