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We are witnessing more and more applications carried out by robots in close collaboration with humans. This new generation of human-friendly robots will need to be safe and trustworthy in a physical and cognitive sense. New paradigms for the holistic development of collaborative cognitive robots need to be envisioned and experimentally validated. The benefit of humans and society is the central objective of such research efforts, and existing opportunities are arising from different application domains such as healthcare and high-tech systems.
The International Workshop on Human-Friendly Robotics (HFR 2026) will be held on 16-17 July, 2026, in Trento, Italy. It is a single-track symposium that aims at bringing together academic scientists, researchers, and industry to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects related to the introduction of robots into everyday life. The workshop covers a wide range of topics related to human-robot interaction, both physical and cognitive, including theories, methodologies, technologies, and empirical and experimental studies.
We strongly encourage women’s and young researchers’ participation to support gender balance in robotics and the promotion of early-career researchers to present themselves to the community.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
learning by demonstration
human factors & human-in-the-loop
benchmarking & performance analysis
safety in human-robot interaction
social and ethical issues related to human-robot interaction
social robots
collaborative robots
telerobotic systems
medical and rehabilitation devices
physical human-robot interaction
cognitive human-robot interaction
control methods for safe and adaptive interaction
cooperative task execution and sliding autonomy
shared control and authority
human-centered and interaction-based robot design
multi-modal human-robot communication
human monitoring & intention recognition
cognitive modeling for human-robot interaction
Instructions for Authors
Instructions for Authors
We welcome contributions in the following formats:
regular papers (maximum 15 pages, single column, in PDF format). Regular papers will undergo peer review by the Program Committee. Accepted regular papers will be published in the Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics (SPAR, Series Editors: Bruno Siciliano, Oussama Khatib) and presented at the workshop.
extended abstracts (maximum 4 pages, single column, in PDF format). Extended abstracts will be evaluated by the Program Committee through a separate review process and, while presented at the workshop, will not be included in the proceedings.
late-breaking results posters. Late-breaking results showcase preliminary, ongoing, or recently obtained research findings that are not yet ready for full publication. Not peer-reviewed for publication and not included in the proceedings.
Please use the official Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics (SPAR) format available at the following link where you can find LaTeX and Word templates. The accompanying author guidelines detail the required formatting and submission instructions.
Submissions will open on 9 February 2026 and close on 6 March 2026, end of day, Anywhere on Earth, via the EasyChair paper submission system.
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