“AI for Human–Robot Interaction“
summer school

Serena Ivaldi, coordinator of the AS3 project, invites you to participate in her summer school at the beginning of July in Nancy on artificial intelligence for human-robot interaction, that is open as well to researchers in robotics as in humanities and social sciences (HSS).

The summer school offers an intensive 5-day programme of keynotes, lectures and practical led by experienced AI and robotics experts.

Participants will engage with top researchers and will be tutored to use AI models and methods on real robots, advancing in their knowledge to deploy human–robot interaction systems grounded in recent advances in artificial intelligence. Several platforms will be available: quadrupeds, humanoids, entertainment robots, etc.
They will have the opportunity to engage with industry leaders building and deploying AI methods in the real world.

Participants are encouraged to present their work during poster sessions.

A special session led by human science leaders, members of the AS3 project and the interdisciplinary subject matter Acculturation-Methodology, will address ethical and sociological questions related to the deployment of AI systems in robots.

Important dates:

• Applications closing date for tutorials: 25th April 2026 23:59

• Notification of acceptance to tutorials: Early May 2026

• Registrations opening date: Early May 2026

Topics:

• AI methods for human-robot interaction (HRI)
• Foundation models: LLM, VLM
• Reinforcement Learning
• Learning from human feedback
• Generative and diffusion models
• VLAs for HRI
• Computer Vision for human tracking
• Human-aware planning
• Safety & Ethics of AI methods for HRI and more!