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Attending HRI 2026? Explore top UK #humanrobotinteraction labs and see cutting-edge research in action!
🔗 Full list & contacts: humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/explore...
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Social Robots and Cultural Sustainability (Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI) Social Robots and Cultural Sustainability (Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI) : Hakli, Raul, Nyholm, Sven, Nørskov, Marco, Nørskov, Sladjana: Amazon.es: Books

#quote "there is a need for robots to be sensitive to the cultural expectations of the humans in the contexts they are deployed in." in 'Social Robots and Cultural Sustainability' (amazon.es/Social-Robot...)
#robots #SocialRobots #Humanoids #culture #HRI #HumanRobotInteraction

Robot Learns Realistic Lip Movements by Observation Columbia Engineers have taught a robot to learn lip movements by observation, much like a human learning in front of a mirror, potentially crossing the uncanny valley.

Robot Learns Realistic Lip Movements by Observation

techlife.blog/posts/breakt...

#RobotFaces #HumanoidRobotics #LipSync #AICommunication #Robotics #MachineLearning #HumanRobotInteraction #UncannyValley

How will new tech shape your life? A roboticist and a political strategist answer Should you be polite to robots? Political strategist Bradley Tusk and roboticist Ali Kashani explore how new technology is poised to make your life easier — from voting on your phone to having a robot...

#quote "I think it is nice to be polite to robots" @ahkashani in 'How will new tech shape your life? A roboticist and a political strategist answer' (www.ted.com/talks/bradle...) #robots #HRI #HumanRobotInteraction

One size fits all? Transferring social mindfulness measures to HRI.
Heijselaar, Evelien et al.
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#SocialHRI #MindfulnessMeasurement #HumanRobotInteraction

Interact2Ar: Full-Body Human-Human Interaction Generation via Autoregressive Diffusion Models
Jiankang Deng, José García-Rodríguez et al.
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#HumanRobotInteraction #DiffusionModels #3DPoseGeneration

Image of a woman in a bookstore holding flowers. Text: "Yaxuan Zhang, PhD Researcher. Human-building and human-robot interaction". Logos for KU Leuven, SONATA and EU funding. Tone is professional.

🆕 Our final featured #SONATA_horizon #EarlyCareerResearcher is #PhD Researcher Yaxuan Zhang from KU Leuven.

✨ Learn more: tinyurl.com/yu2esveh

#EuropeanCommission #HorizonEurope #FutureWorkspaces #WorkplaceWellbeing #HumanBuildingInteraction #HumanRobotInteraction #AdaptiveArchitecture

“Helping Faces”: The Effect of a Robot’s Face on People’s Reciprocal Helping Behavior A recent extension of the Computers-Are-Social-Actors (CASA) paradigm, known as the Media-Are-Social-Actors (MASA) paradigm, suggests that social cues displayed by media agents may elicit social re...

Do physical social cues, like faces, affect social behaviour? With robots, perhaps not, but stacking different cues together may make a difference.

Learn more in paper 2: doi.org/10.1080/1044...

#humanrobotinteraction #hri #hci #psychology #academicsky #publication #socialrobots #phdlife #postdoc

“Superhuman” Robots in Teams: The Effect of Augmented Cognitive Capabilities on Human-Robot Communication - International Journal of Social Robotics As social robots become increasingly advanced, the rules of human-robot interaction (HRI) may diverge from those of interpersonal communication. In this light, scholars have proposed that the Computer...

Are we intimidated by digital agents with superhuman cognitive abilities? Turns out, we may not like them as much but we definitely think that they have the "right" answer. 🧵/2

Read paper 1 now! doi.org/10.1007/s123...

#humanrobotinteraction #hri #socialrobots #psychology #academicsky #hci

HRI Lab 1 Demo - Movement #Robot #Robotics #HRI #HumanRobotInteraction #Engineering #Professor YouTube video by Carlotta A. Berry, PhD

#HRI #HumanRobotInteraction #Robot #Robotics #Engineering #Professor #Roboticist #STEM #STEAM #BlackWomenSTEM #BlackWomenSTEAM #NoireSTEMinist youtube.com/shorts/yx1js...

EP36 LOS ROBOTS EN LA RECONFIGURACIÓN DEL ESPACIO PÚBLICO YouTube video by OdiseIA

Hoy, en 'Voces de OdiseIA' el podcast de @odise_ia participo en el episodio "Los robots y la reconfiguración del espacio público" youtu.be/9EjqdT4ah_Q #robots #Roboetica #Roboethics #Robotics #HRI #HumanRobotInteraction #DigitalHumans

EP36 LOS ROBOTS EN LA RECONFIGURACIÓN DEL ESPACIO PÚBLICO YouTube video by OdiseIA

Esta semana participo en el episodio "Los robots y la reconfiguración del espacio público"

YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ejq...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1iCdQ6L...

#Robots #Roboetica #Roboethics #HRI #HumanRobotInteraction #chatbots #humanoides #humanoids
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ejq...

Overview of the robot planning framework. The robot adapts its task planning based on task goals (e.g., completion time), and its estimates of the human’s leading/following preferences and performance. The framework continuously observes human actions and updates its estimates accordingly, allowing the robot to dynamically adjust its role and task allocation decisions.

Authors introduce a #TaskPlanning system that adapts to both a human partner’s preferences (whether they like to lead or follow) and performance; jointly handling task allocation + scheduling
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/110...

