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Peer-reviewed papers that will be archived; submission deadline September 09, 2026.
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PhysWorldAI 2026
The 1st Workshop on Physical World AI: Geometry, Characteristics, and Multimodal Sensing (NeurIPS 2026)
PhysWorldAI 2026 is the first workshop focused on Physical World AI, aiming to advance AI systems' ability to perceive, represent, and reason about the physical world beyond visual appearance. It brings together researchers from computer vision, robotics, graphics, and multimodal learning to explore geometry, physical characteristics, and sensing modalities through a half-day program featuring invited talks, paper spotlights, posters, and live demos.
Key deadlines
Verified August 30, 2026Full paper
September 9, 2026
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Non-archival paper
Non-archival papers for presentation only; submission deadline October 29, 2026.
Research areas in scope
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Physical Geometry
3D/4D reconstructionarticulated and deformable scene understandinggeometry-aware world modelsphysically grounded view synthesis
02
Physical Characteristics
Material and physical property estimationmassfrictionstiffnesselasticitydeformabilityaffordancescontact-rich interactiondifferentiable simulationgenerative models of physical dynamics
03
Physical Sensors
Multimodal sensing and fusiontactileforce/torqueproprioceptiveRFaudiodepthIMUevent-based signals
04
Cross-cutting
Embodied world modelsrobot manipulationsim-to-real transfermultimodal simulatorsbenchmarksdatasetsevaluation protocolsresponsible deployment
Policies worth checking twice
- Archival papers undergo peer review with notification by October 09, 2026
- Non-archival papers undergo peer review with notification by November 09, 2026
- Camera-ready versions required for both archival (October 19, 2026) and non-archival (November 19, 2026) papers
- Workshop is affiliated with NeurIPS 2026 and includes best paper awards
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified August 30, 2026