The theme of the RO-MAN 2021 Virtual Conference is Trustworthiness and Cooperation

Topics of Interest include (but are not restricted to):

Androids
Anthropomorphic Robots and Virtual Humans
Applications of Social Robots
Assistive Robotics
Cognitive Skills and Mental Models
Cognitive and Sensorimotor Development
Computational Architectures
Cooperation and Collaboration in Human-Robot Teams
Creating Human-Robot Relationships
Curiosity, Intentionality and Initiative in Interaction
Degrees of Autonomy and Teleoperation
Detecting and Understanding Human Activity
Embodiment, Empathy and Intersubjectivity
Ethical Issues in Human-robot Interaction Research
Evaluation Methods and New Methodologies
HRI and Collaboration in Manufacturing Environments
Human Factors and Ergonomics
Innovative Robot Designs
Interaction Kinesics
Interaction with Believable Characters
Linguistic Communication and Dialogue
Long-term Experience and Longitudinal HRI Studies
Machine Learning and Adaptation
Medical and Surgical Applications
Monitoring of Behaviour and Internal States of Humans
Motion Planning and Navigation in Human-Centered Environments
Motivations and Emotions in Robotics
Multi-modal Situation Awareness and Spatial Cognition
Multimodal Interaction and Conversational Skills
Narrative and Story-telling in Interaction
Non-verbal Cues and Expressiveness
Novel Interfaces and Interaction Modalities
Personalities for Robotic or Virtual Characters
Philosophical Issues in Human-Robot Coexistence
Programming by Demonstration
Robot Companions and Social Robots
Robotic Etiquette
Robots in Education, Therapy and Rehabilitation
Social Intelligence for Robots
Social Learning and Skill Acquisition Via Teaching and Imitation
Social Presence for Robots and Virtual Humans
User-centered Design of Robots
Virtual and Augmented Tele-presence Environments
Robots in art and entertainment
Art pieces supported by robotics
Sound design for robots
Story-telling in HRI