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We invite submissions for the <span style="font-weight: 700;">Hybrid</span> <span style="font-weight: 700;">
Workshop on Designing Transparent and Understandable Robots (D-TUR) </span>(<span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA6d9c2b87-3043-b60c-f2c5-ee787ae592c8" href="https://dtur-hri.github.io/workshop2026/">https://dtur-hri.github.io/workshop2026/</a></u></span>),
which will be held as part of the <span style="font-weight: 700;">ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)</span> in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, on
<span style="font-weight: 700;">March 16, 2026</span>.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Summary</span></div>
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As robots become increasingly autonomous and integrated into everyday human environments, understanding how and why they behave as they do is critical for establishing trust, safety, and effective collaboration. The Designing Transparent and Understandable
Robots (D-TUR) workshop aims to bring together researchers interested in improving robot transparency across physical and social contexts of Human–Robot Interaction (HRI).</div>
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The workshop will explore design, perception, and evaluation of transparency and understandability in robots—bridging insights from cognitive science, social robotics, machine learning, and human–computer interaction. We encourage participation from both academia
and industry to foster interdisciplinary dialogue on creating robots that communicate intent, uncertainty, and reasoning processes in ways that are intuitive to diverse users.</div>
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This workshop will follow a hybrid format, allowing for participation both in-person and remotely.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Submissions</span></div>
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We welcome papers that are maximum 6 pages in length, excluding references.</div>
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All papers are reviewed using a double-blind review process, and authors should use the templates and Anonymization Guidelines provided by the HRI conference and follow the format specified there. Authors should submit their papers electronically, in PDF format,
via Open Review.</div>
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Submission website: <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA30897897-9db3-9348-6595-ee65a8fdc55c" href="https://openreview.net/group?id=humanrobotinteraction.org/HRI/2026/Workshop/D-TUR">https://openreview.net/group?id=humanrobotinteraction.org/HRI/2026/Workshop/D-TUR</a></u></span> </div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Topics of Interest</span></div>
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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:</div>
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Designing understandable robots through affordances</div>
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Designing legible robot behaviors</div>
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Transparency through XAI or mechanistic interpretability</div>
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Understanding robot failures</div>
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Understanding robot intent</div>
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Understanding robot capability</div>
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Explanations in HRI</div>
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Metrics & evaluation methods for measuring understanding</div>
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Co-designing understandable robots with users</div>
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(Dis-)Advantages of making robots understandable</div>
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Personalization to improve understanding</div>
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Adapting the level of transparency based on context</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Important Information and Dates</span></div>
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Workshop: Workshop on Designing Transparent and Understandable Robots (D-TUR)</div>
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Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (and online)</div>
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Regular Submission deadline: February 20, 2026</div>
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Regular Notification of acceptance: February 25, 2026</div>
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Camera-ready deadline: March 1, 2026</div>
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Workshop date: March 16, 2026</div>
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Submission website:<a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA59364127-97ca-05f5-5116-09e969bb02da" href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mpcosin2023">
</a><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA1a8328c6-026a-a9df-5d7e-b6ad45e93d69" href="https://openreview.net/group?id=humanrobotinteraction.org/HRI/2026/Workshop/D-TUR">https://openreview.net/group?id=humanrobotinteraction.org/HRI/2026/Workshop/D-TUR</a></u></span> </div>
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More details: <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAcf9f4c8f-7ae0-0162-5295-fe3f8db766b5" href="https://dtur-hri.github.io/workshop2026/">https://dtur-hri.github.io/workshop2026/</a></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Organizers</span></div>
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Merle Reimann, <i>KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden</i></div>
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Gregory LeMasurier, <i>University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA</i></div>
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Parag Khanna, <i>KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden</i></div>
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Lennart Wachowiak, <i>King’s College London / Imperial College London, UK</i></div>
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Wenxi Wu, <i>King’s College London / Imperial College London, UK</i></div>
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Martim Brandão,<i> King’s College London, UK</i></div>
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Gerard Canal, <i>King’s College London, UK</i></div>
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Christian Smith, <i>KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden</i></div>
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Iolanda Leite, <i>KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden</i></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Contact: </span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><u><a style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAdda5e027-ca27-1b94-94dc-0fca11b80173" href="mailto:dtur.workshop.hri@gmail.com">dtur.workshop.hri@gmail.com</a></u></span></div>
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