Lionel P. Robert Jr.
@lionelprobertjr.bsky.social
Professor of Information and Robotics University of Michigan.
#HRI #HCI #Robotics #CSCW
Human-Robot Interaction, Human-Computer Interaction, Social Robotics, Robotics
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=62sb4psAAAAJ&hl=en
#HRI #HCI #Robotics #CSCW
Human-Robot Interaction, Human-Computer Interaction, Social Robotics, Robotics
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=62sb4psAAAAJ&hl=en
October 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Reposted by Lionel P. Robert Jr.
Submissions are open for #HRI2026!
Share your work through:
• Late-Breaking Reports
• Interactivity (Videos/Demos)
• Student Design Challenge
Deadline: Dec 8, 2025
Join the global HRI community in exploring human-robot interaction.
Share your work through:
• Late-Breaking Reports
• Interactivity (Videos/Demos)
• Student Design Challenge
Deadline: Dec 8, 2025
Join the global HRI community in exploring human-robot interaction.
October 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Submissions are open for #HRI2026!
Share your work through:
• Late-Breaking Reports
• Interactivity (Videos/Demos)
• Student Design Challenge
Deadline: Dec 8, 2025
Join the global HRI community in exploring human-robot interaction.
Share your work through:
• Late-Breaking Reports
• Interactivity (Videos/Demos)
• Student Design Challenge
Deadline: Dec 8, 2025
Join the global HRI community in exploring human-robot interaction.
Congratulations to Kwame Porter Robinson on this insightful paper that critically examines the impacts of automation and mass production while proposing a visionary alternative through community-based economies.
#robotics
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#robotics
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Computing for community-based economies: A sociotechnical ecosystem for democratic, egalitarian, and sustainable futures
Automation and industrial mass production, particularly in sectors with low wages, have harmful consequences that contribute to widening wealth disparities, excessive pollution, and worsened workin...
www.tandfonline.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Congratulations to Kwame Porter Robinson on this insightful paper that critically examines the impacts of automation and mass production while proposing a visionary alternative through community-based economies.
#robotics
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#robotics
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Lionel P. Robert Jr.
August 31, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Incredible to be quoted in the article "Sound familiar? Matching voices boost trust in self-driving cars" about our upcoming paper, led by CarolQiaoning along with Jessie Yang
#robotics
news.umich.edu/sound-famili...
#robotics
news.umich.edu/sound-famili...
Sound familiar? Matching voices boost trust in self-driving cars
As self-driving cars move closer to everyday reality, one big question remains: Will people actually trust them?
news.umich.edu
August 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Incredible to be quoted in the article "Sound familiar? Matching voices boost trust in self-driving cars" about our upcoming paper, led by CarolQiaoning along with Jessie Yang
#robotics
news.umich.edu/sound-famili...
#robotics
news.umich.edu/sound-famili...
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It's been a great time #ieeeroman2025!
August 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It's been a great time #ieeeroman2025!
August 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Reposted by Lionel P. Robert Jr.
The Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, featuring running, kickboxing and soccer, highlighted advancements — and limitations — in robotics. nyti.ms/3Jo8WOZ
August 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, featuring running, kickboxing and soccer, highlighted advancements — and limitations — in robotics. nyti.ms/3Jo8WOZ
I'm excited to be part of this Short Wave podcast on neurotic robots. "This missing trait could make robots more 'human' with Nell Greenfieldboyce.
@npr.org @blackinrobotics.bsky.social @ieeeras.bsky.social
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@npr.org @blackinrobotics.bsky.social @ieeeras.bsky.social
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This missing trait could make robots more 'human' : Short Wave
Neurotic, anxious robots like C-3P0 from Star Wars' C-3P0 and Marvin from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy are a staple of science fiction — but they're not as common in the real world. Most of th...
www.npr.org
August 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I'm excited to be part of this Short Wave podcast on neurotic robots. "This missing trait could make robots more 'human' with Nell Greenfieldboyce.
@npr.org @blackinrobotics.bsky.social @ieeeras.bsky.social
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
@npr.org @blackinrobotics.bsky.social @ieeeras.bsky.social
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
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The Robot Mall has opened its doors to customers in Beijing, in what is thought to be one of the world’s first dedicated stores selling humanoid as well as consumer-oriented robots.
August 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Robot Mall has opened its doors to customers in Beijing, in what is thought to be one of the world’s first dedicated stores selling humanoid as well as consumer-oriented robots.
Reposted by Lionel P. Robert Jr.
#Robots have to take in heaps of #data and act on it quickly. Scientists have found a way to enable robots to make better, faster choices in dangerous situations: making them feel fear.
spectrum.ieee.org/robot-risk-a...
spectrum.ieee.org/robot-risk-a...
August 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
#Robots have to take in heaps of #data and act on it quickly. Scientists have found a way to enable robots to make better, faster choices in dangerous situations: making them feel fear.
spectrum.ieee.org/robot-risk-a...
spectrum.ieee.org/robot-risk-a...
Jury Says Tesla Was Partly to Blame for Fatal Crash www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...
Jury Says Tesla Was Partly to Blame for Fatal Crash
www.nytimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Jury Says Tesla Was Partly to Blame for Fatal Crash www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...
Reposted by Lionel P. Robert Jr.
