2nd ESR Workshop · NeurIPS 2026
Call for Demos
A dedicated track for novel, interactive, and visionary systems — embodied agents you can watch act, and world models you can watch obey physics.
Scope
What we are looking for
Where the paper track emphasizes rigorous evaluation, the demo track emphasizes systems that work — and systems that reveal where the frontier actually is.
We invite interactive embodied systems, real-world agent behaviors, and physically-grounded world models. A strong demo shows something a reader cannot get from a table of numbers: how an agent behaves when the world does not cooperate, or where a world model's physics quietly breaks down. Demos that illustrate current limitations as honestly as they illustrate progress are welcome.
The demo track shares the same reviewing process and the same deadlines as the paper track.
Two tracks
Demo tracks
Active embodied agents
Embodied agents executing complex tasks that illustrate the frontiers — and the current limitations — of real-world embodied spatial intelligence.
- Object manipulation
- Dynamic navigation
- Problem solving
- Long-horizon planning
Physically-grounded world models
Interactive simulations or generative models that demonstrate strict adherence to physical laws — turning video generators into reliable, physics-compliant world models.
- Strict physical-law adherence
- Complex motions
- Spatial memory
- Physics-compliant video models
Guidelines
Submission guidelines
- Template Use the NeurIPS 2026 template, following the official NeurIPS 2026 Call for Papers ↗.
- Length Submissions of 4–8 pages are allowed.
- Publication This work will be non-archival.
- Review Demo submissions share the same reviewing process and deadlines as the paper track.
Key dates
Submission timeline
- Jul 25, 2026 Submissions open
- Sep 5, 2026 Submission deadline
- Sep 25, 2026 Acceptance notification
- Oct 15, 2026 Award notification
- Oct 25, 2026 Camera-ready
All deadlines are 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE).
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