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D-TUR 2026

Workshop on Designing Transparent and Understandable Robots

Mar 16 2026Edinburgh, Scotland, UKOfficial workshop site Site reachable

The D-TUR 2026 workshop, held in conjunction with HRI '26 in Edinburgh, UK, brings together researchers to advance the design, perception, and evaluation of transparency and understandability in human-robot interaction. It fosters interdisciplinary dialogue across robotics, cognitive science, explainable AI, and human-computer interaction to create robots that intuitively communicate intent, uncertainty, and reasoning to diverse users.

Official CFP Back to deadlines Verified September 9, 2026

Key deadlines

Verified September 9, 2026

Full paper

February 21, 2026

AoE

Workshop timeline

Submission and decisions

Full paperKey deadline

February 21, 2026 · AoE

Paper fit

Contribution paths

A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.

Short papers

Up to 6 pages (excluding references), presenting original, ongoing, or position work on transparency, understandability, and explainability in human-robot interaction, including theoretical frameworks, experimental studies, design case studies, and applications.

Research areas in scope

Main Topics of Interest

Designing understandable robots through affordancesDesigning legible robot behaviorsTransparency through XAI or mechanistic interpretabilityUnderstanding robot failures, intents, and capabilitiesExplanations in HRIMetrics & evaluation methods for measuring understandingCo-designing understandable robots with users(Dis-)Advantages of making robots understandablePersonalization to improve understandingAdapting the level of transparency based on context

Policies worth checking twice

Manuscripts must be written in English and follow the ACM SIG format ('sigconf', double column format)
Submissions undergo double-blind review
Authors must anonymize submissions according to the HRI Anonymization Guidelines
Submissions are limited to 6 pages (excluding references)
Two submission tracks: early bird (January 18, 2026) and regular (February 20, 2026)
Accepted papers will be presented as short talks and included on the workshop website

Official sources

Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.

Official workshop site

Last verified September 9, 2026