Robot morphology--the form, shape, and structure of robots--is a key design space in human–robot interaction (HRI), shaping how robots function, express themselves, and interact with people. Ye...

Voice is an essential modality for human-robot interaction (HRI). The way a robot "sounds" plays a central role in shaping how humans perceive and engage with it, influencing factors such as in...

Designing policies that are both efficient and acceptable for conversational service robots in open and diverse environments is non-trivial. Unlike fixed, hand-tuned parameters, online learning...

In this project, we aim to understand how user motivation shapes human-robot interaction (HRI) in the wild. To explore this, we conducted a field study by deploying a fully autonomous conversat...

In this project, we explore how techniques from soft robotics can help create a new form of robot expression. We present Sprout, a soft expressive robot that conveys its internal states by chan...

Traditional approaches to human-robot interaction design typically examine robot behaviors in controlled environments and narrow tasks. These methods are impractical for designing robots that i...

In this project, we explore the new design space of extra-linguistic cues inspired by graphical tropes used in graphic novels and animation to enhance the expressiveness of social robots. We id...

In this project, we aim to combine dynamic fabrication with non-contact manipulation system applying the mechanism of Cartesian Diver. To achieve this, we propose the design method for underwat...

We propose an immersive telepresence system for puppetry that transmits a human performer's body and facial movements into a puppet with audiovisual feedback to the performer. The cameras carri...

In this paper, a method of rendering aerial haptics that uses an aerodynamic vortex and focused ultrasound is presented. Significant research has been conducted on haptic applications based on ...

The representation of texture is a major concern during fabrication and manufacture in many industries. Although it is easy to change the texture of objects in the digital world (i.e., just set...