Human-robot Interaction

  • Vanderbilt University

    Robot-guided video game prompts peer interaction among older adults

    Two residents of Elmcroft Senior Living sat side-by-side facing a large screen, raising their hands in tandem as watch-style devices on their wrists controlled the avatars in front of them. Every so often, a squat little robot off to the side would remind them the object of the game: Get… Read More

    Mar. 18, 2019

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt engineering grad student wins NASA fellowship

    Two residents of Elmcroft Senior Living sat side-by-side facing a large screen, raising their hands in tandem as watch-style devices on their wrists controlled the avatars in front of them. Every so often, a squat little robot off to the side would remind them the object of the game: Get… Read More

    Aug. 5, 2013