19th International Workshop on
Human-Friendly Robotics
Trento, Italy
16-17 July 2026
19th International Workshop on
Human-Friendly Robotics
Trento, Italy
16-17 July 2026
The organizers are pleased to announce that the 19th International Workshop on Human-Friendly Robotics (HFR 2026) will be held on 16 and 17 July 2026 in Trento and organized by the Interdepartmental Robotics Labs (IDRA), University of Trento.
The workshop scope mainly focuses on human-robot interaction and robots safely and meaningfully working with/alongside humans in various daily or industrial tasks. We aim to bring together researchers and industry working in the related areas to discuss the recent results, discoveries, applications, and challenges in the field. The workshop has a single-track format to maximize the interaction between all participants.
Paper submission opens: 09 February 2026
Paper submission deadline: 06 March 2026
Notification of acceptance: 07 April 2026
Final paper submission: 15 May 2026
Registration opens: 04 May 2026
Early bird deadline: 01 June 2026
Registration closes: 15 June 2026
HFR 2025, University of Naples, Italy
HFR 2024, USI-SUPSI, Switzerland
HFR 2023, Technical University of Munich, Germany
HFR 2022, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
HFR 2021, University of Bologna, Italy
HFR 2020, University of Innsbruck, Austria
HFR 2019, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
HFR 2018, Shenzhen, China
HFR 2017, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
HFR 2016, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
HFR 2015, Technical University of Munich, Germany
HFR 2014, BioRobotics Institute at Museo Piaggio, Pontedera, Italy
HFR 2013, DIAG Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
HFR 2012, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
HFR 2011, University of Twente, The Netherlands
HFR 2010, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Germany
HFR 2009, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
HFR 2008, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy