Physical Robotic Caregiving Challenge

A shared challenge for physical robotic caregiving.

PhyRC 2027Ongoing

Physical Robotic Caregiving Challenge

Event
Hosted at ICRA 2027
Phase 1
Simulation · Sep–Dec 2026
Phase 2
Prep + evaluation · Jan–May 2027
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PhyRC brings researchers together to test, compare, and advance robot-assisted caregiving in simulation and on real robots.

Cornell University × KAIST

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Two challenge editions, each with its own task, team, and results.

01Previous challenge · ICRA 2025

The inaugural PhyRC challenge

Teams met in Atlanta to advance robot-assisted dressing and bathing, progressing from simulation benchmarks to real-robot finals.

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02Current challenge · 2026–2027

The next caregiving challenge

A two-phase mobile-manipulation competition for robot-assisted dressing, jointly organized by Cornell University and KAIST.

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From simulation to real robots.

Progress through shared challenges.