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  1. Distill: Uncovering the True Intent behind Human-Robot Communication

    May 14, 2026Ting Li, David PorfirioIntent ClassificationHuman-Robot Interaction

    Computer Science George Mason University Fairfax, Virginia, USA

  2. Exploring Human-Robot Collaboration: Analysis of Interaction Modalities in Challenging Tasks

    May 13, 2026Simone Arreghini, Cristina Iani, Alessandro Giusti +3Proactive AssistanceHuman-Robot Collaboration

    Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA), USI-SUPSI, Lugano, Switzerland · Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences with interest in Transplant, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. · Department of Sciences and Methods for Engineering (DISMI), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy.

  3. Emotional Expression in Low-Degrees-of-Freedom Robots: Assessing Perception with Reachy Mini

    May 12, 2026Amit Rogel, Elmira Yadollahi, Guy LabanHuman-Robot InteractionEmotion Recognition

    Robotic Musicianship Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA · School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK · Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel +2

  4. Mapping Embodied Affective Touch Strategies on a Humanoid Robot

    May 12, 2026Qiaoqiao Ren, Omar Eldardeer, Francesca Cocchella +3Human-Robot InteractionHumanoid Robotics

    Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, 1IDLab-AIRO, Ghent University – imec, Technologiepark 126, 9052 Gent, Belgium · School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology · COgNiTive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies Unit of the Italian Institute of Technology

  5. Initiation of Interaction Detection Framework using a Nonverbal Cue for Human-Robot Interaction

    May 11, 2026Guhnoo Yun, Juhan Yoo, Kijung Kim +1Human-Robot InteractionRobotic Perception

    Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea · Department of Computer Science, Semyung University, Jecheon-si, 27136, Republic of Korea

  6. Hierarchical Prompting with Dual LLM Modules for Robotic Task and Motion Planning

    May 8, 2026Karolina Źróbek, Tessa Pulli, Paweł Gajewski +2Large Language Model-Based Robot PlanningLLM Prompting

    IBM, Krakow, Poland · TU Wien, Vienna, Austria · Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland +1

  7. Bi3: A Biplatform, Bicultural, Biperson Dataset for Social Robot Navigation

    May 7, 2026Andrew Stratton, Phani Teja Singamaneni, Pranav Goyal +2Robotic Data CollectionSocial Robot Navigation

    Department of Robotics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA · LAAS-CNRS, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, FR · INRIA, University of Lorraine, Nancy, FR

  8. RobotEQ: Transitioning from Passive Intelligence to Active Intelligence in Embodied AI

    May 7, 2026Kuofei Fang, Xinyi Che, Haomin Ouyang +12Human-Robot InteractionEmbodied AI

    State Key Laboratory of Autonomous Intelligent Unmanned Systems, Tongji University · Tsinghua University · The Chinese University of Hong Kong +1

  9. Gaze4HRI: Zero-shot Benchmarking Gaze Estimation Neural-Networks for Human-Robot Interaction

    May 6, 2026Berk Sezer, Ali Görkem Küçük, Erol Şahin +1Zero-Shot LearningGaze Estimation

    Dept. of Computer Eng. and ROMER (Robotics Center), Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye

  10. Active Contact Sensing for Robust Robot-to-Human Object Handover

    May 6, 2026Linfeng Li, Lin Shao, David HsuActive SensingRobotic Manipulation

  11. Robotic Affection -- Opportunities of AI-based haptic interactions to improve social robotic touch through a multi-deep-learning approach

    May 4, 2026Ali Askari, Jens GerkenHuman-Robot InteractionRobotic Tactile Sensing

    TU Dortmund University, Germany

  12. Shared Autonomy Assisted by Impedance-Driven Anisotropic Guidance Field

    May 4, 2026Sihan Chen, Hang Xu, Yupu Lu +4Robot TeleoperationShared Autonomy

    School of Computing and Data Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China · School of Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China

  13. Research on Vision-Language Question Answering Models for Industrial Robots

    May 2, 2026Ping Li, Bartlomiej BrzozkaVisual Question AnsweringRobotics

    Shandong Management University, Jinan, Shandong Province, 250357, China · Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science, 20-031 Lublin, Poland

  14. Assistance Without Interruption: A Benchmark and LLM-based Framework for Non-Intrusive Human-Robot Assistance

    May 2, 2026Yuedi Zhang, Shuanghao Bai, Wanqi Zhou +4Large Language Model-Based Robot PlanningProactive Assistance

    Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China · School of Electrical Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, China

  15. What Does a Meow Mean? In Search of Intuitively Understandable Communication by a Nonverbal Companion Robot

    May 2, 2026Vivienne Bihe Chi, Claudia B. Rébola, Bertram F. MalleAssistive RoboticsHuman-Robot Interaction

    Brown University, Providence RI 02912, USA · University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH 45221, USA

  16. Ablation Study of Multimodal Perception, Language Grounding, and Control for Human-Robot Interaction in an Object Detection and Grasping Task

