Attending HRI2025 @ Melbourne

In March 2025, Milab students, along with some classmates from the Human-Robot Interaction Design course, traveled to Melbourne, Australia, to attend the international Human-Robot Interaction Conference HRI 2025. The students participated in various workshops, gaining insights into the latest academic developments. Their projects were also showcased in the Student Competition and Late-Breaking Work sessions, providing opportunities to engage with professors, researchers, and peers from around the world. Notably, DozeBuddy and Tooth Bot received Honorable Mentions in the Student Competition and Late-Breaking Work sessions, respectively. This experience not only broadened the students’ academic horizons but also further inspired their enthusiasm for innovation in the field of human-robot interaction.

Members of Milab took a group photo at the Melbourne venue

The HRI poster at the Melbourne Convention Centre

Student Huang Danqi gave a demo presentation

Take photos with researchers from all over the world in worshop

• Kexin Zhang, Hsiangning Li, Tianyu Li, Yujie Du, Yijie Guo, and Haipeng Mi. 2025. Chewiebot: A Non-Electric Chewing Practice Robot for Toddlers. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '25). IEEE Press, 1754–1758.

• Shuzi Yin, Bingjie Gao, Rui Zhang, Jiahe Lin, Yeonsu Shin, Yijie Guo, and Haipeng Mi. 2025. Whisk: Inducing Altruistic Behavior to Relieve Child Dental Anxiety. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '25). IEEE Press, 1741–1745.

• Qinwei Li, Muyu Liu, Xiaoying Peng, Siyuan Feng, and Hangxu Jin. 2025. ToiletPal: A Bathroom Interaction Robot to Mitigate Toilet Sedentary Behavior. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '25). IEEE Press, 1453–1457.

• Wenjing Deng, Zhuoyi Cui, Xintong Wu, Xinyan Deng, Yijie Guo, and Haipeng Mi. 2025.  'Would You Please Help Me?'A Study on People's Reaction to a Tactile Paving Detection Robot. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '25). IEEE Press, 1289–1293.

• Qianxi Tan, Danqi Huang, Suiyi Lee, and Lijuan Tam. 2025. DozeBuddy: Drowsy Robotic Interaction for Drowsiness Contagion during Pre-Sleep Entertainment Time. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '25). IEEE Press, 1949–1952.

• Jialu Ni, Yihui Cai, Cheng Xing, Zhuoheng Chen, and Alicja Amrit Singh. 2025. Tooth Bot: A Robot for Enhancing Children's Awareness of Cavity Prevention. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '25). IEEE Press, 1937–1940.

• Ruochen Hu, Xier Chen, Xiuge Zhang, and Tianyang Ji. 2025. The Gourdian: Comprehensive Health Robot Based on Traditional Chinese Medicine for Enhanced Daily Monitoring. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '25). IEEE Press, 1918–1921.

• Xinjun Gong, Yueyao Jiang, Yuxin Zhu, Yut Wong, and Xiwen Yao. 2025. Miau-BOT: A Cat Paw Companion Robot for Tactile Emotional Support When Driving. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '25). IEEE Press, 1910–1913.