Designing Social Robots in the Wild
Check the winner and the participants of the first ever robot competition at HRI 2024
Welcome to HRI2024 Robot Competition. At HRI, we've had a long history of exciting demos and wonderful papers, presentations, and other aspects of human-robot interaction. One thing we didn't have before is any competition or looking at how we can have aspects of robots working more effectively with people in a scored manner. We see some different competitions and other conferences, and we'd like something that we can bring here in order to do this first competition and to provide a fair possibility for all participants.
If you want to learn more about our three competitions, check the Competition 1, Competition 2, and Competition 3 sections.
This competition will use the Tiago robot (except for competition 2), a versatile platform designed for research and education purposes that is manufactured by PAL Robotics. The Tiago has a human-like appearance and is equipped with a range of sensors to perceive and interact with its environment. It is also equipped with a set of seven degrees of freedom (DoF) arms that allow it to manipulate objects with precision and dexterity. The Tiago is compatible with ROS and MoveIt! as well as Gazebo for simulation.
More information on the platform and tutorials can be found here.
Dan Szafir, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA - dszafir@cs.unc.edu
Jordi Albo Canals, Lighthouse - DIG, USA - jordi.albo@lighthouse-dig.com