Call for Papers • UR-RAD 2025

We invite submissions for the 3rd AAAI Fall Symposium on Unifying Representations for Robot Application Development.

Ready to Submit?

Submissions open now • Preferred deadline: August 7, 2025

Review Process

We follow a double-anonymous review process where both authors and reviewers remain anonymous during the review phase. Please anonymize your work before submitting!

Topics of Interest

Research areas we welcome for submission

Representational trends
Representations for robot learning
AI planning for robotics
Formal methods in robotics
Natural language as a representation
Novel representations & novel representation uses
Representations for user interfaces
Robot end-user development
Robot programming interfaces & paradigms
Robot runtime/control environments
Opportunities for standardization
Frameworks (e.g., ROS or middleware)
Open-source & collaboration initiatives
Identifying representation requirements

Submission Types

Choose the format that best fits your contribution

We invite the following contributions, formatted using the AAAI-25 author kit:

Full Papers

4-8 pages*

archival OR non-archival

For novel research, artifact submissions, or strong works in progress.

Short Papers

2-4 pages*

archival OR non-archival

For positions, smaller artifacts, and early work in progress.

Abstracts

1 page*

non-archival only

For sharing ideas.

* Page limits do not include references.

Important Dates & Timeline

Key deadlines and submission process

Before Submission (Optional)

Help us plan for reviewers by emailing urrad.symposium@gmail.com with:

Subject: "[UR-RAD] Intent to Submit"
Tentative title, author list, and keywords

Note: At least one author from each paper will be expected to review 2-3 other UR-RAD papers.

August 7, 2025

Round 1 (Preferred) Submissions Due - For archival and non-archival papers
Round 2 Short Abstracts Due - Required for late submissions

💡 Tip: Authors seeking archival publication in AAAI proceedings must submit in Round 1. Round 1 submissions receive preference for inclusion and may have revision opportunities.

August 22, 2025 August 26, 2025

Round 2 (Late) Full Submissions Due - Non-archival only

August 29, 2025 September 1, 2025

Round 1 Camera Ready Due

September 5, 2025 September 9, 2025

Round 2 Camera Ready Due

November 6-8, 2025

UR-RAD 2025 Symposium
Location: Westin Arlington Gateway, Arlington, VA, USA

Partnership & Participation Support

Sponsored support available for qualifying submissions

UR-RAD 2025 is partnering with the Quori Community to provide participation support for qualifying submissions! Select contributors with Quori-relevant research may be eligible for sponsored support to attend the symposium in-person.

Learn More About Participant Support