We had an outstanding presence at HRI 2025, marking yet another milestone for our still-young research team. Our PI, Eileen, attended alongside her PhD student, Toey, and several members of the hri lab, making it a truly collaborative and successful event.
A highlight of the conference was the well-deserved recognition of our researchers. Toey and our former master’s student, Jackie, both received Honorable Mentions for their outstanding work—an incredible achievement that reflects their dedication and thoughtful contributions to the field.
Beyond individual accolades, our lab showcased a diverse range of research, spanning from workshops and late-breaking reports to a full paper presentation. This breadth of contributions demonstrates the productivity and impact of our lab in advancing human-robot interaction research.
We are proud of our team’s hard work and accomplishments and are already looking forward to HRI 2026! Stay tuned for more exciting research and collaborations from the HAC Lab.
Check out our newly published works from HRI 2025 in Melbourne online:
Klüber, K., & Roesler, E. (2025). The influence of embodiment on the emotional contagion of affective speech in HRI. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 1408–1412). IEEE Press. [Link]
Molan, J., Saad, L., Roesler, E., McCurry, J. M., Gyory, N., & Trafton, J. G. (2025). The Perceived Danger (PD) Scale: Development and validation. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 420–428). IEEE Press. [Link]
Pithayarungsarit, P., Saad, L., Trafton, J. G., & Roesler, E. (2025). A systematic validation of the Robotic Social Attributes Scale (RoSAS). In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 1547–1552). IEEE Press. [Link]
Saad, L., Roesler, E., Phillips, E. K., & Trafton, J. G. (2025). A tutorial for finding and evaluating HRI scales. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 2011–2013). IEEE Press. [Link]