iros-topic-selection
Use when deciding whether a project is a strong IROS fit, routing among ICRA, RSS, CoRL, RA-L, T-RO, HRI, and CASE from IROS's seat on the fall IEEE/RSJ calendar, identifying the integrated-system contribution and its embodiment constraint, and sharpening the intelligent-robots-and-systems framing before writing begins.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill iros-topic-selection --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# IROS Topic Selection Use this before writing. IROS is strongest for an **integrated intelligent system** — perception, estimation, planning, learning, or control working together on a robot — validated under a real embodiment constraint. The house question is not "is the idea novel?" but "does the system run, on stated hardware, and is that demonstrably hard?" ## Fit test - Prefer IROS when the contribution is a working system for perception-action integration, autonomy, navigation, manipulation, robot learning deployed on hardware, human-aware robotics, or fielded systems — and the embodiment (sensors, compute, power, latency) shapes the design. - Route to **ICRA** when the work is a fine automation/robotics contribution whose natural slot is the spring cycle; IROS and ICRA overlap heavily, so timing and program fit often decide. - Route to **RSS** when the contribution is a single, foundational, science-first claim that wants a single-track audience and a rebuttal, rather than deployed-system breadth. - Route to **CoRL** when the learning method *is* the contribution and robots are the testbed, more than the system integration being the point. - Route to **RA-L / T-RO** when th
- Fit test
- Fit signal table
- Vignette: where a legged-locomotion project goes
- Sharpening moves before committing
- Output format
What does the iros-topic-selection skill do?
Use when deciding whether a project is a strong IROS fit, routing among ICRA, RSS, CoRL, RA-L, T-RO, HRI, and CASE from IROS's seat on the fall IEEE/RSJ calendar, identifying the integrated-system contribution and its embodiment constraint, and sharpening the intelligent-robots-and-systems framing before writing begins.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill iros-topic-selection --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.