Research

Our group explores the foundations of human-robot interaction. Our goal is to enable robots to seamlessly and intelligently interact with human partners. We seek out problems inspired by the challenges of everyday users — particularly for people who could benefit from assistance — as well as problems motivated by future applications — such as personal robots or robots in the home. Our projects typically involve three steps:

  1. Formalizing the problem within a larger context
  2. Finding a creative and analytical solution
  3. Testing our approach with real people and robots
We believe that effective research balances theory and practice. We strive to fundamentally understand how humans and robot should interact, while also conducting user studies to determine what people really need. You can find a writeup summarizing our group's progress here. Below are some videos of the lab and our research projects.