Building on recent advances in cognitive robotics and insights of the EU‑funded INVERSE project, we merge two complementary viewpoints:

• Human‑Centered HRI – foregrounding user well‑being, ethical responsibility, and inclusivity.
• Cognitive‑First HRI – analysing how perception, reasoning, prospection, and shared mental models shape collaboration.

By fusing these perspectives, the workshop addresses emerging challenges, e.g., balancing authority with autonomy, measuring cognitive workload, and fostering transparent robot behaviour, while equipping participants with hands‑on, template‑based design tools that catalyse rigorous yet creative dialogue.

After a short welcome and introduction, insights from the INVERSE project will be shared in an interactive presentation. The workshop will then continue with a hands-on session where the participants will conduct a small‑group use‑case analysis with Cognition‑in‑HRI card sets and canvas templates; iterative mapping of human needs, robot capabilities, and KPI implications followed by group reflection and a discussion. To close the workshop, a collective wrap-up panel will be held.

The workshop is organized by Ganix Lasa, Maitane Mazmela and Nagore Osa from Mondragon University and will be two and a half hours long. This workshop targets a multidisciplinary audience of social robotics researchers, HRI designers, human factors experts, and cognitive scientists. It is especially suited for both academic and industrial stakeholders interested in applied and reflective methods for human-centered robotic design.