Older Adults
Younger AdultsExamining caregivers' willingness to use a robot
Congrats to associate director, Dr. Tracy Mitzner, interviewed in NBC news and Medical Daily. This work, conducted by Dr. Tracy Mitzner and visiting scholar Lorenza Tiberio, investigated medical caregivers' willingness to accept assistance from robots in home healthcare! This research was recently published at the Computer-Human Interaction Conference (CHI) 2013 in Paris, France!
Dr. Cara Fausset wins George E. Briggs Dissertation Award
Congrats to alumna, Dr. Cara Fausset, who has been given the American Psychological Association George E. Briggs Dissertation Award! Mark your calendars to support Cara in an upcoming talk, as she has been invited to deliver an address at the August 2014 APA Convention in Washington DC. Great job, Cara! Cara is currently employed with the Georgia Tech Research Institute.
Cory-Ann Smarr featured on HFES News for work in HRI
Congrats to graduate student, Cory-Ann Smarr, who has been featured in the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society news and RedOrbit. The featured HRI work is a collaboration between the HFA Lab and the Healthcare Robotics Lab. The research investigated older adults willingness to accept assistance from robots in the home. You can hear more about this work at the HFES2012 conference, look for Cory's talk in the Aging TG session.
Sara McBride Student Member with Honors
Congrats to graduate student, Sara E. McBride, who has been awarded with the Student Members with Honors Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. This award was announced at the 2012 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Conference in Boston. Great job, Sara; we are proud of you!
Alumnus Dr. Sung Park wins award
Join us in congratulating Alumnus Dr. Sung Park, now employed with Samsung, who received IDEA (International Design Excellence Awards) gold award for Samsung's digital X-ray system user experience!
GATSBII - Atlanta Magazine Groundbreaker Award Finalist
Congratualationt to the robot, GATSBII, and the Georgia Tech PR2 team for being an Atlanta Magazine Groundbreaker Award Finalist! GATSBII is being highlighted for being "a provocative alternative in senior healthcare." The award ceremony will be held in Septamber, so more news to come! Read more about the Atlanta Groundbreaker Award!
Designing Robots for All Ages
"Imagine a house that can help its aging occupant figure out why his arthritis is acting up, or a robot that can remind your grandmother to take her medications. Wendy Rogers is working to make that future a reality." Wendy Rogers is featured in the APA monitor for her research! More can be read here!
HFA and HRL Collaboration Featured in FABBS
The Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences highlights human-robot interaction research conducted by the Human Factors and Aging Laboratory and the Healthcare Robotics Laboratory. This inter-disciplinary research focuses what tasks older adults might want a robot to assist with. Click here to learn more about this exciting collaboration. A picture of the graduate students with Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed can be viewed here
Meet Your Grandparents' Robot Assistant - TEDx Talk
Graduate student Jenay Beer recently gave a TEDx Georgia Tech talk titled "Meet Your Grandparents' Assistant: The Domestic Robot". You can learn more about how mobile manipulator robots, such as Georgia Tech's GATSBII, can assist older adults in the home, watch the TED video! You can also read about this research on the GVU news page.
PR2 won the WSJ Technology Innovation Award
The PR2 has won the Wall Street Journal's Technology Innovation Award for Robotics. Here's a link to the electronic version of the article (hint: you will need to scroll a bit to find the robotics section).
Jenay Beer is a Foley Scholar Finalist
Jenay Beer was selected as a GVU Foley Scholar Finalist for her research in human-robot interaction and older adults. Click here learn more about Jenay's research, as well as the other Foley Scholar finalists.
John Burnett featured in Georgia Tech News Digest
Check out a Georgia Tech sponsored news release about John's research on how computers may provide connections for older adults! That is, older adults reported finding computers helpful for communication activities. More about this research can be read here.
Cory-Ann Smarr investigates motion and emotion of robotic agents
Learn about social robotics! The Georgia Tech College of Sciences reseased a video higlighting Cory-Ann's research on the dynamic formation of emotion expression displayed by a virtual robot. Watch her video to learn more!
Check out our NEW 2011 newsletter
Our new 2011 Newsletter is now available. This newsletter highlights the exciting research our lab has conducted in the past year. To view older newsletters refer to our publications page, or contact Jenay Beer to request a PDF.
GATSBII featured in Scientific American
Read about GATSBII in an article in Scientific American. The article details our work with GATSBII and has a reference to the Aware Home as well.
GATSBII featured on CNN
Congratulations to Dr. Kemp and everyone on the GATSBII team for a PR2 demo on CNN. The demo was a milestone for PR2. The first nationally televised, LIVE, sensor based demo with a PR2.
Dr. Wendy Rogers wins the Paul M. Fitts Award
The Paul M. Fitts Education Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society recognizes a person who has made exceptional contributions to the education and training of HF/E specialists. Please join us in congratulating Wendy for her achievement! The award was announced at the HFES 2010 National Conference.
Jenay Beer selected for APA Early Graduate Award
The purpose of the Early Graduate Student Research Awards program is to recognize students for their outstanding research early in their graduate training. Jenay's work on facial expressions of social robots and human robot interaction was recognized by this award.
Cara Bailey Fausset selected for HFES Aging Technical Group Scholarship
Cara has ben awarded the 2010 HFES Aging Technical Group Scholarship. This scholarship was given for to Cara for her outstanding research on aging, specifically her work on understanding how older adults comprehend quantitative health-related information. Congratulations Cara!
HFA Research featured in the New York Times and Forbes Magazine
HFA lab research was featured in a recent article in the New York Times discussing how advances in technology aid children in monitoring older parents. Drs. Wendy Rogers and Kelly Caine are quoted. We were also mentioned in a Forbes article about technologies that support aging in place.
Dr. Wendy Rogers interviewed for "Art of Talking Science" Class
Dr. Wendy Rogers was interviewed as part of a class project by students Frances Chiang, Priya Nakra, and Sarah Weber. The class was entitled "The Art of Talking Science" and was taught by Dean Paul Houston. You can download and listen to the podcast here. The students would like to acknowledge Warren van Nus, Thomas Lockwood, and Dean Houston for their help with the podcast.
HFA and HRL to receive the PR2 robot
The HFA Lab and Healthcare Robotics Lab at Georgia Tech have been approved to receive Willow Garage’s PR2 robot. The collaboration will study the PR2 in the Aware Home, focusing on how robots can help with homecare and creative assistive capabilities for older adults!
Dr. Tim Nichols featured in Psychological Science Agenda
Read about alumnus Tim Nichols's interesting career as a video game user researcher for Microsoft Gaming Studios!
Is My Robot Happy To See Me?
How well do older and younger adults interpret virtual robotic facial expressions? Drs. Arthur Fisk, Wendy Rogers, and graduate student Jenay Beer are researching emotive robots. Read Georgia Tech home page news article and listen to WABE NPR radio news release! Read more about their work, published as a HFES 2009 conference proceedings.
Older Adults Want Robots That Do More Than Vacuum
Drs. Arthur Fisk, Wendy Rogers, and Neta Ezer's work in human-robotic interaction was featured on the HFES home page! Read more about their work, published as a HFES 2009 conference proceedings.
Aware Home Technology to Support Aging-In-Place
Dr. Wendy Rogers presented at the Indiana University School of Informatics Distributed Educations colloquia lecture series. You may view her online lecture.
Drs. Arthur Fisk and Wendy Rogers featured in APA Grand Challenges Booklet
Drs. Arthur Fisk and Wendy Rogers are featured in the American Psychological Association Science Directorate's Society's Grand Challenges: Prolonging Vitality.