    May 1, 2026Zi Tian, Guanting ShenMultimodal GroundingRobotic Grasping

    Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China

  17. ARIS: Agentic and Relationship Intelligence System for Social Robots

    May 1, 2026Stavya Datta, Fucai Ke, Leimin Tian +1Agentic RAGHuman-Robot Interaction

    Monash University

  18. OmniRobotHome: A Multi-Camera Home Platform for Real-Time Human-Robot Interaction

    Apr 30, 2026Junyoung Lee, Inhee Lee, Sookwan Han +9Human Motion PredictionHuman-Robot Interaction

    1Seoul National University · 2RLWRLD

  19. SASI: Leveraging Sub-Action Semantics for Robust Early Action Recognition in Human-Robot Interaction

    Apr 30, 2026Yongpeng Cao, Masahiro Hirano, Hyuno Kim +1Skeleton-Based Action RecognitionHuman Activity Recognition

    Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan · Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo, Japan

  20. Persona-Based Process Design for Assistive Human-Robot Workplaces for Persons with Disabilities

    Apr 29, 2026Nils Mandischer, Daria Eckert and, Lars MikelsonsHuman-Robot CollaborationHuman-Centered AI

    Chair of Mechatronics, University of Augsburg, 86159 Augsburg, Germany

  21. Alter-Art: Exploring Embodied Artistic Creation through a Robot Avatar

    Apr 29, 2026Do Won Park, Samuele Bordini, Giorgio Grioli +2Human-Robot Interaction

    Soft Robotics for Human Cooperation and Rehabilitation, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego, 30, Genoa, 16163, Liguria, Italy. · Centro di Ricerca “E.Piaggio”, Universita’ di Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 1, Pisa, 56122, Tuscany, Italy. · Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Universita’ di Pisa, Via Girolamo Caruso, 16, Pisa, 56122, Tuscany, Italy.

  22. IntentVLM: Open-Vocabulary Intention Recognition through Forward-Inverse Modeling with Video-Language Models

    Apr 27, 2026Hamed Rahimi, Clemence Grislain, Adrien Jacquet Cretides +2Intent ClassificationVideo-Language Models

    Institute of Intelligent Systems and Robotics (ISIR), Sorbonne University

  23. Supporting Family-School Partnerships with Robot-Facilitated Home-Based Activities

    Apr 27, 2026Michael F Xu, Qiyao Yang, Heather Kirkorian +1RoboticsHuman-Robot Interaction

    University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, Wisconsin, USA

  24. Designing Robots to Support Parent-Child Connections: Opportunities Through Robot-Mediated Communication

    Apr 27, 2026Michael F Xu, Bengisu Cagiltay, Yaxin Hu +2Human-Robot Interaction

    University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, USA · Koç University Istanbul, Türkiye · Simon Fraser University Burnaby, Canada

  25. Otherness as a Quality in Designing Expressive Robotic Touch

    Apr 25, 2026Ran Zhou, Laurens Boer, Daniel Leithinger +1RoboticsHaptic Feedback

    KTH Royal Institute of Technology · IT University of Copenhagen · Cornell University

  26. Control Barrier Functions Solved with Hierarchical Quadratic Programming for Safe Physical Human-Robot Interaction

    Apr 24, 2026Rui Luo, Jonas Mariager Jakobsen, Wesley Roozing +2Robotic ControlControl Barrier Functions

  27. Adaptive vs. Static Robot-to-Human Handover: A Study on Orientation and Approach Direction

    Apr 24, 2026Federico Biagi, Dario Onfiani, Simone Silenzi +2Human-Robot CollaborationHuman-Robot Interaction

    Department of Engineering "Enzo Ferrari", University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. · Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy.

  28. Effects of Swarm Size Variability on Operator Workload

    Apr 23, 2026William Hunt, Aleksandra Landowska, Horia A. Maior +2Multi-Robot SystemsHuman-Robot Interaction

    University of Southampton · University of Nottingham

  29. A Replicable Robotics Awareness Method Using LLM-Enabled Robotics Interaction: Evidence from a Corporate Challenge

    Apr 23, 2026S. A. Prieto, M. A. Gopee, Y. Ben Arab +3RoboticsHuman-Robot Interaction

    KINESIS Core Technology Platform, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), United Arab Emirates (UAE). · S.M.A.R.T. Construction Research Group, Division of Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), United Arab Emirates (UAE). · AD Ports Group, Corporate Innovation Department, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

  30. MOMO: A framework for seamless physical, verbal, and graphical robot skill learning and adaptation

    Apr 22, 2026Markus Knauer, Edoardo Fiorini, Maximilian Mühlbauer +10Robot Skill LearningRobot Imitation Learning

    German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics (RMC), Münchener Str. 20, 82234 Weßling, Germany · School of Computation, Information and Technology (CIT), Technical University of Munich (TUM), Arcisstr. 21, 80333 Munich, Germany