At the #HRI2026 conference, I presented our thoughts on the current #HumanoidHype: yes, that's a lot of undeniably cool machines, doing backflips and complicated dances, but well... it feels that the US and Chinese companies leading the show haven't fully realized/understood what it means to create robots to work alongside humans.

More here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/skadge_hri2026-humanoidhype-responsiblerobotics-share-7442217711637749761-BJzN?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACXCd8B5Q2e7tT7qrUwwsR-eymaaKR0ceg

You can read the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/deSmD7dK

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.

Proud of Lauren Wang for giving an excellent talk at #HRI2026!

Check out X-OOHRI — using #AR for in situ robot explanations: https://xoohri.github.io

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 https://humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/sustainability-at-hri/

🚀 HRI 2026 starts today!

The 21st ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human–Robot Interaction kicks off today in Edinburgh to explore this year’s theme: “HRI Empowering Society.”🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Here’s what’s happening on Day 1 – March 16:

🔹 Workshops & Tutorials (Morning Session) 📍Heriot-Watt University

🔹 HRI Pioneers 📍Heriot-Watt University

🔹 Industry Day 📍National Robotarium

🔹 Welcome Reception 📍 Our Dynamic Earth,
🕢 19:30–21:00

#HRI2026 #HumanRobotInteraction #Robotics #HRICommunity