The NEWHRI workshop took place on May 19, 2008, in Pasadena, California, in conjunction with the ICRA 2008 Conference. The NEWHRI workshop was funded by the National Science Foundation.

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Description

In this full-day workshop, we aim to bring greater clarity to the scope and direction of human-robot interaction (HRI). This workshop will bring together established and student researchers from HRI and the greater robotics community to answer three primary questions:

1. 1.What characteristics unify and should be common to all areas of HRI research?
   

2. 2.What properties typify novel and significant research in HRI?
   

3. 3.How can we further synergistic research between HRI and the broader robotics community?
   

Invited and student researchers from different HRI-related areas will share their perspectives on these questions in paired talk format. Breakout discussion sections rising from these presentations will involve all attendees in an ongoing discussion to foster cross fertilization among subareas of HRI.