The "Georges Giralt Ph.D. Award" is intended to showcase PhD theses defended during 2021 in European Universities from all areas of robotics. Outstanding theses with strong theoretical contributions, a focus on professional applications or technology transfer, with a high degree of multidisciplinarity, or showing how robotics technologies can be applied to new domains, are eligible for the award. The award was presented at the European Robotics Forum in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from June 28 to 30, 2022.