Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

It is not hard to find popular depictions of robots in the future. What comes to my mind is Rosie the robot maid from the animated comic “The Jetsons.” Ever faithful and dependable, she is as much a ...

In Michigan Tech's Human-Robot Interaction Lab, Huskies teach the lab's newest occupant the basics: how to wave, glide and hold a steady grip. Guided by their faculty mentor, they're on a mission to ...

Dr. Harris is a professor of psychology at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She received her doctorate degree in psychology from the University of Florida with a specialization in cognitive ...

Over the years, the computer-human interaction field has seen many trends. For a time, gesture and pen-based interactions were key, then with the rising ubiquity of smartphones came a focus on haptic ...

The research conducted in the Harris P-C Interaction Lab, directed by Dr. Yvette R. Harris, focuses on exploring environmental antecedents of cognitive, intellectual and socio emotional development of ...