In today's #InsideConTaktLab, we show you what it feels like to meet a robot in VR, and choose whether to trust it or not.
In this COSMO exhibition experience, participants embody an avatar, walk through a forest, and encounter a robot that offers them a flower. Do you take it, or not?
#VR #HRI
Herald Investment Trust seeks tax-efficient Saba solution:
Backstop tender provides shareholders with route to avoid being locked into Saba-controlled vehicle.
#HRI $HRI #IEM $IEM #EWI $EWI
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UK companies in the news:
#AMCO #AZN #BGEU #CHAR #COIL #CTPE #FOG #GBG #GSK #HRI #IMM #MTLN #PMG #PTEC #SEE #SNRE #WKS
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🏆 Award-winning research!
Prof. Giulia Barbareschi (RC Trust) receives Honorable Mention at #HRI2026 🎉
Her team developed a framework to improve transparency & reproducibility in human-robot interaction 🤖
🔗 dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
#InclusiveAI #HRI
Papalitatea - izvorul ereziilor, rătăcirilor şi înnoirilor Ambiţia, orgoliul, trufia şi precaritatea inteligenţei i-a făcut pe papistaşii de la Roma să întreţină marea aberaţie de hegemonie universală, stârnind în sânul Bisericii Universale, o puzderie de […]
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Watch this video by a researcher who is demoing simulated #robot emotional body language. I think this research is Incredibly dangerous. We are giving machines the ability to manipulate us on an unconscious level. We WILL respond to them because we can’t help it. The robot’s loyalty, love […]
Opening slide to HRI talk with presenter to the side
Michael Xu from Wisconsin CS presents work on integrating robots into family life. Happy to be a collaborator on this messy real world exploration. @hri-conference.bsky.social #HRI
✨ Please give a warm welcome to Quori as our Community Partner for HRI 2026! 🤝
🔗 Find out more about Quori: humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/partner...
#HRI2026 #Robotics #Conference #HRI
👋 Say hello to our final Bronze Partner for HRI 2026: Hello Robot! 🦾
🔗 Find out more about Hello Robot: humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/partner...
#HRI2026 #Robotics #Conference #HRI
🚀 New paper in IEEE RA-L!
IROSA: Interactive Robot Skill Adaptation using Natural Language
Tell a robot "go faster" or "there's an obstacle" - it adapts. The LLM selects validated tool functions, no direct robot control: a zero-shot, local LLM.
#robotics #LLM #IROS2026 #HRI
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📢 Join us in welcoming our Bronze Partner for HRI 2026: Peerbots! 🗯
🔗 Find out more about Peerbots: humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/partner...
#HRI2026 #Robotics #Conference #HRI
📝 Please welcome Science Robotics as a Bronze Partner for HRI 2026! 📚
🔗 Find out more about Science Robotics: humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/partner...
#HRI2026 #Robotics #Conference #HRI
📍 Happy to announce Intrinsic as our third Bronze Partner for HRI 2026! 🔬
🔗 Find out more about Instrinsic: humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/partner...
#HRI2026 #Robotics #Conference #HRI
✨ Let’s welcome our first Bronze Partner for HRI 2026: Familiar Machines & Magic! 🪄
🔗 Find out more about Familiar Machines & Magic: humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/partner...
#HRI2026 #Robotics #Conference #HRI
🎉 Join us in welcoming Honda Research Institute Japan as our second Silver Partner for HRI 2026! 🇯🇵
🔗 Find out more about Honda Research Institute: humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/partner...
#HRI2026 #Robotics #Conference #HRI
🎉 We are delighted to announce our final Platinum Partner for HRI 2026: Amazon Personal Robotics Group! 🎁
🔗 Find out more about Amazon Personal Robotics Group at HRI2026:
humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/partner...
#HRI2026 #Robotics #Conference #HRI
🚀 Proud to announce Semio as a Platinum Partner for #HRI2026
@semio_ai Inc. builds software to create and deploy robot applications. They will demo pre-launch tools at #HRI.
Semio Community is a nonprofit supporting reproducible research.
More info: humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/partner...
A moment from Therapist vs. Robot at InScience festival: the audience applauding Olivia’s answer. It was striking to see how quickly people connected with the interaction. A reminder that language, face, and timing matter in #HRI. @mpi-nl.bsky.social @furhatrobotics.bsky.social
#robotics #llm #ai
Call for Papers: LM Playschool (LMP 2026) – Co-located with EMNLP 2026!
Can #LLMs learn, adapt, and improve through situated, game-based interaction?
See lm-playschool.github.io
#GenAI #NLProc #HRI #ELLISforEurope #AI #ML
EWI proposes exit solution for shareholders:
Opportunity to receive cash exit close to NAV and retain access to SpaceX
#EWI $EWI #HRI $HRI #IEM $IEM
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#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
If a choice must be made: should priority go to aesthetics—or to capability?
Balance, articulation, stability, expressiveness, and safety compete directly with visual elegance and stylization.
Is form more important than function in companionship?
#AICompanion #HRI #AIdolls
UK companies in the news:
#ALL #BASC #CAM #CNE #EAAS #ENQ #HRI #INPP #JD. #JMAT #KLSO #MONY #NANO #PCIP #PLSR #SNWS #SNX #SSON #VCP #WRKS
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The true test of companion behavior is not the first hour — but the tenth week.
Does interaction remain emotionally legible over time?
Does behavior stabilize instead of escalating?
See an example of Architecture & Behavioral Design here: tinyurl.com/eve-arch
#AI #HRI #AICompanion
Should attractiveness be regulated? Some argue that hyper-idealized forms reinforce harmful stereotypes. Others argue that enforcing “average” or “unattractive” models is performative, inefficient, and economically irrational.
Neither path is simple. What do YOU think?
#AICompanion #AIdoll #HRI
How much control should users have? Open systems allow tuning, retraining, modification, and deeper personalization—but also introduce security risks, data leaks, behavioral instability, and legal ambiguity.
Is a personal companion closer to a computer… or a medical device?
#AI #AICompanion #HRI
🎀 Important question.
Fluffy pink kitty pajamas.
Plush tail.
Questionable decision-making.
Massage session... or... unhinged nightclub dance routine?
Choose wisely. 🔥
In "Silicon Heart", healing and chaos sometimes wear the exact same outfit.
Demo coming March 1 💙
#AICompanion #VN #HRI
Check out “Explainable OOHRI: Communicating Robot Capabilities and Limitations as AR Affordances” at #HRI2026 for more details!
🔗 Project page: xoohri.github.io
📄 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2601.14587
Led by Lauren Wang, in collaboration with Mo Kari at Princeton HCI.
#HCI #AR #Robotics #HRI
Design solutions that enable robots to estimate and respond to unknown object properties in real-time during dynamic handovers. Teams will work with food containers and drinking glasses of varying shapes, sizes, and unknown fill levels.
#HRI #Handover #embodiedAI #robotics #ai
Natural interaction is not defined by accuracy alone.
– Are gaze shifts timely but imperfect?
– Do gestures vary without repeating patterns?
– Are expression transitions smooth rather than abrupt?
See an example of Behavioral Design here: tinyurl.com/eve-arch
#AI #HRI #AICompanion
