Call for Papers
We invite submissions on full-shift robot co-workers for human environments, including methods, systems, evaluations, and deployment reports.
Scope
The workshop focuses on active perception, planning, learning, evaluation, and human-robot interaction for robots that remain useful through complete workplace shifts.
Accepted contributions will be presented in the poster session. Selected submissions may be invited for short spotlight talks.
Topics of Interest
- Long-horizon robot autonomy across real work shifts
- Active perception, state estimation, mapping, and scene understanding
- Task planning, scheduling, recovery, and continual operation
- Human-robot coordination, intent understanding, and safe interaction
- Embodied AI and foundation models for workplace robots
- Evaluation protocols, benchmarks, metrics, and reproducibility
- Reliability, failure analysis, negative results, and deployment lessons
- Industrial, warehouse, hospital, campus, and service-robot case studies
Submission Types
- Workshop Papers: technical papers on methods, systems, evaluation, or deployment evidence.
- Short Papers: early results, position papers, or concise technical contributions.
- Posters & Demos: posters, demos, datasets, benchmarks, and work in progress.
- Deployment Reports: field reports, integration lessons, and real-world evaluation evidence.
Format
Workshop papers may be up to 6 pages plus references. Short papers, posters, demos, and deployment reports may be 2–4 pages plus references.
Authors should use the official IROS 2026 template when available. Until then, use standard IEEE two-column conference format.
Important Dates
| Item | Date |
|---|---|
| IROS 2026 conference | September 27–October 1, 2026 |
| Workshop day | TBA |
| Submission portal opens | TBA |
| Paper and poster deadline | TBA |
| Author notification | TBA |
Submission Link
TBA.
Review Criteria
- Relevance to full-shift robot co-workers.
- Technical clarity and evidence quality.
- Originality and discussion value.
- Reproducibility or deployment relevance.
Presentation Format
Accepted contributions are expected to be presented as posters. Selected submissions may be invited for short talks.
Archival Policy
Archival status will be specified when the submission portal opens.
Contact
Questions about scope, format, or submission fit are welcome.