This workshop is held in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2025) and will be held in hybrid form.

Attending online? Register here by August 23rd EOD: https://forms.gle/h2diDYArHD2eqcabA 

The rising integration of robots across different applications means that a wide audience of people becomes a possible user base. With a wide audience comes a heterogeneous blend of people, each differing in a variety of characteristics (such as age, ethnicity, or gender). At the same time, research in human-robot interaction (HRI) has largely considered homogeneous samples for examining consequences of and prerequisites for ethical HRI. This gap in diverse research findings is accompanied by a lack of comprehensive legal frameworks for interactions with autonomous and AI-enhanced agents, as well as methodological rifts for clustering and sampling diverse audiences for studies.

This workshop attempts to get closer to closing these gaps by fostering an exchange between HRI professionals regarding a variety of topics, including: challenges in acquiring and reporting diverse samples, overcoming biases tied to WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) samples and mitigating discrimination in both research and practice, aligning HRI with ethical guidelines like the ALTAI framework and EU AI Act, exploring privacy, autonomy, trust, and transparency issues and investigating power dynamics, emotional fidelity, and societal biases replicated through robot interactions. 

• June 16th, 2025 - Submission Deadline (EXTENDED)

• June 30th, 2025 - Notification of Acceptance

• July 14th, 2025 - Camera-Ready Paper Deadline

All deadlines are at 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AOE) time.