Humanoids Embodied Co-Creation 2025

About
The objective of this workshop is to foster dialogue between robotics researchers and creative practitioners to explore how humanoids and other embodied systems can support new forms of artistic expression and human-machine co-creation. We aim to identify concrete technical needs and design opportunities for integrating robots into complex and real-world creative workflows, with an emphasis on direct collaboration between human and robot.

Tasks such as painting, choreography, sculpture, and fabrication demand tightly coupled solutions across perception, whole-body control, and intuitive human-robot interaction — making them uniquely rich environments for advancing the capabilities of dexterous and adaptive robotic systems while supporting creative needs.

The workshop will address the following topics:

Design mechanisms for creative robotics that facilitate expressive form factors for supporting artistic movements, e.g., compliance of soft materials
Whole-body planning and control, tailored to the temporal and semantic structure of creative tasks
Robot learning for creative tasks, including policy learning, skill acquisition, and adaptation to aesthetics feedback, in both artifact production or performance-based domains
Teleoperation and human-robot interfaces, with an emphasis on intuitive and ergonomic control suited for non-expert users
The role of generative models in embodied co-creation, including models that predict motion, gestures or physical forms such as sketches or sculptures
Applications such as robot painting, choreography, fabrication

Through invited talks, showcases, and panel discussion, the workshop aims to surface shared research directions and promote meaningful collaboration between researchers and creators.

Schedule

Time	Session
2:00 - 2:05	Opening Remarks
2:05 - 3:45	Invited Talks Local artists or Researchers Hyun Ju Kim: The Aesthetic Experience of Human Robot Interaction: Sharing The Research Progress Jinah Roh: Co-evolution of Humans and Machines Roushi Liu: Generative Models for Design Peter Schaldenbrand: Supporting Creative Acts with Robots: Painting & Sculpting
3:45 - 4:00	Art Tour and Coffee Break
4:00 - 4:55	Invited Talks Local artists or Researchers Dennis Hong: From Function to Wonder, From Machine to Art Donguk Lee: From Earth to the Moon: Building Culture with Robotics
4:55 - 5:00	Closing Remarks A social after the art showcase will be encouraged

* Accepted art submissions may be supported for display throughout the workshop space.

Call for Submissions
We invite researchers, artists, designers, and practitioners to contribute to the Embodied Co-Creation workshop, which explores how robotic systems can support and extend human creativity. From painting and choreography to sculpture and fabrication, creative domains present unique opportunities for human–robot collaboration, learning, and expression.

We welcome both academic papers and artistic submissions that engage with embodied, performative, or participatory forms of co-creation. Topics include but are not limited to:

Expressive robotic design for art
Whole-body interaction and control for creative tasks
Robot learning and adaptation in creative contexts
Intuitive and ergonomic human–robot collaboration
Generative AI in embodied co-creation
Artistic applications in visual art, dance, sculpture, fabrication, etc.

The workshop will feature invited talks, artist showcases, and collaborative discussions. Accepted papers will be presented during the event; accepted artworks will be exhibited throughout the venue.

Join us to explore new frontiers in robotics and creativity!

Format: All paper submissions remain double-blind for review and will be non-archival. For artwork submissions, please include both a written statement explaining the work and a short accompanying video.

Submission link: https://openreview.net/group?id=IEEE.org/RAS/Humanoids/2025/Workshop/E-CoCreate
Submission deadline: 15 September 2025, 23:59 AOE