Summer 2026 Undergraduate Research Internship[Apply Now]

HCI Tech Lab, Graduate School of Culture Technology, KAIST, Summer 2026

HCI Tech Lab Introduction

As an interdisciplinary research group in Culture Technology, we build physical/digital interactive systems empowered by novel sensing/haptic technologies. In HCI Tech Lab, we aim to explore novel interactive technologies that bring direct benefits to real world users. Our research process generally includes:

• Find gaps between interface/device and human

• Bridge the gap with novel technical &social solution

• Evaluate the solution with research methods

• Deploy the solution with practical applications

Project Information

You’ll be participating in ongoing research projects supervised by a graduate student mentor. Please refer to this document for project scope, required skills, and benefits. Below are titles for Summer 2026 projects:

• [Project #1] Multimodal Hand Interaction Dataset & Modeling (Topic: Physical AI, Haptics)

• [Project #2] Generative Motion Synthesis for Expressive Robots (Topic: Robotics-HRI, HCI)

• [Project #3] Human-Robot Haptic Interaction Generation (Topic: Robotics-HRI, HCI)

• [Project #4] HOI(Hand Object Interaction)-to-Haptics (Topic: HCI, Haptics)

• [Project #5] Haptic Interface for Fingers (Topic: Haptics, HCI)

• [Project #6] Soft Actuators for Viscoelastic Haptic Rendering(Topic: Haptics)

• [Project #7] Haptic Glove with Novel Actuation & Rendering(Topic: Haptics)

Internship Conditions

• Only accept students who can participate full-time (40 hours per week) while physically present in the lab.

• Flexible start/end dates + working hours.

• Interns will be paid & personal office space will be provided in the N5 building

• URP is a great option for undergraduate students at KAIST

• Preference will be given to students who are willing to continue in the lab beyond the internship as graduate students.

How to Apply

• Apply through Google Form

• Application Deadline: May 15, 2026 (Fri)