๐ค Call for Contributions: EMBRACE Workshop at @ieeeroman 2026 (@ Kitakyushu)
We invite researchers, practitioners, and industry professionals to contribute to the EMBRACE: Emotion-Aware, Multicultural, and Behavioral Robotics for Aging, Care, and Engagement Workshop!
As the global population ages, social robotics offers unprecedented opportunities for OlderโAdult care. Join us to explore the intersection of social Human-Robot Interaction (sHRI), culturally sensitive caregiving, and emotion-aware technologies designed to support older adults
๐ Consider submitting to the special issue, deadline March 15th, 2026! (Same as conference regular submission) โ Use code: 72un2
More details about the special session: https://t.co/eqbb48BOT0
Organizers: Moojan Ghafurian, Yue Hu, Kerstin Dautenhahn
๐ฃ Call for submission to IEEE RO-MAN 2026 Special Session!
We are organizing the special session "Designing Social Robots with Stakeholders: Co-Design in Practice" for IEEE RO-MAN 2026 in Kitakyushu, Japan!
๐ค Topic: co-design research in which users and stakeholders actively and iteratively shape robotsโ roles, behaviors, interactions, and deployment, recognizing the methodological and ethical value of participatory approaches for inclusive, human-centered robotics.
Another year is coming to an end! Can't believe the AIRLab is entering the fifth year ๐ฅณ
Thanks to everyone who has contributed as a member of the lab, it is only with your hard work that we have achieved so much and grown so quickly!
What an awesome day at the @uwrobohub Fall Symposium!
Really enjoyed the panel with our very own Dr. Yue Hu, alongside Dr. Kerstin Dautenhahn & Dr. John E. Muรฑoz, plus a great lightning talk from our own Dr. Thomas M. Kwok...
The @AIRLabUW is at IEEE RAS HUMANOIDS Conference 2025 in Seoul, South Korea, from Sept. 30th to Oct. 2nd!
๐๏ธ We have two papers, a late-breaking report, and a workshop ๐งต
๐ฆพ October 2nd, 8:45AM - 12:30PM, Workshop Day, ARC: "Assistive Robots for Caregiving through Shared Autonomy and Human-Aware Interaction" in room #205B, COEX. Check our workshop website for more information: https://t.co/OhnBXB70pA
Ready for the next #RSS2025? ๐
#RSS2025 will be at the University of Southern California #USC, June 21-25 2025! ๐ด
๐ข Save the important dates!
- January 17, 2025 - Abstract/Title Submission
- January 24, 2025 - Paper and Demo Submission
https://t.co/iPoX6qEE1V
Team Collaborative Deliciousness @AIRLabUW, led by Dr. Yue Hu @yuehu89, reaches the finals by making a robotic solution that enables human-robot interaction to create artisanal-grade pastries in the @kukaglobal Innovation Award competition. Read more: https://t.co/x4sy4QxxSU
We are hiring a #postdoc for an international collaboration project on the topic of #pHRI and collaborative robotics applied to caregiving scenarios to start in Summer 2024! Check all the details on the job posting (see Postdoc section) on our website https://t.co/jFkPkd2FIt