Waymo to launch autonomous ride-hailing in Dallas next year reut.rs/4f9Skqh
Waymo to launch autonomous ride-hailing in Dallas next year
Alphabet's Waymo said on Monday it will roll out its autonomous ride-hailing service in Dallas in 2026, accelerating its U.S. expansion as electric vehicle maker Tesla pushes to grow its recently launched robotaxi business.
reut.rs
July 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Waymo to launch autonomous ride-hailing in Dallas next year reut.rs/4f9Skqh
I'm excited to be part of this NPR story on neurotic robots. "Neurotic robots can be more relatable than extroverted bots, study finds" by Nell Greenfieldboyce
#robotics #robots #ai
www.npr.org/2025/07/25/n...
#robotics #robots #ai
www.npr.org/2025/07/25/n...
People like extroverted robots — but they relate to the neurotic ones
Neurotic personalities are a staple of science fiction. Researchers who study how people react to robot personalities have recently found that neurotic traits in a robot can make them seem more relata...
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July 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I'm excited to be part of this NPR story on neurotic robots. "Neurotic robots can be more relatable than extroverted bots, study finds" by Nell Greenfieldboyce
#robotics #robots #ai
www.npr.org/2025/07/25/n...
#robotics #robots #ai
www.npr.org/2025/07/25/n...
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A jury in Florida can reshape the future of self-driving cars as it considers how much Elon Musk’s company is to blame for 22-year-old’s death in crash
Tesla on trial: What caused fatal crash — driver or autopilot?
A jury in Florida can reshape the future of self-driving cars as it considers how much Elon Musk’s company is to blame for 22-year-old’s death in crash
www.thetimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A jury in Florida can reshape the future of self-driving cars as it considers how much Elon Musk’s company is to blame for 22-year-old’s death in crash
Recently quoted in a great news article, "How AI Will Change Your Relationship With Your Pet" by Alicia Kort in Kinship.
#robotics #AI #pets
www.kinship.com/dog-lifestyl...
#robotics #AI #pets
www.kinship.com/dog-lifestyl...
How AI Will Change Your Relationship With Your Pet
AI facial recognition studies are being conducted on dogs to train technology to recognize pain, emotional distress, or sickness.
www.kinship.com
July 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Recently quoted in a great news article, "How AI Will Change Your Relationship With Your Pet" by Alicia Kort in Kinship.
#robotics #AI #pets
www.kinship.com/dog-lifestyl...
#robotics #AI #pets
www.kinship.com/dog-lifestyl...
Millions more to have robotic surgery in NHS plan to cut waiting lists
Millions more to have robotic surgery in NHS plan to cut waiting lists
Head of NHS England to say robot-assisted surgery will become ‘the default’ for 90% of keyhole operations by 2035
Millions more people will have robotic surgery over the next decade under NHS plans to slash the huge waiting list for hospital treatment.
The move will mean a significant expansion in how often surgeons use robots when treating people for cancer, hysterectomies and joint replacements, as well as in medical emergencies. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Reposted by Lionel P. Robert Jr.
Neither the US federal government nor the City of Austin will say how teleoperations, self-driving’s critical safety feature, will be used in the service launching in Austin in just a matter of days. www.wired.com/story/as-rob...
As Robotaxi Rides Begin, We Still Don't Know the Mystery of Tesla’s Human Helpers
Neither the US federal government nor the City of Austin will say how teleoperations, self-driving’s critical safety feature, will be used in the service launching in Austin in just a matter of days.
www.wired.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Neither the US federal government nor the City of Austin will say how teleoperations, self-driving’s critical safety feature, will be used in the service launching in Austin in just a matter of days. www.wired.com/story/as-rob...
XRobotics’ countertop robots are cooking up 25,000 pizzas a month
XRobotics' countertop robots are cooking up 25,000 pizzas a month | TechCrunch
XRobotics recently raised a $2.5 million seed round to help it produce more of its countertop pizza robots.
techcrunch.com
June 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Call for Papers:
We invite researchers to submit their work to the Human-Robot Interaction and Collaboration minitrack at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 2026!
#robotics
Deadline: June 15, 2025
Maui, Hawaii
submission details: lnkd.in/dAtSpDb
We invite researchers to submit their work to the Human-Robot Interaction and Collaboration minitrack at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 2026!
#robotics
Deadline: June 15, 2025
Maui, Hawaii
submission details: lnkd.in/dAtSpDb
June 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Call for Papers:
We invite researchers to submit their work to the Human-Robot Interaction and Collaboration minitrack at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 2026!
#robotics
Deadline: June 15, 2025
Maui, Hawaii
submission details: lnkd.in/dAtSpDb
We invite researchers to submit their work to the Human-Robot Interaction and Collaboration minitrack at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 2026!
#robotics
Deadline: June 15, 2025
Maui, Hawaii
submission details: lnkd.in/dAtSpDb
Reposted by Lionel P. Robert Jr.
Are you curious how an automated vehicle's (AV) voice can impact your trust? This research reveals that gender similarity enhances trust when the voice aligns with expected gender roles. Explore how ingrained societal biases influence our perceptions.
#robotics #AV
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#robotics #AV
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Artificial intelligence voice gender, gender role congruity, and trust in automated vehicles - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Artificial intelligence voice gender, gender role congruity, and trust in automated vehicles
www.nature.com
May 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Are you curious how an automated vehicle's (AV) voice can impact your trust? This research reveals that gender similarity enhances trust when the voice aligns with expected gender roles. Explore how ingrained societal biases influence our perceptions.
#robotics #AV
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#robotics #AV
www.nature.com/articles/s41...