# Quori: A Community-Informed Design of a Socially Interactive Humanoid Robot

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.00662 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2109.00662/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 2 Sep 2021.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [HRIBench: Benchmarking Vision-Language Models for Real-Time Human Perception in Human-Robot Interaction](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2506.20566/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Hardware platforms for socially interactive robotics can be limited by cost or lack of functionality. This paper presents the overall system -- design, hardware, and software -- for Quori, a novel, affordable, socially interactive humanoid robot platform for facilitating non-contact human-robot interaction (HRI) research. The design of the system is motivated by feedback sampled from the HRI research community. The overall design maintains a balance of affordability and functionality. Initial Quori testing and a six-month deployment are presented. Ten Quori platforms have been awarded to a diverse group of researchers from across the United States to facilitate HRI research to build a community database from a common platform.