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2024 SURE Poster Presentation
Kriti Kupa (Undergraduate student, ECE) attended the 2024 SURE Poster session to disseminate her works during the summer of 2024.
Project title: "Development of AR Tour Application with Human-Virtual Agent Interaction"
Supplementary video: https://youtu.be/95QAw3Thvxo
Our lab members presented the SA-SI project at the 2024 ARC ANNUAL PROGRAM REVIEW.
Title: Through the Virtual Lens: Improving Human-Robot Team Performance via Training Reviews with a Virtual Spectator Interface
Presenters: Hongjiao Qiang (Umich) and Sean Dallas (Oakland Univ.)
Current lab mates and alumni attended the 19th Annual Human-Robot Interaction Conference (HRI 2024)
.We co-organized one of the workshops with Virginia Tech and George Washington University, presented our papers, and served as session chairs at the HRI 2024.
Workshop: "Taking a Closer Look: Refining Trust" (website)
Virginia Tech: Jiayuan Dong, Jennifer J. Mitchell, Dr. Myounghoon Jeon
George Washington University: Dr. Chung Hyuk Park
Umich: Connor, Xin, Wonse, and Dr. Robert
Chairs: Alt.HRI session (Dr. Robert), and Short contribution chair (Connor)
Prof. Dawn Tilbury has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), which is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.
*NAE Announcement: https://www.nae.edu/312025/NAENewClass2024
Dr. Lionel Robert is named as a 2023 Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for his contributions to the study of technology-mediated human and human-robot collaborations.
Connor Esterwood's paper titled "The theory of mind and human–robot trust repair" has been accepted to Scientific Reports - Nature.
*Paper link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-37032-0
Our lab members (Connor Esterwood, Arsha Ali, and Hongjiao Qiang) showcased their excellent research at the 2023 ARC ANNUAL PROGRAM REVIEW.
Dr. Dawn Tilbury is named the Herrick Professor of Engineering and makes @michiganengineering's Instagram page for her achievements (May 2, 2022).
Suresh (ME PhD '21) and Arsha (ROB MS '22) attended Rackham Graduate Exercises, where Suresh was hooded by Dr. Dawn Tilbury (Apr 29, 2022).
Showcased our driving simulator and omni-directional treadmill setups to Representatives Graham Filler and Mark Huizenga (Aug 16, 2021).
Celebrated new PhD students Na Du, Hebert Azevedo Sa, and Suresh Kumaar Jayaraman (Aug 1, 2021).
Hebert Azevedo Sa and Suresh Kumaar Jayaraman both defended their thesis (July 23, 2021).
Held an end-of-term celebration along with the Barton Research Group and the Tilbury Lab Research Group (May 22, 2021).
Recent Radios Appearances
Did an interview on the Internet of Things Podcast with Stacey Higginbotham in Episode 335: Robots need a Myers-Briggs type (Aug 26, 2021).
https://iotpodcast.com/2021/08/episode-335-robots-need-a-myers-briggs-type/
Did an interview today (July 12, 2018) on autonomous vehicles for Michigan Radio.
http://www.michiganradio.org/post/benefits-and-pitfalls-making-robots-act-more-humans
Appeared on The Capital City Recap with Ed Rivet (Mar 26, 2018).
http://1320wils.com/podcasts/the-capital-city-recap-with-ed-rivet?play_file=67363
Did an interview Mar 20, 2018 on autonomous vehicles for Michigan Radio.
http://michiganradio.org/post/what-does-first-pedestrian-fatality-mean-self-driving-cars
Recent Television Appearances
Did an interview Mar 19, 2018 on autonomous vehicles for WXYZ.
Appeared on Korean Television Mar 22, 2018.
Recent Print Interviews
Quoted (Feb 26, 2022) in Yahoo News
Quoted (Feb 22, 2022) in RT News
https://www.rt.com/news/550203-study-human-robot-bonding-dangers/
Quoted (Feb 14, 2022) in The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/are-you-ready-to-trust-robotic-systems
Quoted (Feb 14, 2019) in Futurism
https://futurism.com/waymo-safety-data-trust-numbers
Quoted (Oct 1, 2018) in Hour Detroit
http://www.hourdetroit.com/Hour-Detroit/October-2018/technology-and-therapy-in-the-digital-age/
Profiled (Sept 27, 2018) in Clemson World Alumni Profile
https://clemson.world/road-bots-lionel-robert-m-97/
Quoted (June 12, 2018) in Washington Examiner "Race to develop self-driving cars unabated by string of fatal crashes"
Quoted (Mar 27, 2018) in Michigan Daily "University research community responds to Ariz. self-driving car fatality"
Quoted (Mar 21, 2018) in Arizona Daily Independent "Driverless Uber In Tempe Kills Woman, Experts Say More Research Needed"
Quoted (Mar 21, 2018) in CNNMoney.com "Self-driving cars are already really safe"
http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/21/technology/self-driving-car-safety/index.html
Fox6now.com "Self-driving cars are already really safe"
http://fox6now.com/2018/03/21/self-driving-cars-are-already-really-safe/
Abc17News.com "Self-driving cars are already really safe"
http://www.abc17news.com/news/missouri/selfdriving-cars-already-really-safe/719294056
Kyma.com "Self-driving cars are already really safe"
http://www.kyma.com/news/selfdriving-cars-already-really-safe/719294106
Wsla.com "Self-driving cars are already really safe"
https://www.wsls.com/automotive/selfdriving-cars-already-really-safe