Call for Papers

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/magics-hri/home

Date: March 16, 2026

Location: Edinburgh, as part of the 2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2026)

Manuscript submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=magicshri2026

Important Dates
Submissions: February 15, 2026
Notification: February 22, 2026
Camera-ready: March 1, 2026
Workshop: March 16, 2026

All deadlines are at 23:59 Anywhere on Earth time.

Aim and Scope

The aim of the workshop is to explore how multi-agentic systems powered by large language models can be effectively integrated into embodied robots, and how this integration reshapes interaction paradigms in Human–Robot Interaction (HRI). The workshop aims to bridge technical developments in multi-agent systems with human-centred design, in order to support end-users interacting with increasingly complex and opaque agentic technologies. 

Topic of Interests

• Orchestration interfaces for human oversight of agents and robots

• Failure and trust in human-robot interaction

• Risk communication for inter-robot or human-robot conflicts

• Humans’ mental model and cognitive load in HRI with multi-agentic systems

• Anthropomorphism in multi-agentic robots

• Re-embodiment, co-embodiment, distributed embodiment

• Human-multi-agents communication

• Human-robot interaction in real-world scenarios

• LLMs and agents powered human-robot interaction

• Theoretical frameworks for human and multi-agentic interaction

Submission Guidelines

We invite scientific papers with a maximum of 4 pages (including additional pages allocated for references). Submissions can encompass various types of work, including ongoing projects with preliminary findings, technical reports, case studies, opinion pieces, surveys, and cutting-edge research in the realms of multi-agentic systems in HRI. All submitted papers will undergo a thorough review process to assess their relevance, originality, and scientific and technical robustness. Authors are asked to adhere to the submission guidelines outlined by HRI2026.

Submissions do not need to be anonymised for the review process. All manuscripts must be written in English and submitted electronically in PDF format via: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=magicshri2026

The authors of the accepted papers will present their work in the format of a short lightning pitch using a single slide during the "paper madness" session. 

Authors should use ACM SIG format (use “sigconf” as document class, instead of “manuscript, screen, review”) template files (US letter): https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template

Overleaf template (use “sigconf” as document class, instead of “manuscript, screen, review”): https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/acm-conference-proceedings-primary-article-template/wbvnghjbzwpc