4th Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in HRI Workshop
Equity and Diversity in Design, Application, Methods, and Community
HALF-DAY WORKSHOP on March 3, 2025
HRI '25 - Melbourne, Australia
HALF-DAY WORKSHOP on March 3, 2025
HRI '25 - Melbourne, Australia
Welcome to the 4th Workshop on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in HRI!
It is crucial to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the development of AI and robotics. Neglecting these factors not only exacerbates existing discrimination and biases, but also continues perpetuating them over time. Despite global awareness, urgent action is needed within the human-robot interaction (HRI) community.
This workshop aims to bridge the gap by providing a platform for sharing experiences and research insights related to identifying, addressing, and integrating DEI principles in HRI. Building upon its last few iterations, this year’s workshop will actively involve participants in tackling human biases which can be transferred to the robots, aiming to mitigate inequity, recognize and minimize prejudice, and promote inclusion within the field of HRI.
The three aims of our workshop are
to foster greater diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the HRI community, ensuring that a broader range of voices participate in designing and creating HRI systems
to expand HRI research methods, robot designs, and applications to be more diverse and inclusive
to discuss the development of ethical guidelines that prioritize DEI in HRI, ensuring responsible, equitable and inclusive robot design and deployment
Another goal of this workshop is to build a community and solidarity among researchers in HRI who work on and are affected by the various and related issues around DEI.
This workshop is in conjunction with the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction and will be in a hybrid format. The workshop will take place on March 3rd, 2025, both in person in Melbourne, Australia, as well as virtually on Zoom.