Significant amounts of HRI research effort are spent on the design/evaluation of robot bodies. Critical discussion and debates concerning the way bodies are treated and considered within HRI have tended to focus on the implications of designing/interacting with highly anthropomorphic robots, yet drawing attention away from the human body in HRI, particularly in the context of everyday interactions with “unexpectedly” social robots, i.e. those non-humanoid robots that human users interact with in a somewhat “social” way. These kind of robots crystallise particular aspects of (and tensions between) the different ways in which bodies are understood across disciplines. At the same time, a fundamental, and largely neglected tool for HRI research is the researchers' own embodied experience of the intersubjective role. This workshop has invited speakers and audience to engage in cross-disciplinary conversations on embodiment in HRI, highlighting the different ways in which “the body” is or can be variously conceptualised and researched. © 2025 IOS Press. All rights reserved.