IEEE-MARSS 2026 Call for Papers

The 9th Int. Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS) will be held on July 27-31, 2026, at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China https://marss-conference.org. General Chairs: Huiquan Wang (CN) and Zhonghe Jin (CN). MARSS is the flagship forum for cross-disciplinary R&D communities related to manipulation, automation, measurement and characterization at micro/nano scales as well as all kinds of small size robots (nm – cm) and their applications. The conference is technically supported by IEEE-NTC and IEEE-RAS.

We cordially invite you to attend and contribute to the conference. MARSS2026 will feature 11 plenary talks and 35-40 technical sessions (oral presentations only). Full papers (5-6 pages) or short papers (1-3 pages) on MARSS-related topics are invited. The deadline for full paper submissions is April 15, 2026 (no extension possible!). The short paper submission may be extended until June 10, at the latest, if free presentation slots are still available. Please check https://marss-conference.org/submission/paper-submission for details. Note that review of each submitted full paper will start immediately after the submission, the authors will be notified within two weeks. Notification of short paper status will be sent to authors 1-2 days after the submission. Presented full papers will be submitted for inclusion into the IEEE Xplore® digital library and contest for several Best Paper Awards. Selected full papers will be recommended to Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics (Springer Nature) for a Special Issue.

You may also consider organizing a Special Session at MARSS2026 https://marss-conference.org/submission/special-session-proposal.

We look forward to meeting you in Hangzhou!

For more information, see here: https://marss-conference.org/calls/