Elizabeth Croft

Associate Dean, Education and Professional Development, Faculty of Applied Science; Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Director, Collaborative Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory · University of British Columbia

Professor Croft's research investigates how robotic systems can operate efficiently and effectively in partnership with people

Robotics Mechanical Engineering Human Robot Interaction Community Outreach Student Recruitment

Henny Admoni

Assistant Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Henny Admoni directs the Human And Robot Partners (HARP) Lab, which develops assistive and collaborative robots and AI.

Cognitive Psychology Robotics Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Healthcare Human Assistance

Dr Lola Canamero

Reader in Adaptive Systems and Head of the Embodied Emotion Cognition and (inter-) action Lab · University of Hertfordshire

Lola’s work explores the emotions between humans and robots, particularly when robots are used to provide therapy or learning opportunities.

Human-Robot Interaction Artificial Intelligence Robots Robots as Therapy

Eakta Jain

Associate Professor · University of Florida

Eakta Jain's studies modeling users to improve user-technology interaction, specifically visual attention modeling and eye tracking.

Human-Robot Interaction Virtual Reality (VR) Computer Graphics Eye Tracking

Yuichi Motai, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · VCU College of Engineering

Associate Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Virginia Commonwealth University.

System Safety Intelligent Systems with Adaptive Tracking Online Classification Methodologies Medical Imaging Pattern Recognition

Read Hayes

Research Scientist · University of Florida

Read Hayes' research team aims to better protect vulnerable people and places from crime victimization.

Active assailant shooter Artificial Intelligence Burglary Fear of crime IoT

Jodi Forlizzi

Professor and Associate Dean · Carnegie Mellon University

Jodi Forlizzi is responsible for establishing design research as a legitimate form of research in human computer interaction.

Human Robot Interaction Design Theory Artificial Intelligence Human Computer Interaction (Hci)

Professor Nigel Crook

Professor of AI and Robotics and Founding Director of the Institute for Ethical AI · Oxford Brookes University

His work addresses how to equip artificially intelligent robotic systems with moral competence.

Neurocomputing Trust Artificial Intelligence Ethical AI Moral Robots

Jaydev Desai

Professor, Biomedical Engineering · Georgia Tech - COE

Jaydev Desai is an expert in the areas of medical robotics, image guided surgical robotics, and surgical simulation.

Surgical Simulation Medical robotics Human Augmentation Image Guided Surgical Robotics

Fei Fang

Assistant Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Fei Fang's research lies in the field of artificial intelligence and multi-agent systems, focusing on computational game theory.

Multi-Agent Systems Optimization Artificial Intelligence Game Theory Computer Science

David Kaber

Professor · University of Florida

David Kaber uses empirical methods to describe human performance and applies heuristic and mathematical methods to model responses.

System Safety Analysis Methods Measuring and Modeling Situation Awareness and Cognitive Workload Aviation Human Factors and Cockpit Display Design Adaptive Automation Human-in-the-loop Systems

David Wettergreen

Research Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

David Wettergreen is well known for deploying robots in locations that compel scientific investigation without human presence.

Human-Robot Interaction Underwater Robotics Space Robots and Systems Robotics for Scientific Discovery AI Reasoning for Robotics

Charlie Kemp

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering · Georgia Tech - COE

Charlie Kemp is an expert on robots for intelligent physical assistance and is passionate about enabling robots to help people.

Intelligent Systems Mobile Manipulation Healthcare Robotics Assistive Robotics Human-Robot Interaction

Meghan Huber

Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Meghan Huber's research focuses on understanding how humans and robots can learn from their physical interaction

Exoskeletons Bioengineering Biomedical Engineering Robotics Human-Robot Interaction

Reid Simmons

Research Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Reid Simmons has been developing robot systems that can work reliably in unstructured, unknown environments.

Robotics Robot Navigation Artificial Intelligence Multi-Robot Systems Human-Robot Interaction

Scott Niekum

Associate Professor, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Scott Niekum works to enable personal robots to be deployed in the home and workplace. He is an expert on the social implications of AI.

AI Human-Robot Interaction Robotic Manipulation AI Safety Reinforcement Learning

Nikolas Martelaro

Assistant Professor · Carnegie Mellon University

Nikolas Martelaro's lab focuses on augmenting designer's capabilities through the use of new technology and design methods

Interaction with Autonomous Systems Mechatronics Design Tools Interaction Design

Cang Ye, Ph.D.

Professor · VCU College of Engineering

Dr. Ye's research interests include Simultaneous Localization and Mapping, 3D Computer Vision, Robotics, and Intelligent Systems.