This was a major collaboration across Europe, huge thanks to:

@oliverlemon.bsky.social for leading the team from @heriotwattuni.bsky.social, and all SPRING partners & colleagues who made it possible (see the huge author list!)

A milestone for socially assistive robotics in healthcare! 🤖💬

The paper ties together work from 8 institutions to advance human–robot interaction (HRI) in real healthcare settings

We address:
• Robot navigation in clinical environments
• Speech processing & non-verbal behaviour
• My favourite - Accessible conversational AI for older adults
• and much more...