Social Robotics + Art: 18th International Conference on Social Robotics + Art, ICSR + Art 2026, London, UK, July 1-4, 2026, Proceedings, Part IV

The 4-volume set LNAI 16771-16774 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Social Robotics + Art, ICSR + Art 2026, held in London, UK, during July 1&4, 2026.

The 146 full papers and 40 short papers included in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 363 submissions. They focus on the floowing topical headings:

Volume I: Regular Papers & Volume 16771 (Part I)

Volume II: Regular Papers & Volume 16772 (Part II); Short Papers & Volume 16772 (Part I); SS12: Smart Textiles and Robotics for Fashion (selected paper).

Volume III: Short Papers & Volume 16773 (Part II); SS01: Cultural Robotics; SS02: Participatory Futures in Social Robotics and AI; SS06: Assistive Robotics and Exoskeletons for Human; SS07: Social Robotics in Education - Theories, Design and Practice; SS14: Human Interaction with Multi-Robot Systems.

Volume IV: SS03: Continual Learning and Generative AI in Social Robotics; SS04: Social Robotics and Art for Health; SS05: Social Robotics and Future Crime; SS08: Speculative and Creative Approaches in Human-Robot Interaction; SS10: Trustworthy Affective Social Robotics; SS11: Trust-Adaptive Shared Autonomy for Social and Physical HRI; SS12: Smart Textiles and Robotics for Fashion; SS13: Bridging Tools for Expressive Interactions; SS15: Relational Futures. Sustainable Socio-Technical Systems; SS16: Skilful Practices in Social Robotics and HRI.