Henny Admoni was invited to help run the eighth annual Human-Robot Interaction Pioneers Workshop held in Tokyo, Japan on Monday, March 3, 2013. Exploring human-robot interaction in a small and welcoming forum, HRI Pioneers is the premier venue for up-and-coming student researchers and will occur in conjunction with the 2013 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. HRI Pioneers is a highly selective workshop designed to empower innovators early in their careers and brings together a cohort of the world’s top student researchers seeking to foster creativity, communication, and collaboration across the incredibly diverse field of human-robot interaction. Participation in Pioneers Workshop is determined through an independent competitive application process.