We are witnessing more and more applications carried out by robots in close collaboration with humans. This new generation of human-friendly robots will need to be safe and trustworthy in a physical and cognitive sense. New paradigms for the holistic development of collaborative cognitive robots need to be envisioned and experimentally validated. The benefit of humans and society is the central objective of such research effort and existing opportunities are arising from different application domains such as healthcare and high-tech systems.
HFR 2025 is a single-track symposium that aims at bringing together academic scientists, researchers, and industry to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects related to the introduction of robots into everyday life. The workshop covers a wide range of topics related to human–robot interaction, both physical and cognitive, including theories, methodologies, technologies, and empirical and experimental studies.

We strongly encourage women and young researchers’ participation, to support gender balance in robotics and the promotion of early–career researchers to present themselves to the community.