It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the 17th International Conference on Robotics in Education (RiE 2026), which will take place at Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences in Wolfenbüttel, Germany, from 15 to 17 April 2026.

RiE brings together academics, researchers, teachers, engineers, and industry experts from around the world to exchange ideas, share experiences, and present innovations in the field of robotics in education. We encourage you to submit and present new trends, research results, practical experiences, and advances in this area.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

* Robotics in school and its curricula
* Educational robotics platforms
* Problem- and project-based learning and robotics
* Didactic approaches in educational robotics
* Best practices in robotics in education
* Web-based and remote robotics and simulation
* Assessment and evaluation of robotics-enhanced activities
* Integration of robotics in school curricula
* Evaluation criteria and tools for measuring impact
* Constructivism / constructionism and robotics
* Methodologies for teaching robotics
* Robotics contests and their educational impact
* Robotics through edutainment and their educational value
* Humanoid robots in education
* Telerobotics in the classroom
* Robotics and AI in schools
* Exemplary robotics projects in classes

Proceedings

All accepted papers will be published by Springer as a special volume in the prestigious Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems series. The volumes are submitted for inclusion in major indexing services, including SI Proceedings, SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago, and SpringerLink.


Important dates

Paper submission deadline: 15 January 2026
Authors notification: 1 March 2026
End of early registration: 29 March 2026
Final paper version: 5 April 2026
End of regular registration: 5 April 2026

Conference: 15–17 April 2026


Venue

Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, Wolfenbüttel, Germany.


Submissions

Papers should be prepared in PDF format using the official templates and submitted through the EasyChair system. Detailed instructions are available on the conference website.

We are looking forward to receiving your contributions and to welcoming you to Wolfenbüttel in April 2026!