Organizing the Big Flagship Conference: Connect +: The International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2024 [Conference Highlights]

Five weeks after the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2024, I am enjoying writing a small number of e-mails every day, for uploading Plenary/Keynote video recordings to InfoVaya, answering inquiries from our attendees, and some wrapping tasks for the conference, etc., as the general chair of the conference. Images of the exciting days of the conference at Pacific Yokohama are becoming a good memory for me and our organizing team, closed by the Japanese Dram performance and fireworks, and the very exciting workshop day. We would like to thank the opportunity to organize this Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) flagship conference at Yokohama, and express our heartfelt thanks to all of the authors, members of the ICRA Conference Editorial Board, institutes and industrial partners, workshop/tutorial and competition organizers, student volunteers and staff, and all of the attendees for their unwavering support and contributions to make this conference a success ( Figure 1 ).