#HumanRobotInteraction

#Engineering #Professor #STEM #HRI #HumanRobotInteraction #BlackWomenSTEM #WomenInSTEM #BlackWomenSTEM #STEMTok #STEM #STEMFeed #Robotics
NoireSTEMinist.com

HRI Lab 1 Robot Movement #HumanRobotInteraction #BlossomRobot #NoireSTEMinist #RobotEducation YouTube video by Carlotta A. Berry, PhD

#STEMSky #RobotSky #HumanRobotInteraction #STEM #Engineering #Professor #AcademicSky #Engineer #Professor #AcademicSky #BlackAdemic #AcademicChatter #BlackEduSky #EducatorSky #TeacherSky #MakerSky #CreatorSky #TechSky #BlackInEngineering #BlackInRobotics #NoireSTEMinist
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HRI Lab 1 Robot Movement #HumanRobotInteraction #BlossomRobot #NoireSTEMinist #RobotEducation YouTube video by Carlotta A. Berry, PhD

#STEMSky #RobotSky #HumanRobotInteraction #STEM #Engineering #Professor #AcademicSky #Engineer #Professor #AcademicSky #BlackAdemic #AcademicChatter #BlackEduSky #EducatorSky #TeacherSky #MakerSky #CreatorSky #TechSky #BlackInEngineering #BlackInRobotics #NoireSTEMinist
youtu.be/QzJdpzCPc1o?...

HRI Lab 1 Demo - Movement YouTube video by Carlotta A. Berry, PhD

#STEMSky #RobotSky #HumanRobotInteraction #STEM #Engineering #Professor #AcademicSky #Engineer #Professor #AcademicSky #BlackAdemic #AcademicChatter #BlackEduSky #EducatorSky #TeacherSky #MakerSky #CreatorSky #TechSky #BlackInEngineering #BlackInRobotics #NoireSTEMinist
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Human-Robot Interaction - Lab 1 Movement #HRI #Engineering #Professor #Robot #STEM #NoireSTEMinist YouTube video by Carlotta A. Berry, PhD

#STEMSky #RobotSky #HumanRobotInteraction #STEM #Engineering #Professor #AcademicSky #Engineer #Professor #AcademicSky #BlackAdemic #AcademicChatter #BlackEduSky #EducatorSky #TeacherSky #MakerSky #CreatorSky #TechSky #BlackInEngineering #BlackInRobotics #NoireSTEMinist youtube.com/shorts/brHfM...

From Human-Computer Interaction to Human-Robot Manipulation
www.mdpi.com/2673-4591/11...

By Shuwei Guo et al.
From 2nd International Conference on AI Sensors and Transducers

#Robotics #Teleoperation #HRI #HumanRobotInteraction

PhD student Laura McGann's presentation sparked curiosity from a global audience at the IEEE Telepresence Conference in the Netherlands. Read more to find out why: bit.ly/48EFUp6

#telepresence #neurotechnology #humanrobotinteraction #humanfactors

@awykowska.bsky.social, head of the IIT @s4hri.bsky.social unit and coordinator of the IIT Center for Human Technologies, is this year’s winner of the André Mischke Prize.

#HumanRobotInteraction #sciencecommunication #policyengagement

yacadeuro.org/andre-mischk...

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👋 Meet the Committee!

Today we're introducing Dr. Sofia Petisca, who is part of the Conference Organisation Team on the BPS Cyberpsychology Section Committee. She helps organising the conference each year!

#Cyberpsychology #socialrobots #AI #gaming #HRI #humanrobotinteraction #appliedpsychology

Leadership - Hanson Robotics Leadership David Hanson, Ph.D.CEO, Founder David Hanson develops robots that are widely regarded as the world’s most human-like in appearance, in a lifelong quest to create true living, caring machine...

For more:
[1] www.hansonrobotics.com/leadership/
[2] www.hansonrobotics.com/sophia/

#ALIFE2025 #CiphersOfLife #DavidHanson #Sophia #SocialRobotics #HumanRobotInteraction

Gaze Estimation for Human‑Robot Interaction on NICO Platform

Four gaze‑estimation models were evaluated on NICO, yielding a best median spatial error of 16.48 cm in a shared workspace. The NICO dataset is on GitHub. Read more: getnews.me/gaze-estimation-for-huma... #gazeestimation #humanrobotinteraction

New Ontology Enables Robots to Explain and Contrast Competing Plans

A new ontology lets robots compare plans on path length and safety, creating contrastive narratives. Users rated these explanations clearer than baseline ones. getnews.me/new-ontology-enables-rob... #humanrobotinteraction #explainableai

Turkish Ice Cream Robot Shows Playful Deception Boosts Engagement

A study with 91 participants found the Turkish Ice Cream Robot’s five playful handover tricks boosted enjoyment and engagement, while perceived safety and trust dropped. getnews.me/turkish-ice-cream-robot-... #turkishicecreamrobot #humanrobotinteraction

Natural Language Boosts Human‑Robot Collaboration

Researchers suggest a cognitive agent linking robots to LLMs like ChatGPT to handle object references and multi‑step commands; the manuscript was first submitted on 15 August 2025. Read more: getnews.me/natural-language-boosts-... #robotics #llm #humanrobotinteraction

Short Robot Table Increases Volunteer Compliance, Defying Height Bias

Volunteers complied more with a short 95 cm robot service table than a taller 132 cm one, flipping the usual height‑persuasion effect. getnews.me/short-robot-table-increa... #humanrobotinteraction #robotdesign

Context‑Aware Human‑Like Pointing Gestures via Reinforcement Learning

Researchers used a motion‑capture dataset of pointing with reinforcement learning and motion imitation, enabling robots to generate gestures balancing precision and smoothness. getnews.me/context-aware-human-like... #humanrobotinteraction #pointing