MACRAI Workshop @IROS2025
Multi-Agent Cooperative Systems and Swarm Robotics in the Era of Generative AI
Monday, 20th Oct. 2025, 14:00–18:00 (UTC+8)
Hangzhou International Expo Center, Hangzhou, CHINA
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The field of multi-agent cooperative systems and swarm robotics has advanced rapidly, particularly in autonomous driving, where large-scale datasets and algorithm breakthroughs have improved vehicle coordination. Multi-agent coordination in robotics has also seen progress in applications like search-and-rescue and industrial automation, enhancing adaptability in dynamic environments. However, challenges remain in real-time perception, communication efficiency, and cooperative decision-making. Existing frameworks often rely on predefined models and handcrafted policies, which struggle to generalize to diverse, unstructured scenarios. Recent advances in generative AI and large language models (LLMs) offer promising solutions, enabling adaptive policy learning and bridging the gap between simulation and reality. These developments also enhance human-robot interaction and coordination. While recent workshops have focused on LLMs and generative AI in single-agent tasks, this workshop introduces a new perspective by integrating generative AI with multi-agent systems. Through talks, posters, and panels, we aim to foster discussions on data-efficient learning, communication-aware cooperation, and scalable deployment, bridging research with real-world multi-agent applications.

Cooperative Intelligence in Multi-Agent Systems
Call for Papers

We invite submissions including but not limited to the following topics:

  • Multi-Agent\Swarm Robotic Systems
  • Cooperative Autonomous Driving
  • Generative AI in Cooperative Systems
  • Large-Scale Multi-Robot Systems and Swarms
  • Cooperative Motion Prediction and Decision-Making
  • Data and Security in Cooperative Systems
  • Large Language Model-assisted Cooperative Systems
  • Communication-Efficient Cooperative Perception
  • Swarm of Drones and Aerial Robots

Important Dates

  • Call for Papers/Demos: May. 10th
  • Submission Open: May. 15th
  • Submission Deadline: Sept. 28th
  • Notifications of Acceptance: Oct. 7th
  • Camera-ready Deadline: Oct. 14th

Submission Guidelines

We solicit extended abstracts up to 3 pages (excluding references and supplementary material). All accepted contributions will be presented during the interactive poster sessions.

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Schedule
TimeActivityDetails
14:00–14:10Introduction and Opening Remarks
14:10–14:35Invited talk (Javier Alonso-Mora)TBD
14:35–15:00Invited talk (Guido de Croon) TBD
15:00–15:25Invited talk (Cao Yuhong)High-Dimensional Multi-Agent Robot Learning
15:25–16:05Poster sessionCoffee Break & Poster session
16:05–16:30Invited talk (Di Guo) TBD
16:30–16:55Invited talk (Konstantin Yakovlev)Multi-agent Path Finding: Heuristic Search Meets Machine Learning
16:55–17:20Invited talk (Boyu Zhou)Active Perception with Autonomous Aerial Robots
17:20–17:35Challenge Awards
17:35–18:00Invited talk (Volker Strobel)How foundation models will revolutionize robot swarms
Speakers
Guido de Croon
Delft University of Technology
J.Alonso-Mora
Delft University of Technology
Di Guo
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Konstantin Yakovlev
FRC CSC RAS, AIRI, MIPT, HSE
Boyu Zhou
Southern University of Science and Technology
Siqi Zhou
Technical University of Munich
Volker Strobel
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Cao Yuhong
National University of Singapore

Note: We are currently extending invitations to other eminent research scholars, so please stay tuned for updates.

Organizers
Yuchen Liu
Postdoc, Peking University, China
Chang Liu
Assistant Professor, Peking University, China
Yao Mu
Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Haibao Yu
Ph.D. Student, The University of Hong Kong, China
Dzmitry Tsetserukou
Associate Professor, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia
Changliu Liu
Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Oleg Sautenkov
Ph.D. Student, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia

Contact: If you have any questions, please contact us at: changliucoe@pku.edu.cn or liuyc@pku.edu.cn.

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