Publication

Would human-robot interaction conferences benefit from more formal reporting? : evaluating a novel study reporting form

Conference Article

Conference

IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)

Edition

34th

Pages

2192-2198

Doc link

https://doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN63969.2025.11217886

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Authors

  • Holthaus, Patrick

  • Rossi, Alessandra

  • Shrestha, Snehesh

  • Louie, Wing-Yue Geoffrey

  • Ucar, Aysegul

  • Hernández García, Daniel

  • Förster, Frank

  • Andriella, Antonio

  • Bagchi, Shelly

Abstract

In an interdisciplinary and evolving research field like human-robot interaction, clear and precise results reporting is essential for study comparability and replicability. To address the lack of a standard for such reporting and, at the same time, provide guidance for novices in the field, we have developed a web-based reporting form to capture human-robot interaction studies, serving as a model for how conferences could adopt it into the submission pipeline. In this work, we present a formative evaluation of this form regarding its level of detail, format and clarity, and the perceived benefits for authors, reviewers, and the community as a whole. We report the expert review of nine researchers who highlight the substantial value of this tool. In addition, these experts also provide suggestions for improvements to its form and the addition of details surrounding qualitative reporting.

Categories

intelligent robots, service robots, social aspects of automation.

Author keywords

Reviews , Pipelines , Human-robot interaction , Standards , Robots , Replicability , Best practices , Guidelines

Scientific reference

P. Holthaus, A. Rossi, S. Shrestha, W.G. Louie, A. Ucar, D. Hernández, F. Förster, A. Andriella and S. Bagchi. Would human-robot interaction conferences benefit from more formal reporting? : evaluating a novel study reporting form, 34th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2025, Eindhoven, Netherlands, pp. 2192-2198.