Following the success of previous editions, the 12th International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics (ICCAR) will be held at Nagoya during April 8-10, 2026. ICCAR 2026 is co-sponsored by Beihang University, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, Singapore Institute of Electronics, hosted by Singapore Institute of Electronics, supported by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, University of Essex, United Kingdom, University of Georgia, USA, Nankai University, China, University of Liverpool, etc. The conference was previously held in Kyoto, Beijing, Xiamen, Singapore, Auckland, Nagoya and Hong Kong.