We are glad to announce Winter school on robot handling of deformables in the scope of the EU project ROMANDIC (https://project-romandic.eu/winter-school-2026/), which will take place from February 9th till 13th in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.

*** Motivation and objectives ***

The purpose of the winter school is to address the underlying topics of robot handling of deformables and get hands-on experience in the specifics of perception, simulation, use of robots, and applications in the field. We have invited the leading European scientists and practitioners in this field to give lectures and we have prepared interactive sessions / mini projects with the use of collaborative robots and simulation packages.

The school is specifically crafted for young and talented Ph.D. students and post-docs.

*** Confirmed lecturers ***

Julia Borras                        CSIC, Barcelona, Spain

Tamim Asfour                   KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany

Arash Ajoudani                 IIT, Genova, Italy

Francis wyffels                  UGent, Ghent, Belgium

Andrej Gams                     JSI, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Renaud Detry                    KUL, Leuven, Belgium

Danijel Skočaj                   FRI, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Noémie Jaquier                KTH, Stockholm, Sweden

Two more, currently still unconfirmed speakers will present.

*** Important Dates ***

Registration is open

Registration deadline:                   November 24th, 2025

Notification of acceptance           December   9th, 2025

*** Registration ***

The program will cost around 550 €, which includes accommodation and half-board.

Potential participants are required to submit a one-page CV and a half-page letter describing their motivation to attend before November 15th, 2025. Registration is limited to 50 applicants.

Participants will be selected based on their motivation letter and CV.

*** Organizers ***

The Winter school is organized in the scope of EU project ROMANDIC (https://project-romandic.eu/), with all project partners participating in the organization:

JSI: Andrej Gams, Aleš Ude, Peter Nimac, Jan Jerićević, Matija Mavsar

CSIC: Julia Borras, Guillem Alenyà

KIT: Tamim Asfour

*** Venue and location ***

The Winter School will take place in Hotel Ramada in Kranjska Gora, with accommodation in Hotel Kompas. Accommodation and half-board are included in the “registration fee”.

The small town of Kranjska Gora lies in the Upper Sava Valley. Kranjska Gora is a 45-minute drive (66 km) from Ljubljana Airport, just 40 minutes from Klagenfurt Airport (Austria) and an hour’s drive from Trieste Airport (Italy). The nearest train station is in Jesenice, from where buses take you to Kranjska Gora, 20 km away, in half an hour.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Kranjska Gora!

Winter School 2026