Henny Admoni
Associate Professor
Studies human-robot interaction and assistive robotics, including robots that infer human intent from gaze.
Henny Admoni's lab at CMU works on human-robot interaction & assistive robots. 27 papers since 2023, 7 at top venues, mostly CoRL and CHI. 6 PhD students and 2 master's students. 17 alumni. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 7/ year
- at T1 venues
- 26%
- PhD students
- 6
- MS students
- 2
- alumni listed
- 17
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 0 papers2026 · T1 0 · collecting
- 7 papers2025 · T1 3
- 13 papers2024 · T1 3
- 7 papers2023 · T1 1
T1 venuesOtherVenues: CoRL, CHI, HRI, ICLR, IROS
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Human-robot interaction & assistive robots15 papers
- assistive2 papers
- robotics1 paper
- studies human-robot0 papers
- intent0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
20257 papers
- Topics in Cognitive ScienceCOHUMAIN: Building the Socio-Cognitive Architecture of Collective Human–Machine Intelligence (opens in a new tab)
- ICLR (T1)Conformalized Interactive Imitation Learning: Handling Expert Shift and Intermittent Feedback
- ICORREvaluating Feedback Modality Preferences of Power Wheelchair Users During Manual Robotic Arm Control (opens in a new tab)
- J. Hum.-Robot Interact.Improving the Transparency of Robot Policies Using Demonstrations and Reward Communication (opens in a new tab)
- CoRL (T1)Modeling Drivers’ Situational Awareness from Eye Gaze for Driving Assistance
- Topics in Cognitive ScienceThe Role of Adaptation in Collective Human–AI Teaming (opens in a new tab)
- HRI (T1)The Sense of Agency in Assistive Robotics Using Shared Autonomy
202413 papers
- Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agent SystemsBootstrapping Linear Models for Fast Online Adaptation in Human-Agent Collaboration
- CHI (T1)COMPA: Using Conversation Context to Achieve Common Ground in AAC (opens in a new tab)
- RSS (T1)Conformalized Teleoperation: Confidently Mapping Human Inputs to High-Dimensional Robot Actions
- Companion Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot InteractionDesigning an Introductory HRI Course (opens in a new tab)
- ActuatorsExploring Control Authority Preferences in Robotic Arm Assistance for Power Wheelchair Users (opens in a new tab)
- IVGaze Supervision for Mitigating Causal Confusion in Driving Agents (opens in a new tab)
- Companion Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot InteractionHRI '24: Workshop on Aging in Place (opens in a new tab)
- Workshop on Explainability for Human-Robot Collaboration at HRIModeling human learning of demonstration-based explanations for user-centric explainable AI
- —Multi-Agent Strategy Explanations for Human-Robot Collaboration (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LObject Importance Estimation using Counterfactual Reasoning for Intelligent Driving (opens in a new tab)
- Adjunct Proceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and TechnologyTowards an LLM-Based Speech Interface for Robot-Assisted Feeding (opens in a new tab)
- IROS (T1)Understanding Robot Minds: Leveraging Machine Teaching for Transparent Human-Robot Collaboration Across Diverse Groups (opens in a new tab)
20237 papers
- RL-CONFORM workshop at IROSAdaptive group machine teaching for human group inverse reinforcement learning
- IVCharacterizing Drivers’ Peripheral Vision via the Functional Field of View for Intelligent Driving Assistance
- Workshop on Counterfactuals in Minds and Machines at ICMLClosed-loop Reasoning about Counterfactuals to Improve Policy Transparency
- CoRL (T1)Learning Human Contribution Preferences in Collaborative Human-Robot Tasks
- Commun. ACMNonverbal Communication through Expressive Objects (opens in a new tab)
- Computers in Human BehaviorTeaching agents to understand teamwork: Evaluating and predicting collective intelligence as a latent variable via Hidden Markov Models (opens in a new tab)
- Companion Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot InteractionTowards Online Adaptation for Autonomous Household Assistants (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went17 listed, 0% to industry
Industry 0Academia 1
Also to
- Tufts University
Apply to CMUFall 2027
CMU SCS Computer Science PhD
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- Single round
- Opens
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- English
- TOEFL / IELTS / Duolingo (F-1/J-1 non-native speakers)
- Fee
- USD 100 (USD 80 by early deadline)
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