The 3-volume set, LNAI 16074-16076, constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2025, which took place in Okayama, Japan, during August 6-9, 2025.

The 165 full papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 329 submissions.

They were organized in topical sections as follows:

Part 1: Robotic Dexterous Manipulation and Intelligent Control; Intelligent Perception and Control Technologies for Marine Robotic Systems; Intelligent Technology in Neural Decoding, Modulation, and Interfacing; Wearable Robots for Assistance, Augmentation and Rehabilitation of Human Movements; Soft Robotics.

Part 2: Hand-Centric Human-Robot Collaboration Advances in Perception, Control, and Interaction; Intelligent Technology in Healthcare; Advanced Localization, Navigation and Control Technologies in Intelligent Robotic Systems; Wearable Robotics for Gait Analysis, Training, and Rehabilitation; Embodied Intelligence in Biomimetic Robotics, Humanoid Robotics.

Part 3: Magnetic Actuated Microrobots for Biomedical EngineeringDesign, Control, and Application; Innovative Design and Performance Evaluation of Robot Mechanisms; Sensation-Perception-Actuation-Rehabilitation Oriented Technologies for Wearable Exoskeletons; Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence: Vision, Language, Multimodal Learning, and Applications; Bio-mechatronic Integration and Rehabilitation Robots.

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.- Robotic Dexterous Manipulation and Intelligent Control.

.- A Physics-informed Neural Network-based Momentum Observer Considering Velocity Effects for Contact Force Estimation in Industrial Robots.

.- A High-Precision and Compliant Interaction Method forRobot Based on Model Predictive Impedance Control.

.- Dynamics Modeling and Vibration Suppression of Industrial Robots Handling Flexible Payloads.

.- Dual-Channel Adaptive Impedance Algorithm with Leveling Module in Dual-Arm Collaborative Robots.

.- RL-Force: Reinforcement Learning with Force Estimation for Humanoid Locomotion Subject to Continuous External Disturbances.

.- Intrinsic Vision-Based Learning for Proprioceptive Sensing of Soft Pneumatic Actuators.

.- Visual-Guided Diffusion Policy and Mesh-DMP Integration for Robotic Freeform Surface Polishing.

.- Boosting Industrial Changeover Efficiency: A Large-Model-Based Explore-Then-Reproduce Framework for Changeover Tasks.

.- Learning Human-like Finger Gaiting on an Anthropomorphic Hand.

.- Learning Stable Nonlinear Dynamical Systems With Symmetric Negative Definite Matrix Generation Network.

.- Object's CoM-Aware Pose Optimization of Humanoid Upperlimbs for Dual-Arm Collaborative Carrying.

.- Contact Driven Functional Grasp Synthesis via Hand-Object Interaction State Representation.

.- Intelligent Perception and Control Technologies for Marine Robotic Systems.

.- Co-Simulation of Trajectory Tracking Control for Underwater Vehicles: A Case Study on RexROV Using Simulink and UUV Simulator.

.- An Elastodynamic Modeling Approach on Component Mode Synthesis for Hybrid Machining Cell.

.- Safety-Critical Flocking Control of Multiple Unmanned Surface Vehicles Based on Exponential Control Barrier Functions.

.- Research on hybrid buoy inclined landing motion control.

.- Fast and Automatic Dock for Precise UAV Landing on a USV in Marine Environment.

.- Positioning and Orientation for Single LiDAR of USVs Obstructed By Offshore Operation Platform.

.- A Fault Diagnosis Scheme for Underwater Thrusters Considering Sensor Faults.

.- Bio-Inspired Soft Robotic Arms Capable of Object Grasping and Bipedal Locomotion in Amphibious Environments.

.- Position Compensation Method for Cable-Pulling Robot in Generator Maintenance without Rotor Removal.

.- Intelligent Technology in Neural Decoding, Modulation, and Interfacing.

.- Research on Pose Control Dataset Augmentation Method Based on Generative Adversarial Networks.

.- Optimal Electrode Configuration for Wrist sEMG-Based Gesture Recognition:
A Systematic Evaluation of Number and Placement.

.- Robotic Grinding of Thin-Walled Parts: Reinforcement Learning-Based Chatter Suppression Method.

.- Electrode shift-robust decomposition of surface EMG signals via deep learning: A simulation study.

.- Enhancing Softness Discrimination in Vision-Based Tactile Sensors via Modeling and Optimization of Gradient-Stiffness Elastomers.

.- Filtering Selection for High-density sEMG in Motor Unit Decomposition.

.- Sensory Input Shapes Motor Output: Decoding Corticomuscular Coherence under Vibration-Induced Modulation.

.- Adaptive Network Design for SSVEP/SSMVEP Classication via SE and Congurable Convolutions.

.- Multimodal Assessment of Visual-Motor Integration in Attention Deffcit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

.- Comparison of Propagation and Activation Characteristics of Motor Units Decomposed from Wrist and Forearm Surface Electromyography Signals.

.- High-Discrimination Multi-Level Electrotactile Feedback via Compound PerceptionDescriptors and Efficient Calibration.

.- Cross-Task EEG Mental Workload Detection in Aviation: An LSTM Framework Leveraging Task-Invariant Neural Signatures.

.- Wearable Robots for Assistance, Augmentation and Rehabilitation of Human Movements.

.- A Physiology-Informed Training Protocol for Cross-Paradigm Transfer Learning in ErrP-based Brain-Computer Interface.

.- Design and Implementation of Thermoplastic Composite Robotic Winding System.

.- A Stretchable Resistive Electronic Skin for Shape Sensing of End Continua of Flexible Surgical Instruments.

.- An Intelligent Process Decision-Making Method for Robotic Grinding Random Defects via Incremental Learning and Database.

.- Knee Prosthesis Stair Ascending with Adaptive Clearance and Foot Placement.

.- A Hybrid FES-Soft Exosuit System to Improve Interlimb Symmetry in Post-Stroke Patients.

.- Digital Twin Modeling and Performance Evaluation of a Gimbal Servo System.

.- Kinematics Modeling and Calibration of a Continuum Manipulator Considering Nonconstant Elasticity.

.- Predictive Modeling of Robot Deformation Errors via Incremental Learning.

.- Soft Robotics.

.- Design and Analysis of a Morphing Wing Based on Corrugated-honeycomb Structure for UAV.

.- Design and Analysis of a Novel Metamaterial with Tunable Coefficient of Thermal Expansion.

.- Neural Implicit Embedded PWM Control Approach for Dielectric Elastomer Actuators with Rate-Dependent Viscoelasticity.

.- Design of a RigidElasticSoft Coupled DELTA Mechanism with Variable Cartesian Stiffness.

.- Pneumatic kirigami actuators with programmable motion for versatile robotic functionalities.

.- Stress Monitoring and Adaptive Grasping forRobotic Grippers Using Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing.

.- Radial Basis Function Neural Network-Based Adaptive Trajectory Tracking Control for Continuum Robots.