HRI-JP once again established itself as a key player in the field of social robotics with its presence at the recent 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction in Stockholm, Sweden.

Highlights include our booth, where Haru the robot captivated audiences with its expressivity through demos showcasing Harumoji and interactive storytelling. We also demonstrated ground-breaking technology to help robots be better listeners and engage in more natural turn-taking during conversations. See the following publication for more details:

Haru He's Here to Help!: A Demonstration of Implementing Comedic Rapid Turn-taking for a Social Robot.

Matthew P. Aylett, Andrea Carmantini, Christoper J. Pidcock, Eric Nichols, Sarah Rose Siskind.

HRI '23: Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, March 2023, Pages 912--913