D-TUR Workshop at HRI 2026: Designing Transparent Robots

D-TUR workshop at HRI 2026 invites submissions on designing transparent and understandable robots, focusing on robot transparency and human-robot interaction.

The Workshop on Designing Transparent and Understandable Robots (D-TUR) invites submissions for its 2026 event at the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) in Edinburgh, UK. The workshop focuses on improving robot transparency through design, perception, and evaluation, bridging insights from cognitive science, social robotics, and human–computer interaction.

Key topics include:

• Designing understandable robots through affordances
• Transparency through XAI or mechanistic interpretability
• Understanding robot intent and capability
• Co-designing understandable robots with users
• Metrics for measuring understanding

Submissions are open until February 20, 2026, with an early bird deadline on January 18, 2026. More details and submission guidelines are available at https://dtur-hri.github.io/workshop2026/ and submissions can be made via Open Review.

Tags: Human-Robot Interaction, Robot Transparency, AI Explainability, Robot Design, HRI Conference