
Bring Robots’ Benefits to Our Society
Reality, Autonomy, and Robot Experience (RARE) Lab

Prof. Zhao Han founded the RARE lab in August 2023 at the University of South Florida in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the College of Engineering.
Mission
Our mission is to tackle the grand challenges to bring and retain robots’ benefits to our society by designing and evaluating understandable robot interactions and capable robotic systems.
Vision
We envision an era of robots that provide superior robot experiences for humans to interact, collaborate, team up, and live with.
Research
Research focuses on interdisciplinary human-robot interaction (HRI), involving robotics, augmented reality (AR), AI, cognitive science, and psychology… See Research Overview →
Recent Publications
Evaluating Cognitive Status-Informed Referring Form Selection for Human-Robot Interactions
Inclusive HRI II: Equity and Diversity in Design, Application, Methods, and Community