Workshop Papers
2-4 page submissions (not including references) following the RSS format, optionally accompanied by a 30-40 second video highlighting failure modes; papers may be new or based on prior work, and are non-archival.
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OWN 2026
RSS 2026 Workshop: "Open World Navigation in the Foundation Model Era: Robustness and Failure Recovery"
OWN 2026 is a workshop focused on robust open-world navigation in the era of foundation models, aiming to address failure modes, reliability gaps, and strategies for handling out-of-distribution scenarios in robot navigation systems. It brings together researchers to advance understanding of how foundation models can be made more robust and failure-resilient in real-world navigation tasks.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Full paper
June 27, 2026
AoE
Workshop timeline
Submission and decisions
Full paperKey deadline
June 27, 2026 · AoE
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Research areas in scope
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Topics of Interest
Generalizing Navigation to the Open WorldGeneralizable perception/semantic understandingGeneralizable control/motion generationGeneralizable decision-making/reasoning/planningGeneralizable, multimodal task specificationWorld models for navigationEnd-to-end approaches for navigationCurrent Limitations of Navigation in the Open WorldFailure modes of navigation systemsFailure modes of learned/foundation modelsHandling FailuresUncertainty estimation for learned/foundation modelsOut-of-distribution detection for learned/foundation modelsFailure detection in navigationRobustness to failures and failure handling approachesDatasets/BenchmarksLarge-scale datasets for OWNBenchmarks for OWN
Policies worth checking twice
- Submissions must be 2-4 pages (not including references) following the RSS format.
- Papers must be accompanied by a 30-40 second video highlighting limitations or failure modes to be eligible for the Best Paper Award.
- Submission and review process occurs through OpenReview.
- Authors may include supplementary material (videos, code, data) via zip file or external links.
- Papers are non-archival and will be released on the workshop website after the workshop.
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026