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Human-Agent and Human-Robot Interaction

Our relationships with robots can be complicated. A healthcare robot can improve quality of life if used to provide support during rehab, but a delivery robot blocking a curb on a busy street is dangerous to someone who needs to get onto the sidewalk. And beyond just our physical interactions with robots, the psychology of human-robot interaction (HRI) explores how we perceive, interact with, and respond to robots.

 

Human-robot interaction is an interdisciplinary field, with elements of robotics, psychology, communication, collaboration, safety, usability, AI, and more.  

 

Students who want to learn more about human-robot interaction might be interested in the following CMU courses: 

Faculty Researchers

Henny Admoni

Jodi Forlizzi

Scott Hudson

Nikolas Martelaro

John Zimmerman

  • A drawing of a smiling robot with open arms wearing a sign that says "Caution, pedestrian cross" set against a real background of an urban crosswalk pedestrians and a dog are trying to use.

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    HCII researchers have found that when roboticists and people with disabilities collaborate on robot designs, they generate interesting ideas that could make existing robots more accessible...

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