| 2026 | Robot as Self, Blurred Boundaries, and the Auxthetic Mind-Body: A Speculative Design through Poetry. | Lux Miranda, Ginevra Castellano, Katie Winkle |
| 2026 | Anthropomorphism and the Desire for Social Connection: The Role of Sociality Motivation Factors in Predicting Perceptions of a Social Robot. | Emma Minter, Robert Tankard, Oscar Norman, Janie Busby Grant |
| 2026 | Enhancing Gesture-Based Human-Robot Interaction: Investigating the Role of Force Automation. | Tonia Mielke, Marilena Georgiades, Oliver S. Groer, Maciej Pech, Christian Hansen, Florian Heinrich |
| 2026 | Peri: Retrofitting Public Infrastructure into Adaptive Social Interfaces for Sustainable Habits. | Emerson E. Mejia-Trebejo, Macarena Vilca, Alejandra Patio, Denis Pea |
| 2026 | DroneVLA: VLA-Based Aerial Manipulation. | Fawad Mehboob, MoniJesu Wonders James, Amir Atef Habel, Jeffrin Sam, Miguel Altamirano Cabrera, Dzmitry Tsetserukou |
| 2026 | We Cannot Outsource What We Value Most: Toward Deployable Research Products in HRI. | Kayla Matheus, Brian Scassellati |
| 2026 | A Replicable, Autonomous System for In-the-Wild Mental Health Applications with the Ommie Robot. | Kayla Matheus, Debasmita Ghose, Jirachaya Fern Limprayoon, Michal A. Lewkowicz, Brian Scassellati |
| 2026 | The Imitation of Intimacy: Comparing Satisfaction in Intimate Human and AI Companion Relationships. | Annette Masterson, Xin Ye, Yiyang Li, Lionel P. Robert Jr. |
| 2026 | Social Robotics for Disabled Students: An Empirical Investigation of Embodiment, Roles, and Interaction. | Alva Markelius, Fethiye Irmak Dogan, Julie Bailey, Guy Laban, Jenny L. Gibson, Hatice Gunes |
| 2026 | Social Robots Supporting Children with ADHD in the Home Environment: An Exploratory Case Study. | Elitza Marinova, Pieter Ruijs, Just Oudheusden, Veerle L. N. F. Hobbelink, Matthijs H. J. Smakman |
| 2026 | Can VR Robots Stand in for the Real Thing? Comparing a Physical Cobot and Its Virtual Twin for User Perceptions, Experimental Effects, and Study Costs. | Martina Mara, Andreas Winklbauer, Sandra Maria Siedl, Benedikt Leichtmann |
| 2026 | Social Perception and the Asymmetry in Human-Robot Affective and Cognitive Trust. | Adi Manor, Hadas Erel, Avi Parush |
| 2026 | Cognitive Trust in HRI: "Pay Attention to Me and I'll Trust You Even If You Are Wrong". | Adi Manor, Dan Cohen, Ziv Keidar, Avi Parush, Hadas Erel |
| 2026 | How Robots Understand 'Here' And 'There': A Perceptual Model for Spatial Deixis. | Adwitiya Mandal, Kai-Florian Richter, Zoe Falomir |
| 2026 | The Robot Bookworm: Fostering Children's Reading Motivation through Personalized Book Discussions. | Elena Malnatsky, Sobhaan ul Husan, Kuhu Sinha, Sofie Veld, Rafaella van Nee, Danil Wijnhorst, Shenghui Wang, Koen V. Hindriks, Mike E. U. Ligthart |
| 2026 | Making Memories Together: Toward Transparent and Co-constructed Robot Memory in Child-Robot Interaction. | Elena Malnatsky, Shenghui Wang, Koen V. Hindriks, Mike E. U. Ligthart |
| 2026 | When Imagination Meets Reality: Embodiment Order Effects in Human-Robot Interaction. | Tanu Majumder, Nihal Shaikh, Ashita Ashok, Karsten Berns |
| 2026 | Human-to-Robot Imitation with Symbolic Planning in a Unified Latent Space. | Ruidong Ma, Wenjie Huang, Zhegong Shangguan, Angelo Cangelosi, Alessandro G. Di Nuovo |
| 2026 | HumanoidVLM: Vision-Language-Guided Impedance Control for Contact-Rich Humanoid Manipulation. | Yara Mahmoud, Yasheerah Yaqoot, Miguel Altamirano Cabrera, Dzmitry Tsetserukou |
| 2026 | SafeHumanoid: VLM-RAG-Driven Impedance Control of Humanoid Robot. | Yara Mahmoud, Jeffrin Sam, Khang Nguyen, Marcelino Julio Fernando, Issatay Tokmurziyev, Miguel Altamirano Cabrera, Muhammad Haris Khan, Artem Lykov, Dzmitry Tsetserukou |
| 2026 | Older Adult Perspectives on Home Monitoring Robots: User Preferences and Performance of Robot Observation Strategies. | Nadira Mahamane, Sonia Chernova |
| 2026 | Robots for Those in Transition: Exploring Mental Wellness through Design Probes. | Minghe Lu, Yu Xing, Carlye Anne Lauff, Hee Rin Lee, Ji Youn Shin |
| 2026 | Active Maritime Copilot for Ambiguity and Risk-Driven Decisions. | Zhichen Lu, Matthew Stephenson, Benoit Clement, Adriana Tapus |
| 2026 | When to Explain: Field Study Insights on Robot Failure Explanations for Older Adults. | Tamlin Love, Vctor Bermejo, Alberto Olivares Alarcos, Antonio Andriella, Nria Valls-Peris, Cristian Barru, Guillem Aleny |
| 2026 | Causal Explanations for Robot Decisions and Beliefs. | Tamlin Love, Antonio Andriella, Guillem Aleny |