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  1. RoboTales: ROBOTic Anthropomorphic LEarning Systems

    Jun 24, 2026Andrew Chen, Ju-Hung Chen, Phurinat Pinyomit +1Interactive StorytellingHuman-Robot Interaction

    Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, USA

  2. Emcar: Embodied Controller for Animating Robots

    Jun 24, 2026Carlos Gomez Cubero, Elizabeth JochumRoboticsRobot Motion Generation

    CREATE, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark · CyPhy Life, Robotics and AI Lab, School of Science & Technology, IE University, Madrid, Spain · Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

  3. ARTOO-DARTU: Studying AR-HRC With AR Obstruction Mitigation During a Warehouse Task

    Jun 23, 2026Christian Fronk, Hanting Ye, Zhehan Qu +1Occlusion ReasoningRobotics

    Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA · Department of Computer Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

  4. Legible and Intuitive Multi-modal Robot State and Intent Communication Validated in Online and Real-world Studies

    Jun 23, 2026Tim Schreiter, Jens V. Rüppel, Andrey Rudenko +2Human-Robot CollaborationHuman-Robot Interaction

    Chair of Perception for Intelligent Systems, Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI), Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany · Robotics Institute Germany (RIG) · Centre for Applied Autonomous Sensor Systems (AASS), Örebro University, Sweden

  5. When Robots Rate Their Own Interactions: Engagement Validity and the Strangeness Failure

    Jun 22, 2026Victor Lockwood, Hasan Mahmud, Mohammad Javad Khojasteh +2LLM Agent EvaluationHuman-Robot Interaction

    MS in AI Program Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York, USA · School of Communication Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York, USA · Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York, USA

  6. Gold Points Sniper: Self-guided Visual Reasoning in VLM for Fine-grained Action Understanding

    Jun 21, 2026Haodi Liu, Xinhang Yang, Kunda Yan +3Vision-Language ModelsHuman Activity Recognition

    Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist), Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R.China · State Key Laboratory of General Artificial Intelligence, Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence (BIGAI).

  7. A Taxonomy of Conceptual Alignment in Human-Robot Dialogue

    Jun 21, 2026Shengchen Zhang, Xiaohua Sun, Weiwei GuoSpoken Dialogue SystemsHuman-Robot Interaction

    College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. · School of Design, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

  8. Predictive Gaze Is Preserved but Reorganized toward Monitoring during Robot-Mediated Manipulation

    Jun 20, 2026Manuela Uliano, Silvia Fattorini, Marco ControzziRobot TeleoperationHuman-Robot Interaction

    The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna; Pisa, Italy · Department of Excellence in Robotics and AI, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna; Pisa, Italy

  9. End-to-End Voice Intent Recognition for Spontaneous Human-Drone Interaction with Naive Users

    Jun 19, 2026Allan Henry, Solange Rossato, Christian Graff +2Aerial RoboticsIntent Classification

    GIPSA-COPERNIC, GETALP, LPNC · 1LIG, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France · 2LPNC, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France +4

  10. R2HandoverSim: A Simulation Framework and Benchmark for Robot-to-Human Object Handovers

    Jun 19, 2026Hanxin Zhang, Abdulqader Dhafer, Hongbiao Dong +1Robotic GraspingRobotics Simulation

    DANiLab, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK · School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK · School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

  11. SignVLA: Real-Time Sign Language-Guided Robotic Manipulation via Attention LSTM and Vision-Language-Action Models

    Jun 18, 2026Ningwei Bai, Xinyu Tan, Harry Gardner +6Sign Language TranslationLanguage-Conditioned Robot Manipulation

    Department of Computer Science, University College London.

  12. Evaluation of Augmented Reality-based Intuitive Interface for Robot-Assisted Transesophageal Echocardiography: A User Study

    Jun 18, 2026Xiu Zhang*, Matteo Di Mauro*, Sofia Breschi +4Robot TeleoperationEchocardiography

    Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan 20133, Italy, and also with the BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’ Anna, 56025 Pontedera, Italy · BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, 56025 Pontedera, Italy

  13. Co-policy: Responsive Human-Robot Co-Creation for Musical Performances

    Jun 18, 2026Xuetao Li, Wenke Huang, Mang Ye +4Policy OptimizationRobot Motion Generation

    School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China · College of Computing and Data Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore · School of Automation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China +2

  14. Bidirectional Tutoring for Developmental Motor Learning in Robots: Co-Developed Interaction Dynamics Support Stable Learning

    Jun 18, 2026Rui Fukushima, Jun TaniGenerative ReplayRobot Skill Learning

    Cognitive Neurorobotics Research Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan

  15. Toward Machine Risk Perception: Integrating Trust Calibration and Precursor-Based Risk Estimation for Humanoid

    Jun 18, 2026He WenHuman-Robot CollaborationHuman-Robot Interaction

    AI Safety Lab, Bailey College of Engineering & Technology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN

  16. Generating Natural and Expressive Robot Gestures through Iterative Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback using LLMs

