Social Robotics + AI

The 3-volume set LNAI 16131 -16133 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference, ICSR+AI 2025, held in Naples, Italy, during September 10–12, 2025.The 117 full papers and 57 short papers included in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 276 submissions.  They focus on the topical sections:Part 1 Emotion & Affective Interaction; Applications in Real-World Case Studies; LLMs & Conversational / Verbal Interaction; Motion Control, Prosthetics & Functional Robotics; Context Awareness & Explainability; Ethics, Trust & Social Acceptability.Part 2 Emotion & Affective Interaction; Applications in Real-World Case Studies; LLMs & Conversational / Verbal Interaction; Motion Control, Prosthetics & Functional Robotics; – Context Awareness & Explainability; Ethics, Trust & Social Acceptability; Decision-Making / Behavior Modeling.Part 3 Emotion & Social Interaction in HRI; Trust, Autonomy, and Cognitive Models ; Assistive & Educational Applications in HRI.