Program
Schedule is tentative and will be updated after the IROS 2026 workshop schedule is finalized.
Full-Day Schedule
| Time | Session | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Registration and coffee | Participant check-in and informal discussion. |
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Opening remarks | Workshop goals, scope, and review of the full-day program. |
| 09:10 - 10:10 | Keynote session I | Invited talks on long-horizon autonomy, perception, and deployment. |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Break | Coffee break. |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Keynote session II | Invited talks on interaction, embodied AI, and robot safety. |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Paper spotlights and Junior Voice | Short presentations by selected authors and the Junior Voice speaker. |
| 12:15 - 13:30 | Lunch | Lunch break. |
| 13:30 - 14:45 | Poster and demo session | Accepted papers, posters, demos, deployment reports, and discussion. |
| 14:45 - 15:45 | Keynote session III | Invited talks on evaluation, field robotics, and physical AI. |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Break | Coffee break. |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Industry panel | Panel discussion on requirements for full-shift robot co-workers in real workplaces. |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Awards and closing discussion | Workshop awards, open problems, and next steps for the community. |