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A Simulated Robot versus a Real Robot: People’s Empathic ResponseIn designing and evaluating human-robot interactions and interfaces, researchers often use…
A Touchscreen Interface for Controlling a Robotic ArmIn this project, we designed a touchscreen interface for the remote control of…
Affective Flying-Robot Motions via the Laban Effort SystemIn this project, we leverage locomotion paths of a flying robot as a…
And He Built a Crooked CameraThe limitations of human perception make it impossible to grasp four spatial dimensions simultaneously. Visualization…
Culturally Adaptive Social RobotsCulture can be defined as the attitudes and social norms common to a group of people. It…
Improving Human-Robot Dialogue InteractionsProject PublicationsToward Designing a Toolkit for Intuitive Design of Backchanneling Behaviour in Social RobotsS. R. M. Barrett…
A Dog Tail for RobotsIn this project, we designed a robotic dog tail prototype to leverage people's general understanding of…
Gendering Human-Robot InteractionIn this project, we investigate how a person's gender impacts their attitudes towards and interaction with robots. Due…
How to Walk a RobotA Dog-Leash Human-Robot InterfaceHuman-robot interaction (HRI) tasks in everyday environments will require people to direct or…
Inspector BaxterReal robots are in real workplaces, working with people right now. Every day at work, people engage with and…
Low Frequency Sound in Social HRIInfrasound, low frequency sound below 20Hz, is not normally heard or felt consciously by people.…
Mental Health in Online CommunitiesMany students experience mental health issues while in university. Disclosing such issues, to a counselor, or…
PaintBoard: Prototyping Interactive Character Behaviors by Painting StoryboardsThis project proposes a novel method for the rapid prototyping of believable interactive…
Playing the ‘Trust Game’ with Robots: Social Strategies and ExperiencesWe present the results of a pilot study that investigates if…
Rapport Strategies With a Collaborative RobotModern industrial robots are increasingly moving toward collaborating with people on complex tasks as team…
Social Interfaces in TeleoperationSocial Human-Robot Interaction has demonstrated that people are very good at understanding social signals from robots. Use…
Social Robots to Address LonelinessA growing area of human-robot interaction explores how robots, for example as companions, can be used…
Social Robots to Encourage Play for Children with DisabilitiesVideoProject PublicationsThe Role of Technology in Enhancing Play for Children with Disabilities:…
Sociological Context of Human-Robot InteractionThis project explores how various facets of the social context around interacting with robots influences human-robot…
Understanding Robot Expectation Formation and DiscrepancyProject PublicationsExpecting the Expected: An Analytical Framework to Examine People’s Expectations of RobotsJames M. Berzuk,…
Visual Team State IndicatorsIn team teleoperation, maintaining awareness of robot team members and their robotic states is important for efficient…
Would You Do as a Robot Commands?Would you do as a robot commands? Robots are beginning to play a larger…
