Human-Robot-Scene Interaction and Collaboration

Introduction

Intelligent robots are advancing rapidly, with embodied agents increasingly expected to work and live alongside humans in households, factories, hospitals, schools, etc. For these agents to operate safely, socially, and intelligently, they must effectively interact with humans and adapt to changing environments. Moreover, such interactions can transform human behavior and even reshape the environment—for example, through adjustments in human motion during robot-assisted handovers or the redesign of objects for improved robotic grasping. Beyond established research in human-human and human-scene interactions, vast opportunities remain in exploring human-robot-scene collaboration. This workshop will explore the integration of embodied agents into dynamic human-robot-scene interactions. Our focus is on, but not limited to:

Transferring knowledge from human-human and human-scene interaction and collaboration to inform the development of humanoids and other embodied agents (e.g., via retargeting).
Exploring different methods for deriving visual representations that capture object properties, dynamics, and affordances relevant to human-robot collaboration.
Investigating methods for modeling and predicting human intentions to enable robots to anticipate actions and respond safely.
Integrating robots into interactive settings to foster seamless and effective teamwork.
Establishing meaningful benchmarks and metrics to measure advancements in human-robot-scene interaction and collaboration.

Call for Papers

We invite submissions of long papers (up to 8 pages excluding references) and short papers (up to 4 pages excluding references) that explore human-robot-scene interaction and collaboration.

Paper Topics

Topics of interests include, but are not limited to:

Visual Representations: Developing methods to derive visual representations that capture object properties, dynamics, and affordances pertinent to human-robot collaboration.
Scene Understanding: Enhancing the ability to understand and interpret dynamic environments, including the recognition of objects, actions, and interactions.
Motion Capture and Human Interaction Modeling: Advancing techniques for capturing and modeling human motion and interactions.
Knowledge Transfer: Leveraging insights from human-human and human-scene interactions to inform the development of humanoid and other embodied agents, such as through motion retargeting techniques.
Intention Modeling: Investigating approaches for modeling and predicting human intentions to enable robots to anticipate actions and respond safely.
Human-Robot Collaboration: Exploring strategies for integrating robots into interactive settings to foster seamless and effective teamwork.
Benchmarking and Metrics: Establishing meaningful benchmarks and metrics to assess advancements in human-robot-scene interaction and collaboration.

We invite submissions that address the topic of human-robot-scene interaction and collaboration. If you have any doubts about whether your submission aligns with the workshop's focus, please feel free to reach out to us for clarification.

Submission Guidelines

Paper Format: Submissions should adhere to the ICCV 2025 formatting guidelines. Authors may upload optional supplementary materials, containing additional details, videos, images, etc.
Length: Papers must not exceed 8 pages, excluding references.
Review Process: All submissions will undergo a double-blind peer-review process.
Submission Portal: Submit Your Paper
Non-Archived: Accepted papers will not be published in the official ICCV workshop proceedings. For authors who want to submit their accepted work at this workshop to a different journal or conference, please check their double submissions policy.
Accepted papers will be presented in a poster session and selected papers as spotlight talks.

Important Dates

Paper Submission Deadline: ~~August 8th, 2025~~ August 15th, 2025
Notification of Acceptance: ~~August 22th, 2025~~ August 29th, 2025
Camera-Ready Submission: ~~August 29th, 2025~~ September 5th, 2025
Workshop Date: October 20, 2025

Challenges

We are excited to announce the Multi-Terrain Humanoid Locomotion Challenge and Humanoid-Object Interaction Challenge, which will be held in conjunction with the workshop. The challenge aims to foster advancements in humanoid-scene interaction by providing a platform for researchers to showcase their work on embodied agents in dynamic environments. For more details, please visit the challenge websites.