MARS-EAI
ICRA 2026 Workshop on Multi-Agent Robotic Systems:
Real-World Collaboration and Interaction
Overview
This workshop brings together researchers across robotics, machine learning, and embodied AI to explore how multi-agent robotic systems can achieve seamless collaboration and interaction in real-world environments. We focus on the critical challenges of deploying multi-robot teams in unstructured, dynamic settings—from warehouses and construction sites to households and healthcare facilities—where robots must coordinate with each other and collaborate naturally with humans.
Key themes include robot-robot coordination for complex physical tasks, human-robot teaming and intuitive interaction interfaces, robust perception and communication in real-world conditions, and safe deployment strategies for multi-agent systems operating alongside humans. Through invited talks, paper sessions, and hands-on discussions, we aim to bridge the gap between simulation-based research and practical deployment of collaborative robotic systems.
The workshop will consist of a combination of invited talks and contributed papers, selected through a rigorous review process. We aim to bring together experts from academia and industry to promote cross-disciplinary collaboration. We also plan to provide best paper awards and registration support for students and junior researchers.
Call For Papers
We welcome submissions in the following areas:
- Multi-robot coordination for real-world tasks: navigation, manipulation, assembly, and logistics.
- Human-robot collaboration: intuitive interfaces, shared autonomy, and natural interaction.
- Sim-to-real transfer and robust deployment of multi-agent systems in unstructured environments.
- Communication and coordination protocols for heterogeneous robot teams.
- Safety, trust, and transparency in human-multi-robot interaction scenarios.
- Learning-based approaches (RL, imitation learning) for real-world multi-agent coordination.
- Perception, mapping, and situational awareness for collaborative robot teams.
- Real-world benchmarks, datasets, and evaluation metrics for multi-agent robotic systems.
- Applications in warehousing, healthcare, construction, agriculture, search and rescue, and domestic assistance.
Schedule
Sample Schedule
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Opening remarks |
| 09:10 – 09:30 | Invited talk 1 (20 min) |
| 09:40 – 10:00 | Invited talk 2 (20 min) |
| 10:10 – 10:40 | Oral presentations 1 (15 min × 2) |
| 10:45 – 11:45 | Poster session & coffee socials 1 (1h) |
| 11:45 – 13:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00 – 13:20 | Invited talk 3 (20 min) |
| 13:30 – 13:50 | Invited talk 4 (20 min) |
| 13:50 – 14:20 | Oral presentations 2 (15 min × 2) |
| 14:25 – 15:25 | Poster session & coffee socials 2 (1h) |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | Invited talk 5 (20 min) |
| 16:00 – 16:20 | Invited talk 6 (20 min) |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Panel discussion (30 min) |
| 17:00 – 17:15 | Awards and conclusive remarks |
Invited Speakers
Given the interdisciplinary nature of the topics our workshop aims to cover, we invited 6 keynote speakers with different backgrounds and perspectives on open-world reasoning and decision-making:
Organizers
Advisory Board
Contact Information
For questions and inquiries, please contact the organizing committee through the OpenReview submission system or reach out to the organizers directly using the email addresses provided above.