BPM-HRI: Best Practices and Methods in HRI Research

The quality and impact of human-robot interaction (HRI) research rely on scientific rigour and reproducibility as well as the ethical soundness of experiments involving human participants. However, the HRI community currently lacks easy access to resources and common knowledge on experimental design practices and standardised reporting guidelines. The BPM-HRI: Best practices and methods in HRI research workshop at HRI 2026 aims to address this gap by fostering a community-wide effort to discuss, disseminate, and develop more robust methodologies. Targeting to empower especially early-career researchers, this half-day workshop will consolidate efforts from international initiatives, including the IEEE Standards Group P3108 Recommended Practice for Design of Human Subjects Studies in Human-Robot Interaction and the UK-HRI topic group Human-Robot Interaction: Best Practices and Methods. Our program includes a presentation and discussion on these initiatives, a keynote address focusing on rigorous study reporting, providing an intercontinental perspective, and dedicated mentoring and ideas exchange sessions. A collaborative working session will document the workshop’s efforts with attendees starting to draft a community-driven white paper, surveying the current landscape and outlining next steps for experimental design and reporting recommendations.