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At-Home Emotion Regulation Robot
A domestic social robot that helps children learn emotion regulation skills by interactively caring for a robot companion.
McMaster University · Hamilton, ON
Designing the way people and robots understand each other.
HURON explores new and innovative areas of human–robot interaction, human–computer interaction, and assistive robotics — studying how trust is built and how robots work alongside people, from robot behaviours for young children to companion robots for older adults.
29
Peer-reviewed papers
7
Active projects
CHI · HRI
Where we publish
McMaster
Hamilton, Ontario
What we research
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Informed Consent in HRI
Developing the RoboConsent Framework for user-centered, transparent, and ethically robust consent in human–robot interaction.
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HRI for Space Exploration
Expanding our knowledge of human–robot interaction research for space applications.
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Social Robot Navigation
The development and testing of a socially appropriate robot navigation algorithm.
Selected publications
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2026
Clankers in the Cultural Imagination: Online Robophobia and Its Implications for Human-Robot Interaction
ACM/IEEE HRI
2026
Emotion Buddy: Early Childhood Domestic Robot to Facilitate Emotion Regulation Learning
ACM/IEEE HRI
Looking for a research partner in human–robot interaction?
We collaborate with industry and funding partners on applied HRI — from social robots to assistive systems. We're also recruiting graduate students and postdocs for Fall 2027.