Active and Interactive Robotics Lab (A.I.R.Lab)

Bring the robots closer to humans (and vice-versa) with physical-social human robot interaction research @UWaterloo!

[Active and Interactive Robotics Lab (A.I.R.Lab) @AIRLabUW]

👯Organizers: Prof. Yue Hu, Prof. Moojan Ghafurian, Dr. Thomas M. Kwok, and Neil Fernandes

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🤖 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!

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For more information, please visit the website: https://t.co/5IjCpZox2w

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As the global population ages, social robotics offers unprecedented opportunities for Older‑Adult 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

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📜 Consider submitting to the special issue, deadline March 15th, 2026! (Same as conference regular submission) ❗ Use code: 72un2

More details about the special session: https://t.co/eqbb48BOT0

Organizers: Moojan Ghafurian, Yue Hu, Kerstin Dautenhahn

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📣 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!

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🤖 Topic: co-design research in which users and stakeholders actively and iteratively shape robots’ roles, behaviors, interactions, and deployment, recognizing the methodological and ethical value of participatory approaches for inclusive, human-centered robotics.

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Another year is coming to an end! Can't believe the AIRLab is entering the fifth year 🥳

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!

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...we also had our lovely Tiago Pro from @PALRobotics in our interactive teleoperation demo

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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. Muñoz, plus a great lightning talk from our own Dr. Thomas M. Kwok...

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We will be at the conference all three days so feel free to reach out and discuss! Looking forward to meeting you there. 🤝

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The @AIRLabUW is at IEEE RAS HUMANOIDS Conference 2025 in Seoul, South Korea, from Sept. 30th to Oct. 2nd!

🗓️ We have two papers, a late-breaking report, and a workshop 🧵

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🦾 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

[Robotics: Science and Systems @RoboticsSciSys]

Ready for the next #RSS2025? 😁
#RSS2025 will be at the University of Southern California #USC, June 21-25 2025! 🌴
📢 Save the important dates!
- January 17, 2025 - Abstract/Title Submission
- January 24, 2025 - Paper and Demo Submission
https://t.co/iPoX6qEE1V

[Waterloo Engineering @WaterlooENG]

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

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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

[Springer Engineering @SpringerEng]

We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Yue Hu @yuehu89 @UWaterloo to the Editorial Board of the International Journal of #SocialRobotics as Associate Editor!
https://t.co/a3EXpOOt4p
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