Highlights•Collaborative interaction with a robot can reshape human spatial attention•After interaction, the human brain treats the robot hand as part of its body schema•Engagement in the task and proximity to human peripersonal space foster joint body schema•Attributing human likeness and competence to the robot strengthens the joint body schemaSummaryAdvancements in collaborative technologies have increased the accessibility of human-robot interaction (HRI), yet a gap remains in understanding ...