Five RARE Lab undergraduate researchers received the competitive Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) funding by the Computing Research Association (CRA)! Congrats, Aditi, Aarav, Sofia, Rex, and Thuc Ahn!
Reality, Autonomy, and Robot Experience (RARE) Lab
Prof. Zhao Han leads the RARE lab in the Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing at the University of South Florida.
Mission
Our mission is to solve the grand challenges in human-centered robotics by designing and studying preferred robot interactions and capable robotic systems powered by AI.
Vision
We envision an era of interactive robots that provide superior robot experiences for humans to interact, collaborate, team up, and live with.
News
Ph.D. students Jingjing Li and Yixi Chen joined the RARE Lab. Welcome!
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $411,578 to Dr. Zhao Han (PI) for “Collaborative Research: FRR: Enabling Robots with Adaptive Projector-Based AR in Dynamic Environments” with Dr. Arie Kaufman from Stony Brook University!
Congrats to RARE Lab PhD student Xiangfei Kong on being awarded the Rada Scholarship in Al and Healthcare for the 2025-2026 school year!
June is here, and Summer starts. Welcome, new and old lab members!
Congrats, Xiangfei Kong, for the successful defense of her MS thesis!!
Research
Research focuses on interdisciplinary human-robot interaction (HRI), involving robotics, AI, augmented reality (AR), cognitive science, and psychology… See Research Overview →
