Paper
Submissions of 4–8 pages covering new methods, benchmarks, analyses, and position papers on spatial understanding, reasoning, and generation for embodied agents and world models.
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ESR 2026
Embodied Spatial Reasoning Workshop at NeurIPS 2026 (Demo Track)
The 2nd Embodied Spatial Reasoning (ESR) Workshop at NeurIPS 2026 brings together researchers in embodied AI, spatial reasoning, and world modeling to advance agents and video world models that maintain object permanence, spatial memory, and physical and temporal consistency in 3D space. The workshop aims to bridge fragmented approaches by fostering collaboration across disciplines through paper and demo submissions.
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Demo
Interactive and visionary systems focused on active embodied agents and physically-grounded world models, with the same reviewing process and deadlines as the paper track.
Research areas in scope
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Topics of interest
Spatial understanding and reasoning in embodied agentsPhysically-grounded video world modelsObject permanence and spatial memoryPhysical consistency and long-horizon temporal coherenceGenerative and discriminative 3D modelingLong-horizon planning and interaction in 3D space
Policies worth checking twice
- Submissions must be 4–8 pages (references and optional appendix not counted)
- Use the NeurIPS 2026 template and submit a single PDF via OpenReview
- Double-blind review: author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, and funding must be removed
- Preprints on arXiv are allowed and do not violate anonymity
- Supplementary material may be submitted but is not required for review
- Code and data links are welcome and may be anonymous
- All accepted papers are non-archival and do not appear in NeurIPS proceedings
- Authors retain copyright and may submit extended versions to archival venues
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026