The Palace of Science – Miodrag Kostić Endowment hosted RAAD 2025, one of the most prominent international conferences in the field of robotics, held from June 18 to 20, 2025. The conference was organized by the School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, with support from the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad and the Mihajlo Pupin Institute.
RAAD 2025 brought together leading experts and researchers from academia and industry across the Alps–Adriatic–Danube region and numerous international institutions, providing a relevant platform for the exchange of knowledge, experience, and the latest achievements in robotics. The conference program covered a broad range of topics—from fundamental research directions to emerging trends—including bioinspired and cognitive robotics, human-robot interaction, cloud robotics, visual servoing, and assistive robots for daily life.
The conference was opened by Dr. Arash Ajoudani from the Italian Institute of Technology, with a keynote titled “The AI Continuum: From Human Monitoring to Autonomous Robots in Contact-Rich Applications,” in which he highlighted key issues surrounding the development and application of artificial intelligence in complex, contact-intensive environments.
On the second day, attention turned to one of the most current topics in modern robotics—humanoid robots. The keynote by Dr. Alin Albu-Schaeffer from the DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics and the Technical University of Munich, titled “Humanoid Robotics: A Hype or the Next Big Thing?” provided insights into the latest research and technological breakthroughs in the field. 
The final day of the conference was marked by a lecture from Prof. Katja Mombaur, one of the world’s leading experts in human-centered robotics. In her talk “From Biology to Embodied AI: Shaping Humanoid Motion Through Optimization and Learning,” she presented how biomechanical principles of human movement can be transferred to robots using optimization and machine learning to develop systems that naturally and intuitively adapt to humans. 
RAAD 2025 once again reaffirmed the importance of international collaboration and interdisciplinary approaches in robotics, positioning the Palace of Science and Belgrade as a key meeting point for the global scientific community.
