Topics of Interest Include (but are not restricted to):

Research, design and development, and use of robots that interact collaboratively
Robots that support human collaboration
Innovative robot designs for HRI research
User-centered design of social robots
Novel interfaces and interaction modalities
Long-term experience and longitudinal HRI studies
Evaluation methods and new methodologies for HRI research
Androids
Degrees of autonomy and teleoperation
Human factors and ergonomics in HRI research
Virtual and augmented tele‐presence environments
Social, ethical and aesthetic issues in human‐robot interaction research
Robots in education, therapy and rehabilitation
Medical and surgical applications of robots
Robot companions and social robots in home environments
Assistive robotics for supporting the elderly or people with special needs
Applications of social robots in entertainment, service robotics, space travel and others
Anthropomorphic robots and virtual humans
Interaction with believable characters
Non‐verbal cues and expressiveness in interactions: gesture, posture, social spaces and facial expressions
Interaction kinesics
Monitoring of behavior and internal states of human subjects
Robotic etiquette
Social intelligence for robots
Social presence for robots and virtual humans
Creating relationships with robots and humanoids
Personalities for robotic or virtual characters
Embodiment, empathy and intersubjectivity in interaction with robotic and virtual characters
Intelligence, motivations and emotions in robots
Curiosity, intentionality and initiative in interaction
Linguistic communication and dialogue with robots and intelligent interfaces
Multimodal interaction and conversational skills
Cognitive and sensori‐motor development in robots
Cognitive skills and mental models for social robots
Social learning and skill acquisition via teaching and imitation
Programming by demonstration
Cooperation and collaboration in human‐robot teams
Human‐robot interaction and collaboration in manufacturing environments
Motion planning and navigation in the vicinity of humans
Machine learning and adaptation in human‐robot interaction
Multi‐modal situation awareness and spatial cognition
Computational architectures for human‐robot interaction
Detecting and understanding human activity
Narrative and story‐telling in interaction