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| 2 | +title: HFR 2026 – Call for Papers Now Open |
| 3 | +date: 2026-02-18 |
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| 5 | +authors: [edoardolamon, matteosaveriano] |
| 6 | +# profile: false |
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| 9 | + |
| 10 | +## Submissions Open for HFR 2026 |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +Submissions are now officially open for the **19th International Workshop on Human-Friendly Robotics (HFR 2026)**, which will take place on **July 16–17, 2026** at the University of Trento, Italy. |
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| 16 | +HFR 2026 continues the long-standing tradition of bringing together researchers and industry professionals working on safe, adaptive, and human-centered robotic systems. The workshop provides a focused and interactive venue to discuss advances in **human-robot interaction (HRI)**, collaborative robotics, shared control, and benchmarking methodologies. |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +### Submission Tracks |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +Authors are invited to contribute through the following tracks: |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +- **Full Papers (Peer-Reviewed)** |
| 23 | + Accepted papers will be presented in oral sessions and published in the *Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics* volume dedicated to HFR 2026. |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +- **Extended Abstracts** |
| 26 | + Abstract submissions will be presented during interactive poster sessions. This track is ideal for work in progress, emerging ideas, and system demonstrations. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +- **Late-Breaking Results Posters** |
| 29 | + To encourage discussion of cutting-edge developments, HFR 2026 also welcomes late-breaking results, presented as posters. |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +### Topics of Interest |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +The workshop welcomes contributions including, but not limited to: |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +- Physical and cognitive human-robot interaction |
| 36 | +- Human-in-the-loop systems |
| 37 | +- Shared control and sliding autonomy |
| 38 | +- Learning by demonstration |
| 39 | +- Control methods for safe and adaptive interaction |
| 40 | +- Human monitoring and intention recognition |
| 41 | +- Collaborative and social robotics |
| 42 | +- Benchmarking, performance evaluation, and ethical aspects of HRI |
| 43 | +- Applications in medical and rehabilitation robotics, manufacturing, and service robotics |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +### Key Date |
| 46 | +Paper submission deadline: **06 March 2026** |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +We warmly invite the community to submit their latest research results and join us in Trento for two days of in-depth discussions on the future of human-friendly robotics. |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +For submission guidelines, deadlines, and detailed information, please visit the official workshop website: |
| 51 | +https://sites.google.com/unitn.it/hfr2026/ |
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