RoDGE: Robotic Data Generation and Evaluation: Bridging Simulation and Real-World Deployment

About the Workshop

Generative AI (GenAI) techniques, including stable diffusion, are transforming robotic perception and development by enabling rapid multimodal data generation and novel scene synthesis from prompts in text, images, and other modalities. This makes GenAI a scalable and diverse alternative for data generation, complementary to physical simulators like Mujoco and Isaac Lab.

This workshop brings together leading experts in AI, robotics, computer vision, and simulation to explore how GenAI can enhance robotic development and deployment, focusing on combining GenAI's diversity and scalability in data generation with physics-aware simulation to improve real-world transferability. It aims to establish a cloud-based framework for benchmarking robotic performance using GenAI-generated datasets.

Call for Papers

We invite submissions presenting novel research, methodologies, and applications related to robotic data generation, evaluation, and the integration of generative AI with simulation and real-world deployment. All papers will be peer-reviewed for originality, relevance, technical quality, and clarity. Accepted papers will be presented as posters. At least one author must attend in person to present.

Topics of Interest:

Generative AI for robotic data generation and simulation
Task-aligned and physically realistic data synthesis for robotics
Evaluation and benchmarking of generated data and trained models
Multimodal data generation and prompt alignment for robotics tasks
Bridging simulation and real-world deployment in robotics
Cloud-based robotic evaluation platforms and benchmarking frameworks
Applications of GenAI in manipulation, navigation, and teleoperation
Datasets, metrics, and reproducibility in robotic data generation

Awards:

Best Paper Award: $200 USD will be awarded to the most outstanding paper as selected by the program committee.
Best Poster Award: $400 USD will be awarded to the best poster presentation.

Important Dates:

Provisional Deadline for Paper submissions: September 15, 2025
Provisional Notification of acceptance: September 22, 2025

Late-Breaking Work Paper Submission:

Deadline for Paper submissions: September 15, 2025
Notification of acceptance: September 22, 2025

Submission Instructions:

There is no page limit for submitted papers, but they should fall within the scope of the workshop
We welcome both new research contributions and previously published works
Presenting your work at the workshop will not interfere with its future publication elsewhere
Please use the main conference’s format guidelines and template, available here
Submit your paper via OpenReview.
Or if you have issues submitting via OpenReview, you can submit your paper in PDF format via email to: rodge.iros25@gmail.com

Tentative Program

Time	Talk	Tentative Titles and Comments
2:00 – 2:10	Opening Remarks	Introduction to the workshop theme and objectives.
2:10 – 2:35	Keynote Talk by Peter Yichen Chen	Robot Proprioception Meets Differentiable Simulation, Q&A.
2:35 – 3:00	Keynote Talk by Shan Luo	Data Generation for Visual-Tactile Sensing, Q&A.
3:00 – 3:25	Keynote Talk by Anh Nguyen	Generative AI for Language-driven Grasping, Q&A.
3:25 – 4:00	Coffee Break & Poster Session & Live Demo	Informal networking with poster presentations and live demonstrations.
4:00 – 4:25	Keynote Talk by Weiwei Wan	Advantages and challenges of learning methods in robotic manipulation, Q&A.
4:25 – 4:50	Keynote Talk by Xiaoshuai Hao	Exploring Multimodal Visual Language Models for Embodied Intelligence: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions, Q&A.
4:50 – 5:15	Keynote Talk by Florian T. Pokorny	Towards Data-Driven Robotic Manipulation Research at Scale, Q&A.
5:15 – 5:50	Panel Discussion	Keynote speakers and organisers discuss challenges, best practices, and future directions with the audience.
5:50 – 6:00	Closing Remarks	Summary of key takeaways, awards, and potential collaboration opportunities.