    Jun 17, 2026Chris Lee, Flora Salim, Benjamin Tag +1Language Model-Based ControlHuman Motion Generation

    School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia · Universidad Central de Chile, Santiago, Chile

  17. Beyond Failure Recovery: An Engagement-Aware Human-in-the-loop Framework for Robotic Systems

    Jun 16, 2026Jiaying Fang, Joyce Yang, Zhanxin Wu +2Model Predictive ControlAssistive Robotics

    Cornell University

  18. From Ad Hoc Pilots to Repeatable Patterns: Structuring Drone Collaboration in Emergency Services with DroneLets

    Jun 16, 2026Dzmitry Katsiuba, Samuel Brander, Mateusz Dolata +1Aerial RoboticsHuman-Robot Collaboration

    University of Zurich Zurich, Switzerland · Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Germany

  19. WaveSync: Constrained Wavefront Optimization for Synchronized Co-Speech Gestures in Humanoid Robots

    Jun 15, 2026Thang Tran Viet, Thanh Nguyen Canh, Gia Huy Uong +4Human Motion GenerationAudio-Visual Synchronization

    University of Engineering and Technology, Vietnam National University, 10000, Hanoi, Vietnam. · School of Information Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, 923-1211, Ishikawa, Japan. · School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ Southampton, United Kingdom. +1

  20. An Augmented Reality Brain-Robot Interface for Generalist Robot Arm Manipulation

    Jun 15, 2026Shangkai Zhang, Rousslan Fernand Julien Dossa, Luca Nunziante +2Brain-Computer InterfacesRobotic Manipulation

    Araya Inc., Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

  21. SAPS: Shared Autonomy for Policy Steering by Blending Teleoperation with a Pretrained VLA

    Jun 14, 2026Crystal Zhou, Jehan Yang, Douglas J. Weber +1Robot TeleoperationRobotic Manipulation

    Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA, USA

  22. Steering Autoregressive Vision-Language-Action Policies via Action Token Intervention

    Jun 12, 2026Jason Chan, Jonathan C. KaoRobotic ManipulationVision-Language-Action Models

    Department of Computer Science University of California, Los Angeles · Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and Neurobiology University of California, Los Angeles

  23. Multimodal Physiological Assessment of Contact-Rich Physical Human-Robot Interaction Under Varying Environmental Conditions

    Jun 12, 2026Yanyi Chen, Xi Wang, Min DengContact-Rich Robotic ManipulationHuman-Robot Interaction

    Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA · Department of Construction Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA · Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA

  24. Contact-Consistent Interaction Dynamics Normalization for Predictive Physical Human--Robot Interaction

    Jun 12, 2026Yongyan CaoRobotic ControlRobust Control

    Voryx Robotics, San Jose, CA 95136, USA

  25. What Robots Do Matters More Than What They Look Like: Task Context Shapes Trust in Educational HRI

    Jun 12, 2026Anna-Maria Velentza, Konstantina Nikou, Anne-Gwenn Bosser +1Assistive RoboticsHuman-Robot Interaction

    Univ Brest-Bretagne INP, COMMEDIA team, Lab-STICC CNRS UMR 6285, FR · LIRES Robotics Lab, University of Macedonia, GR and School of Educational Social Policies, University of Macedonia, GR

  26. Interaction Dynamics MPC for Knee Rehabilitation Exoskeletons: A Closed-Loop SEA Outer-Loop Study

    Jun 11, 2026Yongyan Cao, Jinshan TangRobotic ControlModel Predictive Control

    Voryx Robotics · George Mason University, Dept. of Health Administration and Policy

  27. GIVE: Grounding Human Gestures in Vision-Language-Action Models

    Jun 11, 2026Pengfei Liu, Gen Li, Junqiao Fan +4Language-Conditioned Robot ManipulationVision-Language Grounding

    1MARS Lab, Nanyang Technological University

  28. EMG-Based Adaptation of Anisotropic Virtual Fixtures for Robot-Assisted Surgical Resection and Dissection

    Jun 11, 2026Dario Onfiani, Michael Dyck, Luigi Biagiotti +1Robotic ControlHuman-Robot Interaction

    Department of Engineering ”Enzo Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy · Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Munich, Germany

  29. Humor Style Drives Laughter, Topic Shapes Acceptability: Evaluating Bilingual Personal and Political Robot-Delivered AI Jokes

    Jun 11, 2026Anna-Maria Velentza, Anne-Gwenn BosserHuman Preference EvaluationHuman-Robot Interaction

    Univ Brest-Bretagne INP, COMMEDIA team, Lab-STICC CNRS UMR 6285, France

  30. Multi-Modal Multi-Agent Robotic Cognitive Alignment enabled by Non-Invasive Consumer Brain Computer Interfaces: A Proof of Concept Exploration

    Jun 11, 2026Nataliya Kosmyna, Liz Jenkins, Anoop K. SinhaMulti-Agent LLM SystemsHuman-Robot Interaction

    GOOGLE, Paradigms of Intelligence, Cambridge, MA, United States · GOOGLE, Paradigms of Intelligence, Mountain View, CA, United States