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International Conference1st EditionPune · India
ICPAIAS 2027International Conference on Physical Agentic Intelligence and Autonomous Systems
Theme: From Digital Reasoning to Real-World Autonomous Action
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15 Oct 2026Call for Papers opens
20 Dec 2026Full paper deadline
20 Jan 2027Notification of acceptance
31 Jan 2027Camera-ready paper
20–21 Feb 2027Conference at PCU, Pune
Organised byPimpri Chinchwad UniversityPune, Maharashtra, India
Technical partnerHamburg University of Technology (TUHH)Hamburg, Germany
The theme
AI is moving out of the browser and into the world.
Systems that reason are increasingly expected to act — to plan, coordinate, manipulate, navigate, manufacture and maintain, under real physical constraints and real consequences. ICPAIAS 2027 is an international forum dedicated to that transition.
Digital reasoning
Agents that plan and decide
Tool-using and LLM-driven agents, multi-agent coordination, planning under uncertainty, world models and decision-making.
Real-world autonomous action
Machines that act safely
Robots, vehicles, drones, production cells and digital twins — with the safety, assurance and governance layer underneath.
Our scope is deliberately focused: intelligence that acts on the physical world. A paper on an LLM-driven agent controlling a warehouse robot fleet is squarely in scope; a paper on a new text-classification model is not.
9Technical tracks
≥3Independent double-blind reviews per paper
4Keynote and special addresses
2Panels: deployment, and safety & standards
Call for Papers
Technical tracks
Submissions are invited in, but not limited to, the following nine tracks. Each track has a national Track Chair and an international Co-Chair. Application-heavy papers go to their closest domain track and are tagged Applied.
Track 01
Agentic AI and Autonomous Decision-Making
Planning, tool use, memory and LLM-driven agents — and the step from language reasoning to grounded action.
Scope & topicsTrack 02
Multi-Agent Systems and Collaborative Intelligence
Coordination, negotiation and emergent behaviour across software agents, robot teams, fleets and human–agent teams.
Scope & topicsTrack 03
Physical AI and Embodied Intelligence
Perception–action loops, sim-to-real, world models, manipulation, locomotion and vision-language-action models.
Scope & topicsTrack 04
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Mechanisms, control, SLAM and navigation, human–robot interaction, cobots and robot software architecture.
Scope & topicsTrack 05
Autonomous Vehicles, Drones and Intelligent Mobility
Perception, planning, control, connectivity and validation for ground, aerial and marine autonomous vehicles.
Scope & topicsTrack 06
Industrial Autonomous Systems and Industry 5.0
Human-centric manufacturing, adaptive process control, predictive maintenance and industrial agents.
Scope & topicsTrack 07
Digital Twins and Cyber-Physical Systems
Models that mirror and steer physical assets: twin architectures, simulation-in-the-loop and CPS verification.
Scope & topicsTrack 08
Edge AI, AIoT and Distributed Intelligence
Efficient on-device inference, edge–cloud orchestration, federated learning and sensing infrastructure.
Scope & topicsTrack 09
Trustworthy, Explainable and Safe Autonomous AI
Safety, security, explainability, robustness, governance, standards and law for systems that act physically.
Scope & topics
Why ICPAIAS
Built for research that has to work in the real world.
Deployment risk statement
Every submission states its practical limits, failure modes and safety considerations.
Deploy-or-Don’t panel
Industry practitioners respond to selected papers: would we deploy this, and what’s missing?
Mentorship clinic
Every student first-author is paired with a TPC mentor for a pre-presentation clinic on 19 February.
Reproducibility badge
Share code, data or artifacts with your paper to earn a visible badge in the programme.
International technical partner
Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Germany, is the technical partner of ICPAIAS 2027.
Keynotes
Keynote speakers
Speakers are announced here as each one confirms. The final slate will be published by 31 December 2026.
Keynote 1 · To be announced
Physical AI and Embodied Intelligence
International academic leader in embodied AI / robot learning
Day 1 · 20 Feb · 11:15
Keynote 2 · To be announced
Industry perspective: autonomy in production and mobility
Senior industry leader in robotics, autonomy or automation R&D
Day 1 · 20 Feb · 15:00
Keynote 3 · To be announced
Autonomous systems, robotics and the Indian deployment context
Eminent Indian academic in autonomous systems or control
Day 2 · 21 Feb · 09:30
Keynote 4 · To be announced
Trustworthy and Safe Autonomous AI: assurance, standards and governance
Voice from AI safety, standards or policy
Day 2 · 21 Feb · 14:00
Important dates
Key deadlines
- Call for Papers released15 Oct 2026Next deadline
- Full paper submission deadline20 Dec 2026Next deadline
- Extended deadline (final, non-negotiable)05 Jan 2027Next deadline
- Notification of acceptance20 Jan 2027Next deadline
- Camera-ready paper + copyright form31 Jan 2027Next deadline
- Registration closes10 Feb 2027Next deadline
- ICPAIAS 2027 Conference20–21 Feb 2027