CALL FOR PAPERS
Sixth International Workshop on Agents and Robots for reliable Engineered Autonomy (AREA)

Co-located with PAAMS 2026
Workshop: 21st-23rd October, 2026 (exact day TBA)
Naples, Italy

Workshop website: https://areaworkshop.github.io/AREA2026/
Contact: area.workshop.info@gmail.com

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IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission Deadline: 17th April 2026 (AoE, UTC-12)
Paper Notification: 5th July 2026 (AoE, UTC-12)
Camera Ready: 15th July 2026 (AoE, UTC-12)

SCOPE

This workshop aims to bring together researchers from the autonomous agents, robotics, and software engineering communities. Combining knowledge from these research areas may lead to innovative approaches for tackling complex real-world problems in autonomous robotic systems. We encourage submissions that combine agents, robots, software engineering, and verification. We also welcome papers focused on one of these areas, provided their applicability to the other areas is explicit.

TOPICS

The main topics include, but are not limited to:
- Agent-based modular architectures applicable to robots
- Agent-oriented software engineering to model high-level control in robotic development
- Agent programming languages and tools for developing robotic or intelligent autonomous systems
- Reliable Agentic AI
- Agentic AI applied in robotic systems
- Coordination, interaction, and negotiation protocols for agents and robots
- Distributed problem-solving and automated planning in autonomous systems
- Engineering reliable interactions between humans and autonomous robots or agents
- Fault tolerance and long-term autonomy
- Neuro-symbolic artificial intelligence
- Real-world applications of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems in robotics
- Runtime verification of autonomous agents and robotic systems
- Task and resource allocation in multi-robot systems
- Verification and validation of autonomous systems

SUBMISSIONS

Papers must not exceed twelve (12) pages, single column, including references and appendices. All submissions must be in English and PDF format. Each submission will receive at least three single-blind reviews. All papers should be original and not be submitted elsewhere. The review process is single-blind: submissions should not be blind, reviewers will be.

A paper will be selected for the Best Paper Award based on reviewers' scores and recommendations.

The AREA workshop will be a hybrid event (in accordance with PAAMS 2026 guidelines). At least one author of each accepted paper has to register for the host conference (via the PAAMS 2026 website).

The proceedings of the workshop will be published in the Springer CCIS series. Formatting guidelines should follow LNCS style: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines

Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=paams26

WORKSHOP FORMAT

The workshop is a one-day event lasting approximately 8 hours. The event will include the presentation of accepted papers and two invited talks, which will be announced at a later date.

Kind regards, the organisers:
Angelo Ferrando, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy)
Rafael C. Cardoso, University of Aberdeen (UK)