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*18th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR + Art 2026)*

1–4 July 2026, London, UK

*https://icsr2026.uk/ https://icsr2026.uk/*

*Call for Workshop Proposals*

The International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR) is the foremost global forum for researchers, academics, and industry professionals dedicated to the expansive field of social robotics. For its 18th edition, ICSR 2026 introduces the special theme *ICSR + Art*, exploring how robotics and the arts intersect. While this theme will receive special attention, the conference warmly welcomes contributions across the *full breadth of social robotics research and applications*.

Participants are invited to hold workshops on topics relevant to social robotics. We particularly welcome creative, innovative, and interactive workshop formats that focus on areas of active research to generate significant discussion and exchange of ideas between participants, as well as interactions between established experts and early-career researchers. We encourage state of the art programs with high level of interest, impact, creativity and innovation that will attract a broad and active audience. Also, workshops focusing on academia-industry partnership and technology transfer of robotics research are welcome, with the aim of making connections to fields outside of robotics and/or connect academia to industry.

The primary criteria for selection are anticipated level of interest, impact, novelty or creativity, and background of organisers. By default, the workshops, as the conference, are held in-person.

*Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):*

– Social Robotics & Human–Robot Interaction

– Creative Robotics

– Robotics, Arts & Culture (e.g., performance, visual arts, music, fashion)

– Trust, Personality, Emotion & Affective Computing in Robots

– Embodied Intelligence, Adaptation & Lifelong Autonomy

– AI, Learning, Explainability & Transparency

– Assistive Robotics, Human Augmentation, Rehabilitation & Welfare

– Medical Robotics, Healthcare Applications & Social Assistance

– Robotics in Education, Entertainment, Gaming & Immersive Media (VR/AR/XR)

– Design, UX & Human Factors

– Soft Robotics, Textile & Novel Materials

– Space, Underwater & Aerial Robots

– Environmental & Sustainable Robotics

– Robotics in Architecture & the Built Environment

– Swarm, Collective Robotics & Multi-Agent Systems

– Robotics for Agriculture, Food Systems & Supply Chains

– Disaster, Crisis & Rescue Robotics

– Robotics in the Humanities

– Ethics, Policy, Governance & Societal Impacts (e.g., privacy, bias, inclusion, socioeconomic issues)

– Novel and emerging concepts in social robotics and related fields

*Submission Guidelines*

The submission of the workshop contribution must be accompanied with the following information: – Title – Workshop duration: half or full day – Organisers: name, email address, affiliation and a short bio of the members of your organising committee. – Tentative workshop structure: lectures, interactive, pane discussions, etc. – Workshop description and objectives: concise description of the content and objectives of the workshop. – Intended audience and plans to solicit participation: describe the intended workshop audience, how you plan to solicit participation: (i) ahead of the workshop to generate submission and (ii) within the workshop in encouraging discussions and exchanges between participants. – List of topics: a bulleted list of the topics of interest that will be covered by the workshop. – List of invited speakers: list any invited speakers (if applicable) – Additional information: Any relevant information that could not be captured by the previous sections (e.g. regarding previous workshop organisation) – Room equipment requirements if any.

Submissions should be PDF documents of no more than 3 – 4 pages. They can follow the Springer LNCS/LNAI layout https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines .

*Workshop Proposal Deadline*: 1 Dec 2025

Please send your proposals to the Workshop Committee Members https://icsr2026.uk/contact/, with the subject starting with [ICSR2026 Workshop Proposal].

All workshop proposals will be reviewed, and organisers will be informed of the decision within two weeks following the proposal deadline. Accepted workshops will be featured on the ICSR website.

*More information & submission details*: https://icsr2026.uk/

We look forward to welcoming you in London for an inspiring event that embraces both traditional social robotics research and innovative explorations at the intersection of technology and creativity.

Best regards, *The Organising Committee of ICSR 2026*