Newest Publications

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"Novelty Experience in Prolonged Interaction: A Qualitative Study of Socially-Isolated College Students’ In-Home Use of a Robot Companion Animal"
*Bryan Abendschein, Autumn Edwards, Chad Edwards
 Frontiers in Robotics and AI (2022)
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2022.733078/full
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“They’re always wrong anyway”: exploring differences of credibility, attraction, and behavioral intentions in professional, amateur, and robotic-delivered weather forecasts


*Patric Spence, Chad Edwards, Autumn Edwards, Adam Rainer & Xianlin Jin: Communication Quarterly (2021)
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​Be sure to see the new journal
​devoted to HMC. 

Read about the COMBOTLABS Model in the Journal of Communication Pedagogy. 

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Lab Presentations in 2022-2023 

  • ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association) (Oct) - Denmark​
  • NCA (National Communication Association) (November) - USA
  • HRI (Human-Robot Interaction) (March) - Sweden
  • CSCA (Central States Communication Association) (April) - USA
  • ICA (International Communication Association) (May) - Canada 
          

Lab News

Congratulations to both Dr. Patric Spence and Dr. Chad Edwards. Each were named as in the Top 1% for research productivity for the years of 2017-2021. See the article for more information.  
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Congratulations to Dr. Autumn Edwards on being named "30 Women in Robotics You Need to Know about - 2020."
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We are pleased to announce that the LABS are now partners with the HMC Lab at the University of Kansas.
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We are pleased to announce that the LABS are now partners with the RobotLAB at UAI
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