ANTS 2026 - Final Call for Participation (Conference Trailer, Guidebook etc)

[Roderich Gross]

 ANTS Final Call for Participation

 

The full ANTS 2026 Conference Guidebook is now available, bringing together the complete conference programme, including Late Breaking Results and Fresh Perspectives.

 

This year’s programme features:

• 6 invited talks

• 65 further talks, including 10 lightning talks

• more than 100 posters overall

• robot demos

 

The guidebook offers a full overview of the conference across talks, posters, demos, and the wider programme.

 

We are also pleased to share the ANTS 2026 conference trailer, offering a glimpse of the event and what to expect in Darmstadt this June.

 

 Conference Guidebook: https://ants2026.org/pdf/ANTS2026_Guidebook-Digital.pdf

 Conference trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DN_9Nsmp8Q

 

 

 Darmstadt, Germany

 8–10 June 2026

 Theme: Reaching beyond – swarm intelligence across systems, disciplines, and communities

 More information and registration: https://ants2026.org

 

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Hosted by Technical University of Darmstadt

Co-sponsored by Robotics Institute Germany

 

Organising Committee

General Chair

Roderich Gross, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

Honorary Chair

Marco Dorigo, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Technical Program Chairs

Aaron T. Becker, University of Houston, USA

Gianni Di Caro, Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar

Bahar Haghighat, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

M. Ani Hsieh, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Late-Breaking Results Chairs

Anna Dornhaus, University of Arizona, USA

Mary Katherine Heinrich, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Conference Theme and Publicity Chair

Razanne Abu-Aisheh, University of Bristol, UK

Finance Chair

Grace McFassel, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

Publication Chair

Mohamed S. Talamali, The University of Sheffield, UK

Paper Submission Chair

Julian Rau, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

Local Organisation Committee

Usama Ali, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

Uta Drews, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

Ecem Isildar, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

Suet Lee, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

Jenny von Trzebiatowski, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

 

Steering Committee

Marco Dorigo, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Andries Engelbrecht, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Heiko Hamann, University of Konstanz, Germany

Alcherio Martinoli, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Radhika Nagpal, Princeton University, USA

Thomas Stützle, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Guy Theraulaz, CNRS CRCA, France