About
The 2026 International Conference on Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics (ICBIR 2026) will take place from August 26 to 28, 2026 in the beautiful city of Zhangye, Gansu Province, China. ICBIR 2026 is an affiliated conference of the Elsevier journal of Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics, a Q1 journal with an Impact Factor of 5.4, ranking #11 among 48 international jouranls in robotics.
Original research papers in AI, Robotics, Biomimetics and related areas, as well as papers reporting novel real-world applications are welcome. All accepted papers will be published by Elsevier and Indexed by EI and Scopus. Award winning papers will be invited to publish an expanded version of the papers in Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics and other journals. All accepted and presented papers at the conference will be considered for the five categories of best paper awards.
The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.
Important Dates
Submission of full original research papers in PDF: July 20, 2026
Submission of poster in PDF/PPT: July 20, 2026
Submission of special session talks: July 20, 2026
Notification of acceptance decisions: Aug 1, 2026
Registration and submission of accepted papers: Aug 10, 2026
Committee
Advisory Committee
DING Han, Huazhong UST
DUAN Guangren, HIT/SUSTech
GUO Lei, Beihang University
GUO Shuxiang, SUSTech
LI Aili, Yuanhua Technology
LI Yibin, Shandong University
LIU Hong, Harbin Institute of Tech.
MA Shugen, HKUST (Guangzhou)
MENG Qing-Hu Max, SUSTech
QIAO Hong, CAS Inst. Automation
SUN Yu, Univ. of Toronto, Canada
TANG Peifu, PLA General Hospital
WANG Yaonan, Hunan University
ZHAO Jie, Harbin Institute of Tech.
ZHANG Hong, SUSTech
General Chairs
REN Hongliang, CUHK
SONG Rui, Shandong University
General Co-Chairs
WEN Li, Beihang University
ZHOU Xuefeng, IIM, GDAS
PENG Yan, Shanghai University
GU Guoying, Shanghai Jiaotong U.
JIANG Lei, NORINCO Research Inst.
Program Chairs
CHI Wenzheng, Soochow University
WANG Chaoqun, Shandong Univ.
Program Co-Chairs
CHEN Chao, Qilu University of Tech.
CHEN Gang, BJ U. of Posts & Telecom.
CHEN Xuechao, Beijing Inst. of Tech.
CHENG Jiyu, Shandong University
LI Fengming, Shandong Jianzhu U.
LIU Zhe, Shanghai Jiaotong Univ.
SONG Wei, Zhejiang University
XU Tiantian, SIAT, CAS
ZHAO Huichan, Tsinghua University
Organizing Chairs
CAO Fengkui, SIA, CAS
CHEN Weinan, Guangdong U. of Tech.
DING Chao, Shandong UST
HUA Zisin, Anhui U. of Sci. & Tech.
LIU Haiying, Qilu University of Tech.
LIU Jun, University of Hong Kong
LIU Li, Great Bay University
MIN Zhe, Shandong University
QI Lin, Northeastern University
SUN Yuxiang, City University of HK
WANG Jiankun, SUSTech
XU Sheng, SIAT, CAS
ZHANG Guoteng, Shandong Univ.
ZHANG Ying, Yanshan University
Award Committee Chairs
WU Xinyu, SIAT, CAS
YUAN Yixuan, CUHK
ZHAO Mingguo, Tsinghua Univ.
Finance Chairs
HEI Yunyan, Shandong University
ZHANG Yuxiang, Yuanhua Tech.
Publication Chairs
ZHANG Qin, Shandong University
Secretariat
YAN Tingcui, SUSTech
Invited Speakers
Editorial Board Forum
Submission
1. Download the Elsevier ICBIR Latex Template.
2. The page limit is 6 pages for the paper, including text and figures, + 1 page for the bibliography/references.
3. Submit your paper via ICBIR 2026 at Microsoft CMT.
Accepted papers presented at the conference will be submitted for inclusion into Procedia Computer Science, which is indexed in Scopus, the Web of Science Conference Proceedings Citation Index, INSPEC, and Engineering Village.
Expanded versions of the accepted high-quality papers will be invited for publication in Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics.
Registration
The online registration is closed. Onsite registration on the conference venue is still open.
1. The registration form is available here. Please also complete the questionnaire to finalize your registration information.
2. Conference Venue: 张掖宾馆，张掖滨河新区水源涵养区北湖北岸.
3. The conference notice is available here.
Venue
Zhangye, Gansu, China
张掖宾馆，张掖滨河新区水源涵养区北湖北岸
info@icbir.org