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Paper on Underwater Positioning Wins Best Paper Award in Category at IROS 2026
leaderobot.com reported that a paper on contact-aided positioning during seafloor sampling won the Best Paper Award in the Safety, Disaster Prevention and Rescue Robotics category at IROS 2026.
What happened
The outlet said the paper covers research using contact information from a robotic arm to position an underwater robot. The article was published on October 25, 2026.
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Translated from the Japanese original: /news/heriot-watt-dai-to-jamstec-no-kenkyuu-chiimu-sesshoku-jouhou-d52fee. The Japanese version is authoritative if they differ.