| 2026 | An Introduction to the MASCAR (Multi-Agent Synchronized Collaborative Assembly Replication) Testbed. | Megan Zimmerman, Jeremy Marvel, Shelly Bagchi, Snehesh Shrestha |
| 2026 | Group-Robot Interaction in the Wild: An Exploratory Field Study in Semi-public Spaces. | Elisabetta Zibetti, Raphael Lorenzo-Louis, Fabio Amadio, Julien Wacquez, Joffrey Becker, Bertrand Luvison, Serena Ivaldi |
| 2026 | InterPReT: Interactive Policy Restructuring and Training Enable Effective Imitation Learning from Laypersons. | Feiyu Gavin Zhu, Jean Oh, Reid G. Simmons |
| 2026 | MERRY: A Community-Based Robot for Enhancing Social Connection of Older Adults. | Renee Ziqi Zhu, Nan Hu, Lihao Zheng, Xinyun Zhang |
| 2026 | Static Is Not Enough: A Comparative Study of VR and SpaceMouse in Static and Dynamic Teleoperation Tasks. | Yijun Zhou, Muhan Hou, Kim Baraka |
| 2026 | Methodological Innovation in Designing Sensations and Sentiments from Robot Touch. | Caroline Yan Zheng, Maria Elena Giannaccini, Angela Higgins, Feng Zhou, Mark Paterson, Praminda Caleb-Solly |
| 2026 | Expensive, Limited, and Still Here: The Paradox of Weak Robots in Family Homes. | Zhao Zhao |
| 2026 | Anticipating Disengagement: Physiology-Informed Adaptation for Child-Robot Reading Companions. | Zhao Zhao |
| 2026 | Beyond Information Amount: Rethinking Transparency through Active Reasoning Demand. | Xuedong Zhang, Yilu Ye, Yong Ma, Zelun Tony Zhang, Andreas Butz |
| 2026 | Circuit Breaker: A Tangible Intervention for Mitigating Digital Violence. | Hanyu Zhang, Xinyue Xu, Xinran She, Jie Deng, Yuanrong Tang |
| 2026 | Multi-Agentic Systems in HRI (MAgicS-HRI): Bridging Design and Real-World Challenges for End Users. | Yan Zhang, Sarah Schmbs, Xiang Pan, Jan Leusmann, Sara Mongile, Mohammad Obaid, Wafa Johal |
| 2026 | Design Recommendations for Robot-Supported Group Interaction among Older Adults. | Yujing Zhang, Iolanda Leite, Sarah Gillet |
| 2026 | Bridging Psychological Safety and Skill Guidance: An Adaptive Robotic Interview Coach. | Wanqi Zhang, Jiangen He, Marielle Santos |
| 2026 | Customizing Robot Personality: How Personality Control and Form Factor Shape Perceptions of a Robot as a Social Agent. | Alex Wuqi Zhang, Aaron Huang, Allison J. Li, Sarah Sebo |
| 2026 | Human-Robot Teaming in Nursing Simulations: Team Member Communication and Performance Effects. | Tianyi Zhang, Christopher Garrison, Kristal Hockenberry, Rabeya Jamshad, Laurel D. Riek, Susan Simkins |
| 2026 | How Neurotypical and Autistic Children Interact Nonverbally with Anthropomorphic Agents in Open-Ended Tasks. | Chuxuan Zhang, Bermet Burkanova, Lawrence H. Kim, Grace Iarocci, Elina Birmingham, Angelica Lim |
| 2026 | A Human-Centred Tri-Region Shared Autonomy Framework for Adaptive and Safe Human-Robot Interaction. | Abolfazl Zaraki, Hamed Rahimi Nohooji, Maryam Banitalebi Dehkordi, Holger Voos |
| 2026 | Tuotle: A Posture Correction Robot Based on Cognitive Dissonance Theory. | Yitong Yuan, Ke Huang, Michael Detsiang Li Jr., Yiwei Zhao, Baoyuan Zhu |
| 2026 | Did You Notice Me? Effects of Distance and F-Formation on Mobile Robot Perception in Group Conversation. | Gayoung Yoo, Daehui Kim, Gyuhee Park, Suhwan Jung, Okkeun Lee, Hyunmin Kang, Yong Gu Ji, Hyochang Kim |
| 2026 | Perceiving Animacy in Robots: A Neuroimaging Study. | Or Yizhar, Amber Maimon, Zohar Tal, Iddo Yehoshua Wald, Hadas Erel, Doron Friedman, Oren Zuckerman, Amir Amedi |
| 2026 | Show Your Work: Mechanistic Transparency in LLM-Powered Human-Robot Interaction. | Umur Yildiz, Berk Yce, Ayaz Karadag, Tuge Nur Peketin, Burcu A. Urgen |
| 2026 | Developing an Integrated Behavioral Framework for Social Robots Promoting Children's Soft Skills. | Zhennan Yi, Goren Gordon |
| 2026 | Adding More Value Than Work: Practical Guidelines for Integrating Robots into Intercultural Competence Learning. | Zhennan Yi, Sophia Sakakibara Capello, Randy Gomez, Selma Sabanovic |
| 2026 | Evaluating LLM Driving Explanations through an Ego-Centric Scenario Taxonomy. | Shengheng Yan, Tsvetomila Mihaylova |
| 2026 | Brick by Brick: Using Collaborative Robotics to Combat Social Isolation in Public Spaces. | Joyce Yang, Phillip Johnson, Nyra Graham, Karen Shamir |