QOur Mission
We aim to bridge the accessibility gap and accelerate research and development for human-robot interaction (HRI), and to address the replication crisis to solidify HRI as a scientific discipline.
Accessible for every lab
Transparent bills of materials, kits, and onboarding that let new teams join without prohibitive cost or complexity.
Faster experimentation
Reference behaviors, quick-start robot configurations, and study templates keep researchers focused on new insights.
Reproducible by default
Shared protocols and cross-lab comparisons that tackle the replication crisis and strengthen HRI as a science.
Our Strategy
We are building a shared platform for HRI hardware and software, and building a community through resources, events, and collaboration.
Shared platform
Open-source Quori hardware and HRI software modules so upgrades ripple across every team instead of staying siloed.
Community resources
Documentation, starter kits, and learning paths that make contributing, teaching, and deploying straightforward.
Events and learning
Workshops, tutorials, and demos where we share what's working, surface challenges, and onboard new collaborators.
Collaboration network
Pair labs, partners, and students to co-develop modules, replicate studies, and evaluate systems together.
Our Platforms
The Quori platform offers social robot hardware and HRI software tools, a replication studies network, and community events.
Quori robot hardware
A reconfigurable social robot with modular components based on a standard hardware interface, and reference builds for varied research needs.
HRI software tools
Open-source software for low-level to high-level control and sensing; no-code tools for rapidly creating, deploying, and sharing functionality.
Research studies network
Coordinated studies and shared datasets to support replication efforts and benchmark results across sites to strengthen findings.
Our Values
We are a friendly and rebellious community that values collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity in HRI.
Friendly & rebellious
We keep HRI approachable, question conventions, and share openly to move the field forward.
Collaboration first
We co-create hardware, software, and studies, giving credit, mentorship, and visibility along the way.
Innovative by default
We prototype quickly, test in the open, and turn research insights into reusable tools for everyone.
Inclusive practice
We design for diverse users and contributors, centering access, safety, and representation in every release.
Contributors
Sustaining open, reproducible HRI research through multidisciplinary collaboration among academia, industry, and the public sector.
spanning academia, industry, and government.
UPenn
Philadelphia, United States
Oregon State
Corvallis, United States
Semio Community
Los Angeles, United States
Semio AI
Los Angeles, United States
OLogic
Sunnyvale, United States
IK Studio
Philadelphia, United States
Peerbots
Boulder, United States
NSF
Alexandria, VA, United States
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