Communication and Social Robotics Labs

The Communication and Social Robotics Labs are a research collaborative between faculty in the School of Communication at Western Michigan University and faculty in the Nicholson School of Communication at the University of Central Florida. We are small labs with big ideas. The labs examine human-robot interaction and the roles that perception plays on these interactions. We are rooted in the theory base of communication studies and related fields of study. ​

Where will the labs be this year? 

  • AoIR (Association of Internet Researchers) -- Oct -- Montreal, Canada
  • NCA (National Communication Association) -- Nov -- Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
  • "When Robots Think" -- Nov -- Münster, Germany
  • RWTH Aachen University -- Nov -- Aachen, Germany
  • International Conference on Social Robotics -- Nov -- Qingdao, China
  • HAI (Human-agent Interaction) -- Dec -- Southhampton, UK
  • HRI (Human-robot Interaction) -- March -- Daegu, South Korea
  • CSCA (Central States Communication Association) -- April -- Omaha, NE, USA
  • ICA (International Communication Association) -- May -- Washington D.C., USA