The HRI Conference

Save the date! HRI 2027 is happening in Silicon Valley next year. If you're new here, HRI is a cosy A* conference all about human-robot interaction, with technical, design, human studies tracks and more! Abstracts due on Sept 11!

While we say goodbye to the enchanting Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 it’s now time to pass the torch to Silicon Valley for the next edition 👩‍💻👨‍💻🧑‍💻🇺🇸 Join us for HRI 2027 hosted by the General Chairs Henny Admoni and Dylan Glas from March 8 to 12, 2027. 🔗 lnkd.in/d-FzNMWg

Let’s thank warmly our Platinum Partner @PlaiPinHQ ! 🐰🦀🤖 introduced by Irvin Cardenas

Ross Mead is back on stage to talk about the project #Quori 🤖 let’s thank our Community Partner Quori altogether 🙌🏻

An heartfelt thank to our Platinum Partner LuxAI 🇱🇺🤖 great to see at HRI2026 many studies featuring the QT robot Platform 👏🏻

An heartfelt thank to our Platinum Partner LuxAI 🇱🇺🤖 great to see at HRI2026 many studies featuring the QT robot Platform 👏🏻

🔮Join us in thanking our Platinum Sponsor Furhat Robotics! It was great to hear more about this robotics startup grounded in years of research from its co- founder Gabriel Skantze! Meet Furhat at the Exhibition Aerea in Lomond Suite!

🧠Day 3 of HRI 26 has started and we couldn’t be more excited to have Professor Yukie NAGAI as Keynote! 👶🏻🤖She gave us a truly inspiring talk about cognitive developmental robotics, and computational methods to investigate the underlying neural mechanisms in social interaction

Great moments at the posters and demo session throughout Day 2 at HRI26! ✨🤖📄 …and greatest shoutout to our wonderful Local Chair Marta Romeo presenting her poster while also managing this amazing Conference!

🧩Join us in thanking our Platinum Sponsor Semio presented by Ross Mead at #HRI2026! Special thank to Ross who is also our Partnership Chair together with Nathan Kirchner 🙌🏻

🎙️Let’s give it up for our first Keynote Speaker Benjamin Rosman from University of the Witwatersrand who is shaping the future of intelligence from Africa. ⚙️From Deep Learning Indaba to Lelapa AI, his work champions AI built by and for diverse communities.

Ready, Set, Go! 🤖🚀 🏰Day 2 of HRI 2026 is starting at Edinburgh International Conference Center, EICC! 🫂Our amazing General Chairs, Lynne Baillie and Bill Smart are welcoming us! 🎙️Don’t miss the Keynote by Benjamin Rosman starting now in Auditorium.

Join us at the Welcome Reception of HRI 2026🤖! 🥂 welcome to the Dynamic Earth of Edinburgh! 🌎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Join the #SustainableHRI Social Media Challenge 💚🤖 Make #HRI2026 greener & win a 50 GBP One World Shop gift card 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Complete sustainability tasks (some you can do from afar!) and post about it with #SustainableHRI Start today! Info here humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/sustainab…

We are starting!🚀 Join us for workshop, Industry and Pioneers at Heriot Watt University and Robotarium🤖

✨ Please give a warm welcome to Quori as our Community Partner for HRI 2026! 🤝 🔗 Find out more about Quori: #quori" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/partners/… #HRI2026 #Robotics #Conference #HRI

👋 Say hello to our final Bronze Partner for HRI 2026: Hello Robot! 🦾 🔗 Find out more about Hello Robot: #hello-robot" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/partners/… #HRI2026 #Robotics #Conference #HRI

📢 Join us in welcoming our Bronze Partner for HRI 2026: Peerbots! 🗯 🔗 Find out more about Peerbots: #peerbots" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/partners/… #HRI2026 #Robotics #Conference #HRI

📚 The proceedings of the 2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2026) are now available! 🔹 Main Proceedings doi.org/10.1145/3757279 🔹 Companion Proceedings doi.org/10.1145/3776734

📝 Please welcome Science Robotics as a Bronze Partner for HRI 2026! 📚 🔗 Find out more about Science Robotics: #science-robotics" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/partners/… #HRI2026 #Robotics #Conference #HRI