Deployable Systems
Ready-to-use HRI setups that can be installed, run, and tested in real environments instead of staying locked inside a lab-only prototype.
Open-source Human-Robot Interaction platform
OpenHRi
Open-source tools for affordable Human-Robot Interaction
Build, test, and deploy HRI systems using open software and accessible hardware.
Initial deployable system
office_bot is one of the first OpenHRi systems: a repeatable office robot workflow for testing object search and approach.
Problem
HRI research is still too expensive, fragmented, and hard to reproduce.
Many Human-Robot Interaction systems depend on proprietary tools, custom hardware, or one-off lab setups that are difficult for other teams to rebuild. That slows research, raises costs, and makes it harder to compare results across universities, labs, and projects.
OpenHRi exists to reduce that friction: fewer closed dependencies, clearer deployment paths, and systems that can be tested beyond a single carefully prepared demo.
Solution
Reusable HRI systems that can be deployed, tested, and adapted.
OpenHRi provides open-source building blocks for researchers, students, educators, and robotics developers who need practical HRI test systems without starting from a blank page or buying into a closed stack.
The goal is not just to publish code. The goal is to make HRI work easier to run, easier to inspect, easier to modify, and easier to evaluate in real-world environments.
Features
OpenHRi focuses on the pieces that make HRI practical.
Open-Source Software
Software that users can inspect, modify, extend, and teach from, making HRI workflows easier to understand and reproduce.
Open Hardware
Affordable hardware designs that universities, labs, and independent developers can build, adapt, and document for their own needs.
Who it is for
Built for people who need HRI systems they can actually use.
- Universities
- Research labs
- Robotics students
- Educators
- Independent developers
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Initial systems
Starting with systems that can be tested and improved.
office_bot is one of the first OpenHRi systems. It demonstrates how an HRI project can combine open software, simulation, operator tools, repeatable tests, and an affordable hardware direction.
Future OpenHRi systems should follow the same principle: clear enough to teach, open enough to modify, and practical enough to evaluate.
Mission
Lower the barrier to Human-Robot Interaction research.
OpenHRi makes Human-Robot Interaction accessible through open-source software, deployable test systems, and affordable open hardware. The mission is to make HRI more reproducible, accessible, and collaborative.
Contribute
Help make HRI easier to build and test.
Test the platform, contribute improvements, adapt a system for your lab or classroom, or follow the project as it develops.