The #HRI2026 is taking place this week in Edinburgh under the theme “HRI Empowering Society".
#Coresense has been showcased through the paper “How Do Humans Attempt to Initiate Interaction with a Robot? An Exploratory Study on Multimodal Engagement.”
The study examines how people naturally initiate interactions with robots, analysing multimodal cues and behaviours that can inform more intuitive, human‑centred interaction strategies.
#Coresense latest conference papers prested by our partner URJC:
🟣 Environmental Sound Recognition for Social Robots — real‑time system that detects, localises & categorises indoor sounds to help robots react safely and intelligently.
🟣 On‑Edge Task Planning with LLMs — lightweight ROS 2 module that generates action plans onboard the robot using LLMs, boosting autonomy in dynamic environments.
🔗 Check all Coresense publications on our website: https://coresense.eu/publications/
Our partner URJC travelled to Brussels to attend #FOSDEM 2026.
The team took part in the devroom to present #EasyNav, an open‑source navigation framework that forms part of the #Coresense technology ecosystem.
You can read the summary here https://coresense.eu/coresense-at-fosdem-2026-easynav-showcased-in-the-robotics-simulation-devroom/
Our partner IMR hosted an excellent event last week, giving attendees the chance to connect, gain valuable insights, and get hands-on experience with key industry innovations.
As visitors walked through the space, #Coresense team took the opportunity to chat about the project and showcase the testbed.
URJC recently represented #Coresense at #ROSCon2025 in Singapore and Barcelona.
URJC’s contributions included:
◾ Participating in ZettScale’s workshop on Zenoh, the new ROS 2 RMW
◾ Presenting the talk “ROS 2 Planning System: Past, Present, and Future”.
◾ Delivering a hands-on workshop on EasyNav, the flexible navigation framework whose cognitive plugins are being developed within the Coresense project.
Read recap https://coresense.eu/coresense-at-roscon-2025-from-singapore-to-barcelona/
#Coresense #Toolchain is a model-based engineering environment that simplifies the design, validation, and deployment of cognitive robotic systems within the hashtag#ROS2 ecosystem.
🧠 Key goals include:
▪️ Automating repetitive design and configuration tasks
▪️ Enforcing modeling consistency
▪️ Fostering collaboration and accessibility for ROS 2 users
The Toolchain is fully open source and actively maintained. Read the summary and access to the deliverable here https://coresense.eu/coresense-toolchain-model-based-engineering-for-cognitive-robotics/
📍After last week’s online progress meeting, we’re spending two days in Barcelona at PAL Robotics for our in-person plenary — workshops, discussions, and plenty of collaboration to shape the next phase of the #Coresense project.
📸 Highlights coming soon!
To design robots that don’t just 𝘢𝘤𝘵 intelligently but 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 their environment, we need more than smart algorithms - we need structured conceptual foundations.
📝 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝟏.𝟓: 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 presents the first version of #CORESENSE foundational ontologies for cognitive autonomous systems.
🔗 Explore more: https://coresense.eu/foundational-ontologies-for-cognitive-autonomous-systems/
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