The International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER) is a single-track symposium focusing on presentations of the latest experimental research in robotics. The 17th Edition should have been held in La Valletta, Malta on November 9–12, 2020. Due to travel restrictions after the CoVid-19 pandemic, the dates have been tentatively postponed to Nov. 15–18, 2021. A final decision about the format of the symposium is expected by the summer.