February 2026 News

February 23, 2026
Lab member Nicholas Georgiou defended his dissertation “Investigating Human Perceptions and Responses to Robot Failures Across Functional, Social, and Moral Contexts in Human...
February 20, 2026
Lab member Debasmita Ghose defended her dissertation “Robots Adapting to People Without Becoming a Nuisance” today.  Abstract: Human-robot collaboration requires robots to...
February 19, 2026
Lab member Kayla Matheus defended her dissertation “Embodiment, Interactions, and Autonomy for Social Robots in Mental Health” today. Abstract Mental health challenges have...