HRI 2027 Student Design Competition

The HRI Student Design Competition is a venue within the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction where student teams present original human-robot interaction design work to researchers, practitioners, and judges. It showcases design thinking in HRI, emphasizing the quality of interaction design, clarity of design rationale, and engagement with real-world deployment issues. Submissions may be physical robot systems, software-only systems, interaction concepts, or spatial and service design concepts, and work-in-progress projects are permitted if the final deliverable is realistic within the conference timeline. Teams present their designs at the HRI conference and are evaluated for inclusion in a showcase and by competition judges.

Opportunity to present work to an audience of researchers, practitioners, and judges; inclusion in a conference showcase and professional visibility.

Student teams of 2–5 students; students at any stage (undergraduate through PhD) and from any discipline are eligible. Team members may be at different institutions; no student may be on more than one team.

Submit a project via the conference submission system using the provided submissions link; follow the competition submission format and deadlines.