KAIST HRI研究小组一直在开发人机交互技术。但HRI研究在感知，认知，情感互动和表达领域仍存在许多问题。
在第一阶段，研究人员开发了HRI架构以提供机器人的接口功能，该功能可以使机器人理解用户的自然命令，并正确执行给定的任务。开发的基于多模态的感知模块包括人体检测，面部、语音、手势、情感识别。具有用户模型，任务模型，意图识别和基于认知评估的任务修改的认知过程使机器人能够理解人类并表现得像人类一样交互。机器人的能力，可以创建情感结合识别生成表达模块。通过观察面部表情，声音和身体运动来识别用户的情绪状态。
医疗小组研究一直专注于开发手术机器人，旨在最大限度地减少患者的侵入性，并最大限度地提高外科医生的便利性。目前，已经开发了三个主要的手术机器人系统。阿波罗（单切口腹腔镜手术（SILS）机器人系统），K-NOTES（自然孔经腔内窥镜手术（NOTES）机器人系统），PETH（便携式内窥镜工具搬运机器人）。
触觉学是一个研究领域，在力和触觉反馈方面创造触觉。它可用于协助在计算机模拟中创建虚拟对象，控制虚拟对象，并增强对机器和设备的远程控制。
The KAIST HRI research group has been developing human-computer interaction technologies. But HRI research still has many problems in the fields of perception, cognition, emotional interaction and expression.
In the first phase, the researchers developed an HRI architecture to provide the robot's interface capabilities that allow the robot to understand the user's natural commands and perform a given task correctly. The developed multimodal-based perception module includes human body detection, face, voice, gesture, and emotion recognition. Cognitive processes with user models, task models, intent recognition, and task modifications based on cognitive assessments enable robots to understand humans and behave like humans interacting. The robot's ability to create expression modules that combine emotion recognition generation. Identify the user's emotional state by observing facial expressions, voices, and body movements.
Medical group research has been focused on developing surgical robots designed to minimize patient invasiveness and maximize surgeon convenience. Currently, three main surgical robotic systems have been developed. Apollo (Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) Robotic System), K-NOTES (Natural Hole Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) Robotic System), PETH (Portable Endoscopic Tool Handling Robot).
Haptics is a field of study that creates the sense of touch in terms of force and haptic feedback. It can be used to assist in the creation of virtual objects in computer simulations, control virtual objects, and enhance remote control of machines and equipment.