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Rethinking Safety 2026
Workshop on Rethinking What It Means to be "Safe" for Generalist Robots
Rethinking Safety @ RSS 2026 is a workshop focused on re-evaluating safety assumptions and practices in robotics and autonomous systems, encouraging critical reflection on current paradigms and proposing novel approaches to safety beyond conventional methods. It aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue among researchers to advance robust, trustworthy, and ethically grounded safety frameworks.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Full paper
June 23, 2026
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Submission and decisions
Full paperKey deadline
June 23, 2026 · AoE
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Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Short papers
Concise submissions presenting early-stage work, provocative ideas, or position statements that stimulate discussion.
Video submissions
Videos demonstrating robotic systems, safety experiments, or real-world scenarios that illustrate safety challenges or solutions.
Research areas in scope
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Topics of Interest
Challenging assumptions in robotic safetySafety beyond formal verificationHuman-robot interaction safetySafety in open-world and long-term autonomyEthical and societal implications of robotic safetySafety in learning-based systemsFail-safe and graceful degradation mechanismsSafety validation in complex, real-world environmentsInterdisciplinary perspectives on safety (e.g., psychology, law, philosophy)Case studies of safety failures and lessons learned
Policies worth checking twice
- Submissions must be anonymized for double-blind review.
- Full papers are limited to 8 pages, short papers to 4 pages, both in IEEE format.
- Dual submission to other conferences or journals is not permitted.
- All submissions must include a statement on the use of AI tools in the preparation of the paper.
- Author lists cannot be changed after the submission deadline.
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Last verified September 9, 2026