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Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
Developing and evaluating understandable robot interactions with humans
![fetchit Fetch inserted a large gear](https://i0.wp.com/therarelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/fetchit-Fetch-inserted-a-large-gear.jpg?resize=1920%2C1080&ssl=1)
Robotics
Developing capable robotic systems for human environments with navigation, perception, and manipulation
![Givenness Hierarchy Informed Optimal Sentence Planning for Situated Human Robot Interaction](https://i0.wp.com/therarelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Givenness-Hierarchy-Informed-Optimal-Sentence-Planning-for-Situated-Human-Robot-Interaction.jpg?resize=1920%2C1080&ssl=1)
AI and Cognitive Science
Developing human-centered machine learning algorithms and cognitive models to facilitate HRI
![nav path to](https://i0.wp.com/therarelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/nav-path-to-gearbox.jpg?resize=1920%2C1080&ssl=1)
Augmented Reality (AR)
Developing headworn and scalable projected AR for situated visualization
Research Areas
Main research areas include
- robot explanations for transparent robotics systems
- augmented reality (AR) for situated robot communication/visualization
- collaborative mobile manipulation as a real-world evaluation testbed
- computational cognitive modeling for familiar interactions with humans
Explore Publications
Assistive Robotics (4) Augmented Reality (AR) (12) Cloud Computing (1) Cognitive Robotics (8) Data Collection (1) Data Mining (4) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (2) Explainable AI (XAI) (14) Human-Robot Handovers (4) Mental Workload (2) Mobile Manipulation (5) Natural Language Generation (8) References (12) Reproducibility (2) Robot Ethics (2) Robot Explanation (14) Robot Failures (7) Robot Task Representation (5) Teleoperation (1) Virtual Reality (VR) (1) Visualization (5)
Robot Platforms
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Fetch
![pepper square](https://i0.wp.com/therarelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/pepper-square.jpg?resize=1080%2C1080&ssl=1)
Pepper
![misty square](https://i0.wp.com/therarelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/misty-square.jpg?resize=700%2C700&ssl=1)
Misty
![Jibo](https://i0.wp.com/therarelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Jibo.jpg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1)