From March 7, 2027 to March 12, 2027
HRI 2027 | Human-robot interaction research meets Silicon Valley industry in Santa Clara
The 22nd ACM/IEEE Human-Robot Interaction conference runs March 8–12, 2027 in Santa Clara, California. The theme is "Innovative HRI", and the program adds a full Industry Day and moves industry white papers into the main program for the first time.
QUICK FACTS
| Date | Mar 8–12, 2027 |
| Location | Santa Clara, CA, USA |
| Venue | Not published (official site lists Santa Clara, CA, Silicon Valley) |
| Organizer | ACM and IEEE (HRI steering committee); listed by ACM SIGCHI with ACM SIGAI and IEEE as sponsors. General co-chairs: Dylan Glas (Amazon Lab126) and Henny Admoni (Carnegie Mellon University) |
| Event type | Academic Conference |
| Official website | https://humanrobotinteraction.org/2027/ |
| Registration | Not published (registration not yet open) |
| Admission | Delegate registration not yet open; fees not published. The partners page lists an 'additional Industry Day ticket' at $500. ACM subsidized article processing charges for 2027: $500 (ACM/SIG members), $750 (non-members). Sponsorship: Platinum $20,000+, Gold $17,000, Silver $12,000, Bronze $5,000; |
| Scale | No attendance figures published for 2027. The partners page offers 13 exhibit booths ($2,000 single, $4,000 double). The conference is in-person only, per the organizers' save-the-date notice (July 2026). |
EVENT OVERVIEW
HRI 2027 is the 22nd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. It takes place March 8–12, 2027 in Santa Clara, California, in Silicon Valley. The conference is in-person only. The specific venue has not been published. HRI is jointly run by ACM and IEEE; ACM SIGCHI lists SIGCHI, SIGAI and IEEE as sponsors. The general co-chairs are Dylan Glas of Amazon Lab126 and Henny Admoni of Carnegie Mellon University. Local arrangements include Andra Keay of Silicon Valley Robotics. The host city changes each year. HRI 2025 was held in Melbourne and HRI 2026 in Edinburgh. The 2027 edition returns to the United States. The organizers have not published attendance figures, but they offer 13 exhibit booths to partners.
The 2027 theme is "Innovative HRI". Full papers go through five tracks: Theory and Methods, Design, Technical, Systems, and User Studies. Other formats include short contributions, alt.HRI, workshops and tutorials, videos and demos, late-breaking reports, the HRI Pioneers doctoral workshop and a Student Design Competition. New for 2027, industry white papers join the main program and appear in the open-access companion proceedings. The organizers say the program will include industry talks, panel discussions and a full Industry Day. Industry chairs are Mayumi Mohan (Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems) and Dan Grollman (Plus One Robotics). Keynote speakers have not been announced. Papers are published in the ACM Digital Library and IEEE Xplore.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
22nd edition; in-person only, in Santa Clara (Silicon Valley)
Theme: "Innovative HRI"
Industry white papers move into the main program for 2027
Full Industry Day; $500 add-on ticket listed
Co-chaired by Amazon Lab126 and Carnegie Mellon researchers
RECOMMENDED ATTENDEES
HRI suits academic and industry researchers working on social robots, assistive and service robots, robot interfaces, and user studies. It is also useful for product and UX teams at robotics companies that deploy robots around people. Industry Day and the white paper track give companies a way to present deployment lessons without a full research paper. Investors and buyers looking for products will find less here; a trade show such as Automate is a better fit. Engineers focused on manipulation or autonomy hardware may prefer ICRA.
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